MEET OUR GIANT LEGO BRICK ANIMALS Our awesome LEGO® brick models, which include a giant otter, fabulous flamingo and huge kingfisher form a wild adventure trail for kids (and big kids!) to inspire them to build a better future for nature! The giant LEGO® brick animals are touring WWT Wetland Centres to spend time with their real-life cousins. Details of visits are on the calendar below and will be announced on Twitter. If meeting our GIANT animals isn't exciting enough you can also build-your-own minifigures and book onto one of our interactive LEGO® workshops. The excitement is building! From 11 February 2017 From 8 April 2017 From 6 May 2017 Share your LEGO brick animal adventure #LEGOBrickAnimalsFree polybags at Smyths Toys this SaturdayPosted by Huw, 02 Mar 2017 15:51 Drag your kids down to Smyths Toys this Saturday to get your hands on one of two 2017 Police polybags: "Join us in-store on Saturday 4th March to build your own LEGO City Minibuild!
Choose your FREE* Lego City minibuild toy (30352 Police Car or 30351 Police Helicopter) and build in-store then take home to play! *One toy per customer. Limited stocks available, while stocks last." More information on the Smyths Toys events page. Thanks to Brian for the news. New inventories and partsPosted by Huw, 02 Mar 2017 11:20 LEGO has just published instructions and inventories for the March releases on its customer services portal. Although I have not checked them all, the inventories appear to be complete and include a couple of interesting new parts which I examine after the break. Review: 75879 Scuderia Ferrari SF16-HPosted by CapnRex101, 01 Mar 2017 16:35View image at flickr Formula One racing cars have been the subject of LEGO products since the 1970s and their design has evolved according to the changing selection of pieces available. 75879 Scuderia Ferrari SF16-H represents the latest model in the series and has been released alongside 75833 Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team.
All three vehicles are based on the cars designed for the 2016 season and this Ferrari is accordingly distinct from that found in 75913 F14 T & Scuderia Ferrari Truck. The model is decorated with almost thirty stickers which are laden with advertising and the bodywork is accurately represented using a selection of curved slopes and tiles. In fact, I think this might be the best Formula One car released to date! BrickHeadz available nowPosted by TheBrickPal, 01 Mar 2017 14:00Iron Man Ten of the first series of BrickHeadz sets, not including Pirates of the Caribbean, are now available at shop. and Brand Stores - four Marvel (Cinematic Universe), four DC (Batman Movie) and two Disney (Beauty and the Beast). They've been available for VIP members since mid-February. But now, the wait is over; anyone can buy them! It should also be noted that they are not available at any regular retail stores. That means this is the first LEGO store-exclusive theme, as opposed to individual D2C sets from many different themes.
We'll be continuing our reviews and doing more coverage of the line soon. Please use our affiliate links to buy wherever you are, thanks: Posted by Huw, 01 Mar 2017 12:53Batman Minifigure Plush As well as releasing dozens of new sets today LEGO has also launched a lot of Gear (or, what we here at Brickset like to call 'tat'): keychains, role-play toys, stationery, housewares, minifig frames and so on. Perhaps the most interesting are four plush minifigures: Batman, Batgirl, Kai and Nya. They are pretty expensive (£20.00/$24.99), I have to admit, but at 12"/30cm tall they are probably pretty cool!. You can see all the new stuff that's been added on our New at shop.It's easier to see it there than on LEGO's terrible New sets page! MISB Taj Mahal on CatawikiPosted by Huw, 01 Mar 2017 11:00 This week's LEGO auction at Catawiki comes to an end this evening. Once again there are some interesting lots, including: 10189 Taj Mahal MISB 1966 Car repair shop
6347 Monorail Accessory Track (MISB) Technic 855 Mobile Crane You can view all available lots on our Catawiki page and if you have items to sell take a look at the guide to selling LEGO at Catawiki to find out how to get your items listed. Posted by Huw, 01 Mar 2017 05:00The Capture of Sophie Jones LEGO is releasing a number of new products today. Elves, Speed Champions, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Minecraft sets are now available in all markets. You will find them on the What's new page at shop.France) and also on our new at shop. LEGO Ideas review resultsPosted by Huw, 28 Feb 2017 15:00 Here are the second 2016 review results: Spoiler after the break...Some rare Lego sets are now selling for literally thousands of pounds online, as enthusiasts snap up the popular toys. But it's not just rare pieces that are selling well, with standard sets now frequently worth more than when they were new and even old bags of unsorted bricks in demand.
“With the soar in popularity of Lego with both adults and children, the effect on the values of both rare, hard to find sets and new releases has been incredible," said Bev Channell, event director for Lego event BRICK 2015, running at Birmingham's NEC this week. “It’s well worth searching through your old sets to see what treasures are hiding there.” The bigger, rarer sets tend to be worth the most - but with Lego frequently refreshing its range that means any old set that's large enough could be worth upwards of £1,000. Currently, these are the most valuable sets: Sadly, to get the best prices for your Lego, it needs to be “mint in box” - which means not opened since it was bought and still factory sealed. The good news for people who want to play with their toys is that you can still get good returns for assembled models – as long as there are no pieces missing. The easiest Lego sets to sell are Star Wars themed, with Millennium Falcons, Death Stars and X-Wings all selling well – and some prices in the thousands.
But there's much more than just Star Wars selling. A look at the best-selling kits on BrickPicker shows trains, play houses, dinosaurs, Harry Potter sets, Back to the Future Deloreans and Pirate sets all featuring. Most of the sales take place on eBay, with BrickPicker providing lists of the top selling and biggest rising prices – as well as a tool letting you compare the price of sets. You can also search on eBay for sold prices of similar sets. If you've got a box of Lego, rather than a specific set, you can bulk-sell as well – although prices for these are a lot lower. That said, if you have the time and can split the box out by category (be it Star Wars, pirates, Medieval, Technic or whatever) these smaller – more specific - bundles will frequently sell for more than a job-lot of unsorted bricks. To get the most value, you need to be selling pristine-condition Lego toys. “As with any sort of collectible, the safe storage of the collectible is very important,” Ed Mack explains in a piece on How to make money from Lego .
“Although the actual Lego brick is pretty much indestructible under normal conditions, the Lego boxes and instructions need special care.” That means quite a lot of space to store them all if you're trying to make money from them, and possibly adding the cost to your insurance. Then there are the seller fees on eBay. And the shipping costs – remember, Lego is bulky and could cost quite a bit to ship. And if you're selling to a collector, they'll expect it to arrive in good condition, so packing costs go up again. Oh, and don't count your profits before you sell – the price of a set can drop fast if Lego re-introduces it while prices can rise as well as fall in line with demand too. Is Lego better than gold? 500+ VOTES SO FAR The market for old toys on eBay is much bigger than just Lego. If you've got some old childhood clutter just gathering dust, here are 8 ways to tell if your old toys could be worth more then just memories while our guide to getting the most cash when selling old toys on eBay can be found here.