The next LEGO Ideas sets was officially revealed by LEGO today and it's the Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. The set is a diorama and it's based on, as the name suggests, the classic Tim Burton film. The build consists of 3 iconic locations from the film which are the Spiral Hill, Jack Skellington's house and the Halloween Town Hall
The set has 2,193 pieces and includes 8 minifigures which are Jack Skellington, Sally, Santa Clause, Lock, Shock, Barrel, Zero the dog (which looks like it's a new mold) and a brick-built The Mayor figure with 2 faces.
We're now well into the second half of the year, and there's less than five months left to grab hundreds of LEGO sets before they retire. In this article, we provide an update to the list of sets retiring in 2024.
This month sees plenty of new releases, which includes many sets that are already available across most of the world but were yet to hit shelves in North America. Some of the headline sets from this month are the new Jaws Ideas set, the Star Wars Rebuild the Galaxy sets, and some excellent Technic sets.
An image from a LEGO catalogue has appeared online, which gives us our first look at the Dungeons & Dragons CMF series that will release on 1 September. The image shows each of the 12 minifigures there will be to collect.
Following on from leaked images that surfaced a week and a bit ago, we now have the official reveal of the 41838 Family Travel Moments set. If you're not up to speed on the US version of LEGO Masters, this set is based on the winning design from season 4 that saw Chris (better known as Duckbricks) and Robert become champions. However, this is a loose adaptation of that design, given that the original build was 8ft long and 8ft wide.
This set sees the emergence of a new Family theme, and time will tell if more sets follow in its wake. As you can guess from the name, this set is designed for collaborative building and it's aimed at the more casual LEGO fan. As well as appealing to families, it may also appeal to the traveller market, which in this day and age is a lot of us.
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Following on from the official reveal of the 42172 McLaren P1 yesterday, LEGO have unveiled another large-scale Technic set that will also be arriving on shelves at the beginning of August. The 42177 Mercedes-Benz G 500 PROFESSIONAL Line has 2,891 pieces and measures in at 22 cm (8.5 in.) high, 43 cm (16.5 in.) long and 20 cm (8 in.) wide. This is the same scale at which the now retired 42110 Land Rover Defender was built, ensuring that the two will look great on display next to one another.
The Mercedes-Benz G 500 set commemorates the 45th anniversary of the real-world vehicle. Details of the model include a 6-cylinder engine and a gearbox that has a forward, neutral, and reverse setting. As you would expect, the set also features full suspension.
LEGO have released the latest large-scale Technic supercar in the form of the McLaren P1. It joins the 42056 Porsche 911 GT3 RS, 42083 Bugatti Chiron, 42115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, and 42143 Ferrari Daytona SP3 as the latest 1:8 scale replica.
This set beats all the other 1:8 scale cars in terms of piece count and is the four largest Technic set to be released so far. The finished model comes in at 14cm (5.5 in.) high, 59cm (23 in.) long, and 25cm (9.5 in.) wide.
High res images of the upcoming LEGO Travel Moments (41838) set have appeared online. The set is based on the winning build from the finale of the LEGO US Masters Season 4, which saw the team of Chris (Duckbricks) and Robert take the title.
Their design was a 8ft by 8ft build of a “World Wonderliner” jet plane, with three smaller builds representing some of the duo's most memorable travel experiences. This set is a highly scaled down version that has 1,321 and includes photo holders that allow the set to be customised with your own holiday snaps.
