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LEGO Nominated for 2025 Toy of the Year Awards

November 7, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Earlier today, The Toy Foundation announced the 2025 Toy of the Year nominations and not surprisingly, LEGO is the running again in a few categories. In total, there were 10 products nominated in 8 categories.

Voting is now live and you have until January 10 to get your votes in. Your vote will also decide the People’s Choice Awards as well. The winners will be announced at the TOTY Awards gala on Friday, February 28, 2025 right before the New York Toy Fair.

Action Figure of the Year

• LEGO Batman Construction Figure and the Bat-Pod Bike (76273)

Collectible of the Year

• Dungeons & Dragons Collectible Minifigures (71047)

Construction Toy/Playset of the Year

• LEGO Ideas Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale (21348)

• LEGO City Space Base and Rocket Launchpad (60434)

Educational Toy of the Year

• LEGO Technic Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit (42179)

Grown Up Toy of the Year

• LEGO Ideas Jaws (21350)

• LEGO Ideas Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera (21345)

Infant/Toddler Toy of the Year

• LEGO DUPLO 3in1 Space Shuttle Adventure (10422)

Specialty Toy of the Year

• KLUTZ LEGO Gravity Drop Activity Kit

Vehicle of the Year

• LEGO Technic Mercedes-AMG F1 W14 E Performance (42171)

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LEGO Retiring Soon List Updated for US – November 2024

November 5, 2024 / / 0 Comments

LEGO has finally updated their Retiring Soon list on the LEGO Shop for the US and here’s are what sets will be going away soon. Of course this isn’t the comprehensive list as LEGO doesn’t list everything that is retiring but it gives you an idea of what to expect. As of this post, there are 73 items listed as retiring, presumably by the end of the year. Note that some of the sets are older sets, quite a few of them are also from this year.

Update: LEGO has added more items to the list which brings the count to over 100 items.

Art

• Modern Art (31210)

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• Skimwing Adventure (75576)
• Payakan the Tulkun & Crabsuit (75579)

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• Harry Potter & Cho Chang (40616)
• Draco Malfoy & Cedric Diggory (40617)
• Kingsley Shacklebolt & Nymphadora Tonks (40618)
• The Phantom Menace (40676)
• Mirabel Madrigal (40753)

City

• Street Skate Park (60364)
• Police Station Chase (60370)
• Police Training Academy (60372)
• Arctic Explorer Truck and Mobile Lab (60378)
• Custom Car Garage (60389)
• Combo Race Pack (60395)
• Modified Race Cars (60396)
• Monster Truck Race (60397)
• Green Race Car (60399)
• Emergency Ambulance and Snowboarder (60403)
• Emergency Rescue Helicopter (60405)
• Fire Rescue Motorcycle (60410)
• Jungle Explorer ATV Red Panda Mission (60424)

Classic

• Creative Neon Fun (11027)

Creator 3-in-1

• White Rabbit (31133)

DC

• Batmobile Pursuit: Batman vs. The Joker (76264)

Disney

• Aurora’s Castle (43211)
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Are the LEGO Tie-In GWPs Out of Control?

October 24, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Next week, LEGO will be releasing two new gift with purchase sets that ties in to some of their new releases but is LEGO going overboard with these types of promotions? The two in question are the Entrance Gate for The Botanical Garden (21353) and Cerebro for the X-Men: X-Mansion (76294) and including those, there have been I believe five sets are similar that have been released this year which includes the Mimic Dice Box, the Technic P1 Logo, and Fell Beast, Borgin and Burkes: Floo Network, Luke Skywalker’s Lightsaber.

From a business perspective, it’s smart for LEGO to tie in certain GWPs with sets they go with since they know fans will buy them. From the buyer’s perspective, it hard to keep up with some of the releases if you’re into those fandoms and there’s a sense of FOMO since there’s only a limited time to get them. If we’re just looking at the six sets above, unless you’re using reward points for discounts, you’re looking at almost $2,800 pre-tax.

We already know that LEGO will most likely continue these types of promotions in the future so it’s inevitable. As more and more sets become more expensive, it’ll be harder to justify these purchases unless the promo sets are proportional to the main sets.

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LEGO Technic P1 Logo (5008946) GWP Returns to LEGO Shop

October 20, 2024 / / 0 Comments

LEGO has brought back the LEGO Technic P1 Logo (5008946) promotion which you can only get by purchasing the Ultimate McLaren P1 (42172). This offer will run until November 27 for LEGO Insiders only. The P1 Logo was originally available at the beginning of August when the McLaren P1 was released.

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LEGO 2025 Polybags Revealed

October 12, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Overnight, German retailer WAVE Distribution has revealed 15 LEGO 2025 polybags for various themes. Some things to note is that there are now polybags for the LEGO Botanical Collections theme or it could be a brand new Botanicals theme. Also from the looks of it, LEGO may be using paper packaging instead of the usual plastic ones. The polybags will be distributed in different ways such as regular retail, gift with purchase promos, magazines, etc.

Animal Crossing Julian’s Beach Painting (30703)

Botanicals Field Flowers (30701)

City Police Water Scooter (30693)

City Space Science Mech (30694)

Creator Tropical Toucan (30688)

Creator Birthday Party Animals (30689)

Creator 3-in-1 Mini Monster Truck (30691)

Disney Cinderella’s Mini Garden Castle (30695)

DREAMZzz Cooper’s Flying Controller Mini Build (30698)

DUPLO My First Flower & Bee (30686)

Friends Nova’s Doghouse Build (30697)

Minecraft The Lush Cave Fight (30705)

Ninjago Mini Ninja Combo Mech (30699)

Sonic the Hedgehog Balkiry Attack (30704)

Technic Skid-Steer Loader (30710)

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Life-Sized LEGO Technic McLaren P1 at Silverstone

September 12, 2024 / / 0 Comments

LEGO and McLaren have created a one-of-a-kind, fully drivable McLaren P1 that is made from LEGO Technic parts. The 1:1 scale P1 was made from 342,817 pieces and weighs about 1,220kg. It took a team of 23 specialists from both companies to design, engineer, and build the supercar using 8,344 hours and 393 different LEGO Technic elements. They have also enlisted McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris to complete a lap around the famed Silverstone Circuit.

Lando Norris Takes on Silverstone Circuit in a Life-Size LEGO® Technic™ McLaren P1™

• The LEGO Group and McLaren Automotive have embarked on the ultimate challenge: creating a life-size, driveable LEGO® Technic™ version of the iconic McLaren P1™ supercar
• McLaren Formula 1 Team driver Lando Norris puts the one-of-a-kind car to the ultimate test, completing a lap around the iconic Silverstone Circuit, a track holding many memories of historic moments for McLaren
• The life-size car features an incredible 342,817 LEGO Technic elements and an electric motor; it is the first big build the LEGO Group has ever made, that’s capable of steering and driving an entire lap of a racetrack
• The 1:8 scale LEGO Technic McLaren P1™ set is now available at www.LEGO.com/McLaren

Silverstone, England, 12 September 2024: The LEGO Group and McLaren Automotive have embarked on the toughest LEGO Technic challenge to date, recreating a one-of-a-kind, fully drivable McLaren P1™ made from LEGO Technic elements. And if that wasn’t enough, McLaren F1™ driver, Lando Norris has been enlisted for the ultimate challenge, to complete a lap

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LEGO Technic Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit (42179) Amazon Sale – August 2024

August 30, 2024 / / 0 Comments

Amazon has discounted one of the cooler LEGO Technic Space sets that has recently released with the Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit (42179). The set is now on sale for only $60 which saves you 20% or $14.99 on it. The build features an orrery that is able to rotate by using the gear mechanism on the base.

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