Review: 21538 Minifigure Vending Machine from LEGO® Ideas

A little under four years ago, Rob Vangansewinkel submitted his Minifigure Prize Machine to LEGO® Ideas. The wonderful concept took a little while to reach the 10K votes required to be considered, but was announced as a future product in June 2023.

In late May 2024 fans were unexpectedly asked to vote on a colour for a new Classic Space astronaut and a Castle faction, to be included in the Vending Machine. So it has felt like quite the wait since the hype started – not only to discover what minifigures would actually be included but also how closely this product would resemble the submitted project. From the publicity images alone, here is a set that looks like it has been worth the wait – so let's delve deeper.

Review: 42664 Travel Boat Adventure & 42673 Family Vacation Beach Resort from LEGO® Friends

For our first set review of the June 2025 wave of LEGO® Friends sets, we’re taking a trip to the seaside. We’ll hop on a cruise with 42664 Travel Boat Adventure, which will bring us to the idyllic scene depicted in 42673 Family Vacation Beach Resort. Grab your swimming suit and your coconut cocktail for a relaxing look at the exotic new elements found in these sets.

Review: 10459 Bluey's Family House & 10458 Ice Cream Trip from LEGO® DUPLO®

As well as the 3 new LEGO® 4+ BLUEY™ sets, LEGO® DUPLO® have released 2 new sets for toddlers (and parents) to enjoy! 

Just like the LEGO sets, there are lots of new elements to play with. Join us as we take a look at sets 10458 Ice Cream Trip with Bluey and 10459 Bluey's Family House and Memory Game. This is gonna be fun!

Review: LEGO® GwP 5009325 The Simpsons™ Living Room

Set 10352 The Simpsons™ Krusty Burger has been available to LEGO® Insiders since Sunday along with its accompanying Gift with Purchase (GwP), 5009325 The Simpsons™ Living Room. On Wednesday 4 June 2025 they both become available to all, so having already reviewed the Krusty Burger LEGO set we thought we would take a close look at the "couch gag" living room GwP today. Cue theme tune!

Review: 76976 Spinosaurus & Quetzalcoatlus Air Mission from LEGO® Jurassic World™

The Jurassic Park franchise has been with us since 1993. Back then my cinema ticket and a tub of popcorn cost me less than £5 and the idea of a LEGO® collaboration that would make T. rexes, brachiosauruses and raptors was probably as outlandish as the idea of a dinosaur theme park. But here we are, over thirty years and several sequels later, a cinema ticket for Jurassic World Rebirth and a tub of popcorn will probably cost me closer to £15 and LEGO movie tie-in dinosaurs are commonplace enough that we now look to tick off species of prehistoric creature from our wants lists.

Available from today, 76976 Spinosaurus & Quetzalcoatlus Air Mission should tick off at least one of those boxes but, as the largest set of the wave, perhaps comparing it to the price of cinema tickets and popcorn is a little unfair. I'll need to add a tray of nachos, a big gulp of fizzy pop and a bag of M&Ms for me and the family, to come close.

Review: 31217 Tiger from LEGO® Art

As with all art, the LEGO® Art theme is constantly evolving. Last year, 31211 Macaw Parrots was the first set with the label ‘The Fauna Collection’ featuring two flat, stylized parrots not directly based on an artist's work. The second set in the collection is now rearing its roaring head: 31217 Tiger. 

Join me on a jungle tour through many new elements to find this majestic creature.

Review: 10348 Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree from LEGO® Botanicals

Four years after the LEGO® Botanical Collection debuted with the launch of 10281 Bonsai Tree, The LEGO Group returns to the tree nursery from midnight tonight (Saturday 1 June 2025) with the release of 10348 Japanese Red Maple Bonsai Tree.

Review: LEGO® 11203 Bluey's Family House, 11202 Bluey's Beach and Family Car Trip & 11201 Playground Fun

Hooray! The long-awaited LEGO® BLUEY™ sets are almost here. The new theme launches with 3 LEGO® System 4+ sets which my family and I have reviewed here today: 11201 Playground Fun with Bluey, 11202 Bluey's Beach and Family Car Trip, and 11203 Bluey's Family House; and 2 LEGO® DUPLO® sets, which we will review soon.

With heaps of new elements, including new minifigures, tons of prints, and even a few new moulds (for real life!), there's a lot to discuss. Let's do this!

Review: 10367 Balrog Book Nook from LEGO® Icons

LEGO® Lord of the Rings was very popular back in 2012 and 2013. Less than 20 sets were released, and their aftermarket prices are formidable. The theme returned two years ago under the LEGO® Icons line with more adult-oriented and expensive playsets, flanked by some LEGO® Brickheadz. Compared to 10316 Rivendell (see our review by Ben Davies), 10333 Barad-dûr (review by Jonas Kramm) and 10354 The Shire (review by Thomas Jenkins), the June 2025 set 10367 Balrog Book Nook feels like a modestly sized, affordable model.  Except that modestly sized and affordable in 2025 means 1201 pieces for US$129.99/ £109.99/ 119.99€!

Review: 77037 Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth from LEGO® Horizon Adventures™

Based on the LEGO® Horizon Adventures™ video game released late last year, March 2025 saw the launch of 77037 Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth. The second LEGO set inspired by the world of Horizon, my expectations are high after the much-praised 76989 Horizon Forbidden West: Tallneck from 2022 (see Zach's review of set 76989).

Review: 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr. from LEGO® Ideas

1986 was a historic year.  The world was rocked by some tragedies; the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after launch and the Chernobyl disaster remains the worst nuclear accident in the history of nuclear power generation. On a lighter note, the disposable camera was invented by Fujifilm, and the animated short film Luxo Jr. was produced and released by Pixar Animation Studios.

The next LEGO® Ideas set to be released is 21357 Disney Pixar Luxo Jr., a LEGO version of the baby lamp and ball featured in the short film, which remains a icon of the company today.

Review: 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft from LEGO® Icons

A new LEGO® Icons set has just landed! 10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is a 2417-piece set that recreates the space shuttle Enterprise and the modified Boeing 747™ that was used to transport it between missions. While LEGO has produced a great number of space shuttle sets in the past, this is the first time to see this specific shuttle in brick form. This is also the first official LEGO depiction of the Boeing 747. 

Fasten your seat belts and check that overhead compartment because this jumbo jet is quite a ride!

Review: 10351 Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook from LEGO® Icons

With the endless surge of adult-oriented sets, it is astonishing that Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective, has not officially appeared in a LEGO® form – not even as a Gift with Purchase, similar to the Jules Verne set. 

Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, Sherlock's influence in storytelling has been remarkable. Thus, it's brilliant to see that his LEGO debut is directly bound to books: LEGO® Icons set 10351 Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook is designed to be displayed among them.

Review: 10352 The Simpsons™: Krusty Burger from LEGO® Icons

The Simpsons™ is one of the most famous and longest-running animated shows ever, and is still going (strong?). The dysfunctional family has been captured in LEGO® form before, and now, after 10 years of silence (aside from a rogue LEGO® Brickheadz set), they are back for a snack – at 10352 The Simpsons: Krusty Burger.

As I was still fully in my LEGO® Technic phase when The Simpsons LEGO sets came out, I’m eager to build the revival, now marketed under the LEGO® Icons umbrella, and discover its new pieces.

Review: 76974 Brick-built Mosasaurus Boat Mission from LEGO® Jurassic World™

LEGO® Jurassic World™ sets have rarely contained brick-built dinosaurs, but the June 2025 offering 76974 Brick-built Mosasaurus Boat Mission depicts some new heroes on an adventure with a brick-built beast of impressive dimensions. The mosasaurus is not a dinosaur, it's a prehistoric marine reptile of epic proportions, so will the LEGO interpretation float my boat or leave me at sea?

Set review: 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship from LEGO® Star Wars™

Today we complete our analysis of LEGO® Star Wars™ 75409 Jango Fett's Firespray-Class Starship. In part 1 we examined set 75409's new moulds and recoloured pieces. In this article we'll be exploring the set's build techniques and minifigures, before concluding with a look at the impressive completed model and play features.

"Hang on son, we'll move into the asteroid field. And we'll have a couple of surprises for him"

Review: 31216 Keith Haring Dancing Figures from LEGO® Art

Keith Haring was a famous American pop artist, best known for having created stylized figures and animals, often drawn in lines that were simple but nevertheless packed in a lot of energy and movement. That style is the subject of the latest LEGO® Art set, 31216 Keith Haring – Dancing Figures.

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?

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.

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.