Blocks magazine Issue 83 is heading deep into the Wizarding World of LEGO Harry Potter, with set reviews including 76391 Hogwarts Icons complemented by a guide to making the 2021 Hogwarts set match the other […]
Whether you call it a she shed or a mantuary, everyone needs somewhere they can go for a little alone time – and Darth Vader is no different. With his body ravaged as a result […]
Returning to the Star Wars universe by way of the small screen, the First Mandalorian of the Star Wars saga puts on his armor and resumes his position as the galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter in […]
Without a doubt, the Ultimate Collector Series – or the Undefined Collector Series as some LEGO fans dub it – range of sets is one of the most contentious lines that LEGO has ever introduced; […]
Out on the plain, where the eopies and womprats play, is a dome that is like no other. More futuristic than the Eden Project, older than the Great Stupa at Sanchi, entombing more remains than […]
Appearing in every Star Wars movie, TV series and special, video game and the focus of more LEGO sets than any one character in the entire franchise, you’d be pardoned for thinking that the Star […]
Having gone from the ultra-cool Imperial reconnaissance specialists (despite wearing white armor in the verdant Forest Moon) that was debuted in Return of the Jedi in 1983 to the biggest scumbags in the galaxy after […]
The latest issue of Blocks Magazine, the ultimate monthly celebration of all things LEGO, is out now and has plenty of articles, builds and features. Hogging the cover is the momentous 10276 Colosseum – the […]
Like the saying goes, the Devaronian is in the detail and 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina has a lot of hellishly clever element use and design features that lifts the entire build to a level that […]
Proving itself to be as popular a spacecraft as any in the Star Wars galaxy, this new Razor Crest to be produced by LEGO comes in mini-scale. Complete with forward cannons, twin engines, its signature […]
Unlike those killjoy LEGO reviewers who published their door-by-door account of each what’s behind each door in this year’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar back in August, we at The Holo-Brick Archives have held off […]
It’s quite poignant that the last spaceship seen in The Empire Strikes Back is also the final LEGO Star Wars set of 2020 – the year that marked the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes […]
It’s taken a long time to get where we’re at today – 42 years in fact – and today is the day that we can answer the question we’ve all been asking ourselves: was the […]
For the last 88 years LEGO, which was founded in a carpenter’s workshop, has concentrated on making toys for children – first it was piggy banks, pull toys, cars and trucks, and houses before moving […]
With all the attention that The Child has got since his first appearance in The Mandalorian’s premiere episode, you’d be pardoned from thinking that ABY – the nominated Star Wars calendar era timeline origin – […]
It’s often said that so-and-so is an iconic Star Wars vehicle, making it – after “most impressive” – one of the most over-used descriptive words applied to a galaxy far, far away. That said, when […]
Much like the Empire has multiple Death Stars, so too does LEGO – who have made a staggering sixteen sets based on the great, gray ball of destruction, with 75291 Death Star Final Duel being […]
From as far back as 2009 LEGO has produced simplified sets – with chunky elements and easy-to-follow instructions – to help children transition from DUPLO to the System-scale, but it wasn’t until 2019 that Star […]
From start to finish the road to The Rise of Skywalker has been a long journey, with a lengthy and tempered promotional, marketing and merchandising campaign that took a full three quarters of a year […]
Since the beginning, The LEGO Group’s foundation of “play well” has meant that they have developed their products with imagination and creativity in mind. Some sets – like the programmable 75253 Droid Commander set from […]
The year that celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the launch of LEGO Star Wars is casting its retrospective eyes back across the last two decades in a search for ways to commemorate the success of […]
It’s been over 15 years since LEGO released their first UCS Imperial Star Destroyer – and seventh in the Ultimate Collector Series run – so, according to Creative Director of the Star Wars team Jens […]
Released during Force Friday (September 1st through 3rd, 2017) as part of The Last Jedi selection of LEGO Star Wars sets, 75190 First Order Star Destroyer formed the vanguard of the movie’s LEGO merchandise assault. […]
As the summer break comes to an end and with the prospect of giving up those halcyon days of playing hoop and stick in the street or skimming rocks across the duck pond, the prospect […]
Originally airing in October, 2018 the on-going animated television series Star Wars Resistance looks at how the Resistance quietly grew its ranks of spies and pilots while the New Order brazenly expanded its borders and […]
I have to admit that I found myself in a high state of anticipation at the thought of building this set because the graphics on the front of the box was so evocative and captured […]
Too many of us in the original generation of Star Wars fandom, LEGO is synonymous with our childhood and playing with these multi-coloured bricks come as naturally as bullseyeing womprats in a T-16. But times […]
Far from being the first Hoth scene depicted in LEGO (not including a cool boardgame, there are actually six minifig sets that fit the bill) this Battle of Hoth micro-scene is a perfect example of […]
With twenty years of LEGO Star Wars under its belt, LEGO has raised their lightsabres to salute the fans who’ve been in it since day one, which has been declared as the 1st of April, […]
Last month at Star Wars Celebration Chicago 2019, LEGO took the opportunity during their compactly titled “20 Years Of The LEGO Star Wars Story – A Retrospective And Forward Look” to provide a glimpse into […]
New movies and new TV series means new sets, which is a great opportunity for DK to update their LEGO Star Wars Visual Dictionary series. The book is broken down into five chapters; the first […]
Though I am not a huge a fan of BB-8, it’s impossible not to appreciate the appeal of this sidekick-cum-confidant-cum-space cartographer and having recently conducted a deep-dive into the numerous LEGO formats of this globular […]
Right after 75192 Millennium Falcon went on sale at the special midnight opening event of the LEGO store at Leicester Square in London on September 14th, we got out very first glimpse of the black […]
As well as a detailed review of the new Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Y-wing, Blocks checks out the new LEGO Architecture sets and the City Mountain Police range. There is a look back at […]
Not so long DK gave us LEGO Star Wars Build Your Own Adventures, and now they’re adding LEGO Star Wars Choose Your Path to our collective book shelves. Considering that LEGO is a toy we […]
The latest attraction from LEGO opened nearly a year ago, and in the build up to their anniversary, they are hosting their first LEGO Star Wars Days so The Holo-Brick Archives dispatched its crack LEGO […]
Is it from Last of the Jedi, Battlefront 4 or some throwback design that LEGO has latched on to? Though no one knows how this oddity fits in to the Star Wars universe it’s gaining […]
Coming across as a junior LEGO Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, published in 2009 and 2014, this book is a kid-friendly Star Wars encyclopedia presented in a distinctly LEGO style. With punchy characters, foil stamping […]
Dating back nearly 100 years, the annual is long-standing tradition in the UK and are commonly published shortly before Christmas. Originally annuals were compendiums of the best features and articles of the previous year, but […]
This is the kind of book that should be in every bank, hair dresser, doctor’s surgery, travel agents and anywhere else that kids are forced to wait while their parents have to spend vital time […]
Containing four elements – two sticker books, a scaled-down Visual Dictionary and a MINI Poe’s X-wing Fighter set – the LEGO Star Wars Adventure Pack comes in a solid slip case that offers protection and […]
Based on the hit five-part LEGO Star Wars animated comedy mini-series that was broadcast in 2015, this publication is a chapter book that combines easy read text broken down into three chapters (or episodes) and […]
This book provides easy-to-understand building instructions to help create tons of LEGO models from outer space! This new volume in the successful LEGO books series addresses young LEGO enthusiasts. It provides helpful information on how […]
If you’ve been waiting and waiting for the LEGO-ised video game Star Wars: The Force Awakens to come out, you have probably been hanging on for this book to come out too. And thanks to […]
Featuring the latest LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures, the LEGO Star Wars Chronicles of the Force is a fun and informative guide to a LEGO galaxy far, far away. A must-have for fans of […]
If you didn’t make it to LEGOLAND California’s annual celebration of all things Star Wars, you can now get caught up with all the goings-on via the official Star Wars website’s review – LEGO Bricks […]
As billed by DK, the LEGO Star Wars: Ultimate Factivity Collection is An out of this world, fact-packed activity book filled with galactic LEGO adventure. DK’s LEGO Star Wars: Ultimate Factivity Collection combines facts with […]
Blocks showcases the latest releases from LEGO and gives in-depth reviews and opinions on each. Covering all palates, Blocks covers all the classic construction toy themes – City, Pirates and Technics – licensed lines such […]
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