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What type of building set do you prefer?

I have been a fan of building sets for as long as I can remember. As a child I had access to Lego bricks, wooden blocks and Stickle-Bricks. There were a few pamphlets with building ideas, but there was no set that was meant to build one specific model. Creativity had free reign with these… Read More »

Ship in a Bottle Lego Set

A ship in a bottle has always has always fascinated me. This Lego Ideas set featuring a ship in a bottle is an advanced build suitable for older children and adults. There are lots of tiny pieces so it won’t be suitable for young children. Once you have completed building this set it will make… Read More »

What are STEM skills?

The acronym STEM is being used more and more in education, in the workplace and even by toy manufacturers. But what are STEM skills and why should we care? The simple answer is that the acronym STEM stands for academic disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. So STEM skills would then be skills related… Read More »