Push a minifig bus down your street and watch it glide along like a hovercraft. Nothing wobbles, nothing leans into a corner, and the wheels stay planted at the same height no matter what the baseplate throws at them. It…
For years, a flat concrete roof meant a staircase of full blocks and a lot of compromise. You could get the colour you wanted or the profile you wanted, but rarely both. Anyone who has tried to shade a modern…
Pick up a handful of old bricks from a box at a toy fair, tip them onto a table beside a modern set, and you will probably spot it within seconds: two browns that look like they should match and…
This week brought a very big canal-side reveal and the first 10K milestone of the current Ideas review round. From the 5,682-piece Venetian Neighbourhood to a Studio Ghibli favourite crossing the line, here is everything adult builders need to know…
Anyone can build one good townhouse. The trouble starts when you build the fourth one next to it and the whole terrace begins to look like a photocopier jammed. Real rows feel dense because they share walls, share a rhythm…
Most Nether bases are about holding ground: a bastion-style fortress on a ledge, a tidy hub in a cave wall. A floating island base asks a different question. What if the whole build looked as though it had slipped its…
Lego has announced a long-term partnership with Sanrio, and the first Hello Kitty and Friends sets are due in 2027. It was the biggest announcement of a week that also brought the Avengers: Doomsday range to shelves and a first…
Most jungle builds treat the bridge as an afterthought. A rope span gets thrown between two trunks, the player crosses it once for the screenshot, and the real design effort goes into the platforms at either end. The result is…
You have built in the Nether before, so you know how it goes. Forty minutes into a promising fortress, a ghast has set your scaffolding alight, a lava flow has swallowed the foundation you just finished, and your hotbar is…
September was a big month for Minecraft. Minecraft Dungeons II arrived, Minecraft Live revealed the first new dimension in over 14 years, and the Wilderness Bound game drop gave builders a stack of new cosy blocks to play with. Here…