LEGO playsets offer an accessible and budget-friendly alternative to modular buildings, enhancing the building experience with simpler designs and quicker completion times. They promote creativity through easy modification and repurposing of parts, enabling a broader exploration of themes. Embracing this approach enhances enjoyment and fosters learning within the LEGO hobby.
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Five affordable LEGO sets to add to your LEGO collection
LEGO enthusiasts can find joy in small, affordable sets from various themes like Star Wars, Harry Potter, and NINJAGO. These sets, such as the Captain Rex Y-Wing Microfighter, Hedwig at 4 Privet Drive, Sora’s Elemental Tech Mech, Holiday Camper Van, and Mighty Dinosaurs, offer impressive designs and characters without breaking the bank.
Five LEGO themes that sought to make a big bang
Blocks takes a look at five of the LEGO Group's 'big bang' themes – Exo-Force, NINJAGO, Legends of Chima, NEXO KNIGHTS and Monkie Kid. The LEGO Group is no stranger to launching some bizarre and wacky themes — the likes…
LEGO Ideas Telephone Box and unreleased monorails in Blocks magazine Issue 113
The latest issue of Blocks, the monthly LEGO magazine, is available now and goes inside the design of 21347 Red London Telephone Box. There’s also a feature on where the monorail could have gone, if the epic transport system had…
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LEGO dragons for Lunar New Year 2024
The Year of the Dragon is coming, so Blocks is swooping through the fiery LEGO sets available to celebrate this zodiac in 2024. It’s Lunar New Year and 2024 is the year of the Dragon. There are 12 animals on…
Building Storm: The best LEGO women heroes
There have been some awesome women LEGO characters over the years – here are some of the finest original LEGO heroes from the past 45 years of minifigures. When we look to the LEGO Group’s in-house IPs, women are fairly…
Innovative BIONICLE parts still used in LEGO sets today
Did you know that LEGO BIONICLE elements have been integrated into the system and are still used in regular sets today? See some of the LEGO sets that contain BIONICLE parts... One of the LEGO Group’s most beloved and divisive…
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LEGO Indiana Jones and Adventurers in Blocks magazine Issue 104
Blocks, the monthly LEGO magazine, is putting Indiana Jones, the world-famous cinematic adventurer, on the cover of Issue 104 – and his lesser-known LEGO cousin, Johnny Thunder. Inside you’ll find incredible new insight into how these themes were designed and…
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Four great LEGO families that keep fans entertained
Take a look at some of the families that feature in the LEGO Group's themes – some of whom very much put the 'fun' in 'dysfunctional'. Storytelling at the LEGO Group is serious business, ensuring that products capture the attention…
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The best original LEGO themes of the 2010s
LEGO themes in the 2010s took went to a variety of places ranging from explosive races, deep sea adventures, high tech medieval battle fields to elvish fairytales, spooky castles and the shopping mall. Maximus Marriott-Smith lists his picks for the…