If you’re trying to cut down your frivolous spending, you may want to look away now. Because you’re about to be extremely tempted to spend your entire salary on plastic bricks. LEGO has just opened its largest store ever in London’s Leicester Square. The jazzy new store will act as the brand’s flagship shop, and is the 131st LEGO store to open around the world. Oh, and it’s blimmin’ massive, and filled with all kinds of exciting stuff. There’s the Mosaic Maker, which takes your photo then prints out a personalised portrait made of LEGO in under ten minutes (you then have to assemble it yourself, so it’s still fun), a six metre tall LEGO statue of Big Ben, and a model of tube carriage. Aaaand there’s also a LEGO minifigure scanner you can peek in at from outside the store to find out which LEGO minifigure you are, digital window displays, and a ‘digital endless aisle’, which is essentially just a posh way of saying you can browse an online catalogue of all the LEGO sets available in the store.
It’s also all very British-y. There’s a big mosaic of London’s skyline, plus models of Shakespeare and a beefeater. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that The brand is also using their store as the perfect opportunity to unveil a brand new LEGO mascot called Lester, who drinks tea and carries an umbrella. He had his own room in the store where you can pictures. If you were planning to buy anyone LEGO stuff for Christmas, it’d probably be wise to pop down now. Firstly because it’s more fun than browsing online, but secondly because if you wait any longer everyone will know about the store and it’ll be absolutely packed with hyper children. MORE: You can now buy a LEGO bag that will turn your actual hand into LEGO MORE: This Chinese Lego knock-off of Mr Bean is all kinds of wrong MORE: You can now build drones out of LEGOLEGO opens biggest ever store in the UK and features way to make yourself out of bricks
LEGO is opening its new store in Leicester Square later today and it features a photo booth which creates your face in the famous bricks. If you love LEGO you might want to take a trip to the capital this Christmas.The toymaker is set to open it's biggest ever flagship branch in Leicester Square later today.The huge store features two floors packed full of LEGO and there's plenty of surprises including some iconic London landmarks made totally out of bricks.The shop also includes exclusive LEGO product sets, hands-on building areas, building demonstrations and a pick and build brick wall.But perhaps the coolest part of this ultimate LEGO store is the ‘Mosaic Maker’ which offers LEGO fans the chance to create a personalised portrait made entirely from LEGO. LEGO Store London in pictures - world's biggest LEGO shop opens in UK Daily Star Online was lucky enough to be one of the first to give this LEGO photo booth a try and it's pretty cool.The clever machine captures your image and in under ten minutes printed instructions and the bricks required to complete the LEGO portrait are supplied to the customer.
The London store is the first in the world to make this unique experience available although, before you get too excited, the LEGO set of your face will cost you £100. “We are excited to have finally opened the doors to the world’s largest LEGO store here in London” Other highlights within the new London LEGO Store include:• Build a Minifigure Tower with Talking LEGO Minifigures – includes four different talking LEGO Minifigures including Lester, Royal Guard, Bobby the Policeman and Sherlock Holmes• LEGO Minifigure Scanner – an interactive experience available from outside the store where people can find out which LEGO Minifigure they are• Digital window display - state of the art screens that will show LEGO movies and clips • Lester’s room housing a model of store mascot Lester for photo opportunities both inside and outside the store• Brickadilly corner – an interactive information centre informing shoppers including instore event schedules and highlighting retail experiences within the store• Digital endless isle – a digital experience allowing shoppers to browse a digital catalogue of all LEGO sets available in store.
It also calls for assistance by sending a message to the smart watches of store staff John Goodwin, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the LEGO Group said: “We are excited to have finally opened the doors to the world’s largest LEGO store here in London."We want to inspire and develop children through creative play experiences – and this store is all about that. Here, parents and children can explore the many different LEGO products while at the same time getting a truly immersive experience of the LEGO brand.”One of the best kids toy companies in the world is, without a doubt, LEGO. LEGO has an assortment of different sets, including sets based on movies, dioramas of real life architecture, sets that can be turned into multiple different things and even sets that are just a bunch of bricks to encourage kids to creatively build something for themselves.One of my favorite LEGO adaptations of the past few years has been their LEGO Marvel sets. Whether they are based on the movies, the comics or a TV show, the LEGO Marvel sets prove themselves to be accurate to their sources, bringing forth some of our favorite characters.
Here are ten of these LEGO Marvels sets that I think were designed extraordinarily well that are a must-have for any Marvel fan.This incredibly well designed model of Avengers Tower is not only an exterior, but also a very detailed interior with six different rooms. It's a very fun set with an assortment of characters, props and everything you would want to see in the base for the Avengers. Though it is almost $60, it is certainly worth the money.This set has to be one of the cleverest sets I have seen by LEGO in a long time. In order to fit the theme of Ant-Man, one of the parts of the set you need to build are two over-sized LEGO bricks. But, to add icing to the cake, the set also included the actual sized versions of those bricks. It was a hilarious twist to an already well designed set that I truly appreciated.This is the largest LEGO Marvel set to date. It is an extremely detailed and rather large model of the Helicarrier as seen in The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier and [The Avengers: Age Of Ultron](tag:293035).
But it's not just one giant ship. It also includes many miniature quinjets, airplanes and other vehicles, and includes different minifigures and miniature minifigures. Plus, there's also a very well designed interior that looks like its straight out of the movie. If you have $350 to spare, use it on this thing. It will keep you busy for a very long time.This is one of those rare LEGO Marvel sets that brings forth elements from the comics. Not only does it include Hulk and Thor, but it also features the red-suited comic book version of Falcon, along with comic book villains Taskmaster and M.O.D.O.K. in spectacular detail. Plus, it's a fun set with many features that are sure to keep you entertained.For the first time, LEGO brings forward their versions of Sandman and Rhino, two classic Spider-Man villains. The main backdrop of the set is a construction site for Sandman to do his thing, allowing him to stretch his abilities across the entire set with his two giant hands. Plus, it comes with the Iron Spider, the Spider-Man suit used in Civil War.
Throw everything together, and you've got yourself one awesome LEGO set.Straight out of Guardians of the Galaxy, this awesome set introduces LEGO Groot and Rocket, along with Nebula and a Sakaaran bad guy. It is a very inventive set that takes up a lot of room for only 433 pieces. It's a lot of fun and Groot is pretty freaking sweet. This set is also a must-have. (retired product)Let's face it, there's probably not a person alive that looked at Iron Man's mansion in the movies and did not want it. Well, this is probably the closest most of us will get to owning this incredible house. The set includes Tony Stark and his Mark 42 suit, in addition to Pepper, the Mandarin and an Extremis soldier. It's an exquisite set and a great addition to any LEGO collection. (retired product)Based on the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series, this set brings forth some of the best Marvel characters like Spider-Man, J. Jonah Jameson, Dr. Doom, Nova and Beetle in the LEGO adaptation of the Daily Bugle's building.
It is an awesome set with many features. Plus, really, who wouldn't want a LEGO J. Jonah Jameson minifigure? (retired product)I've got two words for you: LEGO Deadpool. Or is that technically three words? In either case, this set is a must have not only because of Deadpool, but also because of Wolverine and Magneto. These are three of X-Men's most popular characters, plus the helicopter is very well designed. Unfortunately, due to how old this set is, it very very rare and expensive, especially considering how cheap it once was. It is without a doubt one of the coolest Marvel LEGO sets to date, and I keep waiting for the day LEGO releases a new set with Deadpool in it.This is honestly my favorite one on the list. It is very well designed and the Hulk buster suit moves surprisingly well. Iron Man fits perfectly into the center of the Hulk buster, and the rest of the suit closes around him. It is fun to look at and a blast to build, and even more fun to play with. Throw in some LEGO cars for Hulk to throw, and you''ll be busy for weeks.