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Hey everyone! Jamie here with another third party brick review. Today we will take a look at DK’s White City which is available from Barweer. Use code JAMIE14 for 14% Discount on all Barweer sets, and make sure to check out their EU/US warehouse for quicker delivery! DK were quickly becoming one of my favourite Asian brick companies following an amazing Tree Beard/Ent inspired build and now the White City which is based on Minas Tirith from Lord of the Rings, but on the ‘were’ later… The Build: Now the build really is brilliant! Full of fascinating techniques with hinges and […]
Before I got into Teaching and LEGO collecting, I was an avid Musical Theatre fan and performed in many shows throughout my childhood and went on to study Theatre at University. One show I never got to perform in was Little Shop of Horrors, a comedy horror musical about a blood thirsty alien who resembles a giant carnivorous plant. So when Barweer offered me the Xbert Piranha Plant (which is strikingly familiar to Audrey 2 in the show) to build and review, it took me a little step closer to fulfilling the dream of performing in the show, but I […]
Hi, Jamie here with another alternative branded review. As a long term Harry Potter fan, when the team at Barweer gave me the opportunity to build and review DK’s Magic Holy Sword, I couldn’t say yes quick enough! Firstly, lets talk about the great big magical elephant in the room – of course this sword is based on the Sword of Gryffindor. But because of licensing, DK can’t call it that, so they opted with Magic Holy Sword and included Gryffindor branding on their website. I’ve seen other established companies do exactly this, so to me it’s nothing new. You may […]
One of the first sets released by FunWhole (now officially LUMIBRICKS) was the Ocean Adventure Ship and I had the pleasure (and slight hesitation) of reviewing the set. The hesitation came from me being an ex-LEGO purist and I was always very skeptical of third party brick sets, especially since my only exposure were LEGO ripoffs and clone sets. I’m so glad I trusted my gut and gave this brand a chance as fast forward to today I can now officially say that I’m flying the LUMIBRICKS fan flag. Plus (which I still can’t quite believe) I have my name […]
