The end of the year is always a chance to look back – and at New Elementary, that means digging through the parts bins of 2025 to find the highlights. This year The LEGO Group gave us no shortage of interesting new moulds: just over 400 by our reckoning; or about 340 if you exclude foils, cloth and electronics.
And so, in no particular order, let’s celebrate the ones that caught our eye (and our builds), with links for you to learn a bit more about each of them via the awesome New Elementary team, who have invested so much time investigating them for you in 2025!
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Set 10365 on LEGO.com
Set 76313 on LEGO.com
Set 31215 on LEGO.com
Set 10343 on LEGO.com
Set 43267 on LEGO.com
Set 21362 on LEGO.com
Set 75409 on LEGO.com
Set 10357 on LEGO.com
3D printed train (112073)
This new element was certainly a divisive one. Reactions were split faster than old dark red: some fans felt it just didn’t have that classic LEGO® ‘click’, while others admired the innovation.
While it's far from The LEGO Group's first foray into 3D printing, as Elspeth's article about the element shows, it's the first that has been made widely available to the public. Love it or not, this experiment demonstrated that The LEGO Group is willing to push the boundaries of its manufacturing process – and what a LEGO brick is – earning it a space on our list.
Brick sloped 4 x 4 (part 7241)
It seems that this element is one that many of our readers had on their wishlists.
Designed specially for 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship, the part is only currently available in black and trans-blue, but along with our readers and followers, we're hoping that it becomes available in many more colours next year, as it looks like a part with a lot of potential.
You can read our analysis of the wedge in Thomas' review of 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship.
Plate Round 1 x 2 with Clip on Underside (5264)
The next element on the list looks like something that might have appeared in our Make a Wishbrick contest a few years ago. In fact, it did, from several entrants!
It first featured on our blog in December 2024 in Eero's review of 10343 Mini Orchid in advance of its January 2025 introduction, and with it's proliferation in sets this year – appearing in no fewer than 78 sets in 7 colours – this game-changer of an element was just too important not to mention.
Watch out for a special article celebrating the possibilities of this element, coming in January 2026 from our guest maths professor Arno Knobbe and the legendary builder Nick Trotta.
Brick Round Corner 2 x 2 x 1 (5924)
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Even if this next element on our list has only appeared in a handful of sets in 5 colours since its introduction in January of this year, it brought us one of our most popular MOCs of the year: a miniaturized Slave 1 ship, thanks to Tom Loftus' ingenuity.
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You can read a full breakdown of the element – and Tom's MOC building process – in his article analyzing LEGO part 5924.
New curved slopes
I gave the 2x2 round corner brick special mention, but in fact 2025 was a great year for new bowed elements, with almost a dozen new curvy slopes introduced. It's wonderful news for builders as organic shapes are typically among the hardest of shapes to create in LEGO bricks and – as dizzying as the quantity of new moulds is – the benefits of these introductions are already apparent in sets and MOCs.
These fledging bricks are so far only available in a limited handful of colours, so let's hope for some more colourful LEGO® Speed Champions sets next year to expand the palette!
- Brick curved 1 x 1 (7126)
- Slope, Curved 2 x 1 with Recessed Stud (5841)
- Slope, Curved 3 x 1 x 2/3 (7302)
- Slope, Curved 4 x 1 Left & Right (7206 & 7205)
- Slope, Curved 6 x 1 (6801)
- Slope, Curved 8 x 1 x 1 2/3 (7217)
- Slope, Curved 2 x 2 x 2/3 Corner Round (5852)
- Slope, Curved 3 x 2 Left & Right (6822 & 6823)
- Brick Curved 4 x 4 x 1 2/3 No Studs (7249)
- Slope Curved 12 x 1 x 1 2/3 with Cutouts, currently only available with window and trench pattern (7236)
You can get a closer look at some of these element further in Tom Loftus' review of 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship, Zach's review of 10357 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C and Kevin's review of 10356 Star Trek: The Next Generation: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D.
LEGO® Technic steering elements
There were at least a few LEGO® Technic elements that turned heads this year. While we had a few suggestions from our more LEGO Technic-savvy contributors Alex, Toby and Zach, it was the collection of steering elements that left them most impressed:
These new elements overhaul the existing options to provide more compact, flexible, and space-efficient steering and suspension systems in LEGO Technic builds. For more information on these and many more 2025 LEGO Technic moulds, check out Toby's review of 42206 Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 and 42207 Ferrari SF-24, and Alex's examination of June 2025 new LEGO Technic parts.
Brick Special 1x1x1⅔ with 2 Studs on 3 Sides (7729)
It seems a builder can never have enough SNOT bricks and Brick Special 1x1x1 2/3 with 2 Studs on 3 Sides (7729) is a latecomer, appearing in green and dark pink in October's 21362 Mineral Collection, for which it was specifically designed.
As Caz mentioned in her review of 21362 Minerals Collection, the part shares some similarities with the beloved Classic Space 1x2x⅔ brick with studs on sides (4595). While it will never replace that beloved element in our hearts, it will most likely find a niche in our MOCs; making it a worthy addition to our list of 2025 elements.
New creatures
The LEGO bestiary was expanded with dozens of new creatures this year. All of us here at New E. had our own personal favorites: top of the list were the snail (7443) from this year's LEGO® One Piece sets, as well as the plush toy which appears in numerous guises in the LEGO® Friends line as well as LEGO® DREAMZzz™ and LEGO® Minifigures. However, it was the pigeon that garnered the most attention, when it appeared in 60469 Central Train Station in June this year (and will be recoloured in white in the 2026 Modular Building).
For more, see Toby's review of new-for-January 2025 LEGO Friends elements, Elspeth's review of January 2025 LEGO DREAMZzz pieces, my review of LEGO One Piece elements, and don't miss Grantmaster's various MOCs using the the snail as everything but a snail!
New plant elements
Not only was it a good year for LEGO fauna, we received a number of useful new floral elements too which already appear in many colours.
Plant, Leaf/Petal 4 x 6 x 1 1 / 3 (7096) and Plant, Round 3 x 3 - 3 Leaves (7264) both brought an added element of realism to the LEGO® Botanicals range, and a new sunflower element (6901) brightened up the minifigure world. For more analysis on these, check out Eero's review of set 10342 Pretty Pink Flower Bouquet and Ben's review of 10348 Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree.
Minecraft ladder (7307)
Did LEGO raise the bar with new elements this year? Well, they certainly tried; there were a few new bar elements that we considered adding to our list, and not quite making the grade were Bar Curved with Angled Ends 1L (7052) and Bar 6L with Stop Rings, Bent (7078).
Zach's analysis and MOCs with the 1x4 ladder (7307) convinced us that this element stood a rung above the rest! It appears in 6 sets at time of writing and is available on LEGO® Pick a Brick in some countries.
New white (426) & cool yellow (427) elements
2025 saw the introduction of 2 new colours. Well, sort of. They were more like updated colours, as they are reformulations of existing colours, but we don't know if they have completely replaced the previous formulations.
1 White was updated with 426 White, and 226 Cool Yellow (BrickLink name Bright Light Yellow) was superseded by 427 Cool Yellow, and you need a keen eye to spot the differences (see above). The new versions of these colours started appearing with 76313 MARVEL Logo & Minifigures and 31215 Vincent van Gogh – Sunflowers in around March this year.
We are still unsure exactly how widely these changes were implemented, or indeed why – though it seems likely to be related to a change in material to achieve better colour consistency in sets. For a full rundown of the updates, check out Elspeth's article about the 2025 colour changes.
Slope 75° 2 x 1 x 3 (4460) in Dark Turquoise
Okay, it's "just" a recolour, but we'd be remiss not to mention this one, final new element.
Because – thanks to the LEGO® Disney set 43267 Princess Castle & Royal Pets – we now have all the necessary pieces to build the teal New E. logo!
Thank you all for your support in 2025; the New E. team wish you the happiest of holidays and a brilliant 2026.
READ MORE: 2024's list of top elements
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