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    LEGO’s Executor Is 136 cm Long. What Happens When a Set Outgrows the Shelf

    LEGO Executor 75457 measures 136 × 50 × 20 cm. Here’s what those dimensions mean in a real room, and why 50 cm of width may be harder to manage than the length itself.

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    LEGO 75192 Millennium Falcon Is Entering Its Final Run After Nine Years

    LEGO 75192 Millennium Falcon has been on sale since 2017. As the UCS flagship enters its final retail phase, we look at why its nine-year run was so unusual.

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    Editorial comparison graphic showing a simpler fan-designed brick manor on the left and a larger, more refined version on the right, linked by an arrow, with period-style minifigures in the foreground.
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    LEGO Ideas 21373 Downton Abbey: How the Fan Project Became a 4,711-Piece Set

    LEGO Ideas 21373 Downton Abbey has 4,711 pieces and 13 minifigures. We compare the retail set with BRO3’s original fan project and explain the biggest changes.

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    A brick-built hero in green rides a brown brick-built horse through a natural landscape, with a castle and mountains in the distance.
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    LEGO Zelda: Link & Epona Officially Revealed with 1,750 Pieces for Spring 2027

    Nintendo has officially revealed a new 1,750-piece LEGO Zelda set featuring Link and Epona from Ocarina of Time, due in spring 2027.

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    A road receding toward a distant city, lined with brick-built scenes inspired by the five BrickLink Designer Program Series 9 finalists, while a small minifigure cycles toward the camera.
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    565 vs. 3,995 Pieces: BrickLink Series 9 Spans Five Very Different Sets

    BrickLink Designer Program Series 9 features five finalists ranging from 565 to 3,995 pieces. We compare the lineup ahead of crowdfunding on October 6, 2026.

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    A three-masted brick-built sailing ship seen from a distance on a calm sea beneath a clear sky.
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    Privateer Frigate Fortuna Pushes LEGO Shipbuilding Toward Historical Accuracy

    Privateer Frigate Fortuna 910059 measures 81 cm long and uses 4,087 pieces, detailed rigging and working mechanisms to push brick-built ship design closer to historical modeling.

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    Brick-built illustration of Wallace and Gromit riding a motorcycle with a red sidecar in a restrained studio setting.
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    LEGO Ideas 21371 Wallace & Gromit Revealed with 1,038 Pieces and New Printing Detail

    LEGO Ideas 21371 Wallace & Gromit has been officially revealed with 1,038 pieces, an October 1 release date and a notable new printing solution for the characters’ eyes.

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