These stamps, issued on May 22nd, are part of a series produced with toys as their theme. Four different Lego themes have been given their own stamp, they are Lego Racers, Lego Scala, Bionicle and Lego Basic.

The stamps will be available for about the next two years.

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The latest 'Shop at Home' magazine has just arrived, with some good bits and bad bits. The Spiderman and Scary Monsters film sets are really great, and it looks like Lego are starting to come out with a decent series at last. The Island Xtreme Stunts section is not bad, but the Skateboard Challenge set looks cheap and tacky, with too many large pieces and not enough constructing. The Spybotics look VERY cool, but they are still too expensive for me to buy. It looks like the sort of series that could develop quite well.

Finally, I don't understand why they had to print the ugliest, most pathetic model ever seen on their Build it Your Way section. Come on, they'll never see those bulk packs with adverts like that!

A great Flash page, which lets you build your own minifigure with many wacky styles and designs not limited to actual Lego parts.

I saw this site featured in the Internet Magazine (June 2002), quoting,
"At one time or another everybody wonders what they might look like if they were made of Lego - it's a question that's plagued mankind for decades."

WEBSITE REF: http://www.reasonablyclever.com

Here's my attempt.

Yesterday I got the 'new look' Lego magazine through my door and my first impressions were good. The logo "Lego Magazine" is far better than before and the new layout on the front makes it see full of more features. I will give my impressions on each section in turn:

• The Amazing Redini has now taken over contol of the mailbag page (originally she was found on the BUILD section of the Lego website). I am still skeptical as to whether kids actually ask the questions themselves, even more so now that no name, age and address is given for each letter. I also think that some of the answers are pretty pointless, for example, look at the question beginning "Do you make the Lego magazine..."
  
  
• The "spotlight on" bit is not bad, some interesting information there, although having seen the film I am unsure as to what Anakin's 'darker side' is.
  
  
• The cartoon is basically a cheap advert for the film "What happens next? Find out by seeing the Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones in cinemas from 16th May 2002".
  
  
• Both Buildit models look quite tacky, although I do not plan to build them so I will never no quite how good they are.
  
  
• Pocket models. Those monsters look just like the sort of thing my Dad builds when we've used up all the bricks. Apart from 'Gig', they all look quite cool and have some really clever connections for the pieces on them.
  
  
• The feature bit contains lots of good information, especially on the other films. From what I can gather, there is more online, but I have yet to find out.
  

• The Spiderman maze. This is pretty easy but looks quite good and is probably good fun for younger kids.
  
  
• Even though I am not a great fan of Bionicle, I still always thing that the cartoons are really well drawn, although I can never remember the ending of the last episode so I do not read the saga as one continuous story.

I have missed some parts out, including the Lego Super Showdown (cool idea), new look titles (interesting) and web adverts. Overall though, the 'new look' magazine is a definite improvement. NB: Anybody notice that they printed the postcard upside down?

Along with the Magazine came the 'Shop at Home' booklet. The new Studios models look really cool, as does the Republic Gunship (although quite a bit overpriced). I also like the look of the new Island Xtreme Stunts models.