LEGO® Technic has been dominated a bit by model cars of late (more on this in a review coming soon). In an apparent acknowledgment of the more construction-vehicle-heavy origins of Technic, the LEGO group gifted us an entire box of Mighty Machines: a new series of small Technic sets in the style of collectible minifigs.

What’s that I hear you say? Collectable? Small Technic? Yes, indeed, small, collectable and Technic. The series is labelled ‘Series 1’, hinting at another possible future range. Based on my experience with this set I would loudly applaud this! Bigger is not always better, and in this case it seems smaller is much much better.

Series one consists of 8 different tiny construction vehicles with play cards retailing for
AU$6.99/£4.49/US$4.99/€4.99. Each vehicle comes in a blind box, so you can either try your luck or scan the QR code at the bottom of the box with an appropriate app (see reference values in the appendix) to find out what is inside. A full box contains 2 of each, for a total of 16.

The top-level summary is: YES! Oh YES! Each of these little builds is delightful and tickles an itch of a bit of building and a neat little mechanism in a bite-sized package. After spending long hours on the assembly of large complicated LEGO sets it is a delight to get so much play in such a simple way.

Join me as I go over each of the little units and take a guess at what the ‘gaming cards’ may signifiy.

The Box

The box is your typical display box I’ve seen in store often for collectable minifigures. Each of the individual boxes also looks very familiar albeit that the contents, displayed on the sides and back panel, are dominated by the single colour yellow on a blue background.

Yellow is a dominant colour for construction equipment for safety reasons; yellow is nice and visible. I often wish on-road cars would be a bit more colourful, but I digress. As in the real world, many bulldozers, wheel loaders and cranes in the Technic range have been yellow, so much so that my Technic parts storage was dominated by yellow black and greys until relatively recently. This probably says more about my preference for such construction equipment than LEGO’s assortment.

The sides of the display box mention ‘game card’ and show the vehicles on little road tiles. These tiles themselves remind me of ‘ye olde’ road plates I used to have for city layouts.

The individual boxes clearly show all sets in the series on the front, with a QR code on the bottom (more on this later) and the typical 1:1 icon on the side showing a new part. Each of the boxes have this same image on it, and yes each of these sets contains at least one of these parts. It’s a half width Technic beam 3L with window frame. The window frame does not seem to provide any obvious connection points, but I can see the sharp edges (quite unusual in Technic) offering opportunities for detailing or accents.

The Mighty Machines

Run with us past all these delicious builds where I will award some arbitrary praise units according to my own preference. See the video below to see all the units in action.

Road Roller

Right out of the gate is my favourite. I love the little roller and the hand-of-god steering. It gives me joy driving it around weaving between obstacles with this little one. 5 out of 5!

Wheel Loader

The wheel loader shows the same use of the ‘window pane’ parts to create the impression of cab. The bucket is created out of two other new parts (I forgot to photograph), and the build contains a worm gear controlled from the back to lift and lower the bucket. 4 out of 5!

Dump Truck

The dump truck didn’t wow me as much compared to the others. The truck steers from the front cabin, and the bucket dumps. Very nice to get all this in such a small build. 3 out of 5.

Cement Truck

The cement truck makes the rear concrete drum slowly spin at it drives. Because of the worm gear the rotation is very slow, so I’m sure it will delight people (especially little young people) to look at this while driving it in front of their eyes.

The cement truck contains a tiny little worm gear, and gets bonus points just for that. (I remember having to manually draw a worm gear in university and they hold a fond place in my heart since then). 4 out of 5.

Wrecking Ball Crane

This wrecking ball gave me a bit of ‘wheeeeee!’ as I swung the ball around by rotating the red knob at the back. It’s simple and effective and just fun to knock things over. 4 out of 5.

Excavator

Wow, just wow. The excavator manages to capture TWO movements into the tiny little package, to allow the boom to reach and the bucket to scoop. Each of the knobs on the side controls one of the movements and it’s so rewarding to scoop around with this tiny little digger. 5 out of 5!

Mobile Crane

Meh. A crane really has four main aspects that excite me, and this crane has none of those. Counter-steering wheels (so the long vehicle can still turn), an extendable arm, extenable stabilization legs and, off course, a hook that can lift things. I’ll admit the truck looks nice, and the arm can move up and down but it just doesn’t capture enough for me. 3 out of 5.

Bulldozer

The bulldozer is cute, but that’s about it. It’s nice that it can lift it’s ‘bucket’ in a similar way to the wheel loader, but the latter just has a bit more range and playability. 3 out of 5.

The Game

Each of the Mighty Machines comes with a game card. At the date of writing the rules of the game are not yet available online so I can only guess what the game will be about.

On one side is an image (and number) of the set it came with, and some icons that seem to indicate speed and two special properties (or skills). The other sides of the cars show road segments and the same icons we saw on the other sides of the cards. I suspect the game will be a bit domino-like where a truck needs to have the correct properties to traverse a path, but I can’t quite see how it plays out with them being on opposite sides of the cards.

When the game is out, we will give it a play and share our thoughts.

Should you get these Mighty Machines?

Yes, you should get these Mighty Machines. They are not all created equal, and I’m sure other people will have other preferences, but they are all adorable, tiny, quick builds that show you what Technic can do, and how just a few parts are sometimes enough. Pick one (or more) of these up when you encounter them, you will not regret it.

I give Mighty Machines Series 1 overall 5 out of 5 arbitrary praise units, for LEGO daring something new at this low price point. It may not strictly be perfect, but it’s as close as it gets at this size. Thank you, LEGO!

LEGO Technic Mighty Machines go on sale on August 1 2026: Series One consists of 8 different tiny construction vehicles with play cards which will retail for AU$6.99 /£4.49 /US$4.99 /€4.99.

Which one of these vehicles is your favorite?

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Appendix A: The QR Codes

Scanning the QR codes with a typical minifig scanner shows the numbers are not yet recognised, but there are 8 different numbers coresponding to 8 different vehicles, 2 of each number in the box.

See the corresponding sets in the screenshots below: