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The Great Brick Safari at Twycross Zoo

From now until 7th January 2019, visitors at Twycross Zoo will have the chance to explore the world-famous Great Brick Safari with over 70 life-sized LEGO brick animals, showcasing 27 different species across the zoo. Twycross Zoo is set in an 80-acre site, caring for around 500 animals from over 125 species, located amongst the rural countryside in the heart of England, Leicestershire and it is easily accessed from major roads and motorways.

They are home to one of the largest primate collections in Europe and the only place in the UK, and one of four worldwide, where visitors can see all four types of Great Ape (gorilla, orangutan, chimpanzee and bonobo) as well as a wide collection of gibbons.

Strictly Briks Brik Tower Review

Strictly Briks Brik Tower is what your children need to provide them with endless hours of fun! Use the 10 x 10 baseplates and Stackers to create your very own tower by stacking them up! This is suitable for aged five and above.

Brik Tower contains 30 pieces of Stackers and 4 pieces of 10 by 10 inch baseplates. They are very bright and colourful pieces. What’s so great about Strictly Briks is that their large building briks are compatible with all leading brands. This is a promised guaranteed tight fit with any large size building briks.

Lego Friends Advent Calendar 41326

Lego Friends Advent Calendar 2017 set number 41326 has arrived instore and online! Have you seen them yet? As a Lego fan, we were so excited to be the first few to have it and be ready for the 1^st of December! Let the countdown begin!

Sticky Brick Tape Review

If you like LEGO as much as we do, then you have to check out this Sticky Brick Tape which is fully compatible with LEGO. This tape allows you to turn any surface into a building block fun zone. Now you can build around corners, on curves and even onto other objects, instantly transforming any surface into a block building world that has no limits.

New Lego Minifigures Series 17

Lego Minifigures Series 17 is available to buy now at retailers nationwide with 16 all-new characters to collect or trade. This adds new and exciting play possibilities to existing LEGO® sets featuring the Hot Dog Vendor, Elf Maiden, Butterfly Girl, Circus Strongman, Veterinarian, Battle Dwarf, Dance Instructor, Gourmet Chef, Connoisseur, Corn Cob Guy, Roman Gladiator, Rocket Boy, Pro Surfer, Retro Space Hero and the Yuppie, plus a mystery character!

LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Review

Another great Marvel movie, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2, is coming out in cinemas soon. No doubt, this is another great opportunity for LEGO fans and movie collectors to collect these Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 playsets. What we have here are: Ravager Attack, Ayesha’s Revenge and The Milano vs. The Abilisk set.

LEGO The Batman Movie The Batmobile Review

This Batmobile 70905 set is the 2017 model car for Batman, Bruce Wayne. This is his latest car a.k.a “The Speedwagon” that can transform into different types of vehicles to store in his Bat-garage. If you haven’t followed Lego Batman through the years, in fact, Lego Batman first launched the Batmobile in 2006 which was 11 years ago. Over the years, they have updated the Batmobile to the highest standard.

LEGO NEXO Knights Review

Did you know that the much-anticipated LEGO NEXO Knights sets have been available nationwide since 1st June? Recently, we had the first hand look at the sets at the Legoland party! Have you read the post yet?

Anyway, this is the continuation of the next level of the LEGO NEXO Knights’ story where you can defeat Jestro the Evil Jester with more playsets, more shields and more powers. The Ultimate NEXO KNIGHTS™ sets allows your creativity to defeat your enemy with ultimate battle gear and unique NEXO Powers.

Lego King Pig Castle

Angry Bird Red and Mighty Eagle storm into King Pig’s castle to rescue the stolen eggs from King Pig! They need to stop Chef Pig from putting boiled eggs on the menu. Mighty Eagle catapults Red to the top of the tower to rescue the eggs before they slide into the cauldron. This awesome King Pig’s castle is part of the new LEGO Angry Birds collection and is suitable for children aged 6 and above. It is available from retailers nationwide and Amazon. For more information visit www.lego.com/en-gb/angrybirdsmovie

The Entertainer Open in Lichfield

Yesterday, we saw an exciting shop (The Entertainer) opening in our city of Lichfield. This is probably one of my children’s favourite stores and now I have something to tempt them to pop to the shops with me.

Lego NEXO Knights Magazine

After much success for LEGO Ninjago, Friends, Chima and Star Wars magazines, today they are launching a brand new magazine for Lego NEXO Knights fans! The target audience for this magazine is from aged six onwards. We are so pleased to be one of the first to read their first issue!

Each issue will come with a NEXO KNIGHTS™ toy and this first issue comes with a Lance Minifigure™. Each issue is packed with news, comics, hero facts, puzzles, posters, competitions and colouring. It will be on sale every four weeks and the normal price is £3.25.

If you are a fan of Lego NEXO KNIGHTS, then this magazine is not to be missed! It contains so many useful facts about the characters of Knighton.

Chinese New Year with LEGO

As Chinese New Year – The Year of Monkey is approaching, I can’t help thinking what to do next for this year’s theme! Today, I am using LEGO to build me auspicious Chinese New Year words. It is 大吉大利 which means I wish you happiness, luck and wealth. I do have limited LEGO so I am building 大吉 which represents almost the same meaning!

Learn Chinese Numbers using LEGO

Want to learn simple Chinese numbers using LEGO? Then read on and see how we incorporate LEGO into our daily life! Many of my readers will know that I love to use crafts to teach my children or our Lichfield Mandarin Club’s children in Chinese language. For example, we used ang pow (red packets) to make a Chinese character sheep, used old ang pow to write Chinese character Monkey, practised writing Chinese New Year words on balloons, 3D paper cutting Spring character and many more.

Win £150 Smyth’s Gift Card

We all love Lego sets in this household, like the Harry Potter set, Simpsons and many more. Did you know that now you can get Scooby-Doo themed Lego? Yes, the classic cartoon Scooby-Doo!

LEGO Explorer at National Sea Life Centre

This summer until 31^st August 2015, Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre will feature a LEGO® City Deep Sea Experience where little visitors can take part to explore the secrets of the ocean and to become an official LEGO® City Deep Sea Explorer. You will receive a Dive Log book with fun facts and a list of items to embark on a novel treasure hunt to seek out LEGO® creations hidden amongst the colourful marine life in the displays.

Once you complete your hunt (at the end of the visit), you will receive an activity pack that includes; an Official LEGO® Deep Sea Explorer certificate, sticker sheet, fun Scuba mask and more. You can also get hands-on and build your own LEGO® sea creature! Mr K built a turtle and Ms C created a four legged whale.