It's a great week for LEGO® Gifts with Purchase because on top of the 40769 SEGA® Genesis™ Controller GwP, those purchasing 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship will receive the 5009609 Captain Jack Sparrow’s Compass GwP!
Join us as we delve for the treasures within this limited edition set... or might it be a cursed gift?
Available now until end Thursday 18 September 2025 while stocks last [UPDATE 15 Sep: now unavailable in Europe], the current LEGO® Gift with Purchase (GwP) of over US$130/ £115/ 130€/ AU$210 is 40769 SEGA® Genesis™ Controller, known as the Mega Drive Controller outside of the US. Its flipside features a charming brick-built screen from a LEGO® Sonic The Hedgehog™ game.
I'm no gamer, but the New E crew have pitched in to educate me – so read on for our review!
Three more LEGO® Wednesday sets were announced earlier this year, so let's take a look at one of these October releases: 76785 Thing's Apartment.
The sets are all tie-ins related to the Wednesday Netflix TV series, a spin-off of The Addams Family focusing on the teenage daughter's adventures at school. 76785 Thing's Apartment is based on a scene where Wednesday's roommate Enid Sinclair makes Thing its own home.
The Nike x LEGO® lineup has been all about sneakers so far, but 43010 Nike Slam Dunk switches things up with a high-flying twist: instead of building the Dunk you wear, you’re building the dunk you score.
Does the set lives up to its name or did The LEGO Group drop the ball on this one? Let's lace up and find out...
After reviewing 42211 Lunar Outpost Moon Rover Space Vehicle and 42115 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator, we have come to the final 3 sets from the August 2025 LEGO® Technic wave.
42212 Ferrari FXX K, 42213 Ford Bronco® SUV and 42214 Lamborghini Revuelto Super Sports Car are all vehicles, but each is a bit different. Fasten your seatbelts for a drive in all three!
The Black Pearl has been described on screen as ‘nigh uncatchable,’ ‘the finest ship to sail the seas,’ and even, in Captain Jack Sparrow’s words, ‘freedom.’ That’s a lot for a LEGO® set to live up to but the latest set from LEGO® Icons – 10365 Captain Jack Sparrow's Pirate Ship – makes a bold attempt to recreate this legendary ship in brick form.
Read on, mateys, as we explore the bounty of new parts included in the set and learn more about the design process from Senior Designer Mike Psiaki. Full speed ahead!
A couple of months ago I took a closer look at the Nike Dunk x LEGO® set, a bold collaboration that turned an iconic sneaker into a brick-built collectible. On 1 September 2025, The LEGO Group and Nike are back on the court with 43021 Nike Dunk Trickshot—a smaller set that again pays homage to the iconic Dunk shoe, this time with a playful twist, and a hidden mini-game to boot!
Not every set features new moulds. Fortunately, here at New Elementary, we also like recoloured pieces.
The latest set to be announced from LEGO® Ideas, 21360 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, is based on the 1971 movie of the same name and will be released on 15 September 2025.
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You can sample all the tasty new elements and minifigures in set 21360 in our first article along with background on the original submission, while this article dives like Augustus Gloop straight into the delicious building process.
The latest set to be announced from LEGO® Ideas is 21360 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. The set is based on the 1971 movie of the same name, via the original LEGO Ideas submission from 2PPL.
We will examine the LEGO Wonka build process and play features in the next article, but first there are some fun new minifigures, recolours and printed elements to drool over. So let's go where nobody ever goes in... and nobody ever comes out.
Last year, LEGO® Technic released three playsets under a multi-theme-spanning Space banner. Another set was added to the lineup in August 2025; and where the previous sets explored Mars, we now stay (relatively) closer to home – with 42211 Lunar Outpost Moon Rover Space Vehicle.
LEGO® Botanicals have been pollen no punches with their sets recently. Following some of this year's most popular and spectacular sets – including 10349 Happy Plants and 10345 Flower Arrangement – August 2025 saw the release of 10372 Hibiscus, which adds a tropical splash to the line-up.
Let's take a closer look at the new elements and building techniques in this stunning 660-piece set.
LEGO® One Piece is real! The longest-running and best-selling manga series in history has spawned a multimedia franchise including an anime, video games, toys, and a critically acclaimed Netflix series in 2023. The franchise now has another accolade under its belt: a dedicated LEGO theme!
After dissecting the contents of the June 2025 wave of LEGO® Technic sets, it’s time to check out what is built with them. We’ll start with 42209 Volvo L120 Electric Wheel Loader. Also, sorry in advance for the rant.
LEGO® Creator has been around for 25 years. I think that for most of this time, it has been a bit of a sleeper theme. There have been good sets every now and then, and some absolute classics during my childhood – 4508 Titan XP of 2004, for example. However, the coherence of design has bloomed during the last three or so years. Concurrently, the colour schemes of the sets have become bolder, resulting in more sweet recolours for us parts aficionados and MOC builders.
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31170 Pink Flamingo is one of those sets. Therefore, I'm taking a look at not one but two copies of this set, running through its parts of interest and presenting two character MOCs inspired by its pieces.
LEGO® Botanicals are going back to their roots with 10373 Mini Bonsai Trees, available from midnight tonight. The subtheme first sprouted within the LEGO® Icons line four years ago with the fan-favourite 10281 Bonsai Tree, and it’s been blooming ever since. Now a thriving line of its own with multiple highly anticipated releases each year, it continues to produce some of The LEGO Group's most interesting and popular models.
Superman hit the movie theatres last week. As a child he was my favourite superhero so I'm pleased that we have a less gritty cinematic version of the comics' legend incoming. Disappointingly, there will be no LEGO® Superman sets, so instead, I have taken a look at one of my other childhood favourite crime-fighting superheroes: Batman™!
