10245: Santa’s WorkshopĪway from the hustle and bustle of the village, deep within the mountains, a magical workshop could found. This was also the first Winter Village set to feature the LEGO Creator Expert branding. 2013 would be the first year that an additional two GWP sets were released, which tied into the main Winter Village set. The Winter Village Market was one of the first sets not to feature a Light Brick. Not only did this turn the ride, it also powered the little skill game. One of the best features of the set was a crank system hidden within the stand next to the carousel. Instead of a focal point of a building, the set had a great carousel, surrounded by a selection market stalls. In 2013 the fun of the fair came to the Winter Village, with a slightly different set to previous releases. By now the Light Brick has become an important part of the Winter Village sets, with the one here powering an inviting fireplace, umm toasty. The vintage vehicles continued with an amazing classic snow plow truck. The Winter Village Cottage was styled after a medieval cottage, with a fun pale blue and brown beam colour scheme. One of the most colourful Winter Village building would arrive in 2012. It was also the first Winter Village set to include a vehicle, with a vintage delivery van. To keep those posting their letters entertained a festive band played in the included band stand and the traditional Light Brick was used to light up the Post Office window. So in 2011 the Winter Village Post Office opened its doors. Toy and treats are all very well but sending letters to loved ones and Santa are just as important. Inside the bakery was a fun little Light Brick powered open oven, perfect for baking those festive biscuits and treats. It follows the same style of build as the Toy Shop and also had the addition of a frozen pond, perfect for skating on. In 2010 the Winter Village expanded to include a bakery. The set also included plenty of brick-built toys. Among the seven Minifigures, were two rather cute little carol singers. Along with a quaint little village toy shop, the set included one of the best brick-built Christmas trees I think I’ve ever seen in a LEGO set. Released back in 2009 the first Winter Village set was a festive toy shop. To celebrate 10 years of the LEGO Winter Village range, it’s the perfect time to cast a eye back over the entire selection of sets. Every Winter Village set is part of the LEGO Creator Expert range, so provide a challenging build and over the last 10 years have provided a nicely varied range of sets. But with the Gingerbread House, there’s 11 sets, I hear you cry, indeed there are however, in 2015 the Winter Village set was a re-release of the very first set and it seems LEGO are treating them as basically the same set despite the small changes between both sets. With the announcement of the Gingerbread House, the Winter Village range marks its tenth set release and its tenth anniversary. Every years since a new set has joined the ranks and helped to inspire builders to create their own festive displays. It’s literally a Star Wars exclusive Black Friday, and a lot of that has to do with the film’s release coming out in the sweet spot of the holiday shopping season.įorce Friday is exciting not just because of the Lego releases, but because it’s the unofficially final countdown to the release of the movie. The fall/winter months are already romanticized in our minds, and now Star Wars is as much a part of this time of year as the leaves changing colors and the first snowfall.Back in 2009 Christmas became a little more special with the release of the first festive set in the LEGO® Creator Expert subtheme lovely known as Winter Village. Maybe it’s because I was too young to properly remember the product lead-up to the prequel films, but there doesn’t seem to have been something as extravagant as Force Friday. Since 2015 it’s been an annual event (two saga films and Rogue One) and has become part of our routine in digesting the films. It feels like more of an event, and a large part of that is the build up to the release that we’ve all become accustomed to.įorce Friday is, next to the release of the actual film, one of the most looked forward to days for Star Wars fans. Releasing Star Wars movies in December is fantastic from standpoint of it gives us all something to look forward to at the end of the year. In fact, it should just be the plan from now on for Lucasfilm and Star Wars.

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