Making the Free Mini VW Beetle Minifigure Friendly!

Were you lucky enough to get your hands on #40252-1, the free mini VW Beetle promo!? Thanks to triple VIP points which made me finally pull the trigger on getting #31065 – Park Street Townhouse, I did! It’s a cute little thing isn’t it!  But for me it has one major flaw – it looks great […]

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Lego City Magazine

Finally!  Finally after Ninjago, Chima, Star Wars (and more!), a Lego City Magazine!! So are we going to see what the good (and not so good folk) of Lego City get up to in their everyday lives?  Visiting the museum on their downtime.  Maybe enjoying a slice of pizza from the Lego City Pizza Van […]

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MOC/MOD – Paradise Cafe

Lego Paradise Cafe

I recently bought a job lot of second hand Lego from DoneDeal.ie which contained just the cafe part from #4664 Marina  So I expanded the cafe part to become a takeaway coffee shop with chill out deck on the roof.  Inside there’s a coffee machine, blender and display counter with cakes and pastries. There’s nothing mind-blowing about it […]

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10255 – Assembly Square

Boy was I looking forward to this announcement!  Lego have released details of the set to celebrate 10 years of their Modular Buildings – Assembly Square!  And it doesn’t dissapoint!   Three buildings, absolutely jam packed with details!  I’ll leave it to this press release from Lego to explain further!  Celebrate ten years of Modular […]

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20% off Lego City at Smyths Toys! (Ireland)

Not sure if this is applicable to Smyths UK stores too, but I was delighted to discover that here in Ireland at least, Smyths has all Lego City sets at 20% off. Highlights for me included this years Advent Calender (was €22.99, now €17.99, and which I’ve treated myself too!), and for anyone who’s had […]

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Knowing when it’s time to stop

Image of Lego MOC Pump House Wexford Wildfowl Reserve

The North Slob – one of my favourite places (and what a great name!).  Now a bird sanctuary (in fact it’s official name is Wexford Wildfowl Reserve), it’s an area of land which has been reclaimed from the sea. This is the Pump House, built back in the mid 19th century to aid the drainage […]

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