The latest addition of the up-scaled minifigures line is the Up-Scaled Blue Astronaut Minifigure (40921). Releasing in March, the set has 793 pieces and retails for $59.99.
In what has essentially turned into a weekly update for us, there are four more projects that have qualified for the LEGO Ideas First 2026 Review Stage. In this update, we have two more football stadiums added to the list for Arsenal and Ajax. This will be the third football stadiums in review this round joining Liverpool.
Emirates Stadium – Arsenal F.C. – PetaS
Hunters Hut – villa_brick_7
Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam Soccer Stadium – 2Studs
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus Barbatus) – Jacker76
LEGO has dropped a new documentary called Building the LEGO Dream that showcases five fan designers who became LEGO designers. It’s 46 minutes long and there’s also a behind the scenes short as well as a director interview with Ethan Vincent. Unfortunately, yhe documentary is not hosted on YouTube but you can watch it on the LEGO Shop in the link above.
• Josh Bretz – BTS Dynamite (21339)
• Ivan Guerrero – Sesame Street (21324), Family Tree (21346), Cosmic Cardboard Adventures (40533)
• Thomas Lajon – BrickLink Designer Program Series 3 Lost City, The Orient Express Train (21344)
• Sandro Quattrini – Motorised Lighthouse (21335)
• Alex Storozhuk – Home Alone (21330)
Building the LEGO® Dream
What is it like to be a LEGO® designer? How do you become one?
Building the LEGO® Dream follows five people from different walks of life and different corners of the planet as they answer those questions and settle into the reality of being a LEGO designer.
Having unknowingly changed the course of their lives when they took on the challenge of submitting a LEGO Ideas project, their journeys speak to the power of making space for your passion.
The Pokemon 30th Anniversary is next week and it is also the official release date of the LEGO Pokemon sets. As we know by now, there are three sets that you can purchase as well as a gift with purchase set and a LEGO Insiders reward item. At least they’re not as hard to get as the actual cards.
Eevee (72151) and Pikachu and Poke Ball (72152) are still available for pre-order while the flagship Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise (72153) has stopped taking pre-orders. The latter should be available again on February 27.
This also goes for the Kanto Region Badge Collection (40892) GWP which was intially available when pre-orders went up in January. The Mini Pokemon Center (40911) Insiders Reward will also drop on February 27 for 2,500 Insiders points.
Although these are just the intial launch items for LEGO Pokemon, we should see sets release regularly in the upcoming months/years.
Eevee (72151) – 587 pieces/$59.99
Pikachu and Poke Ball (72152) – 2,050 pieces/$199.99
Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise (72153) – 6,838 pieces/$649.99
Kanto Region Badge Collection (40892) – 312 pieces/GWP
Mini Pokemon Center (40911) – 233 pieces/2,500 Insiders Points
A new LEGO Animal Crossing recruitment bag has been recently revealed with Tom Nook and Flying Present (30731). Releasing at various retailers, it features Tom Nook chasing the treasure-filled balloons. Note that the Tom Nook minifigure is the same one as in Nook’s Cranny & Rosie’s House (77050). You should be able to find it at various retailers that carry polybags/recruitment bags.
Amazon currently has a limited time deal going on for the LEGO Animal Crossing Nook’s Cranny & Rosie’s House (77050) for 30% off. The 535 piece set is still listed to be retiring soon and is sold out on the LEGO Shop so this is probably your last chance to get it at a decent price.
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One of the more fun and reasonably priced sets in 2025 was the LEGO Disney Pixar Luxo Jr. (21357) and it is currently on sale at Amazon. It has been discounted by 14% which saves you $10 on it and it a little bit better price for the 613 piece set. The current trends on it is that it’ll stay at this discounted price until something triggers the 20% discount which could happen later this year as Amazon tries to get rid of inventory.
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