In recent years, the LEGO Group has continued to grow its line of brick-built sets for both adults and younger builders, with plenty of 4+ branded sets appearing across both licensed and unlicensed themes. In June this year, we even saw the brand new LEGO Duplo and LEGO 4+ theme of Bluey launch, marking another entirely 4+ theme alongside LEGO Gabby's Dollhouse , which first released a range of sets in 2023. However, in 2026, the LEGO Gabby's Dollhouse theme will continue,

LEGO Disney is kicking off 2026 with a magical wave of seven enchanting new sets, all scheduled to release on the 1st of January 2026. The licensed themes' first wave of the new year mainly consists of minidoll-based LEGO Disney princess sets, which also includes a new range of mini brick-built characters. The most exciting set of the wave, however, has to be 43286 The Aristocats: Adorable Marie, which introduces the 1970 animated film to brick-built LEGO form. 43281 Elsa's

The LEGO Minecraft theme has had another busy year in 2025, releasing sets to coincide with the record-breaking A Minecraft Movie and launching the theme's first LEGO Advent Calendar . In 2026, we can expect another adventure-packed 12 months for the video game-based theme with a total of 16 sets reportedly releasing, including eight of these launching on the 1st of January 2026, which are all covered in this article... 21583 Steve's Taiga Adventure Our first set is the stan

Only two more sets await us in 2025 for the LEGO Star Wars theme, and we already have our first rumours of the first of many waves for the licensed theme in 2026. In particular, on the 1st of January 2026, a total of eight brand new sets will be hitting shelves, spanning The Mandalorian in preparation for its feature-length film next year, more 18+ midi-scale display sets and a rare sequel-based set. 75436 The Mandalorian & Grogu's Speeder Bike The smallest and cheapest set

Ka-chow! Our first 2026 set has been officially revealed by the LEGO Group, and it's from one of its very own, homegrown themes, LEGO Speed Champions . In particular, it's one of six sets releasing on the 1st of January 2026 for the theme and one of two movie-based cars in this wave of 77255 Lightning McQueen. The 9+ model includes 270 pieces, retailing for the standard LEGO Speed Champions price of $27.99 / €27.99 / £22.99. 77255 marks the first time ever that Disney Pixar'

Following on from the latest LEGO Harry Potter D2C of 76457 Hogsmeade Village: Collector's Edition, which releases in just a few days, the magical licensed theme will be releasing another eight sets on the 1st of January 2026. The wave consists of the usual mix of iconic locations and moments, along with a brand new brick-built creature and the latest 18+ branded LEGO Harry Potter model. 76459 Hagrid & Harry's Privet Drive Escape At the start of this year, many fans were qu

Following on from the superhero-heavy 71050 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Series launching next month, the next LEGO Minifigure series is set to return to LEGO's quirky roots with a full lineup of twelve animal-themed costume characters. In particular, this will be 71051 CMF Series 28: Animals, which releases on the 1st of January 2026 for the usual price of $4.99 / €3.99 / £3.49. Series 28 will follow on from the likes of 71010 Series 14: Monsters and 71046 Series 26

2026 marks 15 years of the ever-popular LEGO NINJAGO theme, becoming one of the most successful and long-standing homegrown LEGO themes. A total of 23 sets are rumoured to be released throughout the year, branded under the NINJAGO theme. These sets will once again be spread across three separate waves: January, March and June. Amongst these 23 brand new models, 11 sets will be launching on the 1st of January 2025. The wave includes the usual mix of brand new 'gimmick' models

For the last four years, we've seen the regular annual release of a wave of LEGO Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends sets, and in 2026, the 4+ subtheme will be releasing another three models, all of which will be released on January 1, 2026. 2025 saw the theme focus on the Disney Junior shows crazy mash-up between dinosaurs and superheroes. Meanwhile, 2026's wave focuses on the "Water-Webs" storyline, where Team Spidey receives new water-themed powers and pirate suits. 112

2025 has been a significant year for racing, with the LEGO Speed Champions theme experiencing its biggest year to date in terms of set releases. Additionally, LEGO has entered an exciting multi-year partnership with Formula 1, and LEGO Super Mario has expanded into Mario Kart. However, in 2026, another gaming theme will be revving its engines, with two LEGO Sonic the Hedgehog sets set to release in January, most likely inspired by the upcoming Sonic Racing CrossWorlds videoga

The LEGO Speed Champions theme has had a busy year, with March alone featuring the release of a total of 10 Formula 1-inspired sets. In 2026, however, the theme will move away from F1 and return to its usual mix of branded cars along with even more movie cars. And this time, it's not just movie cars based on Fast & Furious, like last year's 77241 2 Fast 2 Furious Honda S2000 , but two brand-new franchises to the theme... 77252 TBC LEGO Speed Champions The first entry on this

January 2026 may be LEGO DREAMZzz's final wave of colourful, dream-packed playsets, following numerous cancelled sets this summer and further reports that the theme is getting just a single winter wave next year. Regardless of the theme's fate, another five sets are releasing on the 1st of January 2026, and it's an expensive wave with prices ranging from $49.99 / €49.99 / £44.99 to $129.99 / €129.99 / £104.99 for the in-house LEGO theme. 71508 Fox Guardian Mech The LEGO DREAM

The rumour mill for 2026 is in full flow as we have information and reports that a total of 21 sets will be released on the 1st of January 2026 for one of LEGO's most action-packed and play-friendly themes: LEGO City . This year, the theme celebrated 20 years of existence with a winter and summer wave of sets, including the second-ever biggest LEGO City and the first Direct to Consumer model for the brand of 60473 The City Tower . The Winter 2026 wave consists of the usual r