LEGO Group

Today, the LEGO Group and Asmodee announced their first jointly-crafted board game, Monkey Palace. The game will be officially unveiled to retailers and industry partners at the Nuremberg Toy Fair and will be available for purchase from October 3 at Spiel Essen, the world’s largest board game convention, and from select leading retailers around the world.

The 3-in-1 LEGO Creator sets are some of my favorite sets the LEGO Group has ever released. The ability to put 3 sets in one box was a wonderful new addition to the LEGO line up when it was introduced a number of years ago. These sets offer variety, many rebuild options, and hours of play, and are generally priced very well. Recently, we took a look at the LEGO Robo Explorer set, and thoroughly enjoyed the build, the playability, and the contents included. Read on past the break for our detailed thoughts!

When I look on YouTube at the LEGO cities created by LEGO fanatics, I never consider a city complete without some type of train system. I felt the exact same way about my own city setup, so over the holidays last year I decided to rectify that problem and purchase - actually received as a gift! - the High Speed Passenger Train. With a bit of extra Christmas money, I also bought a few extra boxes of tracks, including LEGO's somewhat new flex-track. Of all the trains available from LEGO, the High Speed Passenger Train is definitely the least impressive, but is ...