When Lego founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen pivoted his business to plastic bricks, we wonder if he had any idea of the global phenomenon Lego would become. Today, there are many themes, for kids and adult collectors alike. It’s hard to keep track. So we’re doing it for you, with the Stuff guide to the best upcoming Lego sets.
Note: this list covers officially announced Lego sets. There are no rumours, leaks, nor models the writer ham-fistedly pieced together from a pile of random bricks.
February 2025 Lego sets
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Flower Arrangement ($109.99/£94.99 • 1161 pieces): Lego flowers might seem an odd choice for this list, but this set suitably rocks up just before Valentine’s Day. Which makes it the ideal gift for the plant lover in your life. (Just, er, don’t buy a set to say sorry to someone for you having bought too much Lego, eh?) And if that plant lover is you, you’ll revel in the clever build techniques that bring these plastic blooms to life – and never having to water them to keep the things alive.
January 2025 Lego sets
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Super Shadow vs. Biolizard ($44.99/£39.99 • 419 pieces): Unlike Nintendo, Sega’s down with minifigs, and this latest Sonic set gives us the Super incarnations of the speedy hero and his arch-rival Shadow. But some characters would look rubbish as a minifig. Fortunately, then, Biolizard rocks up here in brick-built form, ready to take over your Lego shelves with his evil doing. Well, unless you ping the hedgehogs at him by way of a bundled speed sphere launcher.
Mythical Creature Qilin ($69.99/£54.99 • 791 pieces): Something something a cartoon kids really like something? Probably? We’ve no idea. What we do know is that, like Dreamzzz, the Monkie Kid theme has some cracking and imaginative minifig-scale sets. This one’s a stompy ‘dragon horse’ that comes with a bunch of oddball accessories, including a flying cloud and – perhaps most importantly – a bright blue cat with an orange mohawk.
Lucky Cat ($29.99/£24.99): Speaking of cats, this one isn’t bright blue and it doesn’t have a mohawk. But it is, apparently, lucky. Yes, this is Lego’s take on a Japanese ‘beckoning cat’ figurine, ready to help you celebrate the Spring Festival. Or to just spend the entire year getting hypnotised by the pendulum waving action of the cuddly moggie’s paw. Must… buy… more… Lego…
November 2024 Lego sets
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The Endurance ($269.99/£229.99 • 3011 pieces): This gigantic display piece recreates the famous vessel that sailed for the last major expedition of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. And then got trapped in the ice and was horribly crushed. Remarkably, all 28 men who were part of the expedition survived. Perhaps they were part penguin. Anyway, snap together 3,011 pieces and you’ll net yourself a majestic ship with three masts, ten sails, intricate rigging, detailed decks and cabins, brick-built lifeboats, a ship‘s wheel that operates the rudder, and precisely no ice.
The best Lego sets of 2024 so far…
Batman: The Classic TV Series Batmobile ($149.99/£129.99 • 1822 pieces): Holy oversized cars, Batman! Yes, the included 1966-style Batman minifig won’t be driving this gigantic take on the classic TV show’s car. (And 1960s Robin is sadly absent. Bah.) But you will be able to happily yell BOFF! and ZWAPP! while vrooming this beauty across your desk. All while mulling that they really don’t make ’em like they used to. This Batmobile even has a dash of vibrant colour. Imagine!
Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi ($129.99/£114.99• 1215 pieces): It feels like Nintendo’s going to comical lengths to avoid giving us Mario minifigs. We already have dead-eyed computer Mario, and now there’s gigantic pixel-art Mario riding gigantic pixel-art Yoshi. They’re animated too – like the Lego NES, this set has a hand crank. And you can twiddle a dial so Yoshi pokes his tongue out at anyone who remarks you just spent over a hundred bucks on a Lego version of a SNES sprite.
Battle Bus ($99.99/£89.99 • 954 pieces): Our favourite Lego Fortnite set nets you what appears to be 75% of a Fortnite CMF series and a fab recreation of the Battle Bus that you can stuff characters inside of and swoop around the room. Or, you know, display on a shelf so Adventure Peely, Cube Assassin, Meowscles and chums can cast a steely eye on their surroundings and locate enemies to take out.
More of the best Lego sets of 2024
Jaws ($149.99/£129.99 •1497 pieces): Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the toy shop, “you’re gonna need a bigger shelf”. This set is a blocky take on the famous scene from Jaws. The boat! The stars! The shark! And Mr Bitey has his own line in horror, given that when you place the top half on the diorama to pursue the boat, the other half is left on the stand. Scream! Etc!
Creative Play Droid Builder ($99.99/£89.99 • 1186 pieces): Who had ‘Lego droids meets Mr. Potato Head’ on their 2024 Lego bingo card? Us neither. But as absurd as this set is, we’re warming to the notion of building R2-D2 and chums and giving them comedy disguises. If you’re a boring type, don’t worry, because a vanilla C-3PO is on the way too.
McLaren P1 ($449.99/£389.99 • 3893 pieces): Another Lego Technic set arrives that’s only marginally less complicated than building the real-world car it represents. This time, it’s a very yellow supercar that looks, well, super. Coo over the 7-speed gearbox! Play with the dihedral doors! Zoom it along your kitchen table when no-one’s looking!
More highlights from the best 2024 Lego sets
T. rex ($59.99/£54.99 • 626 pieces): This feels like Lego’s taken the phenomenally popular Mighty Dinosaurs and given it the detail of Wild Safari Animals, Majestic Tiger and Forest Animals. We’re here for that. The stompy main build looks great and is infinitely more interesting than the moulded dinos found in most Jurassic World sets.
Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole ($179.99/£159.99 • 1506 pieces): If the Speed Champions Lambo didn’t do it for you, here’s a far more detailed take. Those 1506 pieces net you a sleek white ride to zoom across the desk. Or just sit back from afar and admire, gazing adoringly on the brick-built V12 engine, deep-dish rims, rear spoiler and distinctive scissor doors.
Notre-Dame de Paris ($229.99/£199.99 • 4383 pieces): Five years after a devastating fire, this Paris landmark’s reconstruction is almost complete. This Lego set, packed as it is with 1×1 tiles, may take you almost as long to build. But when you’re done, you’ll have a gorgeous brick-built model showing how the building looked before that fateful day.
More great recent Lego sets from 2024…
Batman with the Batmobile vs. Harley Quinn and Mr. Freeze ($59.99/£54.99 • 435 pieces): Finally, the Batmobile from Batman: The Animated Series joins the 1960s and 1980s incarnations in Lego form. It’s a bit spendy, and apparently this Batman doesn’t only work in black or very, very dark grey. But whether or not you can tap into Bruce Waynesque funds, let’s face it: if you’re a fan of the show, you’re buying this one.
Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 ($299.99/£259.99 • 2500 pieces): If nothing else, this set is great for confirming Nintendo isn’t entirely against minifigs. (*cough*Super Mario CMF*cough*) The titular tree’s the main feature, and can be built in Breath of the Wild or Ocarina of Time forms. There are plenty of other details to dig into for the Zelda fan too. Just as well, given that this set costs as much as a Switch.
NASA Artemis Space Launch System ($259.99/£219.99 • 3601 pieces): If your idea of space Lego is more grounded in reality, you’ll love the latest NASA set. As ever, there’s plenty of detail, including retractable launch tower umbilicals and separating rocket stages. There’s even a dinky Orion module with foldout solar panels. Space fans will be over the moon building a rocket that’s intended to once again take people there.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale ($359.99/£314.99 • 3745 pieces): Celebrating 50 years of D&D, this set is quite the monster. And suitably, it includes some brick-built monsters too. The biggest is Cinderhorn, a gigantic posable dragon, braced to set fire to the included minifigs. Or just sit atop the castle. All depending on whether it rolls a 6 or a 20. Or something.
TIE Interceptor ($229.99/£199.99 • 1931 pieces): This one has history – the TIE Interceptor was part of the very first Ultimate Collector Series line, back in 2000. But mostly, it’s about a massive swooshy spaceship of evil, ready to blast lasers at your UCS X-Wing. Or, you know, just sit there on a shelf, looking menacing. And infinitely more sleek than the comparatively gigantic UCS TIE Fighter.
Retro Camera ($19.99/£17.99 • 261 pieces): Lego’s recreations of old kit (console; typewriter; grand piano) are usually wallet-thumpingly expensive. Not here. This brick-built snapper – complete with film, strap and moving lens – is pocket-money friendly. And the retro TV ‘b’ build is adorable.
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