08 May 2026

Review: SMART Play™ sets 75421, 75423, 75424 & 75426 from LEGO® Star Wars™

Posted by tobymac

Some of the Star Wars sets included in the Lego Smart Play range, with Smart Bricks and tiles and minifigs.

Today I continue our exploration of the new LEGO® SMART Play™ System. In my previous blog post I took a look at all the new molds found in the first 8 LEGO® Star Wars™ sets with ‘enhanced play’, and today I'll be testing if the SMART Brick adds any value to the play experience by building 4 of them: 75421 Darth Vader’s TIE Fighter™, 75423 Luke’s Red Five X-wing™, 75424 AT-ST™ Attack on Endor and 75426 Millennium Falcon™.


07 May 2026

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

Posted by tobymac

I've created a list showing the 385 new LEGO® elements within the May 2026 sets, with links to which sets they come in, in case you wish to purchase. UPDATE 7 May: now including set 77984 Jurassic Park Jeep® Wrangler.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for more than 900 new Pick a Brick elements dropping on 11 May! We will publish the list on 5 May so you have time to prepare.


05 May 2026

LEGO® Pick a Brick: May 2026 new elements

Posted by Admin


A reminder that tomorrow, 11 May 2026, some 950 new pieces from the hundreds of January 2026 sets are going to be added to the LEGO® Pick a Brick (PaB) service. 

See our visual, categorised list of new PaB parts for May 2026


This article contains affiliate links to LEGO.com; we may get a small commission if you purchase.


January is always a thrilling time for new moulds, and 2026 does not disappoint! There is much to enjoy including two surprising pieces: the sand blue bird without chest printing (shown above top left) which is not yet in any set, and the grey 4x4 triangular tile with no printing (above centre) which only appears in the May The Fourth set 75442 The Mandalorian's N-1 Starfighter™.  


New moulds

Because January brought so many new moulds, we've gone to extra special effort this month to make this additional list for you which shows only the 139 new moulds that are among the 950 pieces. 

Take a note of the element IDs you are interested in buying from 11 May – once the parts are uploaded to PaB, the links will take you straight to them. 

 

 


READ MORE: See our visual, categorised list of new PaB parts for May 2026

 

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