REVIEW: Advent calendar 3 December 2020

Yesterday's microscale build was something different from the minifigure on day one. Will today take us back to minifigure scale, or stay in microscale? Or something else? Here's what happened on day 3...

REVIEW: Advent calendar 2 December 2020

Yesterday, we got a minifigure with some great accessories, and I almost awarded it the maximum of 5 house points. What is hiding behind the second door on the calendar? Will it be more accessories for the figure, or something else? And how many house points will it get? Read on to see...

REVIEW: Advent calendar 1 December 2020

Hurrah, finally it is 1 December and the Christmas month has officially started. It is time to open the first door of the advent calendar, which I have been gazing longingly at on the shelf for so long. Was it worth the wait? Read on for my review of the 1 December model...

REVIEW: Hedwig

One surprise when the 2020 LEGO Harry Potter sets were announced was Hedwig (set 75979). This is basically a display piece, where previous Harry Potter sets (with very few exemptions, like the Brickheadz figures) were all minifigure scale play sets. I was therefore interested to see how it would stack up to other sets in the 2020 release....

More Hogwarts Crest photos released

While not available in stores till January 2021, LEGO has formally announced the new LEGO Arts set Harry Potter Hogwarts Crests (set 31201), along with some photos of it. It shows that in addition to building either of the four house crests from the set, you can also build a complete crest with all four houses, though it will require four sets to do so.

MOC competition: And the winner is… (drumroll)…

Blockwarts ran our very first MOC competition, with a full set of 16 minifigures as prize. Entries were due last Sunday night - and we can now announce the winner...

Black Friday VIP weekend at LEGO Shop@Home

This weekend is a great time to shop at LEGO.com as they are having a VIP weekend, with some pretty good incentives with both cool gifts with purchase and double VIP points. So are you chasing exclusive LEGO sets for your loved ones (including yourself), head over there now and start shopping.

Harry Potter themed LEGO Arts coming in January 2021

Dutch toy retailer Van Der Meulen has uploaded whole lot of official photos the early 2021 LEGO sets, including a new Harry Potter themed LEGO Wall Art set (31201). While such a set had been rumoured, this is the first time we get to see it. Is this something you'd like for your collection?

New figures coming with the 2021 classroom book sets

The four buildable books due to be released 1 January 2021 were revealed earlier today and have triggered a lot of interest. It is great to see something different. While my initial focus was on the books themselves (a post about those is coming up), I soon realised that the minifigures were worth a mention too, which is the focus in the following...

REVIEW: Diagon Alley – Part 4 (Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes)

Here is part four of my review of the new LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley set. This concludes my review of what I think is an amazing set. Is it something for you? There are a few issues to keep in mind if you have yet to decide whether to buy or not...