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“This year’s DreamToys Top 12 includes a range of products from classic brands such as Monopoly and Barbie, to popular licenses and innovative new toys to suit all price points,” said Gary Grant, chair of the DreamToys selection committee.

“Knowing the impact Sesame Street has had on the world for decades, this felt like an exciting way to blend novelty with nostalgia, and pay homage to the truly iconic 123 Sesame Street through LEGO Ideas,” said LEGO’s Federico Begher.

The shoe has been designed as ‘an ode to the classic LEGO brick’

The collection features the first-ever flexible LEGO baseplate, onto which fans can create their own customised designs using LEGO DOTS.

Screwball Scramble is a mono, manic, marble-moving game that first hit shelves in 1979. Forty years on, the TOMY team launches a sequel that’s also an equal! We climb the tilting walkway of curiosity to find out more…

How do you become a LEGO designer? What goes into turning classic TV shows like Seinfeld into a LEGO set? And what inspired LEGO Art range, the firm’s new line of sets that allow fans to create LEGO pop art masterpieces? All this and more is explored in this interview with Samuel Johnson, Design Manager at The LEGO Group and Creative Lead for LEGO Ideas and LEGO Art.

“The strong results are due to our incredible team,” said The LEGO Group CEO, Niels B. Christiansen.

Consisting of a series of storage boxes with LEGO studs and a special LEGO brick set, the new BYGGLEK collection aims to encourage play and infuse more fun into storage around the home.

Elsewhere, Peppa Pig was named Best Licensed Brand in the Entertainment/Character Brand (Animated) category.

The set will include a controller with a connecting cable and plug and even an opening slot for the Game Pak with a locking feature.