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Thursday, March 30, 2023

LEGO® City | Barbecue Burn Out

The summer season in the Asian region that includes the Philippines is considered a “Fire Prevention” month, which is mainly rolled in as an essential reminder in the last week of February to the early days of March. With that said, most of the rescue responders are called into action with this reminder.

In the world of LEGO® City, there are sets that would teach young children about educating fire prevention and get to build kits or sets that would inspire them to become responsible about the dangers of fire.

Thursday, February 16, 2023

LEGO® City | Wildlife Rescue Hovercraft

LEGO® City is an ever evolving and the longest running theme for the Danish brand. From the Town System as far back in 1979, which featured the modern minifigure that has grown to adapt and take inspiration in the real world.

With countless sub-themes with the LEGO® City there’s more room to evolved, and with the addition of wildlife that introduced animals big and small chances are there are also some sets that are “taste testers” to those who haven’t had a set based on this particular series that’s based on the featured animals.

Friday, March 13, 2020

LEGO® City | Ice Cream Truck

03.13.2020 – Summer season has finally arrived in the Philippines despite the climate changes in the weather with a little bit of rain the heat is certainly on and when the temperature rises it shows many locals would find ways to stay cool. Of course, simple things like having a cold icy treat is definitely good.

Sometimes let the ice cream comes to you in the form of an Ice Cream Truck ready to bring in all the cool icy goodness to beat the sweltering heat. LEGO® introduces a new addition to the ever expanding food truck theme with this Ice Cream Truck!

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

LEGO® City | Fire Chief

03.11.2020 – The Fire Prevention Month of March is being observed in the Philippines. It is the perfect time to discuss and raise awareness about the causes, hazards, and dangers of fire. It’s not only in the city but throughout the country including remote areas, which is also a good time to spotlight a LEGO® set.

This LEGO® set is none other than the Fire Chief and his trusty off-road buggy set no. 30010, which is an impulse pack that was originally released in selected markets back in 2010. Even though this set is almost a decade it’s a reminder about fire prevention.

Monday, January 6, 2020

LEGO® City | Fire ATV

01.06.2020 – The start of the year looks to be a challenging one for Australians as bushfires have started to go uncontrollably. It should raise awareness all over the state and also to the rest of the world that everyone should be ready when it happens.

LEGO® has been producing sets inspired by real world emergency responders it inspire young kids and inspire those who would be ready to volunteer. With that LEGO® has recently produced its latest iteration of what bushfire fighters should be equipped with and that is the Fire ATV!

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

LEGO® City | Rover Testing Drive

07.02.2019 – This year LEGO® City brings back the Space subtheme that inspire young minds about dreaming of becoming astronauts and explorations in deep space. The theme has been part of the brand since the introduction of the minifigure in 1979 as a separate theme until in the late 2000s.

The Space subtheme for 2019 introduces sets that inspire real world space vehicles and orbital station in collaboration with NASA. These LEGO® sets have already landed in Manila and taking a spotlight is Testing Rover Drive!

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

LEGO® Classic | Blue Creativity Box

06.04.2019 – LEGO® produce many themes for their brand that is allocated to age groups as being established early in the 1970s. Over the years the themes evolved with some being discontinued and there are some had re-introduced into different product keeping it relevant and fresh.

Internationally, LEGO® has become a global powerhouse but still keeps their roots firmly to the ground that they keep the legacy through the their in-house theme which brings you to the LEGO® Classic that wants you to build through your imagination.

Monday, November 12, 2018

NBA Hoop Bricks | C3 Toys & OYO Sports

11.12.2018 – Basketball has been a prominent sport in the Philippines despite most Filipinos lack the height to make up that requirement. It’s not a seasonal sport like Baseball or Footy, but that’s what you see in the streets every day. Filipinos enjoy playing and watching the game more popular than boxing, billiards or even soccer.

There has been merchandise based on this sport from team uniforms to novelty items like collectible minifigures tie-up to the NBA as the premier basketball league in the world.

Thursday, May 24, 2018

Speed Champions | Ford Fiesta WRC

05.24.2018 – LEGO® continues to expand their license themes not only from properties based from comic books, movies, television, animation, videogames and other things from popular culture but also real world car brands. This is where the Speed Champions have introduced motorsport.

The Speed Champions theme has been around since 2015, but most of the cars introduced are from the racing circuit. This will be probably the first to introduced cars from the World Rally Championship with the Ford Fiesta M-Sport WRC.

Friday, May 18, 2018

Speed Champions | Ford Mustang Fastback

05.18.2018 – The 1968 Mustang Fastback is an iconic car for Ford Motors Corporation. It’s identified as one of the first generation Mustang but with sportier in appearance besides reaching pop culture status when it was featured in Steve McQueen’s Bullitt.

LEGO has the Speed Champions theme and features mostly circuit cars of the up market ones that you hardly see in the streets. This is the not the first time that LEGO has produced a Mustang as a set, but knowing Ford known as one of the everyday car it has its own heritage with its classic Mustang GT Fastback.

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

LEGO® City | Police Starter Set

05.08.2018 – LEGO has produced countless iterations and variations of Police units from motorcycles, squad cars, and many more. Of course, it has to be relevant to modern times adding a little bit of fictional adventures to the storytelling.

Of course, they also have to factor in producing a kit that is a ‘Starter Set’ for Children who would be interested in a certain theme. It could be anything from the LEGO brand, and usually, kids being kids would like something that they might have seen in the streets.