Here's my quick look at the new Lego Mandalorian Helmet set. A much-improved version over the original Boba Fett set, with better proportions.
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8 May 2022
14 Mar 2022
Lego 75327 Luke Skywalker Red Five Helmet
It's been a while since I received anything that I preordered. But at least Lego haven't been too delayed in getting their stock out. Here is my quick look at the new Luke Skywalker Red Five Helmet set.
Looks pretty good setup next to the Sideshow X-wing Luke 1/6th scale figure and the Lego UCS X-Wing.
1 Jan 2022
Lego UCS AT-AT
I love when Lego releases a new big UCS Star Wars set, and this new AT-AT is no exception! Click the link below to watch my video review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel. Progress photos are further below.
5 Dec 2021
Lego 40483 Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber
Lego has a tradition of giving out freebie gifts with their larger Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series sets. This year is no exception with this new Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber set being sent out with orders of the new UCS AT-AT.
Click through below to check out my quick review on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel! Make sure to like and subscribe to stay tuned for the upcoming review of that massive AT-AT set!
27 Nov 2021
Lego 76188 Classic Batmobile, Batman, and Joker
Loved watching the classic 60s Batman TV series during all the re-runs in the 80s. It was pretty much compulsory viewing for kids after school here in Australia! Great that Lego released this set, but why on earth did they leave out Robin?!?
Click through to watch my quick review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel. Hope you can subscribe to stay tuned for upcoming reviews in Dec!
23 May 2021
New Lego Space Shuttle and Scout Trooper Helmet
May 4th is always a time to watch out for new Lego Star Wars releases, and this year included the new Scout Trooper and Darth Vader helmet sets, as well as the Probe Droid and free giveaway Tatooine set. I bought all of those as well as the new Space Shuttle Discovery.
Click through below to check out the video reviews of the new Lego sets. The Darth Vader helmet and Probe Droid pics and videos are coming soon!
Space Shuttle Discovery and Hubble Space Telescope:
Tatooine Homestead:
Scout Trooper Helmet:
22 Jul 2020
Lego 75274 TIE Pilot Helmet
After getting the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett helmet sets, I finally managed to get the TIE Pilot Helmet set from Target Australia with a nice $20 discount using flybuys points! It's great that I was able to get the set for a great price, because this is definitely my favourite out of the three so far. I just hope Lego continue the series and announce more helmet sets soon!
Click through below to check out my full review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
Lego Star Wars UCS Collection Update
Here's a quick Lego Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series collection update! Thought it was time to do a quick clean and show all the UCS sets together. Hopefully they announce more from the original trilogy soon, such as the AT-AT.
21 Jun 2020
Lego Star Wars 75276 Stormtrooper Helmet and 75277 Boba Fett Helmet
I tried getting the new Lego Star Wars helmet sets before May 4th, but they sold out prior to that and were not even available during that promotion. I noticed that they were back in stock on the Lego web store in early June so added them to the cart.
But the damn TIE Pilot sold out before I could complete the transaction, so only managed to get the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett sets. I tried getting the TIE Pilot set during the Big W Toy Mania sale, but despite getting on the site within 10 minutes of the sale starting at midnight, it was still sold out. Bloody ridiculous!
Either way, I'm pretty happy with these sets apart from the stupid use of stickers (again!). Click through below to check out my full review for each over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
But the damn TIE Pilot sold out before I could complete the transaction, so only managed to get the Stormtrooper and Boba Fett sets. I tried getting the TIE Pilot set during the Big W Toy Mania sale, but despite getting on the site within 10 minutes of the sale starting at midnight, it was still sold out. Bloody ridiculous!
Either way, I'm pretty happy with these sets apart from the stupid use of stickers (again!). Click through below to check out my full review for each over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
12 Jun 2020
Lego 75275 Ultimate Collector Series A-Wing
The UCS Millenium Falcon and Star Destroyer are definitely hard acts to follow. Lego has chosen a spacecraft that has not yet been done in the UCS line before in the A-Wing. Overall, it's a pretty nice set, but there are a few things that annoy me about it.
Hope you can click through below and watch my full review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
Some pics of the box and build as I progressed through the assembly. Definitely some interesting techniques through the process! The free gift was nice of the little Death Star 2 Battle set with the mini A-Wing and TIE Interceptor.
Bags 3 and 4 done. Really interesting way that the front top and bottom sections angle and come together!
Bags 5 and 6 done. Frickin hate those damn stickers that you have to put on the rear curved parts. Pain in the arse!
Bags 7 and 8 done. Love the interesting way to attach the front side angled parts. Getting pretty close to finishing now.
Bags 9, 10, and 11 done and it's finished. Not bad overall, and luckily I got the cockpit stickers on OK.
Hate that I didnt manage to get the main sticker on straight. But oh well, good enough. The little mini-fig looks pretty nice too.
A couple of quick views of the completed A-Wing.
Now just need to find a spot to display it!
Hope you can click through below and watch my full review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
Some pics of the box and build as I progressed through the assembly. Definitely some interesting techniques through the process! The free gift was nice of the little Death Star 2 Battle set with the mini A-Wing and TIE Interceptor.
Bags 1 and 2 done. Pretty nice looking seat design!
Bags 3 and 4 done. Really interesting way that the front top and bottom sections angle and come together!
Bags 5 and 6 done. Frickin hate those damn stickers that you have to put on the rear curved parts. Pain in the arse!
Bags 7 and 8 done. Love the interesting way to attach the front side angled parts. Getting pretty close to finishing now.
Bags 9, 10, and 11 done and it's finished. Not bad overall, and luckily I got the cockpit stickers on OK.
Hate that I didnt manage to get the main sticker on straight. But oh well, good enough. The little mini-fig looks pretty nice too.
A couple of quick views of the completed A-Wing.
Now just need to find a spot to display it!
19 Apr 2020
Lego 40371 Easter Egg and Chick and 80104 Lion Dance Chinese New Year
Lego had a double VIP point sale over the Easter break, so I thought I'd use the opportunity to get a new Lego set. The Lion Dance set is pretty awesome, and also came with a free Easter egg and chick set!
Click through below to watch my reviews of both over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel! 😃
Click through below to watch my reviews of both over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel! 😃
5 Dec 2019
Lego Ideas #28 21320 Dinosaur Fossils
Hot on the heels of the Lego Ideas #27 came the #28 Dinosaur Fossils set. I've always loved dinosaurs growing up, and so do my kids now, so getting this set was a no-brainer!
The three parts of the set, each of different size and complexity, make up perhaps the most popular of the dinosaurs, being the T-Rex, Triceratops, and Pteranodon. For the most part, the sets look fantastic, but there are some fiddly parts like the rib pieces that tend to move around and get bumped out of place.
Articulation is limited since the feet are integrated into the stands, but the head and arm movements are decent. I hate that they still use stickers on these sets - I really wish Lego would just make prints! The included mini-figs are pretty nice, especially the human skeleton.
If you're a palaeontology fan, I'd highly recommend this set. I do hope they extend the series and release some other dinosaur variants in this style. I would love a Stegosaurus or Brachiosaurus!
Click through below to watch my video review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
The three parts of the set, each of different size and complexity, make up perhaps the most popular of the dinosaurs, being the T-Rex, Triceratops, and Pteranodon. For the most part, the sets look fantastic, but there are some fiddly parts like the rib pieces that tend to move around and get bumped out of place.
Articulation is limited since the feet are integrated into the stands, but the head and arm movements are decent. I hate that they still use stickers on these sets - I really wish Lego would just make prints! The included mini-figs are pretty nice, especially the human skeleton.
If you're a palaeontology fan, I'd highly recommend this set. I do hope they extend the series and release some other dinosaur variants in this style. I would love a Stegosaurus or Brachiosaurus!
Click through below to watch my video review over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel!
Lego Ideas #27 21319 Friends Central Perk
Back in the 90s and early 2000s, I watched Friends episodes every week when they first aired. It was a TV show that really took you along the journey of the characters, and you really felt invested in their stories. The show still has so many classic scenes and lines that haven't aged at all in the many years since the show finished.
I was very surprised when Lego announced the Central Perk set because I don't usually keep track of all the ideas making through their Ideas program. But I'm definitely glad this set was given the green light! It's a nice little set that brings back so many memories from the show!
Click through below for my video review of the set over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel.
Here's the left side wall completed. Love the menu print on the wall (thank god that wasn's a damn sticker!) The kitchen area is also nicely done, with the big coffee machine being the centrepiece.
Here's the serving area done along with a small customer area. Love the big service arrow that didn't really feature much in the show, but great that Lego designers had that eye for detail. The cash till looks nice as well as the cookie jar. I liked the way they designed the rug areas and furniture to be whole pieces that can be placed or lifted out entirely.
Here's the main entrance to Central Perk and the classic stage area where Phoebe performs her ridiculous songs. The big window looks great, and the doorway brings back lots of memories of classic lines and scenes in that entrance.
Here's the completed main area where the Friends all sit. The couches are pretty nicely done, and gives decent room for the mini-figures to be placed. All in all, if you're a Friends fan looking for a bit of nostalgia, this is a great little display set to show off next to your blurays of the TV series!
I was very surprised when Lego announced the Central Perk set because I don't usually keep track of all the ideas making through their Ideas program. But I'm definitely glad this set was given the green light! It's a nice little set that brings back so many memories from the show!
Click through below for my video review of the set over on the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel.
Here's the left side wall completed. Love the menu print on the wall (thank god that wasn's a damn sticker!) The kitchen area is also nicely done, with the big coffee machine being the centrepiece.
Here's the serving area done along with a small customer area. Love the big service arrow that didn't really feature much in the show, but great that Lego designers had that eye for detail. The cash till looks nice as well as the cookie jar. I liked the way they designed the rug areas and furniture to be whole pieces that can be placed or lifted out entirely.
Here's the main entrance to Central Perk and the classic stage area where Phoebe performs her ridiculous songs. The big window looks great, and the doorway brings back lots of memories of classic lines and scenes in that entrance.
Here's the completed main area where the Friends all sit. The couches are pretty nicely done, and gives decent room for the mini-figures to be placed. All in all, if you're a Friends fan looking for a bit of nostalgia, this is a great little display set to show off next to your blurays of the TV series!
9 Nov 2019
Lego 75252 UCS Star Destroyer
Here are my quick thoughts on the new Lego Star Destroyer. Click through below to check out the video over at the Kool Kollectibles YouTube channel. I also give some thoughts on the messy state of my collection room!
Here are the in progress pics as I went through the build. Lots of interesting techniques to assemble this model!
Bag 1 - Interesting way to integrate the stand/base directly into the structure of the model. Only just the beginning, but you start to get a feel for the size of this thing.
Bag 2 - Some interesting ways to connect and secure these long framing parts. I'm not a big Technic builder, so lots of techniques were new to me.
Bag 3 - Placing the greeble along the framing edges got a bit tiresome, but the end result does look really nice. Love the way the turbolasers come together on the sides!
Bags 4 and 5 - The way in which the panels connect to the frame is nice and firm with the ball joint mechanism. There's also a bit of difference in the greeble detailing to break up the symmetry (not that anyone is really going to see it being the bottom surface of the model!)
Bag 6 - These two assemblies attached to the bottom of the frame. That lower one has a nice little mini-TIE Fighter and can also fit the mini-TantiveIV to recreate that opening scene capturing the blockade runner.
Bag 7 - The two angled panels are nicely attached at the rear. It's always interesting to see how the designer worked out how to attach the panels at just the right angle to meet the other panels in a flush way!
Bags 8, 9, and 10 - These essentially complete the bottom and most of the rear areas of the model. Lego shipped out the one missing plate to allow a flap to be attached to the rear enginer. Pretty good customer service!
Bags 11 to 14 - Completed the top panels. Love how the cannons assemble together on the top. I got a lot of joy just spinning the damn things! After this, it was the last few bags to add the top part including the bridge.
And here it is all done! Now to figure out where in the hell I'm going to display this damn thing! 😂
Here are the in progress pics as I went through the build. Lots of interesting techniques to assemble this model!
Bag 1 - Interesting way to integrate the stand/base directly into the structure of the model. Only just the beginning, but you start to get a feel for the size of this thing.
Bag 2 - Some interesting ways to connect and secure these long framing parts. I'm not a big Technic builder, so lots of techniques were new to me.
Bag 3 - Placing the greeble along the framing edges got a bit tiresome, but the end result does look really nice. Love the way the turbolasers come together on the sides!
Bags 4 and 5 - The way in which the panels connect to the frame is nice and firm with the ball joint mechanism. There's also a bit of difference in the greeble detailing to break up the symmetry (not that anyone is really going to see it being the bottom surface of the model!)
Bag 6 - These two assemblies attached to the bottom of the frame. That lower one has a nice little mini-TIE Fighter and can also fit the mini-TantiveIV to recreate that opening scene capturing the blockade runner.
Bag 7 - The two angled panels are nicely attached at the rear. It's always interesting to see how the designer worked out how to attach the panels at just the right angle to meet the other panels in a flush way!
Bags 8, 9, and 10 - These essentially complete the bottom and most of the rear areas of the model. Lego shipped out the one missing plate to allow a flap to be attached to the rear enginer. Pretty good customer service!
Bags 11 to 14 - Completed the top panels. Love how the cannons assemble together on the top. I got a lot of joy just spinning the damn things! After this, it was the last few bags to add the top part including the bridge.
And here it is all done! Now to figure out where in the hell I'm going to display this damn thing! 😂
11 Apr 2019
Collection photos - 2019 Quarter 1
Here are some pics I've taken of the collection over the past 3 months. It's been a pretty quiet start to the year, but hopefully picks in Quarter 2!
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