The 2025 Chinese International Import Expo is now underway, and we have seen several sets across a range of themes revealed. These include Chinese New Year Fireworks, as well as a Galloping Horses Canvas for the Spring Festival; the first of the 15th Anniversary Ninjago sets , the four weapons blacksmith, and a Bouquet of Tulips, the first 2026 Botanical set to be revealed. These are sets due for release in January 2026.

There was one theme missing, however.

Noticably absent from the line up was Monkie Kid – the inhouse theme continuing the story of the classical Chinese Novel, Journey to the West. There has been at least one set from this theme revealed at CIIE for the past 4 years, and I wonder if this suggests that the theme quietly coming to an end? Or do they have something bigger planned for later in the CIIE?

To be fair, the majority of LEGO Themes that have been tied up with an animated series have typically been expected to have a story cycle of around 3-4 years. Monkie Kid has seen new releases from 2020 to 2025. While the theme has met with a mixed response in the West, it has had its enthusiasts who will be sorry to see it go, if only because the TV series was left with an implied cliffhanger, or at least a lead in for the next storyline. We have not seen any new episodes of the animated series released since 2024, and I wonder if there will be a final movie or story arc produced to say farewell?

Please recognise, this is speculation: There has been no firm confirmation one way or the other from the LEGO Group at this time. But, if it comes, you read it here earlier…

In the meantime, let’s take a look at the sets that were actually revealed.

 LEGO® Spring Festival

80119 Galloping Horse Canvas 1650 pieces

Price: 109,99 USD / 99,99 EUR / 89,99 GBP 

Celebrate Spring Festival with this Galloping Horse Canvas build-and-display model (80119). A super Zodiac sign toy gift for boys, girls and animal lovers aged 10 and over, this set lets kids, families and friends create their own stunning horse art decor. Hang the canvas with a printed brush painting of 4 galloping horses – which symbolises the traditional blessing of ‘success upon arrival’ in the New Year – as a backdrop to your model. Pose the legs of the 4 brick-built horse toys and turn the handle to make the horses move as if galloping out of the painting. Horses are a symbol of strength and the total number of 8 depicted in the painting/model symbolises good fortune. Attach the scene featuring minifigures of a painter and a person in Year of the Horse costume plus a horse painting on a scroll to the model. Team up with Build Together mode in the LEGO Builder app, where everyone has fun building part of the set using their own devices. Set contains 1,650 pieces.

80118 Fortune Firecracker. 1039 pieces.

Price: 89,99 USD / 79,99 EUR / 69,99 GBP 

Inspire fun family activities for kids and adults during Spring Festival and create playful LEGO® wall art with this Fortune Firecracker building set (80118). This firework decoration is an ideal toy gift for boys and girls aged 9 years and over. It features ornate firecrackers with LEGO bricks inside to make a ‘crackling’ noise when moved. Press the button to reveal either a Spring Festival firework display or scene with people welcoming the God of Fortune. While one of the celebration scenes is displayed inside the firecracker model, the other can be played with separately. The set features 6 minifigures, including a God of Fortune, to encourage role play. This building toy is great for kids to build solo or as a group project and the finished model is designed to be wall-mounted as living room decor. Kids can also build with confidence using the LEGO Builder app – zoom, rotate in 3D and track progress with easy-to-follow digital instructions. Set contains 1,039 pieces.

Ninjago 15th Anniversary

 71858  Four Weapons Blacksmith 15th Anniversary  1259 Pieces.

Price: 99,99 USD / 99,99 EUR / 89,99 GBP 

  

Celebrate the LEGO® NINJAGO® TV show with this Four Weapons Blacksmith 15th Anniversary (71858) building set. Boys, girls and nostalgic fans aged 14 and over will be thrilled that, for the first time, they can build, display and recreate action with the iconic blacksmith’s workshop – the first-ever location in the pilot episode of the LEGO NINJAGO TV show. Open the ninja toy at the back to reveal a bedroom and a forge packed with details and accessories from the show’s history. Kids can find ninja stickers hidden in the playset behind removable helmet and hood displays and push out a sign to reveal the golden weapons map. The set comes with 6 minifigures of characters from the history of the TV show: Maya, Ray, Nya, Blacksmith Kai, Master Wu, plus, for the first time, a collectible elemental Master of Earth on a stand. Kids can build each playset with confidence using the LEGO Builder app – zoom, rotate in 3D and track progress with easy-to-follow digital instructions. Set contains 1,259 pieces.

Botanicals

11501 Tulip Bouquet 576 Pieces

 Piece Count: 576

Price: $AUD99.99 / 59,99 USD / 59,99 EUR / 54,99 GBP 

Add an eye-catching piece of flower decor to your home with the LEGO® Botanicals Tulip Bouquet (11501) building kit for adults. Capturing the joy and optimism of spring, this LEGO bouquet features 5 varieties of tulips in various colours and stages of bloom. Immerse yourself in the beauty of flowers as you craft vibrant green buds, purple closed tulips and red, yellow and pink opened tulips, plus green leaves for added authenticity. The flower building set also includes adjustable stems that make it easy to arrange the tulips into a bespoke LEGO bouquet. Once you’ve completed this fun craft project, the set becomes a stunning piece of floral home decor that will bring colour to any space. A thoughtful gift for women and men on birthdays, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, housewarmings or any other special occasions, this flower building set is available in the LEGO Builder app, where budding florists can access digital building instructions and track their progress. Set contains 576 pieces.

Here we are, at the start of the third month of the Northern Autumn, and already, we are looking at sets being released that celebrate the coming of Spring. And ninjago!

I’m excited by the Tulips and hope to continue to bring you reviews of botanical sets for 2026. The Ninjago Blacksmith looks fun, and will be particularly important for people who have grown up following Ninjago for the past 15 years.

Do any of these sets appeal to you? Where will you look first?

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