Pick a Brick: Standard bricks service halted in North America

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The LEGO® Pick a Brick (PaB) individual element online ordering service has had a successful year in respects of new features and improvements, but a challenging time with the fulfilment of orders. Just as things seemed back on track, there's fresh woe for customers in the USA and Canada: today, thousands of Standard elements have been removed from sale, and it seems the root cause may be changes to tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

Parts & minifigures review: 21360 Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory from LEGO® Ideas

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.

August 2025 LEGO® Gifts with Purchase

Rrowr! Double points are back for LEGO® Insiders members. There are some great sets on offer, so read on for the links to what is available in your country or simply click the image above.

North America also get a second chance at 3 LEGO® Gifts with Purchase (GwP), including The Simpsons Living Room!

UK customers get a choice of 1 out of 3 available polybags when they spend £35 on anything (except pre-orders). Read on for details!

Review: 42211 Lunar Outpost Moon Rover from LEGO® Technic

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.

Review: 10372 Hibiscus from LEGO® Botanicals

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.

Review: 77241 2 Fast 2 Furious Honda S2000 from LEGO® Speed Champions

My knowledge of the Fast & Furious franchise is about as good as my knowledge of cars – in other words, virtually non-existent. An analysis of a set's elements and techniques though? Now that I can do!

Let's take a look at 77241 2 Fast 2 Furious Honda S2000 – or as I call it: the pink one. 

Review: August 2025 LEGO® One Piece sets

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! 

We were given all 5 LEGO One Piece sets for review, so let's hoist the sails, gather the crew: there's a treasure trove of new elements to discuss!

Set review: 42209 Volvo L120 Electric Wheel Loader from LEGO® Technic

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.

 

Review + MOCs: 31170 Pink Flamingo from LEGO® Creator

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. 

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.

Review: 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator from LEGO® Technic

We’re digging into the August 2025 LEGO® Technic sets, starting with the massive 42215 Volvo EC500 Hybrid Excavator. Although this digger looks big, with 2359 parts it sits at number 18 on the list of biggest-ever LEGO Technic sets. Yet, according to Brickset, the RRP of US$429.99/ £349.99/ 399,99€/ AU$599.99 ranks it number 7 out of the most expensive LEGO Technic sets ever. Is that price warranted?