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BrickJournal Founder Joe Meno Passes Away

February 12, 2026 /

In some very sad news that came out last night, BrickJournal founder Joe Meno has passed away after fighting cancer the past few years. For over 20 years, Joe’s work help showcase the LEGO fan community in the BrickJournal as well as at LEGO conventions. He was also heavily involved with FIRST LEGO League working with elementary school teams. I was lucky enough to meet Joe a few times at San Diego Comic Con and he was always fun to talk to, not just about LEGO but about life stuff in general. Joe will be missed.

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LEGO Botanicals Blooming Heart Make & Take This Friday

February 10, 2026 /

LEGO Brand Stores this Friday will be holding a LEGO Botanicals Blooming Heart Make & Take event for Insiders. The building event will be on Friday, February 13 from 5-7pm (4-6pm at Downtown Disney, Anaheim) and they will have limited quantities available.

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LEGO Botanicals March 2026 Sets Officially Announced

January 29, 2026 /

A couple of new LEGO Botanicals sets have been officially revealed today for a March 1 release.

Sunflower Bouquet (11502) – 686 pieces/$59.99

Let your creativity bloom with the LEGO® Botanicals Sunflower Bouquet (11502) building set for adults. This gorgeous LEGO bouquet includes 6 sunflowers in various stages of development. Enjoy creating 1 sunflower bud, 3 sunflowers beginning to bloom and 2 big fully opened sunflowers, plus 4 stems of eucalyptus. These LEGO flowers are designed to be highly realistic and the petals and stems are adjustable so budding florists can arrange the plants into a bespoke bouquet and display it proudly as flower decor. It can also be combined with other LEGO Botanicals sets (sold separately) to create a larger, customised floral display. Sunflowers are thought to represent positivity, love and luck, so this LEGO building kit makes a thoughtful birthday, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or housewarming gift for women, men and nature lovers. It’s also available in the LEGO Builder app, where builders can rotate their builds and track their progress. Set contains 686 pieces.

Magnolia Branches (11510) – 435 pieces/$49.99

Immerse yourself in nature and create beautiful flower decor with this LEGO® Botanicals Magnolia Branches (11510) building set for adults. Relax as you craft the floral display, which includes 5 highly detailed magnolia branches. This is one of the only LEGO Botanicals sets to include branches and the magnolia petals feature 2 shades of colour for added realism. There are also lots of fun details to discover, including cupcake pieces for the flower

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LEGO SMART Play Only Launching in Six Markets Worldwide

January 10, 2026 /

Pre-orders for the LEGO SMART Play Star Wars sets went live yesterday but if you were in certain countries, you aren’t able to place your orders. After the CES 2026 event, we’ve gotten some more information about the LEGO SMART Play system and it was revealed that the sets will only be available on March 1 for six launch markets: United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Poland, and Australia. This wasn’t mentioned during CES or at any presentations afterward so that’s very baffling. The following details are LEGO’s statement on why there are only six countries for the launch:

The first LEGO SMART Play sets will be on shelf from 1st March 2026 in our six launch markets: US, UK, France, Germany, Poland and Australia.

It wasn’t launched globally, as LEGO® SMART Play is a major transformative company-wide initiative that spans our entire value chain, from R&D to manufacturing and retail. Owing to the complexities of launching this innovative new platform we’ve phased launch to ensure the best customer experience we can.

While we can’t share more information right now on further market availability, our teams are working really hard to get LEGO SMART Play to fans and builders across the world. Please stay tuned and we’ll share more information as soon as we can.

Note that the countries don’t include LEGO’s home, Denmark, which is more puzzling about a new play system that fans aren’t too keen on already at first look. Of course there’s many other factors that we don’t know about for … Continue

Enter for Chance to Win 10,000 LEGO Insiders Points

January 9, 2026 /

LEGO has started a new promotion on the Rewards Center where you have a chance to win 10,000 LEGO Insiders Points. It costs you absolutely no points to enter but you could walk away with 10k more points. The promotion will run until February 6. The usual restrictions apply.

What would you do with 10,000 loyalty points? This is your chance to boost your points balance, so you’ve got more to go towards rewards, gifts and other LEGO® goodies. We’re giving away 10,000 points to 10 lucky winners. Free to enter. 1 entry per member. Valid from 8th January – 6th February 2026. No purchase necessary. Terms and conditions apply.*

Please see full terms and conditions for details and eligibility requirements. Sweepstake closes on 02/06/26 Eligible countries: Austria, Canada (excluding Quebec), Denmark, Estonia, France (excluding French Overseas Departments or Territories, and the Principality of Monaco), Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Slovakia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.

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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

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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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