{"id":63472,"date":"2025-07-27T07:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T11:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63472"},"modified":"2025-07-27T07:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T11:28:08","slug":"mark-dials-into-nostalgia-with-the-lego-retro-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/mark-dials-into-nostalgia-with-the-lego-retro-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Dials Into Nostalgia with the Lego Retro Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thomas,<\/p>\n

You might remember that a year or so ago, Lego released a retro radio set aimed at the 18+ age group.<\/p>\n

I had an opportunity to visit a Lego shop recently because a company away day meeting was set in Birmingham city centre.<\/p>\n

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Seeing this set on the shelves was too tempting, and since my birthday was imminent made an impulse purchase!!<\/p>\n

I can tell you it was a joy to build, and it’s very clever in how it fits together and functions.<\/p>\n

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Turning the power knob on the left engages a mechanism which is then turned by the tuning dial on the right. The little red tuning marker moves back and forth and a custom brick plays random bursts of audio lasting a few seconds.<\/p>\n

These are in keeping with the retro aesthetic of the radio itself, adverts for ham, sports commentary and nostalgic music.<\/p>\n

A little bit pricey but I don’t regret buying it. I bought a Tecsun PL-990x the week before in anticipation of my birthday, so it’s been quite a radio centric celebration this year !<\/p>\n

Mark<\/p>\n

This is brilliant, Mark! The top image of the Lego Radio was one I took at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in February. I came so close to buying it then, and indeed, I would have if I weren’t such a hardcore one-bag traveler. Had I purchased it, I would have had to carry it for the rest of my multi-day trip. After reading your article, I regret passing it up! I might have to go on the prowl for one! Thank you for sharing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here to check out the Lego Retro Radio on Amazon.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

(Note: this affiliate link supports the SWLing Post at no cost to you.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Thomas, You might remember that a year or so ago, Lego released a retro radio set aimed at the 18+ age group. I had an opportunity to visit a Lego shop recently because a company away day meeting was set in Birmingham city centre. Seeing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[344,3,305],"tags":[10528,10527,5458],"class_list":["post-63472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kits","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-lego","tag-lego-retro-radio","tag-mark-hirst"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gvK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59688,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/check-out-the-new-lego-retro-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":63472,"position":0},"title":"Check out the new Lego Retro Radio!","author":"Thomas","date":"May 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Van Hoy, who shares a link to this blog regarding the new Lego Retro Radio: https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/news\/legos-buildable-retro-radio-actually-plays-music-thanks-to-a-sound-brick\/ Thank you, Dan! 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