I think LEGO® Botanicals is the best theme for MOC builders, although I don't have any specific affinity to flowers. However, I have an affinity to mushrooms, which are obviously not plants and thus unsuitable for a theme called "Botanicals". Except that they are not unsuitable, as 11505 Woodland Mushrooms proves. To be honest, it includes plenty of plants too, so maybe we can let that slide.
The LEGO Group has produced a wide range of vehicles but, as far as I could see, bicycles have so far been relegated to accessories for figures; nothing brick-built. This trend has been broken in a spectacular way, with the humongous 11380 Road Bike.
Find out after the break if there’s substance to back the bulk.
Destiny’s Bounty is the most famous (and most crashed) vehicle in the LEGO® NINJAGO® theme. One version that is special to me, 70677 Land Bounty from 2019, has received a make-over and comes back as 71869 Land Bounty. How do the two sets compare?
That's not its only record: it has now inspired the LEGO set with the biggest piece count in the world!
I've created a list showing the 1311 new LEGO® elements within the June 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase.
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So check out the Last Chance PaB list now to add any parts to your cart you've been wanting that are going, and then wait for the pieces in the New on PaB list to go live, which could be any time between now and eight hours from now (last month it happened about 11.15pm ET / 5.15am CET, but it is never regular).
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In the early hours of Wednesday 3 June 2026, 115 new pieces from February 2026 LEGO® sets were added to the Pick a Brick (PaB) service which is available in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Only six sets are included, but some of them are absolute corkers:
It was a dark and stormy night. A doorbell rang! Tim screamed. Could this be the long-lost sister of the boy in the tattered shawl who escaped the castle dungeon after his spaceship crashed? He threw the door open in earnest.
Last year, LEGO® NINJAGO® launched Ninjago Legends, a miniseries with a different art style to the original. The first instalment, Monstrosity, was accompanied by some great sets, and the upcoming instalment Duskfall will provide us with 3 sets. Today, I’ll be reviewing the smallest of the batch: 71871 Battle at the Dragon's Blade.
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Upon its 1 June 2026 release, set 11377 Minas Tirith will face a dual siege: hoards of eager LEGO® fans, and the dark forces of Mordor, in the form of the 40893 Grond Gift with Purchase (GwP).
While falling somewhat short of Tolkien's described scale of a hundred feet, I was nevertheless excited to take a look at the set, and see whether it would manage to batter its way into my heart.
Goodness Cretaceous me! It's another LEGO® Jurassic World™ dinosaur fossil, but it's not actually Jurassic – Maastrictianly speaking, it's Late Cretaceous – but let's not make bones about it.
According to the folklore printed in the instruction booklet, LEGO® Chinese Festivals set 80120 Prosperity Carp Leaping symbolises "achieving one's aspirations through perseverance and determination", and displaying a carp leaping over the Dragon Gate ornament at home can bring good luck in one's career or studies. I think this is a bit contradictory – do you need to work hard if you have the ornament? Personally, I'd put more faith in the hard work part. Nonetheless, it looks like a great model – especially as we haven't seen too many sets with brick-built fish.
Today I return to the rainbow road with a look at the new moulds, recolours, prints and techniques found in 72050 Luigi & Mach 8.
Today we take a look at the honey-loving children's favourite, Winnie The Pooh from LEGO® Disney™ set 43300. The happy bear comes with a large pot dripping with the nectar and buzzing with bees. Let's dive in and examine all the tasty new parts which are included.
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.
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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.
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.
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!
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!
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!
Hey howdy hey! With Toy Story 5 due for release in June 2026, it will not come as a surprise that the relationship between the Toy Story franchise and The LEGO Group endures. Set 43304 Blaze's Horse Ranch from LEGO® Disney is aimed at younger fans aged 4+, who will perhaps be encountering Woody and his friends for the first time in the upcoming movie.
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we'll cover the recolours and new prints as well as a closer look at both the new characters and returning favourites in their LEGO forms.
I'm excited to collaborate today with a new guest, Four Bricks Tall (@fourbrickstall on Instagram) – a wonderful photographer of minifigures (and even humans). She is also the community manager of Stud Shooters, a toy photography community on Reddit, and has regularly had her photographs published by The LEGO Group.
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LEGO® Minifigures Series 29 has been dubbed a "classic" series and brings back a non-IP, non-all-costume lineup of 12 characters to collect. But within that classic moniker, we do get throwbacks to at least three beloved themes: LEGO® BIONICLE®, LEGO® NINJAGO® and LEGO® Monster Fighters! It's also worth noting the anniversaries behind two of those nods: 2026 marks 25 years of LEGO Bionicle and 15 years of LEGO Ninjago, which gives this series an extra layer of significance for longtime fans.
"Objects in this knoll are newer than they appear."
Today we take a look at the parts, printed elements and build of 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep® Wrangler, as featured in the original Jurassic Park movie from 1993.
The recent partnership between Nike and The LEGO Group has already resulted in several sets, and today we’re walking on air with the latest addition. Where the other sets were based on already existing Nike shoes, this time we get a shoe specifically designed for the partnership, in both LEGO and real-life form.
I've created a list showing the 145 new LEGO® elements within the April 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase.
Meanwhile, some new Pick a Brick elements have dropped on PaB on April 1.
Our earlier review of 21367 Tintin® Moon Rockets took a detailed look at the newest LEGO® Ideas set, but there seemed to be a lot of discussion around the minifigures all wearing spacesuits. The set designers explained that this was a requirement from the Tintin IP holders, as they wanted the minifigures to be wearing their appropriate outfits from Explorers on the Moon.
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I thought it would be interesting to try and use official LEGO minifigure elements to change the Tintin characters into their more classic clothing. Let's just say that altering Snowy in his spacesuit proved tricky!
While we do not have a copy of LEGO® Pokémon 72153 Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise to review, I was intrigued by one of the new elements that is exclusively found in this set (at least at the time of writing).
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A few clicks later and I bought a handful of the new mould Brick Round, Quarter 1 x 1 on the secondary market, to take a closer look.
It looks like Winnie the Pooh's porcine pal is having a birthday, in LEGO® Disney™ set 43305 Piglet's Birthday Fun. Let's explore how he is celebrating.
It is time to make our Destination Moon with 21367 Tintin® Moon Rocket, the next set to launch from LEGO® Ideas.
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With new moulds, recolours and stellar minifigures, plus insights from the design team from a roundtable interview, there's lots for us to be excited about here at New Elementary. Are you ready to launch into this review of the LEGO Tintin Moon Rocket?
LEGO® Speed Champions returns to the grid this month and next. In this article we'll discuss the new mould included in both sets before taking a closer look at each vehicle, their parts and techniques.
I boarded a special new kind of spaceship on a suicide mission. I went to Tau Ceti and suffered some intense, coma-induced amnesia. I found an alien life form and called him Rocky. Rocky introduced me to a new material called Xenonite. Then I located the source of Astrophage and how to...
On Tuesday 3 March 2026, LEGO® Pick a Brick uploaded new pieces to the service.
I've created a list showing the 631 new LEGO® elements within the late February and the March 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase. It's a corker of a month!
Remember also that new Pick a Brick elements from November 2025 sets are expected to be added tomorrow morning UK time, Tuesday 3 March.
A Gift with Purchase (GwP) with more than meets the eye, today we take a look at the LEGO® Speed Champions 30734 Mini F1 ACADEMY™ Car and its surprising number of recolours.
