‘It’s good play at its core and we are making it even better’ — these 12 Lego Pokémon sets finally get Smart Play right, and I can’t decide which I love most

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Yesterday, I spent several hours playing with the brand-new Lego Pokémon Smart Play sets, and it was the most fun I’ve had in ages, and the August 1 launch date cannot come soon enough.

However, for the short period of time when I remembered I’m an adult journalist with a job to do, I had the chance to sit down with some members of the design team to chat about the sets, starting with the most striking improvement: they feel like Lego builds with Smart Play enhancements rather than being dependent on the new technology.

That’s unlike the first-wave of Smart Brick sets, which didn’t feel complete unless you had the brick charged up and in place.

“We're glad you picked up on that. We’ve been working on these sets for a few years, so for us it doesn’t feel quick. Our challenge is always to find what story we...

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'Cuts through dirt like a dorsal fin through water’ — I love how Shark’s transforming vacuum cleaner switches smoothly between upright and stick vac, while its smart suction devours dust in every situation

The flexible 3-in-1 transforming design that allows you to easily switch between upright, stick and handheld vacuum might be the Shark PowerDetect Transformer’s most attention-grabbing feature. But what really impressed me is its strong suction and super-smart auto-detection — it adapts to different flooring, edges and quantities of dirt automatically,