Pre-order 3 LEGO® Pokémon sets, plus Gift with Purchase & Insider Reward revealed

Everyone has been waiting for this reveal, and it hasn't disappointed. The LEGO Group and The Pokémon Company International have just revealed the first fruits of their new partnership, in the form of three LEGO® Pokémon with the 18+ age mark, which are all available to pre-order now. They feature the popular characters Pikachu, Evee, Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise. 

Also revealed are an accompanying free gift with purchases of the largest set, plus a set that LEGO® Insiders in some countries can redeem for 2,500 points. 

Everything is released on 27 February 2026 globally – but it seems in Asia, the only country receiving these products is South Korea. (And Australia and New Zealand, if you count them as Asia.)

LEGO® Pick a Brick: new elements for January 2026, including Minifigure Vending Machine

LEGO® Pick a Brick have just started adding new parts to the service from September 2025 sets as well as the much-desired Minifigure Vending Machine figures!

As they have only just begun to add them, everything on our list is not yet available.It will take another hour or two.

VIEW THE LIST: January PaB

LEGO® Star Wars™ SMART Play™ and LEGO SMART Brick available to pre-order

EDIT: This product will initially only be made available in the US, UK (not Republic of Ireland), France, Germany, Poland and Australia. 

With 3 LEGO® Star Wars™ sets that will use LEGO SMART Play™ technology now available to pre-order, and some more general information to hand about this new technology, we have updated this article on 9 January 2026.

On 5 January at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas, USA the LEGO Group revealed their new innovation which will premiere in three March LEGO® Star Wars™ sets.

Our team member Zach Hill was inside the presentation hall, and recognised fan media (like ourselves) have since had a separate presentation which added a little more insight. Read on for details!

New moulds review: LEGO® Friends January 2026 sets

The January 2026 wave of LEGO® Friends sets were revealed in early December 2025, and there's a lot of sets to look through.  We have already taken a look at some recolours in our article covering the New colours for 2026: 431 Blue Violet and 430 Warm Pink.

Now I will focus on all the new moulds included in the new sets including the animals and accessories, and a second post will look at all the recolours and new prints. A few of the new moulds are also found in other themes released on 1 January.

What are the new LEGO® parts in January 2026 sets?

I've created a list showing the more than 1,400 new LEGO® elements within the January 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase. Among them are new animals, new cheese slopes, new tiles and yet more curved slopes!

For those of you who prefer it, here is our list of all the January 2026 sets, showing their new elements.

LEGO® City January 2026: overview and all recolours

Happy new year; happy new elements!

Earlier this month Tim provided us with a tantalizing preview of all the new elements coming in the January 2026 LEGO® City sets along with insight from Design Manager, Christopher Leslie Stamp. We now have the entire wave of 17 core sets for a hands-on review (excluding the somewhat incongruous Rides subtheme). We'll examine the new moulds more closely in a future article, but in the meantime, there are plenty of recoloured parts to explore.

Review: GwP 40891 Stranger Things – WSQK Radio Station

A lot is going (upside) down on Thursday 1 January 2026: the final-ever episode of Netflix hit Stranger Things drops on TV screens around the world; LEGO® Icons 11370 Stranger Things: The Creel House is released for LEGO Insiders; and 40891 Stranger Things: WSQK Radio Station will come as a free gift with purchase (GwP). Join us in Hawkins for a spoiler-free review of this great GwP!

430 Warm Pink and 431 Blue Violet: the new colours for 2026

The LEGO Group (TLG) are introducing two new colours for 2026. It's always exciting to see a new colour in the LEGO palette, although it does make us wonder if the 'one in and one out' rule introduced in the mid-2000s has been relaxed somehow in recent years?

TLG are calling the two new colours 430 Warm Pink and 431 Blue Violet, so let's take a closer look at these new tones and see where to find them in the new January 2026 releases.

Review: 11508 Daisies, 11509 Flowering Cactus, 11504 Peace Lily & 11501 Tulip Bouquet from LEGO® Botanicals

In part 1 we analysed all the new moulds found in 11501 Tulip Bouquet and 11509 Flowering Cactus; now it's time to tackle the mountain of recolours they contain, plus those found in 11504 Peace Lily and 11508 Daisies... not forgetting the beautiful builds themselves of course!

Review: 76344 Iron Man Mark 3 Collectors' Edition from LEGO® Marvel

Many LEGO® Super Heroes sets have relatively little to offer for hobbyists not interested in elaborate minifigures. Action figures are a staple in the super hero merchandise, and the recent efforts in this field have been varying in quality. 76344 Iron Man Mark 3 Collectors' Edition takes a more statuesque approach, but presents a whole Iron Man instead of mere bust or a helmet. As a human character build, it looks like one of the best so far.