While there are some great new elements, such as 18 of these new opalescent panels, the build was quite bland.

Grandma, however is the coolest – she doesn’t let age nor her inability to properly ice skate get in the way, with her very own accessible ice skating chair to zip around on the ice.The set, along with 80108 Lunar New Year Traditions, is available at LEGO.com in Europe from today and in the USA and Canada from 10th January. The other Ice Planet torso is worn by the elderly fisherman who's paired it up with a fur-lined hat. The parts made of plant-based plastic are only made of plant based plastics, and that plastic replaced another plastic that was used previously. The use of two transparent plastics would introduce a new plastic without substituting it for another or getting rid of another type of plastic, which would be not only less sustainable environmentally but far more expensive."

An ice-sculptor wielding a chain saw, who has just finished making a penguin, completes the details on the right-hand side of the model. There’s one kid who’s an absolute legend – with an Ice Planet vest. He’s young, but he has great taste. And last but not least is this Penguin Sled… which can fit a kid, and be pushed by another minifigure across the ice.

New parts and recolours

Over on the left side of the frozen lake is the Ice Sculptor, busy at work carving this cute little icy penguin with her oversized chainsaw. Try the same thing with polycarbonate windscreens. You can take ten or more behind one another and still see through them perfectly. Impossible with the new material

Another standout feature this snow-topped tree, which cleverly uses a mix of white and green leaves to create the effect. There are some great techniques used here, and not to mention new elements, and it gives the relatively flat set some much-needed height. This may be the husband of the lady pushing her child about in the sleigh. He's equipped with a camera that has a long lens and flash, which is a detail I don't think I've seen in an official set before. Celebrate the Year of the Tiger in style with the Lunar New Year Ice Festival LEGO set and bring the festivities to life with the addition of our lights. There are plenty of other transparent clear parts that tend to be fairly rare in it too. Unfortunately, they are the new 'milky' type so don't look as clear and clean as the older polycarbonate ones. However, I suspect it's the new plastic formulation that has enabled parts with clips and bars to be made in clear colours.Saying that it looks "milky" or "low-quality" feels like complaining that UV-filtering or blue light filtering eyeglass lenses are "milky" or "low-quality". And I'm pretty certain my eyes would be in much worse shape if I refused to get any sort of protective lens filter due to differences like that which are scarcely noticeable in most circumstances. The most noteworthy new element is the 1x6x5 panel in 'milky white shimmer' colour number 360, officially named Transparent Opal. There are 18 of them in the set.