Your weekly round-up of bricks, builds, and breaking news
Welcome back to This Week in LEGO, your go-to update for everything happening in the world of bricks! From exciting new set reveals to major LEGO events and the best community creations, here’s what made headlines this week:
🧩 New Sets Land in June
- LEGO Art & Botanicals: The Fauna Collection – Tiger (31217, 744 pcs, $64.99) and the Japanese Red Maple Bonsai (10348) both debuted June 1, offering stunning displays for adult builders.
- Kids’ Favorites:
- Bluey theme launches with three sets: Playground Fun with Bluey & Chloe (104 pcs, $19.99), Bluey’s Beach & Family Car Trip (133 pcs, $29.99), and Bluey’s Family House (382 pcs, $69.99) falconbricks.com.
- New City Tower set (60473, 1941 pcs, $209.99) adds a major modular skyscraper to LEGO City.
- Iconic Builds:
- Simpsons: Krusty Burger (10352, 1635 pcs, $209.99) launched June 4, complete with 7 minifigures including Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Sideshow Bob and built-in Easter eggs like the vegetarian burger reference.
- Balrog Book Nook (10367, 1201 pcs, €119.99) recreates the iconic “You Shall Not Pass” scene from LOTR, marking yet another Middle-earth collectible in the Icons lineup.
- Car Enthusiast Alert: The Shelby Cobra 427 model car was confirmed in a mid‑June report by The Brothers Brick brothers-brick.com.
🔎 Big Leaks, First Looks & Early Reviews
🎯 First Look: LEGO DREAMZzz Summer 2025 Wave
- The first images and early previews of the DREAMZzz Summer Wave dropped this week.
- New builds include wild fantasy hybrids, larger dream creatures, and more surreal settings, pushing the creativity of the theme even further.
- Strong early fan buzz suggests these could become instant collector favourites.
🌿 More Creator Expert & Botanical Leaks
- Leaks emerged for several potential late-2025 Icons sets:
- A possible Alpine Chalet modular.
- A rumoured Wild Orchid botanical set.
- Speculation continues about a follow-up large Botanical centrepiece for holiday season 2025.
- Nothing fully confirmed, but momentum is clearly building.
💶 Best LEGO Buys Under €20 — Our Summer 2025 Picks
- We pulled together Redmond’s Forge’s top value picks for under €20 this summer:
- Creator 3-in-1 Red Dragon (31145) – fantastic play value.
- City Race Car (60322) – ideal smaller City build.
- Friends Beach Buggy Fun (41725) – strong minidoll details.
- Star Wars Microfighters Wave – always great pocket sets.
- DUPLO Animal Train (10955) – top toddler option.
- In a year of rising prices, there are still excellent small sets for collectors, parents, and kids alike.
🖥 Digital & Events
- World Play Day (June 11):
- LEGO transformed city spaces in Berlin—Mitte, Kreuzberg, Neukölln, Tempelhof—into playful zones with installations, donations to child charities, and artist partnerships like Thomas Müller and Zoe Wees.
- Globally, LEGO celebrated World Play Day with urban play installations in Boston, London, Shanghai, and more lego.com.
- Interactive Digital Content: On June 16, LEGO released a set of free online activities designed to guide parents and kids through the digital play landscape.
- Nike × LEGO Play Arena: June 7–11 at LEGOLAND California, families built minifigure athlete cards and basketball jerseys while shooting hoops—an immersive sports-day experience.
🎮 Gaming & TV Highlights
- Game Reveal – LEGO Voyagers: Announced at Summer Game Fest (June 6), this co-op puzzle-adventure game from Light Brick Studio and Annapurna lets players guide tiny Lego bricks through environments to build contraptions, supported by a Friend Pass feature polygon.com.
- Big Screen Builds: Lego Masters Australia, Season 7 “Grand Masters of the Galaxy”, premiered June 1 with creative global teams; weekly challenges ran through mid-June.
- TV Ratings Surge: The weekend of June 13–15 saw Lego Masters dominate Australian TV ratings, drawing over 1.7 million viewers on June 15 mediaweek.com.au.
🔜 What’s Coming Soon
- One Piece Sets: Pre-orders opened June 5 for August 1 release, five new sets include the Going Merry ship (1376 pcs, $139.99), Buggy’s Circus Tent (573 pcs, $54.99), and giant Baratie Floating Restaurant (3402 pcs, $329.99).
- Summer 2025 Releases: By June’s end, expect 50+ new sets across diverse themes, Star Wars, Ninjago Legends, DUPLO, Friends, City, Simpsons, with staggered regional release dates lining up in North America from June to August .
🔍 In Case You Missed It
- LEGO is steadily expanding its Middle-earth franchise, adding the Balrog Book Nook to an impressive collection that includes The Shire and Barad-dûr.
- LEGO continues its push into experiential events, combining physical play with branding through public arenas, digital guides, and gaming lego.com.
🔮 Coming Up Next Week
- Looking ahead, July brings pre-orders for One Piece, connection-building digital releases, and more summer-themed sets. Expect plenty of coverage next week!
- First hands-on reviews of the LEGO Friends Summer 2025 sets, including the new Adventure Camp and Downtown Bakery expansions.
- Our review of the Best LEGO Buys Under €50 for summer 2025 — top mid-range sets offering strong value for collectors and families.
- Full breakdown and collector verdict on the LEGO Formula 1 Technic and City series, including which sets belong in the Museum and which are best for play/display.
That wraps up “This Week in LEGO”! It’s clear that LEGO continues to innovate with new products, exciting collaborations, and engaging initiatives for its global community.
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See you next week, and until then… keep building!
