Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) have turned to their love of LEGO brick building when designing launch pads and shelters for astronauts visiting the moon, as part of the Artemis program. To test whether space materials could be used to create structures, the team 3D printed similar to LEGO bricks with meteorite dust […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 112 – Cover & Details
Everything is Awesome as Blocks celebrates 10 years of The LEGO Movie Blocks magazine Issue 112 is celebrating the 10th anniversary of The LEGO Movie with a special issue packed with awesome! Inside you’ll find exclusive mini builds, all-new interviews and reflections on the film’s impact. Issue 112 is available worldwide as part of a […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 111 – Cover & Details
LEGO Marvel Avengers Tower and Friends Mansion in Blocks magazine Issue 111 In Blocks magazine Issue 111, the team is assembling the ridiculously tall 76269 Avengers Tower to see how it measures up. Inside you’ll also find interviews with LEGO creatives, including an exclusive look at how the Friends team developed 42639 Andrea’s Modern Mansion. […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 110 – Cover & Details
LEGO Modular Museum, Chevrolet Corvette and Pirates MOCs in Blocks magazine Issue 110 Blocks magazine is launching Issue 110 with a chance to win LEGO 10326 Natural History Museum plus a mega Black Friday deal packed with freebies when you subscribe. Inside the mag, you’ll find an interview with the model designer and a review […]
REVIEW – Super Mario Plush By Simba Toys
Earlier this year, we got to see the Super Mario Bros. Movie; something my son Jacob and I were incredibly excited for. Any regular readers will know that my own love affair with the franchise goes way back, so getting to see it with my own son was a really special moment. Growing up, I […]
REVIEW – LEGO Ideas: Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage [21341]
Manufacturer: LEGO RRP: £199.99 / $229.99 Release Date: 1st July 2023 No. of pieces: 2316 Build Time: 4 Hours approx. A spellbinding tribute to a Halloween classic Revisit Salem and the world of the Sanderson sisters with LEGO Ideas Disney Hocus Pocus: The Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage. This fan-inspired set is boiling over with nostalgic details from the […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 109 – Cover & Details
LEGO Star Wars UCS Venator design secrets in Blocks magazine Issue 109 Begun, the Clone War has. Yoda may have said that 21 years ago, but now that the Venator has been given the LEGO Star Wars UCS treatment, this war is finally getting real. Designer Hans Burkhard Schlömer reveals how he designed the epic […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 108 – Cover & Details
Go inside LEGO Harry Potter Gringotts Bank in Blocks magazine Issue 108 Gringotts Bank is the most surprising LEGO set of the year so far. Harry Potter fan or not, you can’t help but be wowed by the way the vault holds up the entire building – and in Blocks magazine Issue 108, the designers […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 107 – Cover & Details
Blocks magazine Issue 107 celebrates 100 years of Disney storytelling There’s no better icon to mark Disney’s 100 year anniversary than Cinderella’s Castle and Blocks magazine gets the inside scoop on the show-stopping set from the model designer. Ready for Halloween, Issue 107 also includes insight into the design of the Hocus Pocus set. […]
Blocks Magazine: Issue 106 – Cover & Details
LEGO DREAMZzz, Eldorado Fortress and the Shape System in Blocks magazine Issue 106 Blocks magazine Issue 106 is full of exclusive interviews that will take you deep into the LEGO design department; the team behind DREAMZzz shows how three sets went from concept sketch to final model, Pierre Normandin explains how he recreated a classic […]