Review & Mod: 31166 Beautiful Horse from LEGO® Creator 3-in-1

LEGO® Creator 3-in-1 animal sets are praised among adult hobbyists. They have decent value for money and focus on the actual built models – with the extra design challenge of three alternative models from one selection of pieces. Today I'm looking at a sleeper hit from August 2025, 31166 Beautiful Horse, and making my own modification to improve it. It was designed by Aaron Newman, whose 76344 Iron Man Mark 3 Collectors' Edition I took a good look at recently, proving that he can shape humans too. But now, giddy up!

Review: 21366 Floating Sea Otters from LEGO® Ideas

The next LEGO® Ideas set takes us back to nature: 21366 Floating Sea Otters is available to pre-order now and releases from 1 March 2026.

With a mother otter floating on her back, and the option to cradle her baby or prioritise a snack over being maternal. Yes that is a otter pup and not a chunky otter with a large belly. Let's see if this set otters something for New Elementary readers...

Review: 75452 BB-8™ Astromech Droid from LEGO® Star Wars™

It has been ten years since Star Wars™ Episode VII: The Force Awakens was released and we were introduced to BB-8™. In my opinion, the little rolling droid was one of the stand-out features of that first film of the Disney era. Love or hate the sequel trilogy, I think it's difficult to deny that BB-8 is one of its successes.

BB-8 joins the (unofficial) sub-theme of LEGO® Star Wars droids: sets 75379 R2-D2, 75398 C-3PO, 75434 K-2SO, 75416 Chopper, 75381 Droideka and 75428 Battle Droid with STAP have all been released within the last two years.

LEGO has made BB-8 at this sort of scale before; the now-retired 75187 BB-8™ from 2017 was built in a more traditional "stepped and studs showing" way. This new interpretation looks like it takes an interesting approach to the construction of some difficult forms.

Reveal: 31220 Claude Monet – Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies from LEGO® Art

The next LEGO® Art set has been revealed, and it's a stunner in terms of looks – and recoloured pieces! The LEGO Group have this time collaborated with New York City gallery The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) to create set 31220 Claude Monet – Bridge over a Pond of Water Lilies. , available from 1 March 2026 for LEGO® Insiders.

Review: 910061 Antique Collection from BrickLink Designer Program

The BrickLink Designer Program requires that models use a fixed palette of elements, all already in production. Since New Elementary focusses on new elements, we haven’t really paid attention to the program. But with the 7th series announced, once again filled with sets designed by LEGO fans, one model in particular caught our eye! 

Review and designer insight: 42221 NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket from LEGO® Technic

NASA and The LEGO Group have partnered up many times before, and this time LEGO® Technic has been chosen to launch us into outer space with set 42221 NASA Artemis Space Launch System Rocket. The timing is perfect, as the real-life rocket is launching in early 2026 – but as at time of publishing, it is due to launch in March following a hydrogen leak during the February dress rehearsal.

Review: 42691 Garden Restaurant from LEGO® Friends

When the LEGO® Friends 2026 sets were first revealed, one in particular caught my eye. 42691 Garden Restaurant seemed to be a standout in terms of the building style as well as showcasing the new 430 Warm Pink colour.

Although we have already written two articles about the 2026 LEGO Friends sets – new moulds review and overview and recolours – we wanted to look in more detail at this beautiful set inspired by North African architecture.

LEGO® Speed Champions January 2026: sets 77252, 77253, 77254 & 77257 overview and recolours

Last time we discussed the four most exciting new moulds introduced in the LEGO® Speed Champions January 2026 wave, now its time to take a look the remaining new elements, recolours, prints and the builds themselves of sets 77252 APXGP Team Race Car from F1® The Movie, 77253 Bugatti Vision GT Hyper Sports Car, 77254 Ferrari SF90 XX Stradale Sports Car and 77257 McLaren W1. 

New moulds in January 2026 LEGO® City sets

January might be done, but we're not done with our coverage of January 2026 LEGO® City sets! 

 

We previously looked at all the recolours and new printed elements that appear in the latest wave of sets in our overview and recolours article, and we spoke with Design Manager at The LEGO Group Christopher Leslie Stamp about some of the new elements that feature in the new sets. Now it's time to for a hands-on review of the 14 new moulds that appear in the wave of sets.

What are the new LEGO® parts in February 2026 sets?

I've created a list showing the just 54 new LEGO® elements within the February 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase.

For those of you who prefer it, here is our list of all the February 2026 sets, showing their new elements.