May 2025 LEGO® Gifts with Purchase: deals for LEGO® Star Wars™ Day

May has now arrived in North America, where LEGO.com are offering double and even quadruple loyalty points on some sets! The annual celebration of Star Wars™ Day, May the Fourth, is certainly underway, and there are 2 gifts with purchase available worldwide.

All LEGO sites are offering double points and discounts for members on some sets, as well as new LEGO® Insiders rewards. There is early access for LEGO Insiders to the LEGO® Star Wars™ promotions from 1 to 3 May 2025, so if you are not a member yet, be sure to sign up to LEGO Insiders. 

Tom Loftus' MOCs using May 2025 Pick a Brick parts

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!

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.

Review + MOC: 10347 Petite Sunny Bouquet from LEGO® Botanicals

When I reviewed the LEGO® Botanicals "Four Gentlemen" sets, I was pleased to find that the company is able to release high-quality, adult-oriented sets with more affordable price tags. Available from this Thursday 1 May 2025, set 10347 Petite Sunny Bouquet continues the trend, taking the idea of a bunch of flowers without an included vessel and halving the usual price. What is the result?

LEGO® Pick a Brick: new elements added in May 2025

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.

Grab a cup of tea and have a delicious browse through the incredible offering. Our visual list of new PaB elements can be sorted by element category or by color, and now includes Element IDs too in case you're searching for something in particular. 

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Review: 76970 Baby Dinosaur Dolores Aquilops from LEGO® Jurassic World™ Rebirth

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.

The recent range of baby dinosaurs have naturally found favour with my kids, and myself. The newest addition to this group, LEGO® Jurassic World™ Rebirth 76970 Baby Dinosaur Dolores Aquilops looks super-cute in all the official imagery so far released, so let's take a look at what goes into making her.

Reveal: 31216 Keith Haring Dancing Figures from LEGO® Art

The next release from LEGO® Art is another exciting choice: the iconic work of 1980s artist Keith Haring. His energetic, symbolic figures have been part of pop culture for over 40 years now, and set 31216 Keith Haring – Dancing Figures translates them into LEGO form superbly.

Revealed: 10348 Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree and 10349 Happy Plants from LEGO® Botanicals

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.

There are two thrilling new moulds in set 10348 Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree, and both this and set 10349 Happy Plants feature many exciting recolours. So let's get started with our examination of these June sets!

April 2025 LEGO® Gifts with Purchase

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.

Review: 21356 River Steamboat from LEGO® Ideas

Cast off! The steam engines are under fire! 

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. 

Flower Pot Pals: Jonas Kramm's Pick a Brick project

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.