LEGO sets and custom minifigures, from Architecture and Ideas builds to SG50 icons.
LEGO Architecture Singapore 21057 is the line's biggest skyline at 827 pieces, featuring landmarks such as Marina Bay Sands, Lau Pa Sat, The Fullerton, and Gardens by the Bay's Supertree Grove. I ordered it from Shopee for S$89.90.
The LEGO Botanical Collection is a new range aimed at plant lovers. The first launch has two sets, the Flower Bouquet 10280 and Bonsai Tree 10281, each S$79.90, though I grabbed both for S$71.90.
LEGO Art is a new line that turns LEGO into wall art, essentially a guided jigsaw puzzle. It launched in Singapore on 1st August 2020 with four 40cm-square pieces, each S$219.90, including the Marvel Studios Iron Man 31199.
LEGO Wall-E 21303 grew from a 2014 LEGO IDEAS project by Pixar animator Angus MacLane. I bought it in May 2016 for US$59.99, where it sat for nearly four years. It's a 676-piece set with no minifigure.
An impulse buy during Lazada's 12/12 flash sale, the LEGO Hulkbuster: Ultron Edition 76105 went for S$147.70, well below its S$199 launch price from March 2018. It's a hefty 1,363-piece set with a new Iron Man.
I spotted a November offer from Chowren Toys via Brickset for the LEGO Minifigure Display Case 16, dropping from US$29.99 to US$20.99. I bought two, forwarding them through HopShopGo, since their direct Singapore shipping was a pricey US$60.
To coincide with Fallout 4's launch on 10th November 2015, minifiglabs.com released a Vault Boy-inspired minifig with a Nuka-Cola bottle cap accessory. Dubbed Vault Boy and Nuke-Cola, the set sells for S$37.90, with registered local postage extra.
Accompanying the #LEGORebuildSG campaign are four LEGO SG50 Limited Edition Singapore Icons Mini Builds, depicting quintessential local icons: the Cable Car, Ice Cream Bike, HDB Flats, and Dragon Playground. They're redeemable at selected stores with a minimum S$50 purchase.
Part of the #LEGORebuildSG campaign, the Rebuild Your Memories Competition invited fans to construct their fondest Singapore memories in LEGO. It closed on 26th June 2015, and the ten winning entries are on display at Raffles City until 30th July.
I'm not too familiar with LEGO Ninjago, introduced in 2011 around four ninjas, Kai, Cole, Jay, and Zane, trained by Sensei Wu to fight evil and protect Ninjago. This summer, LEGO released nine new Ninjago sets and an Airjitzu Flyer.
Singapore turns 50 this year, and businesses everywhere back the SG50 tagline, including a favourite of mine, LEGO. Its #LEGORebuildSG campaign encourages fans to rebuild memories, and these SG50 Limited Edition Singapore Icons Mini Builds are part of it.
Singapore's first LEGO Certified Store opened on 29th November 2014 at Suntec City Mall, officiated by Berit Basse, Denmark's Ambassador to Singapore. It's managed by Bricks World, the country's oldest, since 2003, and largest specialist LEGO retailer, spanning two units.
While staying at Empire Hotel Subang for MTV World Stage 2014, courtesy of GoodStuph, I explored the Empire Shopping Gallery below. A shop called Anime Trend caught my eye, where I spotted these Dragon Ball Z LEGO-compatible minifigures.
It's World Cup season, and minifiglabs.com has created custom LEGOfied minifigure sets for eight qualifying countries: Brazil, Spain, Japan, Germany, Italy, Argentina, England, and the Netherlands. Each poseable figure comes with a metallic gold trophy.
Amazon offers free shipping to Singapore through its AmazonGlobal Saver programme, provided your order tops US$125 and every item qualifies. If even one item doesn't qualify, the whole order misses out, so here I round up LEGO sets that qualify.
I received my custom LEGO Minifigures from Minifiglabs.com, a service run by Singaporean company Fish & Toast that lets you create personalised, printed LEGO Minifigures. I was given the Cool Denim Couple Set, two custom Minifigs printed with our names.
Picked up the yellow LEGO LED Key Light from Hong Kong's city'super for HK$80 (around S$12.60), plus a blue one and the Police Officer for friends. Wondering whether anyone sells these little lights in Singapore.
Today is Li Xiang's 25th birthday, and this year was more relaxed, with the whole day to ourselves. We had dinner at TWG Tea at Ion Orchard, though the mains are pricey at around S$27 to S$32.
Gizmodo visited LEGO and wrote up everything you ever wanted to know. One gem: why are there always leftover pieces after building a castle set? Partly because some pieces are simply too small and light to matter much.