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Seventy-Five Projects Qualify for LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage

January 6, 2026 /

The LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage is now set with 75 projects reaching the 10,000 supporter goal. It was fairly slow the first few months, then it ramped up in mid to late December. We were only at 44 projects that hit the goal in early December but then an influx rounded out the end of the qualifying period.

Converse – Chuck Taylor All Star – ComicMischief

BBC Ghosts – SJs Workshop

The Life of Koi – GenericBrix

The Train Junkyard – Bricky_Brick

Ramen Noodles – Gummybrickss

Naruto: Ichiraku Ramen Shop – DadiTwins

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror – CoasterZoom

Hedgehog – Dockan

The Sailor Moon Star Luminous Rod – MYS have a table

Potted Plants – InspektorSchrecklicherTeller

Backstreet Boys: I Want It That Way – H1GHDEF1N1T1ON

iMac G3 – terauma

Anne of Green Gables – Iyan ha

Tuscany B&B “L’Ulivo” – Lillibricks

Witch House – Castor-Troy

Perry the Platypus – H1GHDEF1N1T1ON

Lost – j_hrvt

The VAMPIRE DIARIES: The Salvatore Boarding House – Tobnac

Yugoslav Kiosk K67 – Indijaner

Garfield – Jim Davis’ Loveable, Lazy, Lasagne-Craving Cat! – Packatrix

The Witch’s Workshop Booknook – Owen87

Autumn Japanese Onsen – Brickcat-94

The Era’s House: The Deluxe Edition (From the Vault) – GHOSTFACE93

The Hunger Games: 5 Arenas – TobyTheBuilder64

Avatar: The Last Airbender – Firecracker_

Supernatural: The Bunker (Interior) – LEE40

Paddington – Brickicist

Mahna Mahna (Do Doo De-Do-Do) – JPHansen

Antique Telescope – JJTheOfficeGuy

Google Chrome T-Rex Runner – Brick Dangerous

Szekler Gate (Székelykapu) – Koppeczky

The Grinch: Whoville – papoy2T

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LEGO Ideas January 5 Update – First 2026 Review Stage Begins

January 5, 2026 /

The LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage is now set and we have now moved on to the First 2026 Review Stage with two projects already qualifying for it. Although I didn’t vote for it, the minifigure scale airplane turbine that actually works looks really neat. The other project features the Halliwell Manor from the late 90s to mid-2000s show with a trio of witch sisters.

CHARMED – Halliwell Manor and the Book of Shadows – Santheg

Aircraft Engine Workshop. Mini Fig. Scale & Working – Stephanix

BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 Final Designs Revealed

January 5, 2026 /

BrickLink has revealed the final designs of the five BrickLink Designer Program Series 7 sets. Crowdfunding for the sets will start on February 16 at 8am PST. A minimum of 3,000 sets have to be sold before they actually produce them. There is now a real-time production system that dynamically change depending how popular a set is so the total number of available sets varies based on the number of orders and production capacity.

Privateer Frigate Fortuna – BrickPerfection – 4,087 pieces/$349.99

W.A.L.T. The Little Robot – Leewan – 654 pieces/$39.99

Sushi Restaurant (寿司屋) – Brickproject – 3,604 pieces/$279.99

Alchemist’s Shop – Shram – 2,319 pieces/$199.99

Antique Collection – terauma – 1,504 pieces/$199.99

LEGO SMART Play Press Release – Star Wars Pre-Orders January 9

January 5, 2026 /

LEGO has released the press release for the newly announced LEGO SMART Brick and the LEGO SMART Play system. You can read more about it the functionality of it below. In addition, three new LEGO Star Wars sets have been announced with pre-orders going live on January 9 and releasing on March 1.

SMART Play: Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter (75241) – 473 pieces/$69.99

– 1x LEGO SMART Brick
– 1x LEGO SMART MINIFIGURE featuring Darth Vader
– 1x SMART TAG featuring the TIE Fighter

SMART Play: Luke’s Red Five X-wing (75423) – 584 pieces/$99.99

– 1x LEGO SMART Brick
– 2x LEGO SMART MINIFIGURES featuring Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia
– 5x SMART TAGS featuring the X-wing, Imperial turret, transporter, command center and R2-D2 accessories

SMART Play: Throne Room Duel & A-wing (75427) – 962 pieces/$159.99

– 2x LEGO SMART Bricks
– 3x LEGO® SMART MINIFIGURES featuring Luke Skywalker, Emperor Palpatine, Darth Vader
– 5x SMART TAGS featuring an A-wing, throne, Death Star turret and Lightsaber™ duels (2x tags)

Introducing LEGO® SMART Play™: Bringing your creations to life

• The LEGO Group introduces LEGO® SMART Play™, a new play innovation that brings LEGO creations to life like never before.
• The platform is powered by the LEGO SMART Brick, which is packed with ground-breaking, world-first technologies that means LEGO builds can respond to how they are played with for the first time.
• LEGO SMART Play™ brings LEGO creations to life through seamless advanced technology enabling open-ended physical play, all without screens – and its platform

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LEGO SMART Brick Officially Announced At CES 2026

January 5, 2026 /

LEGO has officially announced the LEGO SMART Brick at their first-ever CES event. LEGO’s Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Julia Goldin, was on hand to reveal the SMART Brick which is the size of a 2×4 LEGO brick. The system consists of the brick, the tag, and the minifigure. There’s a chip inside the brick that is smaller than the LEGO stud. The platform that the SMART Bricks is used on is called Smart Play.

The SMART tag and minifigure has codes inside that defines the behaviors. The SMART Brick has a tiny speaker as well lights and sounds and can also sense a SMART minifigure. The bricks can form a decentralized network so they can talk to each other when they’re close. In addition, the SMART Bricks have spatial awareness and know where they are stacked in a three dimensional space.

The first theme that LEGO will be using the SMART Brick on is LEGO Star Wars. Three new sets have been revealed to use it.

Via Engadget

LEGO Ideas January 4 Update – Total Up to 75

January 4, 2026 /

The LEGO Ideas Third 2025 Review Stage doesn’t seem to want to end as there are seven more projects that have reached the 10,000 supporter goal. As of this point, I’m not sure when it’ll end as we are well into 2026 and there are a few more projects getting close to hitting the goal as well. With this update, we’ve ballooned to 75 projects that are in the running to become an official LEGO Ideas set.

Modern Family – Jay and Gloria’s House – Countdraynor

Squirrel – Dockan

The Princess Bride 40th Anniversary Set – Frogtopia

Cactus Terrariums – 44th_brick

America’s National Parks: Iconic Postcards – Space and Time

LEGO Settlers of Catan – Master_Brickz

Bob’s Burgers – BlizzardBlazer

LEGO Teasing “A Whole New Dimension of Play”

January 4, 2026 /

LEGO has just released a teaser on social media with something that has “a whole new dimension of play.” The announcement will be some time tomorrow, January 5. In the short clip, there are some minifigure hands and quotes from kids that says “it sounds like it’s actually talking.” The final clip shows some kind of coiling going on. Note that LEGO will be a CES 2026 (Consumer Electronics Show) for the first time so it’ll be something big and innovative and brand new for LEGO. What do you guys think it is?

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