Blocks, the monthly LEGO magazine, Issue 133

It’s time to start singing along to Christmas classics as you choose your holiday sets for 2025. Issue 133 of the monthly LEGO magazine is deep diving into 10361 Holiday Express Train and 41843 Family Christmas Tree Decoration with the designers, getting into NINJAGO with Model Designer Chi Wing Lee and checking out the most spectacular samurai era Japan layout you have ever seen. 

Get ready to feel the Christmas vibes with Issue 133 of Blocks, the monthly LEGO magazine — packed with exclusive interviews, creative inspiration and expert LEGO insight to make your holiday building even more magical.

With 10361 Holiday Express Train the latest set in the Winter Village Collection, Blocks gets the festive secrets from LEGO Icons Model Designer Jae Won Lee to find out how he crafted the Christmas model. Design Manager Samuel Liltorp Johnson talks 41843 Family Christmas Tree Decoration and Blocks reviews the new 2025 seasonal sets to help you decide which deserve to be on your mantlepiece.

Inside this 116-page issue, you’ll discover:

Exclusive interviews – Go behind the scenes of this year’s biggest festive LEGO sets!

• 10361 Holiday Express Train with Model Designer Jae Won Lee, who reveals the surprising connection this train has to another beloved build in the Winter Village Collection.
• 41843 Family Christmas Tree Decoration with Design Manager Samuel Liltorp Johnson, who explains how the largest LEGO Christmas set came to the brick.
• Festive set reviews – find out which of 2025’s winter releases deserve a spot in your seasonal display – including objective assessments of 40820 Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure, 40809 Festive Gingerbread House and 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT Walker.

NINJAGO deep dive – Model Designer Chi Wing Lee shares his journey to the LEGO Group and how he brings the world of NINJAGO to life, in massive mechs for broad audiences and in thoughtful models for adult fans.

Epic Edo-era layout – Discover how an international team of builders recreated samurai-era Japan with breathtaking detail and scale. Take a look at key features within the model to learn interesting techniques to incorporate into your own creations.

And…

Exclusive build instructions for a mini 72046 Game Boy, mini 10361 Holiday Express Train and modern 9440 Venomari Shrine.

LEGO Masters Jr. contestant Will Tachick shares his experience competing on the ultimate brick-building show.

The creator of Brick Like This! explains how he came up with the fun LEGO party game.

Expert reviews of the ONE PIECE sets, Fortnite sets and 75419 Death Star, the largest Star Wars set ever released.