Posted February 17, 20187 yr LEGO won three awards at the 2018 Annual Toy of the Year Awards. Construction Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars BB-8 (75187) Specialty Toy of the Year LEGO Star Wars UCS Millennium Falcon (75192) Tech Toy of the Year LEGO Boost Creative Toolbox (17101) Source: The Brick Show
February 18, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, Faefrost said: BB-8 seems an odd choice I have to agree with you there. Construction Toy of the Year? Don't think so.
February 26, 20187 yr On 18/2/2018 at 9:18 AM, Venefic said: I have to agree with you there. Construction Toy of the Year? Don't think so. Why do you think so? I'll admit it is not the best set from LEGO, but I think it refer to the 2017. What you would have taken insteat? Personally it the only set of the 3 that I have....so maybe I'm not biased.... :-)
February 26, 20186 yr Author 2 hours ago, enigma84 said: Why do you think so? I'll admit it is not the best set from LEGO, but I think it refer to the 2017. What you would have taken insteat? The Millennium Falcon itself. It's a construction toy, right? I don't get how the MF won the Specialty Toy of the Year but not the Construction Toy Award
February 26, 20186 yr The UCS MF won the "Specialty Toy" category instead of the "Construction Toy" category because an $800 display model is a specialty item that isn't very good for play. It's a "specialty toy" in the same way that ridiculously expensive action figures from Hot Toys are "specialty toys": silly items with no practical use whose potential customer base is severely restricted by the high price tag. Sure, those are action figures, but you wouldn't award any of them an "action figure toy of the year" award because they're too expensive for the general market.
February 27, 20186 yr 11 hours ago, enigma84 said: Why do you think so? I'll admit it is not the best set from LEGO, but I think it refer to the 2017. What you would have taken insteat? Personally it the only set of the 3 that I have....so maybe I'm not biased.... :-) I actually don't know. It just seems that Star Wars gets a lot of the highlights because it's well known.
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