Blocks Magazine is back for issue 122 and editor Graham Hancock gives us a closer look at this jam-packed issue which this month looks at Harry Potter, LEGO Friends, Wicked, Super Mario World and much more, including their review of Star Wars 75397 Jabba’s Sail Barge.
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Inside Issue 122
76294 X-Men: The X-Mansion is the massive new LEGO Marvel set – and the Blocks Reviews team is inspecting the facilities to see if it is a suitable place for training mutants. It’s not the only enormous model to go under the critical eye this month, as the Reviews section also checks out Star Wars 75397 Jabba’s Sail Barge, Harry Potter 76437 The Burrow – Collectors’ Edition, 71438 Super Mario World: Mario and Yoshi and more.
As for this month’s features, you can get a look at the development of two new LEGO Friends sets – find out how the team sketched out the models, developed them using their digital tools before landing on two final designs that are sure to appeal to adult LEGO fans.
Model Designer Laura Perron also stops by to talk about how career. In an in-depth discussion, she discusses joining the LEGO Group, working on LEGO DOTS in secret and designing 21336 The Office with her spouse. If you love getting insight into how the LEGO design department really works, this conversation gives you a real taste.
Issue 122 also kicks off a new multi-part feature that will reveal how the minifigure came about. Using new research and prototype figures, Blocks is going to chronicle the story of how the LEGO Group came up with the iconic minifigure, starting with the maxi figures that came in before them.
Exclusive instructions show you how to build a Luxury Poké Ball from Pokémon, Emerald City from Wicked, a mini version of 8877 Vladek’s Dark Fortress and a mini Jabba’s Sail Barge, in case you don’t have room for the Ultimate Collector Series version. You can also find inspiration from detailed train builds and absolutely enormous spaceship MOCs.
Mirko Crucchiola wanted to do something special to mark his admiration for Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the LEGO Group’s founder… so he decided to get a park named after him. Find out how he navigated the labyrinthine local bureaucracy to achieve his dream.
That’s just a taste of what is inside month’s 116-page magazine, which also includes advice on investing in Christmas LEGO sets, a look back at the Fabuland TV show Edward & Friends, Wednesday set reviews and much, much more.
The Blocks Book of Retro LEGO Sets Volume II is also available now! It’s a wonderful look back at classic LEGO sets from the 1980s and 1990s, with spotlights on specific sets, exclusive build instructions, interviews with people who worked at the LEGO Group back in the day and Q&As with talented builders inspired by the vintage themes.
Blocks is giving away £3,000 worth of LEGO sets! To be entered into the prize draw and to get Blocks magazine delivered every month – ahead of the shops – visit www.blocksmag.com and check out the money-saving subscription deals available.
The 12 month subscription, 24 month subscription and back issue blowout deals end at 9.00am UK time on Tuesday, December 3, unless stock runs out before then. For entry into the £3,000 draw, you must have an active Blocks subscription at 11.59pm UK time on December 23, 2024 (existing subscribers will automatically be entered into the prize draw).
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