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Youmko Y2002 Royal Castle Game Review – The Worst Building Experience I've Ever Had Grab yours here! I've built an enormous number of brick sets over the years, from small display pieces to huge, complicated models. Some have been brilliant, others disappointing, and plenty have fallen somewhere in between. But I genuinely cannot remember ever having an experience quite as bad as this one. The Youmko Y2002 Royal Castle Game, supplied via Barweer, is without question the worst building experience I've ever had. It's a shame, because there are some perfectly reasonable design choices here. Unfortunately, almost everything positive about this castle is completely undermined by the quality of the bricks and the sheer frustration of trying to put the thing together. Build Experience This was an awful building experience. I'm really not sure how else to describe it. I nearly gave up on multiple occasions, and that isn't something I say lightly....

IAMBRICK Sakura Station & Skybridge Review – Better Together Here Having previously built and reviewed IAMBRICK's Corner Store & Izakaya, I was really looking forward to getting my hands on the Sakura Station & Skybridge. The Corner Store was one of those builds where the hours just disappeared. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and IAMBRICK had really impressed me with the quality of the bricks, the instructions and the Japanese styling. The Sakura Station & Skybridge is a 1,593-piece addition to the same Japanese-inspired street scene. It features a pedestrian skybridge, station area, cherry blossom tree, street furniture, integrated lighting and a rather lovely car. I was particularly interested in how the two models would work together. I really enjoy the Japanese aesthetic, and having already built the Corner Store, this seemed like a natural addition. So how did it compare? Building Experience Much like the Corner Store & Izakaya...

JAKI SAW Billy Television Building Set Anyone who follows my interests will know that my real passion in brick building is recreating scenes from films. I've built more than 70 movie-inspired LEGO MOCs over the years, so when a company like JAKI starts producing officially licensed models based on films such as SAW, they're naturally going to get my attention. I recently reviewed their SAW Pig Mask, which I thoroughly enjoyed, although I acknowledged that its appeal was probably quite limited outside fans of the franchise or people like myself who collect movie-inspired builds. The Billy Television is a much more ambitious proposition. Rather than simply producing a static display piece, JAKI has incorporated lighting, sound, mechanical movement and an assortment of cogs and gears into a model with a surprisingly small footprint. I was particularly interested to see how they would manage to fit everything together, and whether all those features would genuinely add ...