What is your favourite theme of 2024?

For me it was almost a tie between Marvel and Star Wars, but I bought more SW sets, so I counted that as my favorite.

Regards,
Mitch

Animal Crossing

As someone who has all but one of the Technic sets, it's a logical choice to go for Technic for me

Ideas and Fortnite aren’t getting enough love

I want to vote Zelda, but for me City has completely knocked it out of the park this year. So many great sets at many different price points!

It was not until I read this article that I realized that none of the sets I bought this year (other than collectable minifigures) were new in 2024.

I voted Ideas, because I did buy older Ideas sets.

Speed Champions, although I was not very impressed by the ones that came out in 2024
Technic would have been my alternative choice

And for next year there's a bunch of F1 cars, not very original I think.
I see many F1 car MOCs on other sites, some of which can easily compete with these official sets

City, Creator, Technic and Star Wars were the strongest imo. City with the space and jungle wave but also construction for those who are into that, as well as the standalone vehicle sets.
Creator with its shift towards more creature or object based items rather than just vehicles and buildings seems to have proven successful, I reckon people who normally aren’t into LEGO at all have been introduced through the “cute” creator sets.
Technic, with its space sets also brought some good value. I’m yet to buy any of them but the rover especially seems like a good deal. As did the buggy and other smaller sets. Not to mention the P1, Mercedes F1 and G wagon. Oh and the jeskos… where bias from working with the company kicks in. Cars, Lego, Work. What’s not to like
Star Wars, started out humbly yet strong with that clone/droid battle pack. But throughout the year we’ve got several impressive, but also value packed sets. I reckon this year’s been the best in the last 5 years or so for SW

Speed champions as honorable mention, but given the nature of this theme, it didn’t stand out particularly against previous years.
Ninjago got some amazing big sets in the latter half of the year, as well as the smaller sets like the arena and riyu. But I think the themes I mentioned above have been even stronger

Now I just need to make up my mind on one theme…
I think in the end it’s between City and Star Wars for me

Based on "what I bought/own", it's City; mostly because of SPACE isn't its OWN PROPERTY...:|
CMFs come in second, and Speed Champions takes bronze.:D

Zelda and Speed Champions are easy and obvious choices for me, but I have to hand it to the CMF. My son and I spent a glorious month collecting and MOCing D&D characters after the new Player’s Handbook came out. So CMF it is!

I was on a bit of a Technic streak this year, though most of the sets I got are from previous years.

Looking at the sets from this year that I own, I have to go with Star Wars.

I have thousands of Collectable Minifigures, but my favourite theme is 'Art'. There's something intriguing and comforting about hanging a Lego version of famous art works on my walls.

I adore Bricklink, Icons, and Ideas but I didn’t want to just give a knee jerk vote. So I reviewed each and every theme first.

Star Wars had a down year. Creator had some standouts but was otherwise just ok for me. Harry Potter,, Ideas, Friends, and CMF were strong. Bricklink was great again but it feels wrong to pick it.

It’s really not close. Icons has become the class of LEGO and 2024 is no different. City was the next best theme, with great Space, Town, and Jungle offerings.

I think Marvel had a very strong year, and I love the directions they went in by revisiting some of the older, classic scenes and vehicles from the movies.

Icons also started off very strong, but I haven't been as interested in the latter half of the year.

@sop said:
"Jack Stone I choose you"

yes
Yes
YES

no botanical-collection

Although Icons and Speed Champions have got more of my custom this year, Ideas wins as my favourite theme for the 21345 Polaroid Camera, the 21347 Red London Telephone Box and the 21353 Botanical Garden.

@Ridgeheart said:
"Ganon, TLG. We need Ganons, Ganondorfs and Ganons-dorfs. Maybe even a GANNON here and there. Get with the program!"

Ganon-dorf On Golf?

Based on my top sets of the year I had to go Harry Potter!

The sorting hat and hagrid’s hut knocked my socks off back in March and then to get the fantastic Hogwarts revamp followed by the lovely Burrow were the cherry on top ??

Friends delivers everything I ever wanted. Almost

City has been great this year - lots of wildlife sets in the summer, plus affordable sets like the sailboat and tourist bus. The Ideas sets like the Botanical Garden and A-Frame Cabin are the best sets of the year and also fit very well into the City theme, but there are lots of no-City Ideas sets that I don't like much.

Icons is an easy pick since those sets are almost a carte blanche when it comes to complexity and uniqueness. Although I don't collect the non-minifig-based sets like Hedwig and the Mandrake, I feel Harry Potter brought an excellent group of sets this year. Yes, it's another iteration of Hogwarts but this is the first one since the original sets 2001 sets that has put out an ambitiously large, complex, and modular Hogwarts/Great Hall (76435). The Owlery is not the first add-on you would expect to come with the larger castle but it is the first one we've gotten from Lego. Plus the modular composition of the Malfoy polybag, Forbidden Forest, and Aragog's spider party trio is nice touch.

Looking forward to see what is next.

Icons (multiverse).

Followed by City and Collectible Minifigures.

I was looking for City/Space, but only the main theme was in the list. City is too various, so I voted for Icons.

no botanical-collection? know it might of changed themes few times or going too.... but still on lego says botanical-collection

No me parece justo que entre en la votación 'Bricklink'. Solo una minoría tiene acceso. Ni siquiera voy a considerar Iconos e Ideas pues obvio sale ganando...

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"I had to put Collectible Minifigures. D&D series was the first series that I actually completed."

My first complete set was Series 4, and I've completed many series since then, but I voted for Collectable Minifigures as well, because this year not only had the first series I've ordered a complete set of (Series 26 - Space), it also had the second (the D&D series). Series 25 also had some great figures, the Film Noir Detective and the Vampire Knight in particular.

For me it was Star Wars. I am apparently in the small minority or possibly the only one. ??! I had lots of fun with Star Wars Lego this year. Especially the 3 starship collection sets. They are super swooshie!

I haven't bought much Star Wars in the past few years, but this was a very good year. At the same time Speed Champions had a poor year after the design lead moved to City.

In spite of your arguments LOTR should be in there since you know very well it is one of the most popular themes and would have a very good chance of winning. I don't see the point of voting if I do not see my favorite theme listed.

@Gus_teXeda said:
"No me parece justo que entre en la votación 'Bricklink'. Solo una minoría tiene acceso. Ni siquiera voy a considerar Iconos e Ideas pues obvio sale ganando..."
Sospecho que la mayoría de los miembros de Brickset pueden obtener cajas con el tema BrickLink, por lo que tiene sentido incluirlo como tema.

As a website, why are you so beholden to Lego's official theme designations? You will not receive a citation if you make LotR its own theme in this poll. Then for Icons you just say it's everything except LotR (and whatever else you want to split off). Following official guidelines is great sometimes but not always.

Ideas had some of the best releases this year, with the nightmare before christmas, the d&d set, the polaroid camera and the universally loved tuxedo cat!

No matter how bad the Star Wars theme is in a year (with poor sets being released) it is always going to do well in a poll because it's Star Wars.

It doesn't particularly help when Lego are obliged to do sets for the latest Disney+ series (although they had foresight to dodge disaster of The Acolyte), and most of the Disney+ sets are typically low effort affairs.

I reckon most people are like "there were poor SW sets this year, but I like the SW films so I will always vote SW".

Animal Crossing! While there are themes with better sets/builds/figs, I've been playing since the Gamecube days and have such a love for the franchise.

Close second is the Zelda set, third being the two Construction sets from City

Voted for Creator but meant Creator Expert.

I put my kids hat on and voted Dreamzzz. It is the most creative and I really hope Lego keeps it for the long-term.

I think the series had many mistakes, and this approach needs looking at. Way too many episodes and not enough consistency to the sets.

@GregD said:
"I put my kids hat on and voted Dreamzzz. "

Too many commenters around here seem to have misplaced their kid hats.

I voted for City, but it was really a vote for the City Space subtheme, which I thought was excellent and am glad they are bringing out some more sets for it. I still need to get the Technic Dropship set, though. The only other themes I really bought this year was the Medieval Town Square in Icons and some of the DnD CMF's, though just for the parts to make Castle figures.

I 'collect' mainly Star Wars sets, but it wasn't my favourite them with just a few sets I really liked. There were a few flat out disappointing ones as well and the rest was just mêh or not what I liked.
I voted for City, because I would have bought a lot of that if hadn't forced myself to restrict my Lego buying

Had to give it to City. Its line-up was pretty great this year. Still have to get my hands on 60420.

@OttoT said:
"Voted for Creator but meant Creator Expert."

Modular buildings and other sets that would be categorised as Creator Expert sets are now being realeased under the theme Icons:

https://brickset.com/article/78916

This fun poll has brought out the fuss in us.

I hope my friends and creators here, from the city or elsewhere, can be true icons, embrace the ideas of seasonal joy, and follow your dreams.

P.S. This is a reminder that Travel Moments was from Miscellaneous theme if we ever get a worst theme poll.

@CCC said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
"No matter how bad the Star Wars theme is in a year (with poor sets being released) it is always going to do well in a poll because it's Star Wars.

It doesn't particularly help when Lego are obliged to do sets for the latest Disney+ series (although they had foresight to dodge disaster of The Acolyte), and most of the Disney+ sets are typically low effort affairs.

I reckon most people are like "there were poor SW sets this year, but I like the SW films so I will always vote SW"."

Results of the poll suggest otherwise."

Being 2nd out of 34 suggests otherwise.

@OuterRimTradingCo_ said:
"Bricklink as a theme has taken the bulk of my money this year for some must-have sets, so I have to give it to them."

Same here, but only because those sets are so highly priced. Overall, I liked the diversity in the Icons range a bit more, so that what I voted for.

I voted based on the theme which I bought the most sets from this year

If Botanicals had been separated into its own theme, that would have received my vote. Since it wasn't, I clearly *had* to vote for Icons--yes, essentially a category for oversized, very expensive sets, but what a fabulous assortment of them!

Collectable Minifigures also had an awesome year, as did Friends. And City. And Creator....

First world problem, I know, but some of these fun polls are *hard*!

Had to give it to City this year, although for the first time CMFs ran it close (and for the first time I went to the effort of procuring a complete set of them - the space ones). My usual favourites are Technic, Icons and Ideas. Ideas had a bad year for me - the only one I was interested in was the Botanical Garden and it wasn't in my affordability bracket. Icons had a reasonable year IMHO; with the Endurance, Barad-dur and the Dune Ornithopter the standouts. Quite a few duds as well though. Technic sadly continues to slide downhill; some of the smaller sets were quite good and I loved the orrery. The big sets though were all frankly meh. Hopefully next year we'll see some interesting new Technic sets!

@MegaBlocks said:
" @CCC said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
"No matter how bad the Star Wars theme is in a year (with poor sets being released) it is always going to do well in a poll because it's Star Wars.

It doesn't particularly help when Lego are obliged to do sets for the latest Disney+ series (although they had foresight to dodge disaster of The Acolyte), and most of the Disney+ sets are typically low effort affairs.

I reckon most people are like "there were poor SW sets this year, but I like the SW films so I will always vote SW"."

Results of the poll suggest otherwise."

Being 2nd out of 34 suggests otherwise."

The two most common sentiments expressed in this thread are that the SW sets were lackluster, and that the SW sets were a step above their usual fare. Detractors can’t negate votes, and have no reason to coordinate their votes behind a single theme, but proponents can boost a single theme pretty high in the rankings. It’s pretty clear from reading the comments that some people really do think the 2024 LSW lineup is that good.

For whatever reason, many people went for Icons. Given what an assortment of sets were included in that theme, it's hard to be certain why, other than that expense doesn't automatically rule anything out. What really catches my eye is that the second-place theme is way below Icons, and *very* little ahead of the third-place one. My conclusion is that the dazzling top-of-the-line sets dazzled, and the more cohesive themes all found fans, surprisingly spread out among this largely AFOL-skewing section of the fan base. Looks to me like TLG is doing something right.

Monkie Kid, just for 80058 alone

@TheOtherMike said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"I had to put Collectible Minifigures. D&D series was the first series that I actually completed."

My first complete set was Series 4, and I've completed many series since then, but I voted for Collectable Minifigures as well, because this year not only had the first series I've ordered a complete set of (Series 26 - Space), it also had the second (the D&D series). Series 25 also had some great figures, the Film Noir Detective and the Vampire Knight in particular."

Don't forget the goat!
Tho the goat isn't the GOAT. That's Strahd con Zarovich. IMAO.

I’m a hardcore LSW fan since 1999 day one and I have to say: Ninjago! With Friends and Animal Crossing being in close competition.

All the obvious savings and price increases on LSW annoy me lately and keep pushing me away from my once main hobby. The chance to deliver something special for the anniversary wasn’t really used. The other mentioned themes deliver playfulness, quality, content, experience.

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"Don't forget the goat!
Tho the goat isn't the GOAT. That's Strahd con Zarovich. IMAO."

Meh. I’d have preferred Lord Soth over Strahd any day of the week. Also, not even going to ask what the “A” stands for, because I’m really hoping that’s a typo…

@PurpleDave said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"Don't forget the goat!
Tho the goat isn't the GOAT. That's Strahd con Zarovich. IMAO."

Meh. I’d have preferred Lord Soth over Strahd any day of the week. Also, not even going to ask what the “A” stands for, because I’m really hoping that’s a typo…"

Hey- they've got to save some characters for series 2, right?
Right?

It almost seems unfair to have Icons as one category since it casts such a wide net.

@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"I had to put Collectible Minifigures. D&D series was the first series that I actually completed."

My first complete set was Series 4, and I've completed many series since then, but I voted for Collectable Minifigures as well, because this year not only had the first series I've ordered a complete set of (Series 26 - Space), it also had the second (the D&D series). Series 25 also had some great figures, the Film Noir Detective and the Vampire Knight in particular."

Don't forget the goat!
Tho the goat isn't the GOAT. That's Strahd con Zarovich. IMAO."

My favorite figure from the series is the Tiefling Sorcerer, but my favorite of the named characters is Tasha the Witch Queen. She just looks so happy! At least one side of her head does.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"I had to put Collectible Minifigures. D&D series was the first series that I actually completed."

My first complete set was Series 4, and I've completed many series since then, but I voted for Collectable Minifigures as well, because this year not only had the first series I've ordered a complete set of (Series 26 - Space), it also had the second (the D&D series). Series 25 also had some great figures, the Film Noir Detective and the Vampire Knight in particular."

Don't forget the goat!
Tho the goat isn't the GOAT. That's Strahd con Zarovich. IMAO."

My favorite figure from the series is the Tiefling Sorcerer, but my favorite of the named characters is Tasha the Witch Queen. She just looks so happy! At least one side of her head does."

I love the little rune on her face too. That just makes her look so awesome.

in case any reader didn't notice, the thumbnail says "WAREANDD" this is clearly a reference to the literary classic A Pickle For The Knowing Ones by Timothy Dexter due to it being how he spelled "where and".

Iconos e ideas juegan con ventaja, luego los descarto y elijo a friends.

Voted for Icons, solely because of Barad Dur, the first Lego set I actually queued up on release day to buy :)

The Fortnite is cool Zelda has one so its not a theme and lord of the rings has close to 60 sets

@MegaBlocks said:
" @CCC said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
"No matter how bad the Star Wars theme is in a year (with poor sets being released) it is always going to do well in a poll because it's Star Wars.

It doesn't particularly help when Lego are obliged to do sets for the latest Disney+ series (although they had foresight to dodge disaster of The Acolyte), and most of the Disney+ sets are typically low effort affairs.

I reckon most people are like "there were poor SW sets this year, but I like the SW films so I will always vote SW"."

Results of the poll suggest otherwise."

Being 2nd out of 34 suggests otherwise."

9% isn't most people. Most (91%) didn't vote for Star Wars. 10% is about right for the percentage of AFOLs that are SW fans.

@ScubaFossil said:
"The Fortnite is cool Zelda has one so its not a theme and lord of the rings has close to 60 sets

"

So what are these 60 LOTR sets of 2024?

@ScubaFossil said:
"The Fortnite is cool Zelda has one so its not a theme and lord of the rings has close to 60 sets

"

Only the 2024 LOTR sets are considered for the poll, which is only 2.

The Space sets in the City line are so awesome this year. A real pleasure. And the next 60446 Modular Galactic Spaceship will be an awesome addition. Real tribute to classic space, and a shape reminding the 6986 Mission Commander.

The Friends sets are becoming awesome too. 42639 Andrea's Mansion is spectacular, 42638 Castle Bed &Breakfast or 42602 Space Research Rover are perfect

@CapnRex101 said:
" @crazylegoman said:
"I like the sets in the Icons group the best, but Icon's is not a theme. It's a Best-of group made of all the other themes. It has sets from Botanicals, Lord of the Rings, Speed Champions, Castle, Modular Buildings and more. It would be much more logical if the sets in the Icons group were separated in to their actual themes for the purpose of this poll."

Icons is definitely a theme. Botanicals will be its own theme beginning in 2025, but Modular Buildings, Vehicles and The Lord of the Rings are subthemes of Icons at the moment."

Nah, my dude. You can say it's a theme on a technicality but it's really not. And the results of this poll so far are really skewed as a result. Icons winning won't really tell us anything.

"Turns out the winner of best theme on a lego site for adults is a lego theme aimed at adults"

I'm likely alone with this choice: Brickheadz

Top 4 for 2024:

Friends, Creator, Promotional (not listed!), Bricklink.

@CCC said:
" @ScubaFossil said:
"The Fortnite is cool Zelda has one so its not a theme and lord of the rings has close to 60 sets

"

So what are these 60 LOTR sets of 2024?"

Man I wish there were 60 2024 LOTR sets

@MegaBlocks said:
"No matter how bad the Star Wars theme is in a year (with poor sets being released) it is always going to do well in a poll because it's Star Wars.

It doesn't particularly help when Lego are obliged to do sets for the latest Disney+ series (although they had foresight to dodge disaster of The Acolyte), and most of the Disney+ sets are typically low effort affairs.

I reckon most people are like "there were poor SW sets this year, but I like the SW films so I will always vote SW"."

Maybe people disagree with you.

@speedorz4ever said:
"Promotional (not listed!)..."

Yeah, if icons is going to be listed, then Promotional really should be. They both cover a broad range of subjects.

Great result!! It won the real best theme!

Will always be Lego Friends for me!!

@Murdoch17 said:
"I voted Friends, simply for the architecture of the buildings."

Agree! Same here

SPACE ... not CITY

EXPLORATION ... not CITY

LEGO PLEASE??? and STOP Dreamzzz...

I picked the legend of Zelda because I think Lego did very well for the 2 in 1 Deku Tree and it's the first time they have ever made Legend of Zelda sets.

Next year you really MUST put LOTR as a theme. So that the other random sets in the Icons section don't feel left out, you can just add ''Icons sets except LOTR'' as a separate choice.