Review: 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from LEGO® Icons

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!

Review: 10351 Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook from LEGO® Icons

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. 

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.

Review: 10352 The Simpsons™: Krusty Burger from LEGO® Icons

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.

What are the new LEGO® parts in May 2025 sets? (Updated to 15 May)

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.

For those of you who prefer it, here instead is our list of May 2025 sets showing their new elements.

Review: LEGO® 40767 Up-Scaled Baby Astronaut GwP

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.

May 2025 LEGO® Gifts with Purchase and Blue Shell reward

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 now live too!

Read on for details about all these, plus the upcoming The Simpsons™ Living Room GwP.

Review: 76974 Brick-built Mosasaurus Boat Mission from LEGO® Jurassic World™

LEGO® Jurassic World™ sets have rarely contained brick-built dinosaurs, but the June 2025 offering 76974 Brick-built Mosasaurus Boat Mission depicts some new heroes on an adventure with a brick-built beast of impressive dimensions. The mosasaurus is not a dinosaur, it's a prehistoric marine reptile of epic proportions, so will the LEGO interpretation float my boat or leave me at sea?

Updated LEGO® colours: 427 Cool Yellow & 426 White

January 2025 LEGO® Marvel set 76313 MARVEL Logo & Minifigures, and March 2025 sets LEGO® Art 31215 Vincent van Gogh – Sunflowers and LEGO® Architecture 21062 Trevi Fountain have introduced two new colours to the LEGO colour palette. Did you spot them?

While we did notice there had been a change in shade of Bright Light Yellow (TLG name Cool Yellow), we missed the new White, until LEGO colour guru Rylie Howerter brought the updates to our attention. Read on to find out more about these "new" colours.

Set review: 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship from LEGO® Star Wars™

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"

Review: 31216 Keith Haring Dancing Figures from LEGO® Art

Keith Haring was a famous American pop artist, best known for having created stylized figures and animals, often drawn in lines that were simple but nevertheless packed in a lot of energy and movement. That style is the subject of the latest LEGO® Art set, 31216 Keith Haring – Dancing Figures.

Parts review: 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship from LEGO® Star Wars

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.

LEGO® Pythagorean triangles: Escaping the grid

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.

Building a triangle naturally forces you to escape the LEGO® grid. Sure, you can align 2 sides with the grid – creating a right triangle – but the third side will have to be diagonal. As soon as you try this, you run into trouble: most dimensions will not lead to easy connections at the 2 corners involved, neither with hinge plates nor regular stud-antistud connections. The age-old answer to this challenge, that most builders will be familiar with, is the Pythagorean triangle. Today’s article is my modern take on this millennia-old technique.

May 2025 deals for LEGO® Star Wars™ Day

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.