Blocks magazine issue 91 out now
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Here's the press release for the latest issue of Blocks:
The Force is with Blocks magazine Issue 91, as this month’s issue goes inside the development of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, the best-selling video game that has taken the world by storm. There’s also an introduction to the new Diorama Collection that captures classic moments as display models.
Issue 91 is available worldwide as a single issue or as part of a subscription at blocksmag.com and will be in UK stores from May 5. Everyone who subscribes by June 1 will be in with a chance of winning one of three 75330 Dagobah Jedi Training Diorama sets!
That’s not all though! To celebrate Star Wars day, there’s a special May the Fourth promotion – anyone who takes out a print subscription (or extends their print subscription) between now and May 4, 2022 will get THREE FREE Blocks magazine back issues featuring Star Wars covers. No discount code required! More information can be found at blocksmag.com.
Three of the lead creatives at TT Games discuss their work on LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, explaining how they approached a game that covers all nine Star Wars movies. You’ll learn about what goes into designing game levels, choosing characters and incorporating more bricks than ever before.
Continuing with the Star Wars theme, LEGO Design Director Jens Kronvold Frederiksen and Design Manager Michael Stockwell introduce the new Diorama Collection and reveal how this new format is delivering something fresh for fans.
Blocks has the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, collectible, muppetational interview with the design team who brought The Muppets to the brick. It’s the best insight ever into how a series of LEGO Collectible Minifigures comes to be, illustrated with development art.
LEGO Model Designer Sven Franic goes Back to the Future for a spin in his new DeLorean, sharing the secrets behind constructing this incredible new movie-inspired model. Speaking of going back in time, Blockstalgia takes a rose-tinted look at the excellent 1990s Town subtheme, Launch Command.
That’s just a taster of what’s in this month’s 116-page magazine, which also include tips on bringing different build techniques together, a Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness set review, Indiana Jones vignettes and much more besides.
Blocks is giving away three 75330 Dagobah Jedi Training Diorama 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.
Everyone who subscribes to the print edition by June 1 will be in with a chance of winning (existing subscribers will automatically be entered into the prize draw).
Everyone who subscribes between 0.01 BST April 29 and 23.59 BST May 4 will receive three Blocks magazine back issues with Star Wars covers. These will be chosen at random. Only available while stocks last.
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Disappointed that ‘Blocks’ is covering a computer game, even if it’s just a few pages. There are plenty of computer game mags already, but not many LEGO ones. ‘Blocks’ should be about physical LEGO, not virtual simulations of it.
The cynic in me suspects that Blocks’s games coverage is being influenced by LEGO’s marketing machine which in turn is being driven by LEGO receiving a hefty licensing fee for this game. Physical products, not LEGO’s bottom line, should determine what gets into the mag. A bit of editorial independence, please!
Could anyone please tell me which countries blocks is available in?
there should be always possibility to buy digital issue of this magazine. Only some of digital issues are available for single issue purchase.
@Zander said:
"Disappointed that ‘Blocks’ is covering a computer game, even if it’s just a few pages. There are plenty of computer game mags already, but not many LEGO ones. ‘Blocks’ should be about physical LEGO, not virtual simulations of it.
The cynic in me suspects that Blocks’s games coverage is being influenced by LEGO’s marketing machine which in turn is being driven by LEGO receiving a hefty licensing fee for this game. Physical products, not LEGO’s bottom line, should determine what gets into the mag. A bit of editorial independence, please!"
It's one cover and one article out of a bunch in over 100 pages. The game was anticipated for years, I think it's allowed that. It's not like this isn't related to LEGO.
@Zander said:
"Disappointed that ‘Blocks’ is covering a computer game, even if it’s just a few pages. There are plenty of computer game mags already, but not many LEGO ones. ‘Blocks’ should be about physical LEGO, not virtual simulations of it."
I suspect that most LEGO enthusiasts are eager to learn more about the most anticipated LEGO video game ever created. As a LEGO fan myself, one of my favorite reasons to play the games is to discover all of the brick-built vignettes that play a major role in gameplay. Many are genuinely good MOC's, and the people designing the game are talented LEGO builders in their own right.
I'm only partway through the game, but one of the highlights so far is that at least one level appears to be 100% brick built; with both the level environment itself and all of the models within the environment made from LEGO, and at least best that I could tell, built to the same scale.
---tom
@TheBrickPal said:
" @Zander said:
"Disappointed that ‘Blocks’ is covering a computer game, even if it’s just a few pages. There are plenty of computer game mags already, but not many LEGO ones. ‘Blocks’ should be about physical LEGO, not virtual simulations of it.
The cynic in me suspects that Blocks’s games coverage is being influenced by LEGO’s marketing machine which in turn is being driven by LEGO receiving a hefty licensing fee for this game. Physical products, not LEGO’s bottom line, should determine what gets into the mag. A bit of editorial independence, please!"
It's one cover and one article out of a bunch in over 100 pages. The game was anticipated for years, I think it's allowed that. It's not like this isn't related to LEGO."
I COMPLETELY agree with @Zander . This is soooooo lame! Like video game dorks read magazines?