After reviewing 42211 Lunar Outpost Moon Rover Space Vehicle and 42115 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator, we have come to the final 3 sets from the August 2025 LEGO® Technic wave.
42212 Ferrari FXX K, 42213 Ford Bronco® SUV and 42214 Lamborghini Revuelto Super Sports Car are all vehicles, but each is a bit different. Fasten your seatbelts for a drive in all three!
The Black Pearl has been described on screen as ‘nigh uncatchable,’ ‘the finest ship to sail the seas,’ and even, in Captain Jack Sparrow’s words, ‘freedom.’ That’s a lot for a LEGO® set to live up to but the latest set from LEGO® Icons – 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship – makes a bold attempt to recreate this legendary ship in brick form.
Read on, mateys, as we explore the bounty of new parts included in the set and learn more about the design process from Senior Designer Mike Psiaki. Full speed ahead!
A couple of months ago I took a closer look at the Nike Dunk x LEGO® set, a bold collaboration that turned an iconic sneaker into a brick-built collectible. On 1 September 2025, The LEGO Group and Nike are back on the court with 43021 Nike Dunk Trickshot—a smaller set that again pays homage to the iconic Dunk shoe, this time with a playful twist, and a hidden mini-game to boot!
Not every set features new moulds. Fortunately, here at New Elementary, we also like recoloured pieces.
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Despite being released in January 2025, Brick Round Corner 2 x 2 x 1 (5924) has been surprisingly absent in sets – but why? Today we try to answer just that, as we analyse the latest member of the macaroni family.
The latest set to be announced from LEGO® Ideas, 21360 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is based on the 1971 movie of the same name and will be released on 15 September 2025.
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You can sample all the tasty new elements and minifigures in set 21360 in our first article along with background on the original submission, while this article dives like Augustus Gloop straight into the delicious building process.
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The latest set to be announced from LEGO® Ideas is 21360 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The set is based on the 1971 movie of the same name, via the original LEGO Ideas submission from 2PPL.
We will examine the LEGO Wonka build process and play features in the next article, but first there are some fun new minifigures, recolours and printed elements to drool over. So let's go where nobody ever goes in... and nobody ever comes out.
Rrowr! Double points are back for LEGO® Insiders members. There are some great sets on offer, so read on for the links to what is available in your country or simply click the image above.
North America also get a second chance at 3 LEGO® Gifts with Purchase (GwP), including The Simpsons Living Room!
UK customers get a choice of 1 out of 3 available polybags when they spend £35 on anything (except pre-orders). Read on for details!
Last year, LEGO® Technic released three playsets under a multi-theme-spanning Space banner. Another set was added to the lineup in August 2025; and where the previous sets explored Mars, we now stay (relatively) closer to home – with 42211 Lunar Outpost Moon Rover Space Vehicle.
LEGO® Botanicals have been pollen no punches with their sets recently. Following some of this year's most popular and spectacular sets – including 10349 Happy Plants and 10345 Flower Arrangement – August 2025 saw the release of 10372 Hibiscus, which adds a tropical splash to the line-up.
Let's take a closer look at the new elements and building techniques in this stunning 660-piece set.
LEGO® One Piece is real! The longest-running and best-selling manga series in history has spawned a multimedia franchise including an anime, video games, toys, and a critically acclaimed Netflix series in 2023. The franchise now has another accolade under its belt: a dedicated LEGO theme!
After dissecting the contents of the June 2025 wave of LEGO® Technic sets, it’s time to check out what is built with them. We’ll start with 42209 Volvo L120 Electric Wheel Loader. Also, sorry in advance for the rant.
LEGO® Creator has been around for 25 years. I think that for most of this time, it has been a bit of a sleeper theme. There have been good sets every now and then, and some absolute classics during my childhood – 4508 Titan XP of 2004, for example. However, the coherence of design has bloomed during the last three or so years. Concurrently, the colour schemes of the sets have become bolder, resulting in more sweet recolours for us parts aficionados and MOC builders.
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31170 Pink Flamingo is one of those sets. Therefore, I'm taking a look at not one but two copies of this set, running through its parts of interest and presenting two character MOCs inspired by its pieces.
We’re digging into the August 2025 LEGO® Technic sets, starting with the massive 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator. Although this digger looks big, with 2359 parts it sits at number 18 on the list of biggest-ever LEGO Technic sets. Yet, according to Brickset, the RRP of US$429.99/ £349.99/ 399,99€/ AU$599.99 ranks it number 7 out of the most expensive LEGO Technic sets ever. Is that price warranted?
More than 50 new or returning LEGO® pieces have been added to the Pick a Brick service, all from April 2025 sets.
Jump to list of new parts in April sets being added to Pick a Brick in July
I've created a list showing all 670 new LEGO® elements within the August 2025 sets (688 after adding 21359 Italian Riviera, read our review here), with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase.
For those of you who prefer it, here is our list of the August 2025 sets showing their new elements.
And to those of you wondering about new elements on Pick a Brick: those are estimated to be added on Monday 4 August.
