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UCS AT-AT : The Home Straight
So, not far short of one whole year after I published the first blog posting on my quest to build a copy of Cavegod's UCS AT-AT (you can read about how it all began here if you missed it) I finally...
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Old School
Time to dip into my ever-growing build queue this week.... Set 31011 Aviation Adventures caught my eye as soon as pictures started to leak onto the internet in 2012, and it was of course part of the...
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(Even More) Spoiled for Choice
A while back I reviewed a book called Amazing Vehicles by Nathanael Kuipers and Mattia Zamboni. I thought it was an interesting concept - a book containing building instructions for ten...
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ANDER CONstruction
Regular readers will know of my longstanding love of all things Gerry Anderson. Gerry, who passed away in 2012, was a UK-born producer, writer and director of TV and film, and was the driving force...
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Holy Cow !
For me, the LEGO Movie has been a revelation, serving up up one surprise after another. The first surprise was that LEGO should dive into the murky world of Hollywood and get behind a big-budget movie...
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Sea Cow review - the finale !
Last time on Gimme LEGO I kicked off my review of Set 70810 MetalBeard's Sea Cow with a close look at the packaging, minifigures and accessory models; if you missed it then you can get caught up...
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Shanghai Surprise
Second only to the original Star Wars trilogy in my cinematic affections, the Indiana Jones films and characters have remained close to my heart for more than 3 decades now. Although it was Set 10188...
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Family Values
So there I was, having a relaxing sit down and a nice cup of tea after my epic two-part Sea Cow review. The pressure was off - two whole weeks to figure out what to write about next, to do any building...
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One Man Show
With the massive success of this year's LEGO Movie and the subsequent release of Set 70816 Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP! I think it's fair to say that there's been something of a Classic...
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Who wants to be a Millionaire ?
A few days ago Gimme LEGO became a pageview millionaire.Not bad going for an infrequently-updated LEGO-focused blog founded less than 4 years ago I reckon, so please indulge me while I pause briefly...
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Lost In Space
Having recently wallowed in Classic Space nostalgia with my review of Set 918 One Man Space Ship and in the process touched on the Neo Classic Space movement, I figured it'd be the perfect time to run...
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Agents Rebooted
Some say you should never go back, and LEGO has some history in that regard, not least with their 'Legends' series of classic sets which failed to hit the commercial heights. The rights and wrongs of...
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An Art or a Science ?
The Art of LEGO Design by Jordan Schwartz is the latest in a procession of adult-oriented LEGO-related books from No Starch Press to drop through my letterbox. The timing was perfect - it arrived just...
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Race Against Time
I'm a notoriously slow builder. Set 10179 Ultimate Collector's Millennium Falcon took me the best part of 3-months to complete, and it's a source of some amusement to certain AFOL friends of mine that...
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Double Agent
LEGO's recent reboot of the Agents theme in the form of Ultra Agents, and my subsequent review of one of the new offerings - Set 70162 Infearno Interception - reminded me that I've been meaning to...
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Redemption?
I've given the LEGO Super Heroes theme a bit of a kicking over the past year, truth be told. After starting 2013 so well with the excellent Arkham Asylum remake things rapidly went downhill, to the...
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And the winners are....
Well done to those of you who entered the recent Gimme LEGO competition to win a copy of the Guardians of the Galaxy Milano Spaceship Rescue set and correctly identified Vin Diesel as the actor who...
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Dino Crisis
As I've previously mentioned, in addition to my stewardship of Gimme LEGO I also write for Blocks Magazine. I'm pleased to report that Blocks editor Mark Guest has generously granted me permission to...
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Christmas Surprise
So it's Christmas and therefore once again time for the Brickish Association Christmas party. Displaced from our customary LEGOLAND Windsor venue by renovation work at the LEGOLAND Hotel we were...
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The Gimme LEGO Awards 2014
Yes - it's that time again! Welcome to the 2014 Gimme LEGO Awards and my annual trawl through the good, the bad and the ugly of the year viewed through LEGO spectacles. This is the fourth year I've...
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