Here's the press release for the two botanical sets that can be pre-ordered now at LEGO.com, with all the cringe-worthy talk of mindfulness and de-stressing removed:
The LEGO Group announces two stunning new additions to its Botanical Collection: an Orchid and a Succulents selection.
Perfect as a thoughtful gift for a plant lover or for adding the finishing interior design touches, the new sets are designed to provide an immersive building experience for adults that lets creativity bloom.
LEGO has published a teaser on social media that implies that new botanical sets will be launched on 1st May.
Official details are scant although unfortunately pictures of the sets in question have leaked, so we already know what they are. We won't spoil the surprise, though, and I thank you for not doing so in the comments.
40529 Children's Amusement Park will be available at LEGO.com from the 15th to the 30th of April with an as yet unknown spend threshold.
Some sites are reporting that it's being released to celebrate Children's day, but as far as I can tell the official UN event takes place on 20th November, so clearly that's not the case. Maybe it's signalling the release of a new fairground ride this year.
Today is the grand opening of the People House part of the LEGO Campus in Billund, and employees there are being gifted an Architecture model of it.
Several have tweeted pictures of the 1,494-piece set 4000038 LEGO Campus, including designers James May and George Gilliatt, and another one has sent us this picture of it without a thumb in front of it.
It's the 9th Architecture-style model of a LEGO factory or campus (filed under LEGO Internal in the database) but the first to actually be branded Architecture. They are notoriously difficult to get hold of if you've not been given one, so expect this rather nice one to command ridiculous prices on the secondary market in the coming weeks.
I think it might also be the first non-18+ set to be in an 18+ style box.
Several new Jurassic World sets were announced last month and another, 76949 Giganotosaurus & Therizinosaurus Attack, has now appeared in Canada's Mastermind Toys.
YouTuber AshnFlash found this set and others from the upcoming Jurassic World: Dominion movie yesterday. You can take a closer look at the set, which costs $169.99 CAD, in his review.
What do you think of this Jurassic World: Dominion set? Let us know in the comments.
Pictures of a new Friends set has been found on LEGO.com. 41713 Olivia's Space Academy contains a space shuttle with pink accents and a very cool looking academy building. Four figures are included: Olivia and William in space suits, and Dr Vidya and Julian.
LEGO has now officially revealed 75342 Republic Fighter Tank, following its early appearance on LEGO.com last week.
The set will be released on the 26th of April and costs £34.99, $39.99 or €39.99. An updated Mace Windu minifigure, with printed arms, is included beside the 187th Legion Clone Commander, two matching Clone Troopers and two Battle Droids.
Three new Lightyear sets, based upon the upcoming Pixar film, have been revealed on LEGO.com!
These sets include 76830 Zyclops Chase, 76831 Zurg Battle and 76832 XL-15 Spaceship, each featuring some remarkably appealing models and interesting elements, alongside excellent minifigures.
View images and information about these sets after the break...
LEGO is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year and images of one celebratory item have been published by French retailer La Grande Récré.
11021 90 Years of Play contains bricks to build fifteen suggested models, each paying homage to historic LEGO products. These include the famous wooden duck, 375 Castle and even Fabuland's 3601 Elton Elephant!
The set costs €49.99 and features interesting packaging, which might be repeated for other 90th anniversary products.
LEGO.com has published an image showing 75342 Republic Fighter Tank, which appears under the 'Learn More' tab.
While pricing information and the release date have yet to be revealed, this banner does show Mace Windu alongside his 187th Legion Clone Troopers, a 187th Legion Airborne Trooper and two Battle Droids.
75339 Death Star Trash Compactor has today been officially revealed, along with additional images of those that emerged during the last couple of days.
You can view further images, with information about these new sets after the break...
Following rumours, the existence of upcoming sets inspired by Avatar and Avatar 2 has been confirmed during an interview.
Stephanie Young, the president of consumer products, games and publishing for The Walt Disney Company, said the following, speaking with License Global:
"The LEGO Group will also have a full suite of building sets to recreate and display major movie moments across both the first Avatar film and Avatar 2."
What products are you hoping to see from the range? Let us know in the comments.
Images of 75329 Death Star Trench Run have been published on Amazon.es, revealing the new Diorama Collection!
This set contains 665 pieces and costs €59.99. Equivalent models suggest prices of £54.99 or $59.99 elsewhere. The model will apparently be released on the 1st of May.
Additional images are available below, including a preview of another set in this series.
The much rumoured and highly anticipated 'UCS' DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future has been revealed!
10300Back to the Future Time Machine
1,872 pieces, rated 18+
£149.99 / €169.99 / $169.99 / AU$269.99 / CA$219.99
Available from 1st April at LEGO.com
Inspiring fans to fire up their brick building engines, the LEGO Group and Universal Brand Development have revealed a brand new three-in-one reproduction of one of the most iconic vehicles of all time – the Back to the Future DeLorean Time Machine.
Inspired by the DeLorean car seen in the time travelling adventure film franchise from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, the LEGO Back to the Future Time Machine set allows builders to create the car from either the first, second or third film. What’s more, it comes complete with a light-up flux capacitor, a box of plutonium, Marty’s hoverboard and LEGO minifigure versions of Doc Brown and Marty McFly.
Earlier today LEGO revealed that Princess Peach will be joining the plumber brothers as a playable character in the Super Mario theme, and that her castle is being produced as a set.
The post has now been removed from LEGO's Instagram page which suggests that someone pressed the publish button a little early ahead of Mario day tomorrow (Mar 10 -- get it?). Luckily Jay over at Jay's Brick Blog saved the images before they were deleted.
Several other characters that will be debuting later in the year were also revealed: head on over to Jay's Brick Blog to see them all, and view a picture of 71408 Princess Peach's Castle after the break.
