S3E2 - Extra Pieces S03E03: Brixpo, Inflation, Galaxy Explorer, Lion Knight's Castle

July has been an incredibly eventful month, with early reviews of the massive slate of August releases in the lead up to LEGO's 90th Anniversary.

Since we last met... Richard visited Brixpo - a LEGO Fan run expo in Adelaide There was an awesome, Minifigure-scale Imperial Light Cruiser from Star Wars on display https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cf0nK8rpyYT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Inflation has become as much of a talking point as COVID With the imminent price rises from August and September, we get a peek of what sets are going up in price, and by how much.

• https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/partial-list-of-lego-set-price-increases-singapore-edition
• https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/partial-list-of-lego-sets-increasing-in-price-usa-in-august-and-september-2022/

New LEGO Reviews!

10497 Galaxy Explorer

• http://ramblingbrick.com/2022/07/14/10497-galaxy-explorer-an-icon-reimagined-rambling-review
• https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10497-galaxy-explorer-2022/
• https://jaysbrickblog.com/news/lego-10497-galaxy-explorer-2022-alternate-builds/

10305 Lion Knights' Castle https://jaysbrickblog.com/reviews/review-lego-10305-lion-knights-castle/

Richard and Jay will also be attending the Skaerbaek Fan Weekend in Denmark in September, as well as making a trip to LEGO HQ in Billund for fan media days! If you're at Skaerbaek, let us know so we can say g'day!

We hope you enjoyed this episode of Extra Pieces! Thanks for listening.

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Some Sets discussed were provided by the LEGO group for review purposes - all opinions are our own.

Play Well!