Growing up near many of the Massachusetts shooting locations for 1975's Jaws, my interest was understandably piqued when The LEGO Group announced development of a set based on the film. Now, just a year-and-a-half after that announcement, I'm excited to examine the final set and the parts it contains. Fortunately, almost all of these elements are now available for purchase via the LEGO® Pick a Brick service, if desired in quantity.
21 November 2024
Review: 21350 Jaws from LEGO® Ideas
20 November 2024
Parts review: 10335 Endurance from LEGO® Icons
Set sail and head towards the South Pole with LEGO® Icons 10335 Endurance. After the massive Titanic LEGO set in 2021, this is the next historical ship to release on a Black Friday. While significantly smaller and with fewer parts than its predecessor, it is a worthy contender for LEGO set of the year. In this first article, we are investigating the parts from which the Endurance is made.
19 November 2024
After-Party Fest: Kev Levell's MOCs
Review: 40700 Winter Holiday Train GwP for LEGO® Insiders Weekend
Several Christmas-themed LEGO® trains, both big and small, have appeared over the years and this coming holiday season brings us 40700 Winter Holiday Train, a new Gift with Purchase (GwP) available to LEGO® Insiders beginning on 23 November 2024 – along with Double Points.
18 November 2024
Revealed: 77037 Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth from LEGO® Horizon Adventures™
The LEGO Group have revealed set 77037 Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth, a tie-in with the LEGO® Horizon Adventures™video game that released 4 days ago. We also have some pictures of it from Fan Media Days in Billund in September, including new moulds created for the set!
16 November 2024
Pick a Brick: Germany and UK get upload option plus more new features
Yet more exciting news from the LEGO® Pick a Brick online development team! The ability to upload a wish list, which premiered in North America recently, has now been rolled out to the UK and Germany... with even more new features included than before.
15 November 2024
2024 Skærbæk workshop and After-Party Fest: introducing the elements
New Elementary ran a building workshop at Skærbæk Fan Weekend in September 2024. During the event, attendees were tasked with making something using 10 elements released in the last 12 months as seed parts; we will show you some of the results in due course, but first up, it's our turn! We rounded up some of the reclaimed seed parts from the workshop to run one of our "parts festivals", and dispatched them to a couple of our regular contributors: Kev Levell and Caz Mockett, and one of the workshop attendees, Nathan Don as a guest builder.
So, welcome to After-PartyFest! For our first instalment, Tom Loftus introduces all 10 elements and to take a closer look at those that have escaped New Elementary's analytical eye so far.
13 November 2024
Review: 71485 Mateo and Z-Blob the Knight Battle Mech from LEGO® DREAMZzz™
A big mech calls for a big name and 71485 Mateo and Z-Blob the Knight Battle Mech is certainly a long one for this 1333-piece set. Though I can't help but think simply going with Mateo and Z-Blob the Knight Mech would have been enough. Surely 'Knight' and 'Mech' suggests battling is a given, right? We might never know, but by reading this article you will know if this LEGO® DREAMZzz™ set is worthy of the Round Table of New Elementarian Knights.
12 November 2024
Pick a Brick: surprise early release of December elements
Christmas comes early! LEGO® Pick a Brick have added hundreds of new elements to the service today – taking us all by surprise! These are new elements from August 2024 sets, which were going to be added next week.
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10 November 2024
New parts: January 2025 LEGO® Monkie Kid and LEGO® Chinese Traditional Festival sets
Earlier this week at the China International Import Expo, the LEGO Group unveiled three new LEGO® Lunar New Year/ Spring Festival sets – some launching on 25 December 2024 in most countries in the Asia Pacific region and worldwide on 1 January 2025 – and two new LEGO® Monkie Kid sets launching 1 January.
As is usual for these themes, these sets feature a wealth of interesting new molds, recolored parts, and printed elements. Let’s take a peek at 80065 Erlang’s Celestial Mech, 80066 Mythical Creature Qilin, 80116 Trotting Lantern, 80117 Good Fortune, and 40813 Lucky Cat to see what the new year has in store!
07 November 2024
Pick a Brick update: How to download your cart
The development team at LEGO® Pick a Brick have released another awesome update to the service that LEGO builders have been asking for: you can now download a list of the elements in your shopping cart.
Review: 71814 Tournament Temple City from LEGO® NINJAGO®
71814 Temple Tournament City is the largest set in the 2024 LEGO® NINJAGO® lineup, and as a substantial set of 3489 pieces, it has plenty of interesting parts to talk about. Many of them are now available from LEGO® Pick a Brick (PaB), where you can buy them in bulk.
04 November 2024
Review: 76289 Thor vs. Surtur Construction Figure from LEGO® Marvel
76289 Thor vs. Surtur Construction Figure takes its cues from 2017's Thor: Ragnarok. The giant fire demon, Surtur was predicted to destroy Asgard and is depicted here as a large-ish construction figure.
From an initial look, the parts are pretty, but I'm not sure everything about this set is going to Ragna-rock my world!
01 November 2024
What are the new LEGO® parts in November 2024 sets?
I've created a list showing all 43 new LEGO® elements appearing in new sets in November 2024, with links to which sets they come in so you can check for the ones you might be interested in. And for those of you who instead prefer our list of sets showing which contain the most new elements, click here.