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…
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…
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…
This week brought the longest Lego set ever made, the biggest Ideas set to date and a long list of video game sets heading for the exit. From the Executor Super Star Destroyer to Downton Abbey, here is everything adult…
Every Lego city ends up with the same problem eventually: you’ve built the town hall, the fire station and a row of shops, and now every minifigure in the place is sleeping on the pavement. Apartment blocks solve density, but…
Most Technic steering tutorials assume you’re building a supercar with a wide chassis and room to spare. That’s not much help when your actual vehicle is a minifig-scale City car, six to eight studs wide, with barely enough room inside…
LEGO confirmed this week that more than 300 sets are being discontinued in at least some markets, one of the largest single waves of retirements this year. The list is headlined by the Millennium Falcon and the X-Men Mansion, alongside…
Pick up two grey 2×4 bricks from different decades of your own collection and hold them under the same light. You will spot it almost immediately: one leans warm, faintly yellow, the other sits cooler and closer to true neutral.…