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LEGO Botanicals 11510 Magnolia Branches Review

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A crystal vase filled with artificial pink magnolia branches and buds placed on a kitchen countertop, with a modern kitchen setting in the background.

The Magnolia branches are the second botanical set we have to look at, scheduled for March 2026. You can checkout our review of 11502 Sunflower Bouquet here. This set brings us relatively sparsely decorated reddish brown branches, with a magnolia flowers in different stages of bloom. Can such a minimalist set maintain the attention of an 18+ consumer base? Could it be one of the most striking botanical sets to date? Read on to find out.

LEGO Botanicals set 11510 Magnolia Branches has 435 pieces and is priced at $AUD99.99/ $USD49.99/49.99€/£44.99. It goes on sale on March 1st, 2026, but is available for pre-order now.

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Set sail with 40955 Maersk Dual Fuel Container Vessel

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Model of the 40955 Maersk Dual Fuel Container Vessel displayed on a table in a well-lit room.

Ships of the Danish logistics giant, Maersk have been represented in LEGO sets for over fifty years. It is now more than 10 years since the last Maersk ship was released (Creator Expert 10241 in 2014). It must be about time for a new one.

The LEGO Group has just revealed the 40955 Maersk Dual-Fuel Container vessel. The [real life] Ane Maersk, on which it is based is able to run on biofuel or methanol.

40955 Maesk Dual Fuel Container Vessel measures over 60cm long. It is priced at $AUD249.99 / £139.99 / €149.99 / $USD149.99, has 1516 pieces and will be released on March 1, as a LEGO Store Exclusive set.

LEGO set featuring a Maersk dual-fuel container vessel, model number 40955, suitable for ages 12 and up, containing 1516 pieces.
LEGO set depicting a large Maersk container ship with detailed packaging, featuring various images and information about the model.
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Project Hail Mary: coming in March 2025

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A detailed model of the '11389 Project Hail Mary' showcased on a wooden surface, surrounded by books. The model features a spacecraft design with multiple components, set against a backdrop of a concrete wall and decorative plants.

I love a good spaceship. I love LEGO Spaceships more. With the first manned Artemis ship set to fly to the moon any day now [Update: delayed until March 2026] we are entering a new era of manned spaceflight, bound to spark imaginations around the world, looking outward with an enthusiasm unseen since the shuttle program. And in the background, sciece fiction continues to reach for the stars.

Author Andy Weir includes enough plausible science in his work to make you feel that what you are reading isn’t ‘What?’ so much as “When?” The Martian was a compelling story of Survival in a harsh, alien environment. His latest book, 2021’s Project Hail Mary was released to much acclaim and is due for release as a Motion Picture starring Ryan Gosling in March 2024.

Some how, it seems to be inevitable that would be a LEGO Set to go along with it.

Packaging of the LEGO set 'Project Hail Mary' featuring a model of a spacecraft with three rocket boosters, two mini-figures, and detailed elements, designed for ages 18 and up.
LEGO set box for Project Hail Mary, featuring a detailed spacecraft model with astronaut mini-figures and illustrations of the build.

Set 11389 LEGO ICONS: Project Hail Mary has 830 pieces and one minifigure. It will go on sale on the first of March 2026, priced at 179.99 AUD/ 99,99 USD / 109,99 EUR / 99,99 GBP.

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Botanicals Review and Interview IV: 11509 Flowering Cactus

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A LEGO set featuring the 11509 Flowering Cactus on a wooden shelf, showcasing two cacti with flowers in a blue pot.

Sorry about the interruption to this series: Our local major event intervened. Brickvention 2026 was great fun, and just a little bit exhausting. Today, we complete our reviews of the January 2026 Botanicals releases, and present the final installment of our interview with Senior Designer Theo Bonner, in which we take a moment to discuss the pink roses bouquet, and why it wasn’t just a clone of the red roses; see what made a collection of designers get up and take a look at what their colleague had achieved, and ponder whether the Botanicals sets just don’t feature enough Spinjitsu. Or do they?

Then we will take a closer look at the Flowering Cactus, another of the 2026 Botanical selection. This set has 482 parts and is aimed at builders aged 9 and up. It is priced at $AUD99.99 / $USD49.99 / 59.99 € / £54.99.

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42218 John Deere 1670H Wheeled Harvester, or pretzel deliverer

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A LEGO model of a John Deere 1670H wheeled harvester with a mechanical arm picking up a pretzel from a plate.

In our review of 71513Nightmare Scorpion Digger we briefly explored how a smaller portion of Technic sets are for something other than cars. Here we can celebrate such a not-a-car set, with 42218 John Deere 1670H Wheeled Harvester, a small set with 117 pieces for AU$14.99/£8.99/US$9.99/€9.99

A toy tractor model made from building blocks, featuring a green body, yellow wheels, and a mechanical arm with a brown attachment.
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LEGO® Botanicals 11503 Flower Wall Revealed

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A decorative display featuring the LEGO® Botanicals 11503 Flower Wall on a neutral wall, accompanied by a round hanging framed botanical artwork and a glass vase with flowers.

Run out of bench space to place your bouquets of LEGO Botanicals on? The latest lattice design from LEGO Botanicals is designed to hang on your wall, displaying a whole new collection of flowers, or, if you like mixing up with some of the previous bouquets.

LEGO Botanical Flower Wall set box featuring a vibrant arrangement of various flowers in shades of pink, blue, and yellow, showcasing artistic design suitable for ages 18 and up.
LEGO flower arrangement set packaging, showcasing a decorative piece on a wall with floral designs in various colours and shapes.

Built from 879 pieces and priced at AUD149.99 / 89.99 USD / 89.99 EUR / 79.99 GBP, the 11503 Flower wall is due for release on February 1 2026.

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LEGO® Education at Home: Four problem solving sets revealed.

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LEGO Education promotional image showcasing four problem-solving sets with brightly coloured packaging and sets included.

LEGO® Education has revealed 4 sets designed to encourage creative problem-solving for kids aged 7+. These sets are the first LEGO Education sets to be marketed at the home market, rather than directly to schools.

The box has been cunningly disguised to look like some sort of a board game, with most of the “LEGOness” hidden behind beautiful printed artwork depicting luscious retro-futuristic space-scapes and polar vistas, and a smattering of bricks tucked in for good measure. To say nothing of the Build-Solve-Invent Mantra tucked in the upper right-hand corner.

LEGO Education Moon Mission Science Kit box featuring a space-themed design, suitable for ages 8 and above, containing 519 pieces for two science experiments.
Box of LEGO Education Antarctic Animals Science Kit, containing 461 pieces, featuring illustrations of a whale, a penguin, and education-themed characters.
LEGO Education Mars Mission Science Kit box featuring vibrant graphics, designed for ages 9 and up, containing 933 pieces for four science experiments.
LEGO Education Arctic Animals Science Kit packaging featuring a polar bear, a seal, and a miniature figure, alongside vibrant graphics and details about the kit.

There is, of course, another path to sales success: two of the sets are space-themed and bring us a new range of City-style Space Explorer Minifigures, with an exciting new colour scheme! These figures build on the aesthetic last seen in the LEGO CITY 60446 Galactic Spaceship- itself presenting as an update of vintage space theme FUTURON.

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Ninjago Turned 15 This Week: Here’s a preview of whats going on!

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Image celebrating the 15th anniversary of Ninjago, featuring the Ninjago logo and the number 15 within a gold circle, with text indicating a global celebration.

LEGO Ninjago was released back in January 2011, and continues to go strong, with the occasional reboot and narrative refocus, Ninjago embraces a combination of the source materials that might have once occupied both LEGO Space and Castle, albeit with its own special twist.

To celebrate this milestone, there is a lot going on this weekend: from an Activation at Brickvention 2026 in Melbourne, where there will be a display of EVERY NINJAGO MINIFIGURE EVER, to stores and themeparks around the world. Read on for more…

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31380 Retro Gaming Console: Quick Creator Reviews

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Image of the 31380 Retro Gaming Console LEGO set, showcasing various models including a handheld console, a keyboard, and an arcade machine, all designed with dark blue and bright colored elements against a purple background.

Time to get another Creator 3-in1 review out. While the majority of sets in the current wave are creature builds, a couple are based on real-world objects.

Lets take a look at the 31380 Retro Video Game Console.

This set is one of 2 sets in the current wave that tie into real-world objects, with the hero model setting out to mirror handheld consoles of the nineties and early noughties. The set is aimed at audiences from age 8 and up, has 268 pieces and is priced at $AUD29.99 / $USD19.99 / £17.99 / 19.99€

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LEGO DREAMZZz 71514 Dino Jet, as in Dino-Soar [review]

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LEGO set 71514 Dino Jet featuring a large dinosaur model with orange and gray colors alongside a flying craft, set against a white background.

Dinosaurs are cool. Dinosaurs keep appearing in LEGO sets from time to time for that exact reason. Over time 305 sets have appeared with an association to the word ‘Dino’, of which 102 for Jurassic world! The most popular dinos in LEGO are raptors (74) and T-rexes (85) and various other theropods (two-legged dinosaurs, ancestors of birds).

Far less common are sauropods such as brachiosaurus, for which only 23 sets can be found and Stegosaurus for which we can only see 16 sets! Introducing 71514 Dino Jet, offering you both a stegosaurus and a sauropod in a two-in-one package! With 1007 pieces this set is the second smallest(!) set in the January 2026 Dreamzzz range and retails for AU$149.99/£89.99/US$99.99/€99.99.

A colorful LEGO dinosaur model with a mechanical design, featuring a long neck, a dinosaur-like head with sharp teeth, and a segmented body in orange and gray colors. The model stands upright with its arms and legs positioned to give a dynamic appearance.

LEGO generously gifted this set so we could share our own opinion on it with you. It is cool. It is dinosaur.

Read on if you would like some more details…

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