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Zelda's Great Deku Tree exits US retail in under two years

The Great Deku Tree (77092) sold out on the US LEGO Shop, officially retired at retail less than two years after its September 2024 launch. The trigger: Nintendo's Switch 2 announcement of an Ocarina of Time remake sent fans racing for remaining stock. Companion set The Final Battle (77093) is still available.

Coverage · 3 sources ▸

Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO Zelda Deku Tree sells out in US ahead of rumoured 2026 set

The Brick Fan Allen "Tormentalous" Tran

LEGO The Legend of Zelda Great Deku Tree (77092) Officially Sold Out

Ashnflash

Bad News for LEGO Legend of Zelda...

Minty Take

A Nintendo announcement liquidating a LEGO set in real time is a new kind of demand signal. The Zelda line launched cautiously in 2024, and LEGO's planning cadence hasn't caught up to what Nintendo can do to demand in a single day. A successor needs to be in the pipeline already.

Godzilla is coming to LEGO Ideas, and it could be massive

LEGO Ideas 21375 Godzilla is rumored for a November 2026 release, timed to Black Friday, and early reports from Brick Fanatics and StoneWars put the piece count above 5,000. That would make it the largest Ideas set ever released. A Godzilla GWP is also rumored alongside it.

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO Ideas 21375 Godzilla rumoured for November 2026

StoneWars DE Philip Erpenbeck

LEGO Ideas Godzilla (21375) Rumors: Over 5000-piece heavy Colossus with Godzilla GWP on November for Black Friday?

Minty Take

Ideas has been building toward this. The World Map broke the scale ceiling; Titanic pushed it further; Rivendell hit 6,167 pieces. A 5,000-piece Godzilla for Black Friday is the next beat in a premium tier that has been consolidating for years. The question, as always with these flagship Ideas sets, is the price point (and which Kaiju is next).

Man holding LEGO FIFA World Cup Trophy Set

After 32 years, LEGO is ready for the World Cup's North American return

Football fever hits after a 32-year wait, and LEGO arrives with a full squad: a brick-built Trophy replica, player-inspired LEGO Editions sets, and a World Cup makeover for their biggest stadium build. Brick Fanatics ranked the lineup, and while one set scores big, others barely make the squad.

Coverage · 4 sources ▸

Brick Fanatics Dylan McLaren

LEGO’s biggest stadium gets a World Cup glow-up

Brick Fanatics Dylan McLaren

Every LEGO World Cup 2026 set ranked from worst to best

Bricks Fanz Adam White

LEGO Score & Build: World Cup 2026

Promobricks DE Michael

LEGO World Cup mini trophy from Smyths Toys: Building instructions for reproduction

Minty Take

Sports licenses are LEGO's most variable category. The FIFA partnership, timed to a tournament that arrives every four years, is a good strategic window. Brick Fanatics' ranking suggests uneven execution, though. A four-year cycle is unforgiving: the sets that miss will be at clearance before the next World Cup.

Also Happening

Inside Minas Tirith: design deep-dives and shipping delays

Brick Fanatics has a running series on Minas Tirith's creation: new bespoke elements, the engineering challenge of fitting seven levels into scale, and shipping dates that keep slipping.

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

Here’s how LEGO Minas Tirith’s new elements were created

Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO Minas Tirith’s seven levels proved to be a tight fit

Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith shipping dates continue to slip

Brick Fanatics Dylan McLaren

Four places LEGO could choose as its next big The Lord of the Rings set

LotR Oliphaunt rumored as a 2,000-plus piece diorama for 2027

Brick Fanatics and StoneWars report 11395 Lord of the Rings Oliphaunt is rumored for a January 1, 2027 launch, in diorama form with over 2,000 pieces.

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO The Lord of the Rings Oliphaunt rumoured for 2027

StoneWars DE Jens Herwig

LEGO Elephant (11395): Will a LEGO Lord of the Rings diorama with a built elephant made of over 2000 parts come out in 2027?

LEGO Icons Dune Sandworm (11392) rumored for early 2027

LEGO Icons 11392 Dune Sandworm is rumored for early 2027, per Brick Fanatics and StoneWars. The timing tracks: Dune: Part Three arrives in December 2026.

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO Icons 11392 Dune Sandworm rumours emerge

StoneWars DE Philip Erpenbeck

LEGO Dune Sandworm early 2027? First rumors about the second LEGO Icons Dune set (11392)

The LEGO Zelda wishlist, energized by a Switch 2 remake

With the OoT remake confirmed for Nintendo Switch 2 and the Deku Tree freshly retired, Brick Fanatics published a wishlist of five LEGO Zelda sets to build toward.

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Brick Fanatics Dylan McLaren

The future of LEGO Zelda: five sets we need next

Brick Fanatics

The future of LEGO Zelda...

First LEGO Star Wars 2027 rumors surface

Brick Fanatics reports the first LEGO Star Wars January 2027 set rumors. MandRproductions covered five of them and described the slate as 'not that exciting...

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

First LEGO Star Wars January 2027 set rumours emerge

MandRproductions

Our First LEGO Star Wars 2027 RUMORS!

BDP Series 8 funded, but the sales pace raises questions

BrickLink Designer Program Series 8 hit all five funding targets. SlapShotBricks' 24-hour breakdown flagged pre-order numbers that read as softer than earlier series and asked whether the program is losing momentum.

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

LEGO BrickLink Designer Program Series 8 sets fully-funded

SlapShotBricks

LEGO Bricklink Series 8 Sets Are NOT Selling Well...Should We Panic?!

Free Father's Day Coffee Cup make and take at LEGO Stores

UK and select European LEGO Stores are running a free Father's Day make and take on June 20, building a miniature coffee cup. Per Bricks Fanz, UK stores run sessions from 10:00 to 12:00.

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Brick Fanatics Matt Yeo

Free LEGO Coffee Cup make and take event announced

Bricks Fanz Adam White

LEGO Stores Coffee Cup Make & Take

World Play Day celebrated with LEGO, from Downing Street down

Today is World Play Day, adopted by the UN as a fundamental right for every child. In the UK, LEGO brought in Downing Street, an I'm a Celebrity winner, and a Traitors winner to mark it.

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Brick Fanatics Dylan McLaren

Downing Street, I’m a Celeb champion and Traitors winner celebrate World Play Day with LEGO

Bricks Fanz Adam White

Happy LEGO World Play Day

just2good

WEIRD LEGO Disney Minifigures Change

Block Party

Godzilla, Lord of the Rings & Star Trek?! LEGO Leaks Are Wild

Held der Steine

Top function discovered - Lego Star Wars 75413 Republican Juggernaut

Stud City

Most expensive LEGO sets at a convention...

just2good

2027 LEGO LEAKS! NEW LICENSES, Dune Sandworm, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Godzilla AND MORE!

Brick Clicker

NEW LEGO LEAKS! (LOTR, Dune, Godzilla, Star Trek & MORE!)

Beyond the Brick

We Found Rare LEGO Sets! KC Brick Store in Kansas City

MandRproductions

Bricks & Minifigs is BROKE?, LAN Re-Brand?, Movie Sets That Don't Exist! | ASK MandR 408

Stud City

BAM Gets Worse | Is Free LEGO Worth It? | Stud City Unhinged 029

Bricksie

Adding LEGO City Elevation.. EVERYWHERE!

Stud City

Every 2022 LEGO Ninjago set

New Reviews

LEGO Chinese Festival sets review: the subtheme redeems itself

Brick Fanatics reviewed 80120 Prosperity Carp Leaping and 80121 Ancient Moon-Gazing Inn, calling them a direct response to past Lunar New Year sets that missed on play value.

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Brick Fanatics Dylan McLaren

LEGO Chinese Festival sets review

Brick Fanatics

These LEGO Chinese Festival sets have saved the subtheme

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Trend Watch

Nintendo's Switch 2 is writing LEGO's restock calendar

The Deku Tree sold out because a game announcement told it to, not because the product had run its course. That's new territory. The Zelda line launched cautiously in 2024, and LEGO's planning cadence hasn't caught up to what Nintendo can do to demand in a single day. A successor needs to be in the pipeline already.

2027's rumor slate breaks early, and it's ambitious

Oliphaunt, Dune Sandworm, Godzilla at over 5,000 pieces, Star Trek's Enterprise bridge, first Star Wars hints: five threads of 2027 planning surfaced this week. The pattern is large-format display builds across premium licenses. If even half of these confirm, 2027 will be a record-spend year for Icons and Ideas collectors. The mid-year rumor cycle is running early and running hot.

BDP has matured past the 'anything sells' phase

Series 8 is funded, but SlapShotBricks' 24-hour breakdown flagged pre-order numbers that feel softer than earlier series. BDP has matured: the novelty of community-funded LEGO sets has worn off. Buyers are now making value judgments the way they would with any standard release. That's healthier for the program's long-term credibility, but it puts more pressure on the designs themselves.

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