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.

Review: LEGO® Education At Home sets 45200, 45201, 45202 and 45203

LEGO® Education has been around for decades, but is often overlooked, primarily because these sets are not intended for the home, but for the classroom – often only available for purchase through specialist dealers who only accept teachers as their clientele. In a surprise move, The LEGO Group has released four sets specifically for children aged 7 to 9 in the wider market, grouped under LEGO Education At Home. Let's see what these sets can teach us.

Review: 21366 Floating Sea Otters from LEGO® Ideas

The next LEGO® Ideas set takes us back to nature: 21366 Floating Sea Otters is available to pre-order now and releases from 1 March 2026.

With a mother otter floating on her back, and the option to cradle her baby or prioritise a snack over being maternal. Yes that is a otter pup and not a chunky otter with a large belly. Let's see if this set otters something for New Elementary readers...

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.

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: 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.

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.

Review: 43288 Sally's Flowerpot from LEGO® Disney™

There have been a few 'flowerpot' LEGO® sets already; 76784 Wednesday Black Dahlia, 43252 Moana's Flowerpot and 43237  Isabela's Flowerpot.  The next LEGO flowerpot to propagate is LEGO® Disney 43288 Sally's Flowerpot, available from 1 March 2026. Sally's Flowerpot appears to have a few new printed pieces and some blue violet pieces, so let's see what it has to offer element fans.

Review: 75440 AT-AT™ from LEGO® Star Wars™

The LEGO® Star Wars™ 75440 AT-AT™ is firmly aimed at the adult market. It says so on the product page on the LEGO website, twice. At least. So if you're a child: don't get any ideas, this is for adults!

The Starship Collection brings together iconic vehicles from the Star Wars universe at a shelf-friendly scale, with prices that feel more attainable than those of the Ultimate Collector Series. Set 75440 AT-AT fits in with this range of ships in a packaging and overall dimensions sense, but is not explicitly labelled as part of the collection. It deviates from the established range in class of vehicle perhaps, but nevertheless feels like it is part of that product range, and LEGO has described this as "complimentary" to other mid-scale models.

Review: 71858 Four Weapons Blacksmith from LEGO® NINJAGO®

When LEGO® NINJAGO® first debuted in 2011, few would have guessed that the theme and associated television series would still be going strong 15 years later.

The theme has returned to its roots for this significant anniversary, providing us with a faithful rendition of the Four Weapons Blacksmith as it appeared at the start of the very first pilot episode, while taking advantage of the elements introduced in the last decade-and-a-half.

Review: 11503 Flower Wall from LEGO® Botanicals

At New Elementary, we like LEGO® Botanicals, as they frequently offer us sweet recolours to feature. 11503 Flower Wall has a whopping 25 recolours, totalling about 300 pieces of the 879 in the set. That's a lot! The set also makes a compelling arrangement, and features two new LEGO colours. 

Customers seem to like the theme too, as it pumps out goodies all the time. Didn't we only just enjoy Tom's analysis of the new parts in the LEGO Botanicals January line-up? The flowering never ends.

LEGO® Friends January 2026 sets: overview and all recolours

The January 2026 wave of LEGO® Friends sets are now available, and there's a lot of sets to look through. Our first article has a detailed look at the new moulds in January LEGO Friends sets.  Now it is time to see what lovely recolours and new prints are included.

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: 11508 Daisies, 11509 Flowering Cactus, 11504 Peace Lily & 11501 Tulip Bouquet from LEGO® Botanicals

In part 1 we analysed all the new moulds found in 11501 Tulip Bouquet and 11509 Flowering Cactus; now it's time to tackle the mountain of recolours they contain, plus those found in 11504 Peace Lily and 11508 Daisies... not forgetting the beautiful builds themselves of course!

Review: 76344 Iron Man Mark 3 Collectors' Edition from LEGO® Marvel

Many LEGO® Super Heroes sets have relatively little to offer for hobbyists not interested in elaborate minifigures. Action figures are a staple in the super hero merchandise, and the recent efforts in this field have been varying in quality. 76344 Iron Man Mark 3 Collectors' Edition takes a more statuesque approach, but presents a whole Iron Man instead of mere bust or a helmet. As a human character build, it looks like one of the best so far.

Review: 75441 Venator-Class Attack Cruiser™ from LEGO® Star Wars™

The intergalactic plastic pizza parlour is baking more grey triangles. This new variety might not be the topping I would usually order, so I'm hoping it will still taste okay. It does look like someone has taken a couple of sneaky bites out of each side already but I think that is something to do with the original chef.

I'm forcing my metaphor here but will this slice of plastic pizza be thin and crispy, deep pan or stuffed crust? Is there a weekend special deal or a discount code?

The delivery is here... I'm hungry, let's take a look in the box and see if we want to eat it all up after all.

Review: 71051 Animals Series 28 from LEGO® Minifigures

LEGO® Minifigures 71051 Series 28 fully embraces the joy of animal costumes. There are 12 different ones to collect, adding to the host of minifigures dressed as animals from previous years. Since this is a theme-based collection, I imagine it will be a "Marmite" series: love it or hate it, depending on whether minifigure costumes are your thing or not!

Reviews: 77240 Bugatti Centodieci Hyper Sports Car & 77238 Lamborghini Revuelto & Huracán STO from LEGO® Speed Champions

Today, I conclude my look at the August 2025 LEGO® Speed Champions wave with 77240 Bugatti Centodieci Hyper Sports Car and 77238 Lamborghini Revuelto & Huracán STO. Or, as I call them: the white one™, the orange one™ and the dark azure one™!