[RSS]: Get your gear at LEGO.com

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If you've been keeping an eye on our list of sets added to the database recently you will have noticed that there are dozens of non-brick related products on it.

The polite term we use for such items is 'gear', although sometimes the more derogatory word 'tat' seems more appropriate. It's a broad categorisation that includes just about everything you can't actually build with, such as keychains, storage boxes, housewares, plush toys, stationery and so on, most of which is produced by 3rd party companies under licence.

We don't go out of our way to add gear to our database and generally only do so when it crops up in LEGO's affiliate product feeds, at which point it is added automatically.

This year has seen something of a bumper crop of gear appearing at LEGO.com, much of it in the last few weeks just in time for Christmas. We currently have over 240 items of gear released during 2022, listed which is way more than any other year.

So, if you're looking for a gift for the AFOL who has everything, perhaps you'll find something of interest among the dozens of non-brick products currently available at LEGO.com.

Do you like to buy gear for yourself or others? Let us know in the comments.

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