Random set of the day: Delivery Van

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Delivery Van

Delivery Van

©1983 LEGO Group

Today's random set is 6624 Delivery Van, released during 1983. It's one of 13 Town sets produced that year. It contains 41 pieces and 1 minifig.

It's owned by 3,678 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $130.00, or eBay.

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Random minifig of the day: twn233

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Today's random minifigure is twn233 Child - Bright Pink Top with Butterflies and Flowers, Red Legs, Off-center Ponytail, a Town figure that came in one set, 10686 Family House, released during 2015.

Our members collectively own a total of 969 of them. If you'd like to buy one you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $2.50.

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Discounts at Amazon.de

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Latest >= 25% discounts
Dog Rescue Centre€36,26 (€59,99)-40%
Main Street Building€100,25 (€159,99)-37%
Aurora's Castle€32,95 (€44,99)-27%
>= 33% discounts on this year's sets
Race Car and Car Carrier Truck€17,99 (€29,99)-40%
Kai's Elemental Fire Mech€19,02 (€29,99)-37%

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Review: 10331 Kingfisher

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Following up on the enormously popular Botanical series which brought more fans to the hobby, LEGO is branching out to the animal world with 10331 Kingfisher. This bright, colourful bird that has been captured in many eye-catching photographs is an interesting choice.

Will animals prove to be as popular as the plants? I'll take a detailed look at the model from every angle after the break.

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Review: 76277 War Machine Mech Armour

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The quality of Marvel mechs varies significantly. Some are expertly designed for their respective pilots, while others seem more generic and lack proper character. For instance, Iron Man mechs have struggled, capturing the hero's distinctive colours, but little else.

76277 War Machine Mech Armour should have an advantage, as War Machine's armour includes far more visible weaponry, which could be translated to a mech. Additionally, this set contains an exclusive War Machine minifigure, so has another opportunity to impress there.

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Review: 60431 Space Explorer Rover and Alien Life

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LEGO has favoured more realistic space rovers recently, although 60431 Space Explorer Rover and Alien Life evidently takes a more outlandish approach to the idea. The result looks fantastic in official images and includes some ingenious functions for a model of this size.

Moreover, the price of £24.99, $34.99 or €29.99 seems inexpensive for a set with such exceptional play value. Having already reviewed some wonderful Space sets this month, I get the impression that the space rover could be another.

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LEGO announces Peppa Pig DUPLO!

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LEGO continues to expand with new licensed themes, now including Peppa Pig in the DUPLO range! The press release follows:

Hello Peppa Pig! Hello Daddy Pig! The LEGO Group Welcomes PEPPA PIG Franchise into LEGO DUPLO

A delightfully unexpected mashup of companies founded in fun and play is now revealed between the LEGO Group, Hasbro and Merlin Entertainments, who are coming together to bring a truly joyful and beloved character to life in LEGO DUPLO form – PEPPA PIG!

Just in time for PEPPA PIG’s 20th anniversary, the companies are celebrating everyone’s favorite piggy with new experiences for toddlers. With a shared commitment to create and deliver great play experiences to children all around the world, the three brands will introduce new ways for preschoolers to engage with the much adored and globally celebrated PEPPA PIG character, known for her little snorts, giggles and love of jumping in muddy puddles.

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Super Battle Droids: 2002 to 2024

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There has been no shortage of Battle Droids in LEGO Star Wars sets, although the Super Battle Droid appears less frequently than the standard Battle Droid and not at all since 2015.

75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack introduces a new version and the differences between the current droid and its predecessors are more extensive than I envisaged. This article examines those differences in full.

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Designer insight: Ryan Van Woerkom

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Red Son's Inferno Jet

Red Son's Inferno Jet

©2021 LEGO Group

Many LEGO set designers use our BrickLists feature to maintain a list of the sets they've worked on and often provide interesting insights about their involvement.

Once a week we publish an entry from one of their lists on the home page to increase awareness of this information and to encourage more designers to create them.

Ryan Van Woerkom wrote this about their work on 80019 Red Son's Inferno Jet:

The Inferno Jet began as a fairly normal plane but morphed into a hand-held blaster after an awesome sketch model by Niek van Slagmaat that fired two disc shooters with the pull of a trigger. I made a version that spewed multiple shots from tandem stud shooters like a flame thrower before arriving at the final double-shot spring shooter design. Graphic design by Paul Turcanu and Xiaodong Wen and the creative lead was Simon Lucas.

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Recent reviews

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Here's a list of the reviews that we've published recently:

75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack

This is a perfect Battle Pack for army building, with an exceptional selection of figures

30664 Police Off-Road Buggy Car

While not outstanding, this polybag provides ample play value and the new poster

71471 Mateo's Off-Road Car

More affordable DREAMZzz sets are welcome, but Mateo's buggy is underwhelming

71805 Jay's Mech Battle Pack

The minifigure selection is exceptional and Jay's mini mech is surprisingly fun too

60404 Burger Truck

60404 Burger Truck achieves a perfect balance between realism and fun

42163 Heavy-Duty Bulldozer

A pocket-money priced introduction to Technic

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Review: 75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack

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Incredibly, the standard Phase II Clone Trooper has only appeared in six sets and the latest was produced in 2014. 75372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack is thus an appealing prospect and features three standard Clone Troopers, as well as a red-armoured Shock Trooper.

Moreover, this Battle Pack reintroduces the Super Battle Droid, which has been missing for almost as long as the Clone Trooper! Between a fantastic minifigure selection and vehicles aligned with the Republic and Separatists, there is plenty to appreciate here.

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This week's top news articles

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These are the most read articles that we've posted during the last fortnight:

ArticleDateViewsLikesComments
New collection of GWPs revealed!08 Jan2330616267
Result: What is your favourite minifigure of 2023?08 Jan18654176104
Review: 60430 Interstellar Spaceship11 Jan18357205116
21347 Red London Telephone Box revealed!16 Jan15094132157
10331 Kingfisher Bird announced!09 Jan13938162101
Result: What is your favourite set of 2023?15 Jan1375517477
Review: 71045 Collectable Minifigures Series 2514 Jan1371118087
Result: What are your favourite smaller sets of 2023?10 Jan1285315570
42 projects qualify for 3rd 2023 Ideas review08 Jan1223277126
More images of March Harry Potter sets19 Jan1066011056

The total number of news article views this week is 193,943, which is 10,771 fewer than last week.

What's hot this week

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These are the sets that have been viewed the most this week:

TWLWSetViews
1452 Mobile Ground Tracking Station3181
221347 Red London Telephone Box2679
33432 NBA Challenge2280
4675372 Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack1997
51310316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell1987
64612 Super Glider1886
740426 Christmas Wreath 2-in-11859
81410305 Lion Knights' Castle1802
93810320 Eldorado Fortress1778
1021103 The DeLorean Time Machine1767

The total number of set detail pages viewed this week is 1,420,404, which is 43,267 fewer than last week.

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