Review: 75452 BB-8™ Astromech Droid from LEGO® Star Wars™

It has been ten years since Star Wars™ Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released and we were introduced to BB-8™. In my opinion, the little rolling droid was one of the stand-out features of that first film of the Disney era. Love or hate the sequel trilogy, I think it's difficult to deny that BB-8 is one of its successes.

BB-8 joins the (unofficial) sub-theme of LEGO® Star Wars droids: sets 75379 R2-D2, 75398 C-3PO, 75434 K-2SO, 75416 Chopper, 75381 Droideka and 75428 Battle Droid with STAP have all been released within the last two years.

LEGO has made BB-8 at this sort of scale before; the now-retired 75187 BB-8™ from 2017 was built in a more traditional "stepped and studs showing" way. This new interpretation looks like it takes an interesting approach to the construction of some difficult forms.

Reveal: 31220 Claude Monet – Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies from LEGO® Art

The next LEGO® Art set has been revealed, and it's a stunner in terms of looks – and recoloured pieces! The LEGO Group have this time collaborated with New York City gallery The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) to create set 31220 Claude Monet – Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. , available from 1 March 2026 for LEGO® Insiders.

Review: 910061 Antique Collection from BrickLink Designer Program

The BrickLink Designer Program requires that models use a fixed palette of elements, all already in production. Since New Elementary focusses on new elements, we haven’t really paid attention to the program. But with the 7th series announced, once again filled with sets designed by LEGO fans, one model in particular caught our eye! 

Review and designer insight: 42221 NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket from LEGO® Technic

NASA and The LEGO Group have partnered up many times before, and this time LEGO® Technic has been chosen to launch us into outer space with set 42221 NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket. The timing is perfect, as the real-life rocket is launching in early 2026 – but as at time of publishing, it is due to launch in March following a hydrogen leak during the February dress rehearsal.

Review: 42691 Garden Restaurant from LEGO® Friends

When the LEGO® Friends 2026 sets were first revealed, one in particular caught my eye. 42691 Garden Restaurant seemed to be a standout in terms of the building style as well as showcasing the new 430 Warm Pink colour.

Although we have already written two articles about the 2026 LEGO Friends sets – new moulds review and overview and recolours – we wanted to look in more detail at this beautiful set inspired by North African architecture.

LEGO® Speed Champions January 2026: sets 77252, 77253, 77254 & 77257 overview and recolours

Last time we discussed the four most exciting new moulds introduced in the LEGO® Speed Champions January 2026 wave, now its time to take a look the remaining new elements, recolours, prints and the builds themselves of sets 77252 APXGP Team Race Car from F1® The Movie, 77253 Bugatti Vision GT Hyper Sports Car, 77254 Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Sports Car and 77257 McLaren W1. 

New moulds in January 2026 LEGO® City sets

January might be done, but we're not done with our coverage of January 2026 LEGO® City sets! 

 

We previously looked at all the recolours and new printed elements that appear in the latest wave of sets in our overview and recolours article, and we spoke with Design Manager at The LEGO Group Christopher Leslie Stamp about some of the new elements that feature in the new sets. Now it's time to for a hands-on review of the 14 new moulds that appear in the wave of sets.

What are the new LEGO® parts in February 2026 sets?

I've created a list showing the just 54 new LEGO® elements within the February 2026 sets, 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 all the February 2026 sets, showing their new elements.

LEGO® Pick a Brick: new elements for February 2026 – and price changes

View our Feb 2026 visual PaB list

The LEGO® Pick a Brick service (PaB) have just added about 113 new parts today, Tuesday 3 February 2026 (including the bright green astronaut pieces!). Almost all of them were added at 4am UTC/11pm EST.

As usual we have turned the list in advance from the team into a categorised visual list to help you order. Be aware the list may contain errors in terms of parts that did not get added, or might not include parts that they did end up uploading.

EDIT! Unprinted black Clone pauldrons are also available, these were on some PaB walls last year but have never been in sets. This might explain why TLG have no image on PaB. 

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Furthermore, it seems that unannounced PaB price changes went into effect in the last couple of days. Some pieces are now more expensive, but some less so, and it varies from country to country. Read on for more detail.

Review: 11510 Magnolia Branches and 11502 Sunflower Bouquet from LEGO® Botanicals

LEGO® Botanicals seem to be more popular than ever before. In January 2026, four sets saw the light of day (reviewed here by Tom), and set 11503 Flower Wall (reviewed by me) was released just two days ago. And today, I'm reviewing two sets that will be available next month. 

11510 Magnolia Branches and 11502 Sunflower Bouquet take the recipe that started this theme in 2021: flowers with their stalks or branches, and you use your own vases to display them. I've always liked this concept, as it means that all the parts are used for the plants themselves, leading to interesting parts packs.