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Review: LEGO 80116 Trotting Lantern

Jay Ong — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 12:19:51 +0000

To celebrate the Lunar New Year and usher in the Year of the Snake, LEGO have once again produced sets under the Spring Festival theme to pay homage to Chinese and East Asian culture. For the 2025 Chinese New Year sets, the most substantial set is 80116 Trotting Lantern, an interesting set that celebrates the […]

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Review: LEGO 40505 LEGO Building Systems (LEGO House Exclusive #5)

Jay Ong — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 01:59:22 +0000

If you ever find yourself in Billund, Denmark (aka the birthplace and home of LEGO), it’s likely that a visit to the LEGO House is on the agenda, simply because it’s one of the coolest places on Earth, especially if you happen to like LEGO. One of the big drawcards of visiting the LEGO House […]

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Review: LEGO 80113 Family Reunion Celebration

Jay Ong — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:33:00 +0000

Have you ever wanted a highly-detailed LEGO Chinese Restaurant for your LEGO City or display? Well now you can with 80113 Family Reunion Celebration! The reunion dinner (night before Lunar New Year) is one of the most important cultural pillars of Chinese culture, an event where families gather for a big feast on the eve […]

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Review: LEGO 40611 Year of the Dragon

Jay Ong — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 11:57:31 +0000

The Year of the Dragon is almost upon us and to celebrate LEGO have given us a whole bunch of dragons of varying sizes and complexities. From large majestic models like 80112 Auspicious Dragon, to smaller Creator builds like 31145 Red Dragon, or Ninjago dragons 71809 Egalt the Master Dragon, and also GWPs (gift with […]

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Review: LEGO 80112 Auspicious Dragon

Jay Ong — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 06:12:01 +0000

2024 is the Year of the Dragon, one of the most important creatures in the Chinese Zodiac Animal and to commemorate this very important moment, LEGO have created one of the most impressive Spring Festival sets yet – 80112 Auspicious Dragon, which is set for a release on 1 January 2024. 80112 Auspicious Dragon has […]

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Review: 40649 Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure

Jay Ong — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:21:12 +0000

Sometimes simplicity is key when it comes to LEGO, and that’s why 40649 Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure is one of the most enjoyable and endearing sets of 2023. It does exactly what it says on the box, a buildable up-scaled version of the iconic LEGO minifigure, and I’ve chosen today, the 29th of August to publish […]

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Review: 40640 LEGO Nutcracker

Jay Ong — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 13:10:21 +0000

It’s nearing September which means very soon, you’ll start seeing Christmas ornaments and decorations mushroom all over your local shopping malls and department stores. LEGO will also begin selling their seasonal Christmas sets from 1 September 2023, with Advent Calendars, and a cute brick-built 40640 LEGO Nutcracker becoming available. 40640 LEGO Nutcracker is part of […]

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Review: LEGO 40643 Jade Rabbit

Jay Ong — Thu, 25 May 2023 13:09:00 +0000

As we head into the second half of the year, we’re greeted with the next 2023 LEGO Seasonal set – 40643 Jade Rabbit! I was quite surprised for LEGO to step away from traditional Western seasons and holidays to take on a Chinese holiday instead, with this set being a celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival, […]

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Review: LEGO 40648 Money Tree

Jay Ong — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:09:30 +0000

LEGO’s 2023 Lunar New Year collection seemingly has something for everyone this year, from minifigure-heavy offerings like 80111 Lunar New Year Parade, to traditional brick-built ornaments like 80110 Lunar New Year Display and with 40648 Money Tree, a pseudo-botanical set 40648 Money Tree is a small 336-piece model of a kumquat/tangerine/mini mandarin tree, which is […]

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Review: LEGO 80110 Lunar New Year Display

Jay Ong — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 08:40:56 +0000

In some regions, the 2023 LEGO Chinese New Year sets will go on sale on Christmas Day, and following on from my review of the excellent 80111 Lunar New Year Parade, I’ve also had the opportunity to check out 80110 Lunar New Year Display, a really unique but niche LEGO set. This is LEGO’s 5th […]

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Review: LEGO 80111 Lunar New Year Parade

Jay Ong — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 15:46:28 +0000

We’re kicking off the 2023 LEGO review season with a particularly special one, with 80111 Lunar New Year Parade! It’s part of the 2023 LEGO Chinese New Year sets, and depending on where you are, will be released on 25 December (UK/EU/China), 1 January (Asia Pacific), or 10 January (North America)! This set contains a […]

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