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Destination Home! Tinitin’s Iconic Moon Rocket Arrives, thanks to LEGO Ideas. It's January 1977 and 8 year old me is on holiday in New Zealand with my family and I am needing something to read. One day we are looking around in some local specialty stores (I seem to remember beeswax candles being bought at the time), and we take a detour to a book shop. I have never seen a tintin book before: More substantial than a 22 page comic - and with far more words than you might ever expect to see in tone too. I look over the shelves and one in particular catches my eye.

Destination Home! Tinitin’s Iconic Moon Rocket Arrives, thanks to LEGO Ideas.

It's January 1977 and 8 year old me is on holiday in New Zealand with my family and I am needing something to read. One day we are looking around in some local specialty stores (I seem to remember beeswax candles being…

LEGO® Mario Kart™ levels up Super Mario line-up with Luigi and the first-ever large-scale Mach 8 Kart set This year, to celebrate Mario 10th day, the LEGO Group has upped the ante on last year's 72037 Mario and Standard Kart with a brick-built Luigi with the Mach 8 Kart. This new set, 72050 LEGO® Mario Kart™ – Luigi & Mach 8 has 2234 pieces and is priced at $AUD 279.99/ £159.99 / €179.99 / $USD179.99. It is available for preorder now, and will be on the shelves on April 1, 2026

LEGO® Mario Kart™ levels up Super Mario line-up with Luigi and the first-ever large-scale Mach 8 Kart set

This year, to celebrate Mario 10th day, the LEGO Group has upped the ante on last year's 72037 Mario and Standard Kart with a brick-built Luigi with the Mach 8 Kart. This new set, 72050 LEGO®…

40921 Upscaled Blue Spaceman SpaceMan SPACEMAN!!!

This is the fourth in the LEGO Scaled Up Minifigure series, and the first spaceman. Last year, I had the chance to put together the ultra-cute red Baby Spaceman, which had been available as a gift with purchase. This year, we have a blue spaceman.…

LEGO® House Exclusive set for2026 has been revealed: “I ❤️ Billund” I'm not going to lie. I have probably enjoyed visiting Billund more than any other town in the world. When I first visited back in 2016, the LEGO house was in the process of moving from being a hole in the ground, and taking shape as a building in the centre of town. When I visited nearly 12 months later, it was well on the way to being prepared for its opening in September. With the LEGO house at its centre, the main campus, LEGOland park and the original Idea House all within a few hundred meters of each other, the time has come for the annual LEGO House exclusive set to celebrate the Town, highlighting different features and attractions that will appeal to many who make the trip to Billund each year.

LEGO® House Exclusive set for2026 has been revealed: “I ❤️ Billund”

I'm not going to lie. I have probably enjoyed visiting Billund more than any other town in the world. When I first visited back in 2016, the LEGO house was in the process of moving from being a hole in the ground, and taking shape…

Dragon with a human head, and human with dragons neck.

I didn’t include this one in the post… galigon and dragidor

The Evolution of LEGO® Dragons: Part 2 the Legacy of Galidor. Delve into LEGO's history as we continue tracking the evolution of LEGO Dragons. Today, we see how Galidor's revolutionary click joints laid the foundation for the final moulded Castle Dragons, along with the dinosaurs of Jurassic World sets

The Evolution of LEGO Dragons: Part 2 the Legacy of Galidor.

40955 Maersk Dual Fuel Container Vessel The partnership with Maersk is one of the oldest that the LEGO Group has in its portfolio. The announcement of 40955 Maersk Duel Fuel Container Vessel was greeted with excitement (back after 12 years), apprehension (will there be more or fewer stickers than the 133 seen in 2014's 10241 Maersk Line Triple E) and disdain (It doesn't look like they have brought Maersk Blue back.) The LEGO group have sent over a copy of the set: Let's take a closer look and see if those concerns should affect you. The set is priced at…

40955 Maersk Dual Fuel Container Vessel

The partnership with Maersk is one of the oldest that the LEGO Group has in its portfolio. The announcement of 40955 Maersk Duel Fuel Container Vessel was greeted with excitement (back after 12 years), apprehension (will there be more or fewer stickers than…

LEGO Botanicals 11510 Magnolia Branches Review The Magnolia branches are the second botanical set we have to look at, scheduled for March 2026. You can checkout our review of 11502 Sunflower Bouquet here. This set brings us relatively sparsely decorated reddish brown branches, with a magnolia flowers in different stages of bloom. Can such a minimalist set maintain the attention of an 18+ consumer base? Could it be one of the most striking botanical sets to date? Read on to find out. LEGO Botanicals set 11510 Magnolia Branches has 435 pieces and is priced at $AUD99.99/ $USD49.99/49.99€/£44.99.

LEGO Botanicals 11510 Magnolia Branches Review

The Magnolia branches are the second botanical set we have to look at, scheduled for March 2026. You can checkout our review of 11502 Sunflower Bouquet here. This set brings us relatively sparsely decorated reddish brown branches, with a magnolia…

LEGO® ICONS 11376 Model T Ford: A Classic Car, Over a Century in the Making More than 100 years ago when cars were an uncommon sight on roads, decades before Ole Kirk Kristiansen started making wooden toys, and long before the name LEGO was chosen, Henry Ford caused ripples in history with this car; the 11376 Model T Ford. This set comes with 1060 pieces for AU$ 199.99 / € 129.99 / US$ 129.99 / £ 119.99 and will be available from the 1st of March 2026 (113 years after the car that inspired it was first produced). To say this is a 'classic' doesn't quite do it justice.

LEGO® ICONS 11376 Model T Ford: A Classic Car, Over a Century in the Making

More than 100 years ago when cars were an uncommon sight on roads, decades before Ole Kirk Kristiansen started making wooden toys, and long before the name LEGO was chosen, Henry Ford caused ripples in history with this…

Set sail with 40955 Maersk Dual Fuel Container Vessel Ships of the Danish logistics giant, Maersk have been represented in LEGO sets for over fifty years. It is now more than 10 years since the last Maersk ship was released (Creator Expert 10241 in 2014). It must be about time for a new one. The LEGO Group has just revealed the 40955 Maersk Dual-Fuel Container vessel. The Ane Maersk, on which it is based is able to run on biofuel or methanol. 40955 Maesk Dual Fuel Container Vessel measures over 60cm long. It is priced at $AUD249.99 / £139.99 / €149.99 / $USD149.99, has 1516 pieces and will be released on March 1, as a LEGO Store Exclusive set.

Set sail with 40955 Maersk Dual Fuel Container Vessel

Ships of the Danish logistics giant, Maersk have been represented in LEGO sets for over fifty years. It is now more than 10 years since the last Maersk ship was released (Creator Expert 10241 in 2014). It must be about time for a new one. The…

LEGO Botanicals 11502 Bouquet of Sunflowers [Review] Botanical sets continue to thrive in the LEGO ecosystem. We have two new bouquet-style sets being released in March 2026: the first we will look at is 11502, Bouquet of Sunflowers. These bright blooms always seem to lift the mood of any room they are displayed in. Will this set do the same? The set will be released on March 1st 2026, and comes with 686 pieces. It will be priced at AUD99.99/ USD59.99 / 59.99€ / £54.99. The LEGO Group sent a copy over for us to review: let's take a closer look.

LEGO Botanicals 11502 Bouquet of Sunflowers [Review]

Botanical sets continue to thrive in the LEGO ecosystem. We have two new bouquet-style sets being released in March 2026: the first we will look at is 11502, Bouquet of Sunflowers. These bright blooms always seem to lift the mood of any room…

Any Colour the Customer Wants – So long as its painted black. LEGO ICONS 11376 Model T Ford revealed The LEGO Group have revealed their latest LEGO ICONs Classic car, and they don't get asny more classic than the original production line vehicle, the Ford Model T. The set will be available on the 1st March 2026, and has 1060 pieces. It will be priced at $199.99 AUD/129.99€/$129.99 usd / £119.99 More pictures below the break...

Any Colour the Customer Wants – So long as its painted black. LEGO ICONS 11376 Model T Ford revealed

The LEGO Group have revealed their latest LEGO ICONs Classic car, and they don't get asny more classic than the original production line vehicle, the Ford Model T. The set will be available on the…

I have just recently picked it up

Project Hail Mary: coming in March 2025 I love a good spaceship. I love LEGO Spaceships more. With the first manned Artemis ship set to fly to the moon any day now we are entering a new era of manned spaceflight, bound to spark imaginations around the world, looking outward with an enthusiasm unseen since the shuttle program. And in the background, sciece fiction continues to reach for the stars. Author Andy Weir includes enough plausible science in his work to make you feel that what you are reading isn't 'What?' so much as "When?" The Martian was a compelling story of Survival in a harsh, alien environment.

Project Hail Mary: coming in March 2025

I love a good spaceship. I love LEGO Spaceships more. With the first manned Artemis ship set to fly to the moon any day now we are entering a new era of manned spaceflight, bound to spark imaginations around the world, looking outward with an enthusiasm…

Happy 10th Birthday Rambling Brick! Hi Folks, just a quick post to acknowledge that this weekend, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first post. What started as a whim one Saturday afternoon blew out over the following 10 years to over 1300 posts on WordPress (including this one), more than 2080 posts on Instagram, and an indeterminable number of posts on other platforms, which I just haven't got my head around. This journey would not have been possible without the support of our regular team members - Ann, the Knoller-In-Chief who lays out the elements in our reviews for your enjoyment and Branko, who joined me a couple of years ago when the number of sets coming by to review was outnumbering the number of hours in the day.

Happy 10th Birthday Rambling Brick!

Hi Folks, just a quick post to acknowledge that this weekend, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of our first post. What started as a whim one Saturday afternoon blew out over the following 10 years to over 1300 posts on WordPress (including this one), more than…

11503 Flower Wall: Provoking Creativity.[Review] Having used up all of my available bench space last year to display my Botanical sets - gaining respite only by packing them up during the course of some renovations. I'm sure they will come back someday. that said, to take stress of the benches, the LEGO Engagement team kindly sent over a copy of their Flower Wall to check out. Now the idea of a lattice with a collection of flowers designed to be attached on the wall is appealling. And the system is designed to be expandable by attaching multiple lattices together - and don't just decorate them with the included flowers, but also add in those from another set.

11503 Flower Wall: Provoking Creativity.[Review]

Having used up all of my available bench space last year to display my Botanical sets - gaining respite only by packing them up during the course of some renovations. I'm sure they will come back someday. that said, to take stress of the benches,…

One Helmet to Rule them All: 11373 The Lord of the Rings: Sauron’s Helmet revealed. Things have been a little quiet on the Star Wars and Super Heros helmet cowl and bust collection lately. With 14 Star wars helmets released between 2020 and 2025; six marvel masks released between 2020 and 2025 and two Batman Cowls released in 2021, it has been a bit of a drip feed: a couple or year, with a small name plaque. Limited enough to be able to collect them all, and all imminently displayable. Today, we get our first Helmet from The Lord Of The Rings - the Sauron's Helmet.

One Helmet to Rule them All: 11373 The Lord of the Rings: Sauron’s Helmet revealed.

Things have been a little quiet on the Star Wars and Super Heros helmet cowl and bust collection lately. With 14 Star wars helmets released between 2020 and 2025; six marvel masks released between 2020 and 2025 and…

Botanicals Review and Interview IV: 11509 Flowering Cactus Sorry about the interruption to this series: Our local major event intervened. Brickvention 2026 was great fun, and just a little bit exhausting. Today, we complete our reviews of the January 2026 Botanicals releases, and present the final installment of our interview with Senior Designer Theo Bonner, in which we take a moment to discuss the pink roses bouquet, and why it wasn't just a clone of the red roses; see what made a collection of designers get up and take a look at what their colleague had achieved, and ponder whether the Botanicals sets just don't feature enough Spinjitsu.

Botanicals Review and Interview IV: 11509 Flowering Cactus

Sorry about the interruption to this series: Our local major event intervened. Brickvention 2026 was great fun, and just a little bit exhausting. Today, we complete our reviews of the January 2026 Botanicals releases, and present the final…

42218 John Deere 1670H Wheeled Harvester, or pretzel deliverer In our review of 71513Nightmare Scorpion Digger we briefly explored how a smaller portion of Technic sets are for something other than cars. Here we can celebrate such a not-a-car set, with 42218 John Deere 1670H Wheeled Harvester, a small set with 117 pieces for AU$14.99/£8.99/US$9.99/€9.99

42218 John Deere 1670H Wheeled Harvester, or pretzel deliverer

In our review of 71513Nightmare Scorpion Digger we briefly explored how a smaller portion of Technic sets are for something other than cars. Here we can celebrate such a not-a-car set, with 42218 John Deere 1670H Wheeled Harvester, a…

LEGO® Botanicals 11503 Flower Wall Revealed Run out of bench space to place your bouquets of LEGO Botanicals on? The latest lattice design from LEGO Botanicals is designed to hang on your wall, displaying a whole new collection of flowers, or, if you like mixing up with some of the previous bouquets. Built from 879 pieces and priced at AUD149.99 / 89.99 USD / 89.99 EUR / 79.99 GBP, the 11503 Flower wall is due for release on February 1 2026.

LEGO® Botanicals 11503 Flower Wall Revealed

Run out of bench space to place your bouquets of LEGO Botanicals on? The latest lattice design from LEGO Botanicals is designed to hang on your wall, displaying a whole new collection of flowers, or, if you like mixing up with some of the previous…

LEGO® Education at Home: Four problem solving sets revealed. LEGO® Education has revealed 4 sets designed to encourage creative problem-solving for kids aged 7+. These sets are the first LEGO Education sets to be marketed at the home market, rather than directly to schools. The box has been cunningly disguised to look like some sort of a board game, with most of the "LEGOness" hidden behind beautiful printed artwork depicting luscious retro-futuristic space-scapes and polar vistas, and a smattering of bricks tucked in for good measure. To say nothing of the Build-Solve-Invent Mantra tucked in the upper right-hand corner.

LEGO® Education at Home: Four problem solving sets revealed.

LEGO® Education has revealed 4 sets designed to encourage creative problem-solving for kids aged 7+. These sets are the first LEGO Education sets to be marketed at the home market, rather than directly to schools. The box has been…

Ninjago Turned 15 This Week: Here’s a preview of whats going on! LEGO Ninjago was released back in January 2011, and continues to go strong, with the occasional reboot and narrative refocus, Ninjago embraces a combination of the source materials that might have once occupied both LEGO Space and Castle, albeit with its own special twist. To celebrate this milestone, there is a lot going on this weekend: from an Activation at Brickvention 2026 in Melbourne, where there will be a display of EVERY NINJAGO MINIFIGURE EVER, to stores and themeparks around the world. Read on for more...

Ninjago Turned 15 This Week: Here’s a preview of whats going on!

LEGO Ninjago was released back in January 2011, and continues to go strong, with the occasional reboot and narrative refocus, Ninjago embraces a combination of the source materials that might have once occupied both LEGO Space and…

Three 18+ Pokemon sets revealed If you are a person of a certain age, then Pokemon might have been an integral part of your upbringing. I wasn't. But my kids were - they grew up with the mid-noughties version. As such, Passionate, old school Pokémon fans now have the opportunity catch them all... or at least the first wave of LEGO Sets. Three sets for Adult Builders have been revealed ahead of the range's launchat the end of February. Are you gonna Catch 'em All? Our Starter Sets include: 72151 Eevee, 587 pieces, 59,99€ / 59,99$ / 54,99£

Three 18+ Pokemon sets revealed

If you are a person of a certain age, then Pokemon might have been an integral part of your upbringing. I wasn't. But my kids were - they grew up with the mid-noughties version. As such, Passionate, old school Pokémon fans now have the opportunity catch them all...…

31380 Retro Gaming Console: Quick Creator Reviews Time to get another Creator 3-in1 review out. While the majority of sets in the current wave are creature builds, a couple are based on real-world objects. Lets take a look at the 31380 Retro Video Game Console. This set is one of 2 sets in the current wave that tie into real-world objects, with the hero model setting out to mirror handheld consoles of the nineties and early noughties. The set is aimed at audiences from Age 8 and up, has 268 pieces and is priced at $AUD29.99 / $USD19.99 / £17.99 / 19.99€

31380 Retro Gaming Console: Quick Creator Reviews

Time to get another Creator 3-in1 review out. While the majority of sets in the current wave are creature builds, a couple are based on real-world objects. Lets take a look at the 31380 Retro Video Game Console. This set is one of 2 sets in the…

LEGO DREAMZZz 71514 Dino Jet, as in Dino-Soar [review] Dinosaurs are cool. Dinosaurs keep appearing in LEGO sets from time to time for that exact reason. Over time 305 sets have appeared with an association to the word 'Dino', of which 102 for Jurassic world! The most popular dinos in LEGO are raptors (74) and T-rexes (85) and various other theropods (two-legged dinosaurs, ancestors of birds). Far less common are sauropods such as brachiosaurus, for which only 23 sets can be found and Stegosaurus for which we can only see 16 sets! Introducing 71514 Dino Jet, offering you both a stegosaurus and a sauropod in a two-in-one package!

LEGO DREAMZZz 71514 Dino Jet, as in Dino-Soar [review]

Dinosaurs are cool. Dinosaurs keep appearing in LEGO sets from time to time for that exact reason. Over time 305 sets have appeared with an association to the word 'Dino', of which 102 for Jurassic world! The most popular dinos in LEGO are…

LEGO Smart Brick officially unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show 2026 After months of rumor and speculation, LEGO® SMART Play™, an I tegrated Smart Brick and minifigure system has been revealed at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. The first sets to include this technology will be in the LEGO LEGO STAR WARS range, and are due for release in March. This Press release has dropped just as I am getting started on a normal work day: I will probably post again about known knowns and known unknowns later in the week. But in short, this is a way to enhance the way trhat kids play with their bricks and Minifigures.

LEGO Smart Brick officially unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show 2026

After months of rumor and speculation, LEGO® SMART Play™, an I tegrated Smart Brick and minifigure system has been revealed at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. The first sets to include this technology will be in the LEGO…

Is that you Eris? 71512 Crocodile Submarine review Branko continues his reviews of the latest LEGO Dreamzzz Sets, and finds the 'B' on this one strangely familiar. In many different ways! When LEGO gifted this set for review my eye was immediately drawn to the alternate build on the back of the box; the eagle. There is quite a lot to see in this set before we get to that point, so join me while I share my opinion on this set, and highlight several references and associations this set conjures. For example, is Logan the dreamworld manifestation of Marvel's Rocket Raccoon?

Is that you Eris? 71512 Crocodile Submarine review

Branko continues his reviews of the latest LEGO Dreamzzz Sets, and finds the 'B' on this one strangely familiar. In many different ways! When LEGO gifted this set for review my eye was immediately drawn to the alternate build on the back of the…

71508 Fox Guardian Mech (or could it be a flying fox?) [review] Green and gold, favourite national colours in Australia, but I think my appreciation for this set has little to do with that. 71508 Fox Guardian Mech is the second smallest set released in the new Dreamzzz wave, coming in at 883 pieces for AU$129.99/£69.99/US$79.99/€79.99. As I mentioned before, these sets are not small or cheap, but they are good! The official name of this set it 'Fox Guardian Mech' and I typically associate the word 'Mech' with a large robot occupied by a pilot (like a Jaeger in Pacific Rim…

71508 Fox Guardian Mech (or could it be a flying fox?) [review]

Green and gold, favourite national colours in Australia, but I think my appreciation for this set has little to do with that. 71508 Fox Guardian Mech is the second smallest set released in the new Dreamzzz wave, coming in at 883…

42220 Monster Jam Sparkle Smash: Is a Unicorn a Monster? [review] A sparkling unicorn-themed monster truck. I know that the word 'monster' in this name refers to the truck, not the theme of the decorations, but I am just used to monster trucks having appearances that match the loud, powerful, anything-but-subtle destruction and mayhem they can cause. Does this mean, perhaps, I should reconsider my understanding of unicorns? After all, Unikitty is not known to be the most stable and coherent entities in the LEGO universe; perhaps unicorns like a bit of roar and thunder? I still do not know, but I can say that I don't mind this style of Monster Truck.

42220 Monster Jam Sparkle Smash: Is a Unicorn a Monster? [review]

A sparkling unicorn-themed monster truck. I know that the word 'monster' in this name refers to the truck, not the theme of the decorations, but I am just used to monster trucks having appearances that match the loud, powerful,…

Nightmare Scorpion Digger 71513, an issue with construction [review] Branko woke up from a dream wondering if Construction Equipment was on the way out. He couldn't get back to sleep until he came up with the answer... In January 2026 LEGO will release another wave of Dreamzzz sets and the balance between 'dream' and 'nightmare' seems solidly to have swung towards 'Dream'. There is only 1 set out of 5 in the wave that is considered a nightmare, and it is the smallest of the lot at that. Cue "Nightmare Scorpion Digger 71513", coming in at 505 pieces for…

Nightmare Scorpion Digger 71513, an issue with construction [review]

Branko woke up from a dream wondering if Construction Equipment was on the way out. He couldn't get back to sleep until he came up with the answer... In January 2026 LEGO will release another wave of Dreamzzz sets and the balance…