Thursday, June 19, 2025

Review: 9471 Uruk-Hai Army

After reviewing Helm's Deep, I had fully intended to review the small army-builder companion set, Uruk-hai army. Life (and laziness) are kind of funny...

Review: 76002 Superman – Metropolis Showdown

If anything can be said about the new Superman film, it's that it's certainly polarizing of Superman fans. The previous Superman set we had,...
70611 Water Strider

Review: 70611 Water Strider

70611 Water Strider is my third The LEGO NINJAGO Movie set that I've built, the second one I've done a review for and I...

Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Captain America: The Winter Soldier opened last week to record breaking box office results (for April) and positive reviews. After seeing it last night...

Review: 75103 First Order Transporter

I'm not sure there's ever been a more "wait, what?" moment in seeing a set than when we first saw the second largest First...

Review: 40288 BB-8

A small padded envelope came in the mail the other day and inside were my samples of the next Shop@Home Gift with Purchase set:...

A Year of Polybags 36/260: LEGO Ninjago 30085 Jumping Snakes Review

Even on a holiday, the poybag review train keeps on trucking. Today's polybag, 30085 Jumping Snakes, was another one of the newspaper voucher free sets...

A Year of Polybags 173/260: 30435 Build Your Own Hogwarts Castle Review

This is a brilliant polybag. Sponsorship This week’s set of reviews is sponsored by my pal Ryan Wood. He sent me today’s set as well as...

Review: 7877 Naboo Starfighter

Now this is pod racing! Oh wait, no it isn’t, it’s 7877 Naboo Starfighter! This sleek starfighter was one of the few memorable starship designs...

Review: 75079 Shadow Troopers

We got four battle packs this year, making for a shocking eight million (give or take a few million) different packs being available. In...