LEGO Ideas has taken a leaf out of the history books with the design of its latest set, a charming Medieval Blacksmith’s house. The new set is based on an original design by an avid LEGO builder, which achieved over 10,000 votes from LEGO fans worldwide – giving it the green light to go into […]
Blocks magazine Issue 75 celebrates 10 years of LEGO NINJAGO and reviews Ghostbusters ECTO-1. Blocks magazine is kicking off 2021 with a packed Issue 75, including a celebration of LEGO NINJAGO, an exclusive look at LEGO Braille Bricks and a review of the new Ghostbusters ECTO-1. It’s available as a single issue or as part […]
ToysWorld are thrilled to introduce Kat Sipe from Tips&Bricks, who has written a handy guide for us, for anyone thinking of getting started with LEGO. Over to you, Kat! While I enjoyed playing with LEGO bricks as a kid (mostly because of my younger brother), I didn’t really get into LEGO building for myself until […]
Day 20: Bag 20 today – our final bag, and I can’t believe I’m finally at the finish line! Today we focus on finishing off a few decorative accents inside the shop, including the tri-coloured railing posts, which together with the similarly decorated stairway we built yesterday, look fantastic and the exact sort of wacky […]
Day 19: Bag 19 today! In this penultimate entry in our advent challenge, we finish off the exterior of floor one. We also focus the majority of the build on the interior details of Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. There are ornate bannisters, railings and product boxes. There’s also an angled window feature for just above Knockturn […]
Day 18: Bag 18 today! After today’s bags I feel like I’m edging closer to the finish line with this challenge. We now have the majority of the shell of the first floor complete, along with a couple of inner embelishments; most notable of which is the shop mascot, whose arms reach outside the windows […]
Day 17: Bag 17 today! Work begins on floor one of Weasley’s Wizard Weezes today, but not before we finished off the rounded window units of the ground floor. They look fantastic – carrying on the bowed window style from Ollivanders. That orange really pops, and now that we get to add some height to […]
Day 16: Bag 16 today! Stickers!!! Aggghhh!!! – I both love and hate stickers! On one hand they look so good, but on the other they can take a lot of trial and error placing them – especially if you’re a perfectionist (like me). I’m mainly talking about the stairs… each step has a sticker […]
Day 15: Bag 15 today! We begin work on the final building in the Diagon Alley set; Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes. There’s also the alleyway for Knockturn Alley, which is minimal but ticks the box with its wonky sign and foreboding black archway. The cobbled street effect for this build is greatly reduced compared to the […]
Day 14: Bag 14 today! The roof goes on to both shops today; love the sloping back of Flourish & Blotts, juxtaposed with the dark brown of Fortesques. There are some lovely little accents that finish off the build, too, including a mini seating motif on the roof of Fortesques, white chairs with white horn […]