Best LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars sets to build your droid army

Are you looking to give the Clone Troopers a challenge? Then check out these LEGO Star Wars: The Clone Wars sets that will have your Separatist battallion looking suitably imposing. 2008 saw the LEGO Group release sets based on the…

The best Halloween LEGO minifigures – from mummies to Medusa

It's time to get spooky with Blocks magazine as we look at some of the best horrifying and haunting LEGO Halloween minifigures. Halloween costumes can range from the traditional vampire to an utterly bizarre plant monster, and just about everything…

Does the LEGO Group celebrate too many anniversaries?

This year has marked 90 years since the LEGO Group was founded. It’s very worthy of celebrating, an incredible milestone that we dedicated an entire special issue of Blocks magazine to. But in the years leading up to this, the…

How do you choose a favourite LEGO set?

Daniel Konstanski thinks about how to answer the almost impossible question – what is your all-time favourite LEGO set? I had the pleasure of briefly participating in the 2019 Beyond the Brick 24-hour livestream to raise money for charity. Despite…

Four new LEGO Ideas sets announced at once: exclusive interview

The LEGO Ideas team has unveiled four new sets from the fan-driven theme; insects, the Orient Express, Tales of the Space Age and the Polaroid OneStep SX-70 camera. LEGO Ideas is the theme that allows fans to submit their builds…

What do adults want from their LEGO experience?

Travel back in time to January 2019 with Blocks Editor Graham Hancock, who shared his reaction to LEGO FORMA and thoughts about what adults want from LEGO products... The LEGO Group is soon to launch LEGO FORMA, a new theme…

Building big LEGO models in the 1990s

Today there is a wealth of reference material for aspiring LEGO builders, but back in the late 1990s that wasn't the case... High school was an interesting time for me as a LEGO maniac in the late 1990s. The brick…

A LEGO Halloween history

With Halloween creeping ever closer, Blocks takes a look at the history of the holiday in the brick, unearthing some surprising revelations... Halloween has long been at least a month long holiday in the US, with many people decorating in…

LEGO 40570 Halloween Cat & Mouse – the Blocks review

The new autumnal LEGO set for Halloween is a delightful pair of animals in 40570 Halloween Cat & Mouse. Blocks is reviewing the model to see if it’s worth vampire hunting for… Out of all the Halloween icons, black cats…

Evolution of the LEGO ghost minifigure

Spooky season has firmly arrived, with Halloween on the way and falling autumn leaves, so is looking at how the ghost minifigure has evolved since its first appearance 32 years ago. Gliding through haunted manor halls or moaning in dark…