Review: Scuderia Ferrari HP helmets 43022 Lewis Hamilton & 43014 Charles Leclerc from LEGO® Editions Formula 1®

LEGO® Editions is the new theme aimed at teenage builders, and two upcoming sets in this theme depict the helmets of Sir Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.  Formula 1® has been getting the LEGO touch over the past year across a range of themes including collectable mini cars, LEGO® Speed Champions, LEGO® Technic... and now, helmets.

43022 Scuderia Ferrari HP Lewis Hamilton Helmet and 43014 Scuderia Ferrari HP Charles Leclerc Helmet also include minifigures of their respective owners, but we are most excited about the new moulds we spotted back when the F1 helmets were first revealed.

Reveal: 11377 Minas Tirith™ & 40893 Grond GwP from LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings

Coming 1 June 2026 to celebrate 25 years of The Lord of the Rings, LEGO® Icons have officially revealed 11377 Minas Tirith™as well as its Gift with Purchase (GwP): 40893 Grond. 

Let's take a closer look at the sets and their exclusive minifigure parts!

LEGO® Pick a Brick: May 2026 new elements

On 11 May 2026, some 950 new pieces from the hundreds of January 2026 sets were added to the LEGO® Pick a Brick (PaB) service which is available in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

See our visual, categorised list of new PaB parts for May 2026

Review: SMART Play™ sets 75421, 75423, 75424 & 75426 from LEGO® Star Wars™

Today I continue our exploration of the new LEGO® SMART Play™ System. In my previous blog post I took a look at all the new molds found in the first 8 LEGO® Star Wars™ sets with ‘enhanced play’, and today I'll be testing if the SMART Brick adds any value to the play experience by building 4 of them: 75421 Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter™, 75423 Luke’s Red Five X-wing™, 75424 AT-ST™ Attack on Endor and 75426 Millennium Falcon™.

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

I've created a list showing the 385 new LEGO® elements within the May 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase. UPDATE 7 May: now including set 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep® Wrangler.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for more than 900 new Pick a Brick elements dropping on 11 May! We will publish the list on 5 May so you have time to prepare.

Review: 75460 New Republic X-Wing Starfighter™ from LEGO® Star Wars™

LEGO® Star Wars™ 75460 New Republic X-Wing Starfighter™, available since 1 April 2026, was a precursor to the wave of sets recently released in support of the upcoming film The Mandalorian and Grogu which hits theatres later this month.

Luke Skywalker is off doing something else, but this is essentially his ship – from brief appearances in the trailers, the New Republic X-wings are apparently unchanged except for blue livery and new pilots. We're here to investigate if the LEGO version has done little more than also just swap some colours about. Is this new X-Wing x-citing, or does LEGO have some x-plaining to do?

Star Wars™ Day 2026 LEGO® set and gifts with purchase

Star Wars™ Day is famously celebrated on May the Fourth but the new sets, gifts with purchase (GwP) and offers are already available to LEGO® Insiders! 

We list out the new moulds and recolours you will find in this year's exclusive LEGO® Star Wars™ set 75442 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter™, and also cover off the 3 GwPs on offer – one of which is exclusive to the N-1, and another that is exclusive to sets aimed at children.

In addition to what we discuss in this article, there are also LEGO Insiders Rewards available and Star Wars Day offers including some with double loyalty points; some have quadruple!

New molds in LEGO® Star Wars™ SMART Play™ sets

In March this year, The LEGO Group launched a new play concept: LEGO® SMART Play™. This system consists of the SMART Brick, and tags hidden inside SMART Tiles and SMART Minifigures. Is that a whole lotta smart, or will the results really smart?

In this, our first article examining the system, the focus is on all the new molds the products introduce. Aside from the specific Smart Play molds, the sets also bring some general useful elements!

Reveal: 76339 The Fantastic Four H.E.R.B.I.E. from LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes

Hooray, cute LEGO® robot! H.E.R.B.I.E. was introduced to The Fantastic Four comics in 1978, but has enjoyed refreshed popularity in the 2025 Marvel movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps. So much so that in August 2026, LEGO® Super Heroes will release set 76339 H.E.R.B.I.E. Let's take a look at the model and some of the new pieces we've spotted in the images.

Pick a Brick: Create a Minifigure live across Europe, US and Canada

On Monday 27 April 2026, LEGO® Pick a Brick made their Create a Minifigure online service available throughout European and North American LEGO.com sites, and it is almost identical to the UK beta version.