Explainer
What retiring soon means on LEGO.com
LEGO® tells shoppers these sets are a last chance, and gives no date. I treat the label as a prompt to decide, not a countdown, and here's what it does and doesn't tell you.
3 Nov 2026
Articles
Reviews, comparisons and guides on LEGO® sets. New sets come first.
Review, new set
LEGO® Venetian Neighbourhood 11388 review
A canal scene with 17 minifigures and a street piano that plays, on sale to all from 4 November 2026. I like the merchant's house and can't get past the onion dome.
3 Nov 2026
Guide
Technic for adults: three big models
Three LEGO® Technic models with adult age marks, and two of them come close to 60 cm long. I'd pick the Koenigsegg for mechanisms, the McLaren for a fan, and leave the Volvo unless you already want that machine.
3 Nov 2026
Guide
How to store and display a collection
Sunlight and heat are the two things I'd plan around when displaying LEGO® sets, going by what the Canadian Conservation Institute publishes on plastics. Measure the shelf before you buy, and keep models away from the window.
3 Nov 2026
Comparison, new set
Star Trek Bridge 11385 and the first Star Trek set
Set 11385 follows what LEGO® calls its first ever Star Trek set, which showed a different Enterprise from the outside. I'd choose by ship and series, because that's all the release lets us compare.
3 Nov 2026
Comparison, new set
Sagrada Família or Executor at the same price
Two LEGO® giants, one figure on the price tag in every market we track. I'd take the Sagrada Família, because the Executor is over 136 cm long and most rooms can't take that.
3 Nov 2026
Guide, new set
Sagrada Família: buy now or wait?
The LEGO® set went on general sale on 1 November 2026 and isn't listed as retiring. I'd wait until December unless it's a Christmas present, because nothing we can see closes before then.
3 Nov 2026
Review, new set
LEGO® Sagrada Família 21065, read closely
LEGO calls it its largest set by piece count, yet it stands 62 cm high. I rate it highly on the evidence, and the catch is the room it needs around it.
3 Nov 2026
Explainer
RRP against current price: reading a discount
Every set we track is at full RRP on LEGO.com today, so our tracker shows no LEGO® discounts. That says nothing about other shops, and a shop's 'was' price needs reading with care.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup
LEGO® Icons sets retiring soon
Four of the Icons sets we track are listed as retiring soon on LEGO.com, in all seven markets we read. I'd start with the Natural History Museum: the most pieces of the four, and second lowest per piece.
3 Nov 2026
Explainer
Price per piece: when it helps, when it misleads
Price per piece divides what a LEGO® set costs by how many parts it has. It's a fair first filter between similar sets, and I wouldn't trust it past that.
3 Nov 2026
Explainer
Why one LEGO® set costs differently by market
A set carries its own number in pounds, euros and dollars, and the numbers don't look like an exchange rate. Tax rates differ by country and LEGO's press releases don't explain the numbers, so I wouldn't read a bargain into the gap.
3 Nov 2026
Comparison, new set
PlayStation or Dragon Ball as a gift
Both LEGO® sets are display pieces marked for adults, arriving a month apart in autumn 2026. If you can't tell which the person would prefer, I'd give the PlayStation, because there's more to do with it once it's built.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup, new set
New LEGO® sets arriving January 2027
Six sets dated 1 January 2027, from a small Gabby's Dollhouse set to a Joker wall piece marked for adults. Fire Mario & Bowser's Castle is the one I'd watch, because the release tells us the most about it.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup, new set
Autumn 2026 sets by price per piece
Downton Abbey is the lowest per piece of six LEGO® autumn launches in every market we track, and SpongeBob the highest. The three in the middle swap places by country, so I wouldn't choose between them on this number.
3 Nov 2026
Comparison, new set
Minas Tirith against Rivendell and Barad-dûr
Three LEGO® cities and fortresses from Middle-earth, all reviewed by the same Brickset writer. I'd buy Rivendell first, and Minas Tirith if the price doesn't stop you.
3 Nov 2026
Guide
Millennium Falcon 75192: buy or wait?
Set 75192 is listed as retiring soon on LEGO.com in all seven markets we read, with no end date given. If it's already on your list, I wouldn't hold out for a lower price.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup
Lowest and highest price per piece we track
Of the 80 LEGO® sets we track, Mini Hogwarts Castle has the lowest price per piece in all seven markets. The highest changes with the market: the US differs from the other six.
3 Nov 2026
Guide
What official recall records say about LEGO®
The US CPSC database returns three LEGO® recall records, the newest from 2009, and a UK search returned none on 3 November 2026. We couldn't read EU Safety Gate, and a short list isn't a safety promise.
3 Nov 2026
Explainer
LEGO® Icons explained: who the series is for
Every Icons set among the 80 we track carries the same adult age mark, across subjects as far apart as Venice and a pinball table. I read the series as a label for adult builders, with no single theme behind it.
3 Nov 2026
Guide, new set
LEGO® Godzilla 21375: what we know
Announced on 3 November 2026 and on sale from 27 November, it stands over 70 cm tall with its Heat Ray. There's no reason to act before launch, and the gift window lasts four days.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup
LEGO® gifts by budget, with age marks
Six LEGO® sets for children, cheapest first, each with its age mark. Three of them aren't on sale until January 2027, so for a December gift I'd look at the other three.
3 Nov 2026
Review, new set
LEGO® Executor 75457: what the price buys
LEGO says it's the longest Star Wars brick-built model to date, at over 136 cm. The engineering impresses me, but the size and the plain underside cost it points.
3 Nov 2026
Guide
LEGO® prices in five EU markets
On LEGO.com, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal showed the same euro price on every one of the 80 sets we track that we could compare. Outside those 80, some sale prices differed. Stock is the bigger gap.
3 Nov 2026
Guide, new set
Downton Abbey 21373: buy now or wait?
LEGO® Ideas Downton Abbey went on general sale on 4 October 2026, and nothing official puts a clock on it yet. I'd wait, unless it's a gift with a date attached.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup
The biggest LEGO® sets retiring soon
Six of the largest sets we track that LEGO.com lists as retiring soon, led by Millennium Falcon 75192. No end date is published, so I'd choose by what you want on the shelf and not by a countdown.
3 Nov 2026
Roundup
Big LEGO® sets by piece count, and what it hides
A piece count tells you very little about where the model will sit. These six big sets span a 16 cm deep castle and a ship over 136 cm long, and I'd measure the shelf first.
3 Nov 2026
Guide
Age marks and small parts: a guide for parents
The age mark on a LEGO® set is one number, and it doesn't tell you about small parts. Our data carries the mark and not the warning, so I'd read the box before it goes near a house with a toddler.
3 Nov 2026