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Column: LEGO is getting less creative by design, and that’s okay
Some LEGO sets are getting less creative by design, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing – at least amid the LEGO Group’s shifting priorities. Before you raise your pitchforks and torches, allow me to clarify. The past couple of years have shaken things up massively in Billund, with the effects of the ongoing pandemic…
Column: Is LEGO too straight?
Over the last few years, the LEGO Group has made some progressive moves in its product line – but is it neglecting queer LEGO fans, and does that matter? In 2019, one of the LEGO Group’s most exciting products was a bright pink astronaut. 70841 Benny’s Space Squad (released as a tie-in for The LEGO…
‘What’s the point of the LEGO Titanic?’
Author, screenwriter and adult fan of LEGO Emma Kennedy bemoans boring big sets that just don’t do anything. I had a text message from a fellow adult fan of LEGO this week: “Are you getting the Titanic?” “Absolutely not,” I replied. To which she replied: “Me neither. What’s the point of it?” And therein lies…
Why swapping your LEGO sets with friends will change the way you build
Author, screenwriter and adult fan of LEGO Emma Kennedy has a radical idea for LEGO fans: swapping your sets with friends. Do you remember when you were a kid and you had a fistful of cards that smelled of bubble-gum that were pictures from Star Wars or Superman, and you stood in the playground, back…
Yes, you can (and should!) go to LEGOLAND without kids
Author, screenwriter and adult fan of LEGO Emma Kennedy proves you don’t need kids in tow to have a great day out at LEGOLAND. There’s an unspoken rule that you can only go to LEGOLAND if you have at least one ice cream-smeared child dragging off you by two sticky hands. It’s a rule that…
Are LEGO Ideas sets getting too expensive?
As 21329 Fender Stratocaster ramps up the part count of Tomáš Letenay’s original design, we’re left asking: when will LEGO Ideas serve smaller budgets again? Of the LEGO Ideas sets released over the past two years, only four have come in under £100 in the UK: 21321 International Space Station, 21326 Winnie the Pooh, 21328…
Phew, LEGO Technic isn’t that scary after all
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy faces her fears to get to grips with the LEGO Group’s most daunting construction system. When I began my odyssey of discovery with LEGO as an adult, I had a fear of the sets that involved long bricks with holes in. Back then, when I was an innocent, wide-eyed adult…
Oh no: even individual LEGO bricks are stupidly expensive
Author and screenwriter Emma Kennedy discovers that even individual LEGO bricks can fetch incredible sums of money on the aftermarket. We’re always on the lookout for something new on Relax With Bricks – something we’ve never tried or seen before. Think the first time you tasted houmous or mango, or clapped your eyes on an…
How to make LEGO stop-motion movies
Author, screenwriter and LEGO YouTuber Emma Kennedy gives us a crash course in making LEGO stop-motion movies. Sometimes, as I sit in the LEGO shed, looking at all my pots and pieces and sets, I find myself wondering what I can do with them all bar staring at them. Like a scrag end of mutton…
