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The LEGO Group Acquires LEGO and LEGOLAND Discovery Centers from Merlin Entertainments

September 24, 2025 /

The LEGO Group has announced that they have acquired LEGO and LEGOLAND Discovery Centers from Merlin Entertainments for £200 million. The deal includes 29 Centers in 9 countries and Merlin will continue to operate the 11 LEGOLAND Resorts around the world. We’ve already seen that you can earn LEGO Insiders points at select Discovery Centers and I’m guessing that they’ll roll it out to all of them now. The deal will close by the end of the year.

The LEGO Group to acquire LEGO® Discovery Centres and LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres from Merlin Entertainments

• 29 Centres in 9 countries welcome 5 million visitors each year.
• Centres provide fans with unique brand and retail experiences that celebrate the fun and creativity of LEGO play.
• Merlin to continue operating LEGOLAND Resorts under licence from the LEGO Group.

BILLUND, DENMARK, 24 September 2025: The LEGO Group today announced it has agreed to acquire LEGO® Discovery Centres and LEGOLAND® Discovery Centres from Merlin Entertainments. The acquisition will include 29 Centres in nine countries which attract around five million visitors each year.

LEGO Group CEO, Niels B Christiansen said: “We are excited to welcome the Discovery Centres to the LEGO Group and appreciate all that Merlin Entertainments has done to bring the LEGO brand to life through these attractions. They will be an important addition to our global network of retail stores and allow us to offer fans of all ages even more memorable hands-on brand and shopping experiences. We are looking forward to welcoming the dedicated Discovery Centre

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LEGO Creator Celebration Series: 3. Luminous Ghost (40772) GWP Revealed

September 23, 2025 /

LEGO has revealed a new LEGO Creator gift with purchase set coming soon with the Celebration Series: 3. Luminous Ghost (40772). The set has 167 pieces and it features a buildable ghost that has a light brick. The set also a little bat and pumpkin as well. There’s no information yet on when it will be released or the price requirement to get it.

Play out scary fun with this LEGO® Creator Celebration Series: Luminous Ghost (40772) Halloween gift. The ghost toy comes with a pumpkin toy and a bat with posable wings displayed on a transparent stick to give the impression it’s flying. Kids canpress a handle on the LEGO ghost to activate a light brick and illuminate its mouth and eyes with a creepy red glow! This Halloween toy is great for play and display and makes a cool gift for boys and girls aged 8 and up. Set contains 167 pieces.

LEGO Updates Retiring Soon List – September 2025

September 22, 2025 /

The LEGO Shop has updated their list of sets that are Retiring Soon and currently there are over 100 sets that are scheduled to be done by the end of the year. A majority of the sets are older ones but there are also some that are pretty recent including the One Piece BrickHeadz. Of course this is not the end all, be all list of sets that will be retiring as LEGO will usually update it.

Art

• Batman: The Animated Series Gotham City (76271)

BrickHeadz

• Obi-Wan Kenobi & Darth Vader (40547)
• Iron Spider-Man (40670)
• Potted Groot (40671)
• Batman 8-in-1 Figure (40748)
• Wednesday & Enid (40750)
• Dumbo (40792)
• Tom and Jerry Figures (40793)
• Revenge of the Sith Heroes & Villains  (40796)
• Monkey D. Luffy Figure (40799)
• Buggy the Clown Figure (40800)

City

• Car Transporter Truck with Sports Cars (60408)
• Yellow Mobile Construction Crane (60409)
• Yellow Construction Excavator (60420)
• Robot World Roller-Coaster Park (60421)
• Seaside Harbor with Cargo Ship (60422)
• Space Base and Rocket Launchpad (60434)
• Jungle Explorer Helicopter at Base Camp (60437)
• Space Science Lab (60439)
• Modular Galactic Spaceship (60446)
• No Limits: Race Car Ramp Track (60460)
• Scrapyard with Cars (60472)

Creator 3-in-1

• Pirate Ship (31109)
• Forest Animals: Red Fox (31154)
• Tropical Ukulele (31156)

Disney

• Mini Disney Sleeping Beauty Castle (40720)
• Maleficent’s Dragon Form (43240)
• Disney Castle (43222)
• King Magnifico’s Castle (43224)
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LEGOLAND California Announces Galacticoaster – First New Coaster in Over 20 Years

September 22, 2025 /

LEGOLAND Calfornia has announced their first new coaster in more than 20 years called the Galacticoaster. Opening in early 2026, the coaster is built inside a 30,000 square foot building and stands over 30 feet high.

LEGOLAND® California Resort Reveals First New Coaster in Over Two Decades

The West Coast is getting its own LEGO® launchpad: Galacticoaster is coming in 2026!

CARLSBAD, CA (September 22, 2025) – All bricks in place…we have liftoff! LEGOLAND® California Resort announced today that its all-new space-themed indoor coaster will be named: Galacticoaster! Galacticoaster is officially blasting off in early 2026 and today the Resort shared, for the first time, the track being installed at the ride’s location in Fun Town.

Built inside a 30,000-square-foot building that stands over 30 feet high, this intergalactic adventure is not only the Resort’s first new coaster in more than 20 years, it has been under construction for more than a year with a global crew of 500+ builders. Stretching nearly 1,500 feet of track, Galacticoaster will have families strapping into their customized spacecraft, zipping through cosmic scenes, and experiencing a personalized journey through the LEGO® galaxy.

“Galacticoaster is going to launch LEGOLAND​ California into a whole new galaxy of fun,” said Flora Liu, Senior Project Manager at Merlin Magic Making. “It’s our first coaster here in more than 20 years and part of Merlin’s largest-ever LEGOLAND​ investment – $90 million to bring Galacticoaster to both LEGOLAND​ California and LEGOLAND​ Florida. We’ve pulled inspiration from LEGO​ sets families have loved for decades, while layering in

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LEGO Ideas Gizmo (21361) Target Deal – 20% Off

September 21, 2025 /

If you’re a Target shopper, one of their current weekly deals is for 15% off select LEGO sets and on the list includes the upcoming LEGO Ideas Gizmo (21361). They are taking pre-orders for it while also saving 15%. If you have the Target Circle Card, you can also save an additional 5% with free shipping. This essentially saves you 20% which equates to about $89 even before the set is released.

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LEGO October 2025 Shopping Guide

September 21, 2025 /

This month is just flying by and it’s time for our LEGO October 2025 shopping guide for sets that will be releasing on the LEGO Shop next week. The main set that will be releasing is the new UCS Death Star (75419) which will be the first ever set priced at $999.99. We also have the release of this year’s Winter Village set with the Holiday Express Train (10361) along with the other Seasonal Christmas sets.

For the gift with purchase items, we only know of one so far which is the LEGO Star Wars TIE Fighter with Imperial Hangar Rack (40771) which you can only get when you purchase the Death Star.

In the Insiders Reward Center, you can get the LEGO Star Wars Death Star Supersize Premium Print which will cost 5,000 Insiders points.

Botanicals

• Bouquet of Pink Roses (10374) – $59.99

Icons

• Holiday Express Train (10361) – $129.99

Ideas

• Gizmo (21361) – $109.99
• Mineral Collection (21362) – $59.99

Seasonal

• Festive Gingerbread House (40809) – $39.99
• Snowman Ornaments (40812) – $12.99
• Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure (40820) – $54.99
• Family Christmas Tree (41843) – $329.99

Star Wars

• Gingerbread AT-AT Walker (40806) – $59.99
• Ultimate Collector Series Death Star (75419) – $999.99

• Game Boy (72046) – $59.99

Wednesday

• Thing’s Apartment (76785) – $89.99
• Morticia’s Cottage (76786) – $109.99

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Building the Legacy Featurette

September 20, 2025 /

Today is Batman Day 2025 and Warner Bros. Games has released a behind the scenes look at LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight. Here we have James Gunn and Jim Lee along with the team at TT Games and The LEGO Group talk about the legacy of Batman.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is scheduled to release in 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

DC and Warner Bros. Games Celebrates Batman Day 2025 with New LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight Behind-The-Scenes Video Featuring DC Studios’ James Gunn, DC’s Jim Lee, TT Games, and The LEGO Group

DC and Warner Bros. Games today debuted a new LEGO® Batman™: Legacy of the Dark Knight behind-the-scenes video in celebration of Batman Day 2025, the annual tradition commemorating one of the most iconic characters in the world, DC’s Batman.

The new featurette includes a fresh look at gameplay for LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, along with commentary from James Gunn (Co-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DC Studios), Jim Lee (President, Publisher & Chief Creative Officer, DC), Jonathan Smith (Strategic Director & Head of Development Team, TT Games), Jesper C. Nielsen (Creative Lead, The LEGO Group), and other development team members, who all expand on how the 86-year history of Batman films, television shows, comics, and games has been brought together with TT Games’ signature LEGO humor in the upcoming interactive videogame experience.

“This game is an absolute celebration of everything Batman”

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