My Neighbor Totoro by Brickasso99031 is the latest project to achieve 10,000 supporters on LEGO Ideas. The build is based on the iconic Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli movie and it features Chibi Totoro, Chu Totoro, and Totoro standing at the bus stop.
For this year’s International Day of Play, The LEGO Group has announced they are putting the world in “play mode” by transforming urban cities into playful immersive experiences. The cities targeted for this initiative include Boston, Berlin, London, and Shanghai and for World Play Day, LEGO has enlisted a global crew of creators to help bring these ideas to life.
The LEGO Group celebrates World Play Day by inspiring kids to reimagine urban spaces for play
• A new global study from the LEGO Group reveals that nearly 7 in 10 parents don’t feel their city offers sufficient safe and accessible play spaces designed for children.
• The research also uncovered that 1 in 3 children feel adults designing urban environments don’t consider their needs or preferences. To help change that, the LEGO Group has been running a global Build the Change challenge, inviting children to reimagine their cities through play.
• On International Day of Play the LEGO Group is putting the world in ‘play mode’ by demonstrating how kids’ ideas have the power to transform cities. Urban spaces in Boston, Berlin, London and Shanghai will be transformed into playful immersive experiences for kids and families.
• The LEGO Group is committed to turning these playful visions into lasting impact, sharing children’s ideas with urban planners and policymakers, including at the UN’s headquarters in New York City, to advocate for kid-centric city design.
• The LEGO Group has teamed up with world-renowned 3D street artist Joe Hill to reveal what a truly playful city looks
The BrickLink Designer Program Series 5 pre-orders are now live and crowdfunding will run until June 24, while supplies last. There is a minimum of 3,000 pre-orders required to produce the set and in the past, there was a maximum of 30,000 sets made. BrickLink has updated their wording for Series 5 and it says they have teamed up with LEGO to make more sets available so maximum number of sets made is actually unknown. You can use the links below to add the sets to the LEGO Shop shopping cart directly. There is still a limit of two copies of each set per household and you can earn Insiders points on them.
The newest LEGO Ideas to hit the store shelves is the Minifigure Vending Machine (21358). It has 1,343 pieces and retails for $179.99. The set combines a regular Collectible Minifigures series as well as a functional build.
Amazon currently has some deals going on for various LEGO sets. Quite a few of the sets like the LEGO Ideas Starry Night (21333) and the LEGO Star Wars TIE Bomber (75347) have already hit their lowest price on Amazon which is about 19%-20% off the retail price with potential to go even lower during the holiday season.
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There is only one more day left for the LEGO The Simpsons Living Room (5009325) gift with purchase set. You can only get with a purchase of the newly released LEGO Icons The Simpsons: Krusty Burger (10352). The set lasted through pretty much the whole promo period which is somewhat rare according to LEGO standards unless LEGO made a ton of them to last a whole week.
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During Summer Game Fest 2025, The LEGO Group, Light Brick Studio, and Annapurna Interactive has announced a new game call LEGO Voyagers. It is a creative co-op adventure game that will be available on PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games.
LEGO Voyagers is a 2 player co-op LEGO play experience where players of all ages embark on a journey full of platforming challenges and puzzles, all while playing as iconic LEGO bricks.
Tumble, Jump, Snap: Creative Co-Op Adventure Game LEGO® Voyagers Announced at Summer Game Fest
Billund, 6th June 2025: Today during Summer Game Fest, the LEGO Group, Light Brick Studio (LEGO® Builder’s Journey) and Annapurna Interactive announced LEGO® Voyagers, a creative co-op adventure game available later this year on PlayStation®5 (PS5™), PlayStation®4 (PS4™), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™ and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. LEGO Voyagers is a 2-player cooperative LEGO play experience where players of all ages embark on a journey full of platforming challenges and puzzles, all while playing as iconic LEGO bricks. Additionally, it will feature Friend’s Pass, allowing friends to play together using only one purchased copy of the game.
From the makers of LEGO Builder’s Journey comes this 2-player co-op adventure about friendship and play. When two friends make it their mission to rescue an abandoned spaceship, they embark on a journey beyond their wildest dreams, ultimately learning the value of being connected.
· Experience what it feels like to be a LEGO brick. Tumble, jump, snap together, and build
