Set 42170 Kawasaki Ninja H2R Motorcycle was the 2024 addition to the 1:8-scale LEGO® Technic motorcycle range, depicting the Kawasaki Ninja H2R, also from 2024. It is noteworthy for being the first set to feature new engine cylinder elements that have quickly spread to all kinds of sets, big and small.
1986 was a historic year. The world was rocked by some tragedies; the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch and the Chernobyl disaster remains the worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation. On a lighter note, the disposable camera was invented by Fujifilm, and the animated short film Luxo Jr. was produced and released by Pixar Animation Studios.
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The next LEGO® Ideas set to be released is 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr., a LEGO version of the baby lamp and ball featured in the short film, which remains a icon of the company today.
A new LEGO® Icons set has just landed! 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is a 2417-piece set that recreates the space shuttle Enterprise and the modified Boeing 747™ that was used to transport it between missions. While LEGO has produced a great number of space shuttle sets in the past, this is the first time to see this specific shuttle in brick form. This is also the first official LEGO depiction of the Boeing 747.
Fasten your seat belts and check that overhead compartment because this jumbo jet is quite a ride!
With the endless surge of adult-oriented sets, it is astonishing that Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective, has not officially appeared in a LEGO® form – not even as a Gift with Purchase, similar to the Jules Verne set.
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Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, Sherlock's influence in storytelling has been remarkable. Thus, it's brilliant to see that his LEGO debut is directly bound to books: LEGO® Icons set 10351 Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook is designed to be displayed among them.
The Simpsons™ is one of the most famous and longest-running animated shows ever, and is still going (strong?). The dysfunctional family has been captured in LEGO® form before, and now, after 10 years of silence (aside from a rogue LEGO® Brickheadz set), they are back for a snack – at 10352 The Simpsons: Krusty Burger.
As I was still fully in my LEGO® Technic phase when The Simpsons LEGO sets came out, I’m eager to build the revival, now marketed under the LEGO® Icons umbrella, and discover its new pieces.
I've created a list showing all 222 new LEGO® elements added in May 2025, now updated to include the exciting new sets released today, Thursday 15 May: 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, 72037 Mario Kart: Mario & Standard Kart and 31216 Keith Haring’s Dancing Figures as well as the GwP 40767 Up-Scaled Baby Astronaut and the LEGO® Insiders reward 40787 Mario Kart – Spiny Shell.
Spacebaby, Spacebaby, SPACEBABY! LEGO® set 40767 Up-Scaled Baby Astronaut is the adorable new Gift with Purchase (GwP) that is now available, until 23 May 2025 or while stocks last, with all purchases meeting the minimum threshold of 150€/ US$150/ CA$190/ £135/ AU$245/ NZ$265. We received an early copy for a review, so let's take a look at this oh-so-cute mega-baby face.
The Up-Scaled Baby Astronaut and the Mini Ninja Combo Mech. are now the globally available Gifts with Purchase (GwP), plus the Mario Kart™ blue shell LEGO Insiders reward is available too! Also, Germany get another chance at the 30709 Ferrari 499P - Hypercar GwP, plus 2x Points on select F1™ products.
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Today we complete our analysis of LEGO® Star Wars™ 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship. In part 1 we examined set 75409's new moulds and recoloured pieces. In this article we'll be exploring the set's build techniques and minifigures, before concluding with a look at the impressive completed model and play features.
"Hang on son, we'll move into the asteroid field. And we'll have a couple of surprises for him"
For a simple man trying to make his way in the universe, Jango doesn't travel light. LEGO® Star Wars set 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship is bountiful in every sense of the word. Today we examine the new moulds, recolours and decorated elements it has to offer.
Arno Knobbe (@legoarno on Instagram) completes his popular trilogy of guest articles today, gently introducing you to the math behind useful techniques for building at diagonals to the LEGO® grid. If you missed them, you may wish to read the others first – Part 1: building at angles, and Part 2: techniques with reflected wedges.
The deals for Star Wars Day, May the Fourth, are now over. We will keep this page live as a record of what was on offer, including our review of 40765 Kamino Training Facility.
Visit our page of current LEGO® promotions and Gifts with Purchase (GwP) for May 2025 to see what happened after Star Wars Day.
LEGO® Pick a Brick paused new uploads earlier this year, but they have just resumed the addition of new parts a month earlier than anticipated!
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But what to do with them? I've explored the potential of some of the pieces in original LEGO build creations using my own collection.
It's back! Having paused the addition of new elements in February 2025, today LEGO® Pick a Brick have resumed – and it's a mammoth haul of over 1,000 pieces.
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For me, a highlight of LEGO® sets over the last few years has been some of the brick-built creatures that would have been unthinkable in the past. As part of their LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 line, they have now made all manner of brick beasts; crocodiles, giraffes, pandas and more have all been depicted in impressive style.
Our review of set 31216 Keith Haring Dancing Figures is now available
LEGO® Botanicals are retreading old ground and breaking fresh ground with their latest two sets to be revealed, and while both share Japanese influences, they couldn't be more different: a big new bonsai tree, and tiny little kawaii-style potted plants who are best buddies and love you very much.
Today, Tuesday 29 April 2025 is the final day of 40783 Coral Reef Diorama as the global Gift with Purchase (GwP). Then, LEGO® Star Wars™ deals and GwPs for May the Fourth will commence on Thursday 1 May.
If you bought a ticket at
the booth you may board the Amelia, LEGO® Ideas latest and
biggest set. But now you’ll hopefully enjoy your ride on the “Ghost ship of the Mississippi” – we’ll get to that naming later.
The LEGO® Pick a Brick team challenged New Elementary to transform an ordinary set into something new with the help of some extra pieces from Pick a Brick online. Jonas Kramm stepped up by reimagining iconic LEGO® Botanicals set 10329 Tiny Plants as a series of Flower Pot Pals! Here's what he came up with – and you can try one for yourself by studying his breakdown.
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Continuing today's reflected wedge extravaganza, Arno Knobbe challenged me to dream up something swooshable using some of the geometric delights we saw in his technique article about building off the LEGO grid with reflected wedges. Let's escape the grid in a spaceship!
After the popularity of his first guest post for us, Arno Knobbe (@legoarno on Instagram) returns today to explain more core building techniques for sending your models off the rectilinear grid.
The biggest LEGO® Ideas set to date, 21356 River Steamboat, is now available to LEGO® Insiders and will be available to all from midnight Thursday 10 April 2025. In addition, until 13 April or while stocks last, those who buy it from LEGO Stores or LEGO.com will receive the Gift with Purchase (GwP) 5009157 Amelia Ticket Booth. Let's see what this 152-piece model has to offer!
We just published Zach's review of LEGO® Icons 10353 Williams Racing FW14B and Nigel Mansell but the set was actually revealed to us in September 2024 during Fan Media Days, where Tim Johnson sat down with designer Gus McLaren to talk about the set.
I've created a list showing all 110 new LEGO® elements added in April 2025, with links to which sets they come in so you can check for the ones you might be interested in. The list now includes 21356 River Steamboat, which was released on 7 April. Stay tuned for our review of this massive LEGO® Ideas set!
For those of you who prefer it, here is our list of April 2025 sets showing which contain the most new elements.
The turn of the 1990s brought immense technological innovation to Formula 1 racing, and with it fierce rivalry as teams competed for race car construction and driving dominance. 10353 Williams Racing FW14B & Nigel Mansell is the second historic F1 LEGO® Icons set from this era, showcasing an engineering marvel which finally put Team McLaren-Honda in Williams' mirrors again.
LEGO® Classic set 11040 Magical Transparent Box is loaded with 228 translucent pieces (plus 12 spares!), comprising 43 unique clear parts. At first glance, the set looks like a box of basic bricks but a closer look reveals a few surprises – including a few new moulds!
The latest LEGO® Icons Lord of the Rings set is here, accompanied by a very precious Gift with Purchase: 40761 Sméagol and Déagol. Those who purchase 10354 The Shire between 2 and 8 April (while stocks last) will be eligible to receive this éagoly awaited GwP. We received an early copy for review, so let's go on a lovely family fishing adventure.
LEGO® have tested many projects behind closed doors and usually we only see the results when the item makes it into production.
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We have a treat for you today, as we have obtained a couple of rare prototype LEGO® DUPLO® figures with synthetic hair that escaped the test room in Billund. We are not certain, however, of the date these were explored.
It’s been 34 years (pause to realize my age…) since Beauty and the Beast was released by Disney™, blowing audiences away with the vibrant story and visuals. The movie and its characters have become icons, and many LEGO® sets have been inspired by it. So far, all of these sets are either aimed at children in the LEGO® Disney Princess theme, LEGO® Brickheadz, or references in other sets like 43226 Disney Duos.
Now, for the first time, an 18+ set fully dedicated to the movie is being released: 43263 Beauty and the Beast Castle. Will it be as impressive as the original? Be our guest, and join us in exploring the mysterious castle and all its secrets.
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, but a hobbit hole made of LEGO® bricks! Today we journey back to Middle-earth to recreate Bilbo Baggins' famous abode, Bag End, in set 10354 The Shire.
The latest LEGO® Icons The Lord Of The Rings set, 10354 The Shire has been officially revealed. My through set review is coming soon, but here is a taster!
Recently we gave you a sneak preview of an exciting new web app on the LEGO.com Pick a Brick site: Create a Minifigure. As of today, the beta version has gone live in the UK! Unfortunately it is not available elsewhere.
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You can view May 2025 GwPs here.
What were the LEGO® Gifts with Purchase (GwP) in March 2025? We've retained this page for historical records.
One of the most colourful sets released earlier this month is LEGO® Disney 43272 Heihei, a brick-built version of the idiotic rooster from the Moana movies.
LEGO® Art has been a polarising theme among the generally praised 18+ sets. So far, only a small minority of the theme's 20 sets have been versions of well-known works of art – and of those, most have been pop art pieces or logos easily transferred into the plastic material and the well-defined colour charts of LEGO bricks. The most interesting departure so far has been 31213 Mona Lisa, reviewed by Jonas Kramm last September and, outside the LEGO Art theme, LEGO® Ideas 21333 Vincent van Gogh - The Starry Night which I had pleasure to review in 2022. It's still my favourite set.
Whereas the bold blues of van Gogh's palette transformed delightfully into bricks, da Vinci's Renaissance idiom of thin, light layers resulted in a larger divergence from the original. The project was ambitious but the reception was mixed. 
I wonder if the good performance of the Starry Night made the designers look back to van Gogh and produce 31215 Vincent van Gogh – Sunflowers: he sure is an admired artist, but getting two among the very small number of painting-in-LEGO sets is not a small feat. With a quick look, the set seems to be very close to the original painting – but we'll have more than a quick one.
The March 2025 wave of LEGO® Technic sets consists of 5 vehicles. I’ve already looked at the 2 large F1 cars, and now I turn to the 3 smaller sets, where we find 2 fast cars and a dump truck.
LEGO® Botanicals just keep on... growing! But in a way, they are also shrinking.
Just revealed now on LEGO.com, 10347 Petite Sunny Bouquet is a smaller floral arrangement being released on 1 May 2025. It's great to see LEGO Botanicals sets at different price points as the larger bouquets are often too expensive as gifts for all occasions. But do you think this one is good value?
At LEGO® Fan Media Days in Denmark in September 2024, I was lucky enough to meet some of the design team behind the biggest LEGO® Ideas set to date.
Design Lead Jordan David Scott and Product Designer Marina Stampoli talked me through the absolutely massive LEGO Ideas set 21356 River Steamboat, which comes in at 16" (40cm) x 28" (69cm), contains over 4000 pieces and weighs 3 kilograms. "I did some exercise," says Marina as she lifts the model.
We have reached my final blog post covering the LEGO® Friends sets from the January 2025 wave. The last three sets have us building a treehouse, stylin' a new coif, and setting out on a camping trip. And of course, all these adventures will provide us with new elements.
Throughout 2025, The LEGO Group is releasing sets based on the Formula 1 races, which kick off in Australia this weekend. LEGO® Technic joins in with (among others) two large scale F1 cars: 42206 Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 F1 Car and 42207 Ferrari SF-24 F1 Car. In part 1 of this review I showed you all the new elements found in sets 42206 & 42207, and now I’ll start building the two speedy vehicles – at the same time, for comparison!
With the 2025 Formula 1 season finally getting underway with the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, we'll take a New Elementary view on F1 over the next couple of days!
Suspension Mount with Fender, Formula 1 (6813) is a new element that was introduced in the most recent wave of LEGO® Speed Champions sets. This new specialised part grants the cars an even higher degree of accuracy, but is it useful for anything else? Let's investigate...
The LEGO® Pick a Brick service have re-opened their "Standard" service in North America and over 12,000 elements have returned. Only "Bestseller" elements have been available since the service was closed in December 2024.
