LEGO

If you've been following our LEGO Super Mario coverage on the site, or have been following me on Twitter over the past few years, you know that when the LEGO Super Mario collection was announced initially, I was incredibly skeptical and a bit vocal on social media about how I thought this LEGO line missed the mark completely with both LEGO and Nintendo fans. You might also remember me eating my words when I received my initial LEGO Group review drop with a few sets from Wave 1, including the starter kit. Now that we are onto Wave 2, I'm completely sold on the ...

If you gave - or received - the Super Mario LEGO starter kit over the holidays, you are probably overwhelmed by the number of additional LEGO set packs you can purchase to supplement what you get with the starter kit. We've purchased and received for a review most of wave one, and really enjoyed what we got. As wave two launches, it's become quite obvious that after the starter kit, purchasing the Master Your Adventure Maker Set is easily the next thing you should buy, unless you are buying purely for displaying.

LEGO Ideas is one of the greatest things the corporation has done in recent memory, allowing fans to submit their own designs and ultimately picking some of those designs to turn into actual LEGO sets. The majority of these LEGO Ideas sets hit on nostalgia while others just look really, really cool. While a Sesame Street set might seem more appropriate for someone in the 6-12 age range, this LEGO Ideas set is banking on adults fondly remembering their time on Sesame Street as a kid. And after I put my set together, I understood how deeply having this set hits home.

It's hard to really gauge the popularity of specific LEGO sets because so many are produced for consumption. Sure, in unique scenarios, very specific sets sell out, and they sell out quickly. Think about the $800+ LEGO Millennium Falcon, for example. But LEGO Super Mario has always been available, with a few sets going out of stock early on, only to be plentiful now. Things must be going well, however, as LEGO moves to release even more sets in 2021.

LEGO recently announced it's latest building set partnership, and it is one I never thought I would see. Beginning November 1, 2020, LEGO fans can pick up the 123 Sesame Street set, which is part of the LEGO IDEAS collection. For those unaware, LEGO IDEAS is a place for fans to get creative with LEGO ideas, have fans vote on their favourites, and then LEGO sees what they can do to bring it to life.

In August of 2020, The LEGO Group released a brand new group of Harry Potter LEGO sets, which when put together, create a large, connected Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizarding. While most of these new sets in 2020 come with a heftier price tag, when put together, it's both an aesthetic marvel, and a great playing toy. Thanks to our friends at LEGO, we had the opportunity to build Set 75969, Hogwarts Astronomy Tower. Let's take a look!

Thanks to our friends at The LEGO Group, we have been looking and and reviewing a number of fantastic LEGO Super Mario products. You can read our review of the Starter Kit here! While my kids really enjoyed putting the starter set together, it became quite obvious that more sets were going to be purchased, as the kids really wanted to expand their course building options. Let's take a look at LEGO Super Mario - Mario's House and Yoshi Expansion!

When Nintendo and LEGO partnered up to release some building sets, I was incredibly excited. I had visions of beautifully crafted sets that utilized amazing mini figures. After all, have you seen the Disney Minifigure Collection? It's brilliant, and I fully expected Nintendo to match, or exceed, that line-up. Then the sets were revealed and demoed and my excitement went from a 10, down to a 4. Now that I've played with the starter kit, have my initial thoughts changed? Let's take a look!

When LEGO and Nintendo first announced the LEGO Super Mario line-up of building block sets, I was incredibly skeptical. Instead of traditional LEGO minifigure sized sets, LEGO opted to created more interactive experience with large, chunky character and figures to play with. And from early reviews across the board - from brick review companies to video game review companies - reviews of the toys have been surprisingly good, pushing me to buy up any stock I can! There is one problem though - I cannot find local stock.

Lego is making a Nintendo Entertainment System Set! Check out a video and the details about it below. According to the Nintendo of America twitter, “Bring the pixels to life with the #LEGO Nintendo Entertainment System set! Assemble your own console and retro TV, then turn the crank to make 8-bit Mario move across the screen! Add your LEGO Mario figure for even more fun!” I think this set looks really cool! I wish I didn’t suck at putting Lego…