GIFT GUIDE

With Christmas approaching, it’s the perfect time for unique, interesting and lovable LEGO gifts

It’s that time of the year once more; there’s a chill in the air, TV is filled with shows about dancing or singing and we are deciding what to get our loved ones for Christmas while at the same time, secretly hoping they don’t get us a pair of socks. So we’ve donned our festive hats and collected a few great gift ideas for the LEGO lover in your life. MICROFIGHTERS SERIES 3

STOCKING FILLERS! FILLERS!

LEGO COIN PIGGY BANK

Price: £10.99 Availability: LEGO.com Save all your loose change in this brick-built piggy bank, then use what you’ve saved to buy even more LEGO products. It really is the gift that keeps on giving. Price: £8.99 Availability: LEGO.com These mini versions of iconic Star Wars vehicles are fun to build and even better to collect. Series 3 includes six sets, with each one including a minifigure.

LEGO DC COMICS & MARVEL SUPER HEROES MIGHTY MICROS

Price: £8.99 Availability: LEGO.com DC Comics and Marvel’s finest get a mightily-micro makeover, as they pair off and do battle in these funky little LEGO karts. Watch your ankles.

THE SECRET WORLD OF LEGO DVD

Price: £12.99 Availability: amzn.to/2e7txJo

The highly-acclaimed Channel 4 documentary, which delved behind the scenes of the LEGO world and also followed the also followed the creation of this very creation of this very magazine, is now available on DVD. magazine, is now available on DVD.

LEGO MINIFIGURES & BRICK KEY CHAIN

Price: from £3.99 Availability: LEGO.com Jazz up your keys and take your love of LEGO wherever you go with these LEGO key chains, featuring a whole host of characters featuring a whole host of characters and coloured bricks.

LEGO MINIFIGURES SERIES 16

Price: £2.49 each Availability: LEGO.com The LEGO Minifigures are back again, with 16 crazy The LEGO Minifigures are back again, with 16 crazy new characters to collect. There’s also a story in every new characters to collect. There’s also a story in every pack involving the character. These little packs of joy pack involving the character. These little packs of joy make great stocking fillers. make great stocking fillers.

This month, we take a wider look at the world of LEGO-related products, as we expand our coverage to give you a host of ideas for your festive wishlist or for the LEGO fan in your life

TECHNIC PORSCHE 911 GT3 RS

Price: £249.99 Availability: LEGO.com This luxury building experience has been hailed by fans as a masterpiece and we believe it delivers the premium experience you deserve this Christmas. One to grace the desk of the dad who has everything.

PIRATES CHESS SET

Price: £45.99 Availability: LEGO.com Give the classic game of chess a LEGO twist with this brick-built, Pirate-themed chess board. The Bluecoats take on the Pirates as the chess pieces are transformed into minifigures.

LEGO SETS

THE BEATLES YELLOW SUBMARINE

Price: £49.99 Availability: LEGO.com Join the Fab Four as they travel to Pepperland in their iconic Yellow Submarine, which has been lovingly recreated in this far-out new set from the LEGO Ideas platform. building it this Christmas. New techniques and pieces and an incredible finished model make this an essential product for all LEGO fans.

VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE

Price: £69.99 Availability: LEGO.com The groovy Beetle hit the shelves in August and has gained mass appeal outside the traditional LEGO fan base, as well as praise from fans for creating such realistic curves. As a relatively newly-released set, it’s the perfect thing to surprise your LEGO lover with.

MINI COOPER

Price: £74.99 Availability: LEGO.com & John Lewis Forever a classic LEGO set, the Mini Cooper is as popular amongst fans now as it was upon its release in 2014. If you haven’t picked it up yet, then this is the perfect time of year to change that.

CATERHAM 7

Price: £69.99 Availability: LEGO.com & John Lewis Celebrate the plucky iconic British kit sports car by building it this Christmas. New techniques and pieces and an incredible finished model make this an essential product for all LEGO fans.

WALL-E

Price: £39.99 Availability: LEGO.com Recreate Disney/Pixar’s faithful recycling robot with LEGO bricks. Originally created by a Pixar employee, it’s a perfect treat for fans of the film.

BIG BUILDS FOR THE YOUNGAT-HEART THE YOUNG-

DISNEY CASTLE

Price: £289.99 Availability: LEGO.com The ultimate LEGO set for the ultimate Disney fan, featuring incredible details from Walt Disney’s magical history of animated adventures across the decades.

BIG BEN

Price: £169.99 Availability: LEGO.com One of London’s most iconic landmarks becomes one of the most intricately-detailed LEGO Creator Expert sets and a great display piece. The only thing missing is the sound of perhaps the most famous chimes in the world.

ARCHITECTURE STUDIO

Price: £149.99 Availability: LEGO.com Bring your architectural creations or re-creations to life. With this amazing set of over 1200 LEGO bricks, you can build whatever you can imagine.

DEATH STAR BATMAN CLASSIC TV SERIES BATCAVE

Price: £229.99 Availability: LEGO.com Holy incredible set Batman! Build the classically-camp TV series Batcave, complete with the classic Batmobile and fun minifigures.

Price: £399.99 Availability: LEGO.com The new LEGO Death Star is armed and fully operational and even includes a few new details. Perfect for ruling the galaxy.

GHOSTBUSTERS FIREHOUSE HQ

Price: £274.99 Availability: LEGO.com It’s the most iconic firehouse around and it’s also one of the largest LEGO sets ever. Based on the 1980s classic, ’busting this build will make you feel good.

ACCESSORIES

LEGO WALL LIGHTS

Price: £22.99 each Availability: goo.gl/sccXPn, goo.gl/URb0pg or pricerighthome.com Soothe yourself to sleep with the wall-mountable LEDLite Bricks. They can be set to stay on for 30 minutes and include themed stickers.

LEGO WHAT AM I?

Price: £29.99 Availability: LEGO.com The much-loved game of Guess Who? gets a LEGO twist, with a fully-buildable game complete with two sets of minifigures and items to try to guess.

LEGO ADVENT CALENDARS

Price: from £19.99-£24.99 Availability: LEGO.com Count down to Christmas with a new mini LEGO build or minifigure/minidoll everyday. Choose from LEGO City, LEGO Star Wars or LEGO Friends advents.

LEGO NINJAGO & NEXO KNIGHTS COSTUMES

Price: from £10-£60 Availability: goo.gl/pSF1vE Halloween may be over but that doesn’t mean kids can’t dress up as their favourite Ninjago or Nexo Knights characters this Christmas. Before you ask; no they don’t come in adult sizes.

OFFICIAL STAR WARS DARTH VADER STORAGE HEAD

Price: £22.50 Availability: goo.gl/B9VMeu Keep your loose bricks fully under the control of the empire with a storage tub modelled on Vader’s helmet. Do not underestimate the power of the Dark Bley Side...

LEGO STATIONERY RANGE

Price: from £6.99 Availability: LEGO.com Expand your creativity beyond the brick and onto the page with LEGOthemed pens, pencils and even a buildable ruler, all fully compatible with LEGO bricks.

LEGO LEDLITE KEY CHAINS

Price: £7.99 - £9.99 Availability: pricerighthome.com These fun oversized keychains each feature super-bright LED lights in their feet, perfect for find that missing LEGO brick that went under the sofa.

LEGO BEDDING SETS

Price: from £16.99 Availability: goo.gl/RxuCTi or pricerighthome.com Cuddle up for a cosy night’s kip with your favourite LEGO characters including the Nexo Knights, the ninja of Ninjago and even LEGO City Undercover’s Chase McCain.

MINIFIGURES.COM

Prices: starting from £9.95 Availability: minifigures.com BRICK GRIMES - Take on the walking dead but just stay clear of baseball bats. MR MELTY - He loves the summer but oddly, gets on better around Christmas TOM BAKER AS DOCTOR WHO - Travel through space and time with the longest-serving Time Lord. SHORT CIRCUIT - Part-minifigure, part-machine and all types of fun.

CUSTOM CREATIONS

MINIFIGS.ME

Price: Starting from £11.99 Availability: minifigs.me GAMING COLLECTION - Your favourite gaming characters as custom minifigures. DOODLEFIGS - Grab the crayons and bring your own doodles to life. STRANGER THINGS 11 - Go to the Upside Down and discover stranger things. RIPLEY - She mostly builds at night. Mostly. LOST BOYS - Proper 1980s vampires.

FAB BRICKS

Price: starting from £5 Availability: fab-bricks.com PERSONALISED BRICKS - Create your custom minifigures and engraved bricks. SONIC THE HEDGEHOG TILES - Gotta Go Faster? Then sonic-spin into these Sega-inspired tiles.

BESPOKE GIFTS GIFTS

BRIK BOOK LAPTOP COVER

Price: $49.99 Availability: brikbook.com Ever wanted to jazz up your laptop with LEGO bricks? Now you can with a stud-encrusted laptop cover. They are available in multiple sizes depending on your laptop and are a great way to stand out in a crowd.

PERSONALISED NAME PLATES

Price: from £16.99 Availability: goo.gl/HhuFxA These acrylic plates can be created with any name or wording in a similar style to the typeface of the LEGO logo. House numbers are also available. Now, what LEGO fan wouldn’t want one of these?

KNOTMINIFIGS PARACORD BRACELETS

Price: Varies Availability: goo.gl/g5GHnS Availability: goo.gl/g5GHnS Transform your favourite Transform your favourite minifigures into funky paracord minifigures into funky paracord bracelets, bag charms or key chains. bracelets, bag charms or key chains.

PERSONALISED BRICKTHEMED PRINTS

Price: from £8.00 Availability: goo.gl/nUMFFz These stylish art prints riff on the text found on LEGO boxes the text found on LEGO boxes and can be personalised to and can be personalised to include names and ages. include names and ages.

HANDMADE BRICK GREETING CARDS

Price: from £3.99 Availability: thebrickladd.com Availability: thebrickladd.com Show someone you care with Show someone you care with these handmade greeting these handmade greeting cards, each featuring real LEGO cards, each featuring real LEGO elements for added fun. elements for added fun.

HANDMADE MOSAIC FRAMES

Price: from £20.00 Availability: thebrickladd.com A subtle way to inject some colour into your room whilst cleverly showing off your love of the brick.

HANDMADE MINIFIGURE SHELVES

Price: From $55.00 (£45 approx) Availability: chroble.com Availability: chroble.com A super-stylish way to display your minifigure A super-stylish way to display your minifigure collection from Chroble. These handmade shelves collection from Chroble. These handmade shelves are lovingly crafted from treated black walnut are lovingly crafted from treated black walnut hardwood. Three lengths are available; short (fits 5 hardwood. Three lengths are available; short (fits 5 minifigures), medium (13) or long (25).

HANDMADE FUNKY WALL CLOCKS

Price: £20.00 each Availability: bricksathome.com It’s always LEGO time with this range of designer clocks by MonkiStuff. Numbers are represented by 2x2 bricks.

UNIKITTY CUSHIONS

Price: £24.99 each Availability: bricksathome.com Availability: bricksathome.com Express a range of emotions Express a range of emotions with these fun Unikitty cushions. with these fun Unikitty cushions. Each double-sided cushion Each double-sided cushion features two of her hilarious features two of her hilarious facial expressions. facial expressions.

CUSTOM CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS

Price: from £4.99 Availability: thebrickladd.com If you’re fed up with the usual tinsel and baubles, then spruce-up your tree with some new LEGO decorations including a stocking, reindeer and Christmas tree. These gifts are unique to Brickladd and the set can be bought for £10.

PHOTO BRICKS

Price: from £3.00 Availability: shop.minifigforlife.com Transform any photo into a fun mini LEGO puzzle. Your most beloved images are printed directly onto LEGO images are printed directly onto LEGO bricks. The perfect gift this year.

HAND-PAINTED ARTWORK

Price: from £28.95 Availability: toysrart.co.uk Brighten your walls with these beautiful LEGO-themed artwork prints by Deborah Cauchi. There is a huge selection available as well as original paintings, cards, mugs and coasters. The perfect way to display your true love for the minifigure!

ARCHITECTURE SKYLINE PRINTS

Price: £20.00 Availability: bricksathome.com These fantastic prints by Alex Brooks feature LEGO Architecture building sets placed within real skylines to create a dramatic piece of art that is perfect for a stylish home or office.

MINIFIGURE DISPLAY FRAMES

Price: from £14.50 Availability: framesforbricks.co.uk Display your minifigures with these stylish frames, custom-made to order, with a huge number of different options available.

BRIC-KIT CUSTOMISED PRODUCTS

Price: from £5.50 each Availability: bric-kit.com Create your own unique LEGO-themed gifts, from aprons to cushions. Add your own minifigure faces or even your own name.

CUSTOM MINION

Price: from £7.99 Availability: thebrickladd.com Take home one of these adorable brick-built minions or get crazy this Christmas with a superhero minion. These cuties are all are brilliantly designed by the Brickladd, including Hulk, Iron Man and even Batman.

HANDMADE DIMENSIONS DISPLAY STANDS

Price: from £16.95 Availability: goo.gl/n1OVPO With all those minifigures, gadgets and vehicles to buy, storing your collection of LEGO Dimensions sets can be tricky. But these display stands may be the answer.

LEGO GAMING

LEGO HARRY POTTER COLLECTION PS4

Price: £30.99 Availability: amzn.to/2dOrF2A The wizarding world of Harry Potter gets a HD remastering in plenty of time for Christmas. Play through the entire adventure from the movies for the first time on PS4. Great family fun.

LEGO DIMENSIONS FUN, TEAM, LEVEL AND STORY PACKS

Price: from £14.99 - £39.99 Availability: LEGO.com Add a world of new content to your LEGO Dimensions adventure with new characters, Dimensions adventure with new characters, levels and Battle Arenas.

LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

Price: from £34.99 Availability: amzn.to/2e85ABG Relive the return of Star Wars as you replay the adventures of The Force Awakens and learn what happened in all-new stories.

LEGO DIMENSIONS STARTER PACK

Price: RRP £79.99 Availability: LEGO.com Head into the LEGO Multiverse with some of your favourite characters and bring LEGO to Life. This Starter Pack is all you need to get going.

LEGO CITY UNDERCOVER

Price: £17.99 Availability: amzn.to/2ekO3RW Join Chase McCain along with the LEGO City PD and experience one of the greatest LEGO Games ever made, exclusively on the Nintendo Wii U.

GEEKY LEGO CRAFTS

Price: £14.50 Availability: amzn.to/2esnmyF A wall-mounted stag’s head a flaming toast rack; create these unique LEGO builds and more with a geeky twist. A lot of ideas and fun projects for the discerning fan.

LEGO ANIMATION BOOK

Price: £14.50 Availability: amzn.to/2esmM48 Bring your bricks to life with an in-depth guide to help make your own brickflicks.

TINY LEGO WONDERS

Price: £17.99 Availability: amzn.to/2esoSRD Create a range of different miniscale LEGO builds with just a handful of bricks but bags of character. With pages crammed full of instructions, this is one that will get the juices flowing.

LEGO NEXO KNIGHTS BOOK OF KNIGHTS

Price: £14.99 Availability: amzn.to/2dSnbtz Brush up of your NEXO powers and learn about the realm of Knighton. Includes a Merlok minifigure.

BOOKS

LEGO CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS BOOK

Price: £14.50 Availability: amzn.to/2esvGyy Bring a little bit of LEGO fun to your Christmas Bring a little bit of LEGO fun to your Christmas decorations with instructions on how to make Chris decorations with instructions on how to make Chris McVeigh’s ace festive ornaments.

LEGO BUILD YOUR OWN ADVENTURES (CITY & STAR WARS)

Price: £17.99 Availability: amzn.to/2ekKLhq Go on an adventure across LEGO City or in a galaxy, far, far away. Each book contains inspirational models to build and an exclusive mini LEGO set.

365 THINGS TO DO WITH LEGO

Price: £16.99 Availability: amzn.to/2dWn83o Hit the timer and build, play games or challenge friends with over 365 things to do with your LEGO bricks. This will certainly keep you busy all year round, with loads of great builds from some of the best fan builders from around the globe.

BEAUTIFUL LEGO VOL 1-3

Price: £21.50 each Availability: goo.gl/0UizEv These three books showcase the amazing designs of fans builders from around the world. Each of the three books covers a different theme, including animals. different theme, including animals.

LEGO NINJAGO CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA 2016

Price: £14.99 Availability: amzn.to/2eaimuC amzn.to/2eaimuC Learn all about the ninja Learn all about the ninja of Ninjago, their vehicles, of Ninjago, their vehicles, enemies and sets in the enemies and sets in the newly-updated book. newly-updated book.

LEGO STAR WARS SMALL SCENES FROM A BIG GALAXY

Price: £16.99 Availability: amzn.to/2esk4eW Finnish photographer Vesa Lehtimäki’s uniquelyatmospheric LEGO images are brought together for the first time. Stunning imagery from one of the scene’s best photographers.

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