Build review: 11381 Jaguar E-Type from LEGO® Icons

The Jaguar E-Type is a paragon of British automotive design. It was revealed to the world in 1961 in legendary "a race for the finish line" style. It had an impressive reception at the Geneva Motor Show where it was appreciated not only for its looks but its technical innovation and capabilities. The E-Type subsequently became part of the visual make-up of the "Swinging Sixties". Like lava lamps, Andy Warhol, The Beatles and the space race, it helped define a groundbreaking era.

Following in the tyre tracks – or more appropriately, the optimal racing lines – of other LEGO® Icons vehicles, this lean green driving machine has a lot to live up to. I’m hoping, like its real world counterpart, the LEGO 11381 Jaguar E-Type will delight and impress in both looks and construction.

Parts review: 11381 Jaguar E-Type from LEGO® Icons

We've got the pedal to the metal on our review of LEGO® Icons set 11381 Jaguar E-Type, but first we're taking a quick detour to look at the parts included.

We're going green – British racing green – or rather, the closest LEGO® alternative, 141 Earth Green a.k.a. Dark Green. And you'll be green with envy too, because there's a lot of this lovely colour to covet!

Review: 11374 Arcade Pinball Machine from LEGO® Icons

While the LEGO® Icons theme is primarily known for delivering intricate models intended for display, the new 11374 Arcade Pinball Machine instead attempts to deliver a model where function is as important as form. Promising a fully-playable game of pinball using just LEGO bricks, I was understandably curious to examine how the model was constructed.

Review: 11380 Road Bike from LEGO® Icons

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.

Review: 11377 The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith™ from LEGO® Icons

READ MORE: Ben's Grond GwP review

While The LEGO Group has intermittently produced sets based on The Lord of the Rings since 2012, it is only since the theme was revived under the LEGO® Icons banner in 2023 that we have received sets distinctly aimed at adults.

The largest of these is the upcoming June 2026 set 11377 The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith, depicting the tiered capital city of the kingdom of Gondor. With an enormous piece count (and price to match), will this set live up to the source material? Let's take a look!
 

Review: 40893 The Lord of the Rings™ – Grond GwP from LEGO® Icons

READ MORE: Ben's Minas Tirith review

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.

Reveal: 11377 Minas Tirith™ & 40893 Grond GwP from LEGO Icons The Lord of the Rings

Coming 1 June 2026 to celebrate 25 years of The Lord of the Rings, LEGO® Icons have officially revealed 11377 Minas Tirith™as well as its Gift with Purchase (GwP): 40893 Grond. 

Let's take a closer look at the sets and their exclusive minifigure parts!

Revealed: 11378 Douglas™ DC-3™ PAN AM® Airliner from LEGO® Icons

Up, up and away! LEGO® Icons have just revealed a new plane, coming in April 2026: Douglas™ DC-3™ PAN AM® Airliner. While it may not have quite the size of the LEGO Icons Concorde (and frankly, who had the shelf space for that?) the DC-3 certainly holds a comparable place in aviation history. You might say it was as common in its day as the Concorde was rare! But what LEGO rarities and novelties lie within this new set?

Review: 11389 Project Hail Mary from LEGO® Icons

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...

I didn't really, I just got a bit absorbed in reading Andy Weir's wonderful 2021 book Project Hail Mary in preparation for the upcoming movie of the same name starring Ryan Gosling, and now I have been lucky enough to review the LEGO® Icons set 11389 Project Hail Mary. Spoilers may follow.

Review: 11376 Ford® Model T® from LEGO® Icons

The recently announced 11376 Ford® Model T® from LEGO® Icons depicts Henry Ford’s mass-produced automobile that revolutionised transportation.

With a clutch of new moulds, a fleet of recolours and a single new printed element, there's lots for us to explore in the Model T set, so let's open the bonnet and take a peek inside.

Revealed: 11384 Golden Retriever Puppy from LEGO® Icons available to pre-order

Dog lovers (and Tan lovers), here's one for you! LEGO® Icons set 11384 Golden Retriever Puppy is coming on 1 February 2026 and stands 30cm (11.5 inches) high, ruffly speaking. This poseable pooch can be positioned in many cute stances and even has a spare tongue, when panting is required!

Pre-order on LEGO.com 

Review: GwP 40891 Stranger Things – WSQK Radio Station

A lot is going (upside) down on Thursday 1 January 2026: the final-ever episode of Netflix hit Stranger Things drops on TV screens around the world; LEGO® Icons 11370 Stranger Things: The Creel House is released for LEGO Insiders; and 40891 Stranger Things: WSQK Radio Station will come as a free gift with purchase (GwP). Join us in Hawkins for a spoiler-free review of this great GwP!

Review: 41843 Family Christmas Tree from LEGO® Icons

We are reluctantly edging ourselves into facing the upcoming festive period with this review of 41843 Family Christmas Tree from LEGO® Icons. 

Review: 11371 Shopping Street from LEGO® Icons Modular Buildings Collection

Take a seat and watch the marching band pass by with the latest addition to the LEGO® Icons Modular Buildings Collection. Featuring a music store and a furniture store, 11371 Shopping Street brings a twist to the lineup.

Review: 11370 Stranger Things – The Creel House from LEGO® Icons

It has been a while since the last LEGO® Stranger Things minifigure-based set, but LEGO® Icons 11370 Stranger Things: The Creel House is due to release 1 January 2026 for LEGO® Insiders. If you purchase it at launch, you will also receive 40891 Stranger Things: WSQK Radio Station as a free gift with purchase (GwP) – our review of the Stranger Things GwP is now available too.

I haven’t actually watched Season 5 yet, so spoilers in this review are limited, but inevitably there are spoilers within the images of this set and also in some of my commentary based upon what I do know, so be warned – sensitive folks should back away from the review of this spooky house now. 

Review: 11372 Autumn Cottage Garden from LEGO® Icons

As the days grow shorter and colder in the Northern Hemisphere, builders have the perfect excuse to stay indoors and indulge in their hobby. And what better subject matter for this time of year than the latest Gardens of the World set: 11372 Autumn Cottage Garden? 

This cosy new addition to the LEGO® Icons line is packed with autumnal atmosphere, along with a selection of new elements and fresh recolours for us to harvest...

Review: 10366 Tropical Aquarium from LEGO® Icons

Following our interview with the designers, today we'll be looking at upcoming LEGO® Icons set 10366 Tropical Aquarium, which will be released this week. The set has attracted as much attention for both its recolours and its price, so I was keen to take a closer look.

Review: 40768 Star Trek Type 15 Shuttlepod™ GwP from LEGO® Icons

For Black Friday this year, LEGO® Icons goes boldly where no one has gone before. With 10356 Star Trek: The Next Generation: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D (read my review of the LEGO Enterprise here), we get the first LEGO® Star Trek licensed set ever – and for the first few days of release, it comes with its own Gift with Purchase (GwP): the Type 15 Shuttlepod™!

Designer reveal: 10356 Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™ from LEGO® Icons

LEGO® Star Trek is happening: the U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™ from the 1987 to 1994 TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation has been officially revealed!

Watch as Set Designer/Captain Hans B. Schlömer and Graphic Designer/Commander Crystal Marie Fontan from The LEGO Group reveal LEGO® Icons 10356 Star Trek: U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D™ for the first time ever back in September at Fan Media Days in Denmark, and read further details from when I spoke to them afterwards.

10366 Tropical Aquarium: LEGO® designer interview with Sven Franic and Matéo Dupureur

Last week, the November 2025 LEGO® Ideas set 10366 Tropical Aquarium was officially revealed. At Fan Media Days 2025 in Denmark last month, two of the creative team that brought the idea to life – the set’s designer Sven Franic (above right) and element designer Matéo Dupureur (left) – introduced the model to the assembled fan media, and stayed afterwards for some interviews where I quizzed them about the new mould developed for this set.