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Tag: LEGO Fan Media
LEGO Speed Champions: ‘Nobody’s more critical of us than ourselves’
LEGO Speed Champions design lead Chris Stamp responds to feedback from fans: “Nobody’s more critical of us than ourselves.” The theme’s growing garage of vehicles is about to get a little bigger, with seven new cars launching in March – including the first eight-studs-wide Formula 1 racer in 76909 Mercedes-AMG F1 W12 E Performance &…
LEGO says Speed Champions is an 18+ theme without the 18+ label
The LEGO Group has confirmed what we’ve long suspected: Speed Champions is essentially an 18+ theme without the 18+ label. Across the last seven years, Speed Champions has positioned itself as one of the best sources of complex builds for pocket money prices. The detail crammed into each of its cars within the price points…
LEGO Speed Champions is ‘focusing on headlights’ in 2022
The LEGO Group’s Speed Champions design lead says the theme’s focus for 2022 is on headlights, starting with brand new printed elements. All five of the new Speed Champions sets coming our way next month were revealed over the weekend, with a total of seven cars between them, covering brands from Mercedes and Lotus to…
We won’t see any new LEGO from Nuremberg Toy Fair this year
We won’t see any new LEGO from Nuremberg Toy Fair this year, as the 2022 event has been officially cancelled. The German arm of the trio of Toy Fairs that typically take place in the first half of 2022 was due to be held from February 2 to 6, but the organisers have now decided…
The first reviews of LEGO Collectible Minifigures 71032 Series 22 are here
The first reviews of the latest batch of LEGO Collectible Minifigures have started to land online, ahead of 71032 Series 22’s release next month. It’s the first in-house collection since January 2021’s 71029 Series 21, with 71030 Looney Tunes and 71031 Marvel Studios arriving in between. And just like those previous three assortments, 71032 Series…
LEGO says design links between Boutique Hotel and Café Corner are ‘just a coincidence’
The LEGO designer behind next year’s modular building says any architectural similarities between 10297 Boutique Hotel and 10182 Café Corner are ‘just a coincidence’. Arriving to celebrate 15 years of the Modular Buildings Collection, 10297 Boutique Hotel is packed with references to its predecessors, including a couple of explicit links to the set that started…
LEGO confirms cancellation of new Marvel 2022 mechs
The LEGO Group has confirmed that the planned launch of three new Marvel mechs in 2022 has been cancelled. 76202 Wolverine Mech Armor, 76203 Iron Man Mech Armor and 76204 Black Panther Mech Armor popped up at the official online store in November, but then disappeared earlier this week. That suggested their release had either…
LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship’s corrected box is already appearing in stores
The corrected box for this year’s LEGO Star Wars 75309 Republic Gunship is reportedly already starting to appear in stores. When the first prequel trilogy Ultimate Collector Series set in more than a decade was revealed in July, it was accompanied by a wave of controversy – driven by quotes from LEGO designers first and foremost,…
LEGO Star Wars designers explain how they decide which sets to produce
The LEGO Star Wars designers say the newly-released 75316 Mandalorian Starfighter is a great example of how they decide which sets to produce. While 75316 Mandalorian Starfighter is based on the vehicle’s appearance in Star Wars: The Clone Wars – as specified by its minifigure line-up, which includes Bo-Katan Kryze, Gar Saxon and a Mandalorian…
