After a modest five sets in July, August is shaping up to be one of the busiest months of the year for new LEGO releases. Today LEGO adds to the already impressive Clone Wars era Star Wars sets, while also rolling out new Mario Kart racers, Botanical plants, and the latest animal-themed Creator kit. All this on top off previously revealed One Piece, Spider-Man, Architecture, Technic and more. Which sets are you most excited for?
Details follow for this next batch of upcoming August releases
Back in my delving days, adventurers only ate the food they brought with them into a dungeon. Lately, a growing number of would-be heroes are following in the footsteps of tall-man Laios Touden and creating meals based on locally-sourced monster meat. LEGO builder Syrdarian joins the movement with this mouth-watering meal of sea serpent steak, complete with all the trimmings. Syrdarian spares no expense on the brick-built meal, pairing the delicious dish with a frothy mug of brick beer (love the shells and other bits for foam) and setting the mood with candles. The builder offers a fine LEGO fork, but no knife is necessary as the entree is quite flaky and easy to eat, considering it appears to be a cleverly arranged mosaic of elements that aren’t technically connected. With a meal this tasty, maybe I should consider eating monster meat after all.
Teacher and Adult Fan of LEGO Andrew Redfern has spent the last four years recreating 1,200 years of British history in LEGO. What started as a modest MOC project depicting the Kings and Queens of England blossomed into Minifigure Monarchs – 332 pages of LEGO builds and custom minifigures depicting both the royals and the people of Great Britain. Great Brits in little bricks indeed! As the Kickstarter goes live, we chat with Andy about his passion project, which you can back now.
Hear ye, hear ye, our Interview with Andy about Minifigure Monarchs begins after the fold
July’s LEGO releases are a calm in the storm between a busy June and what’s shaping up to be an absolutely stacked August. We’ve reviewed all five sets and our pick of the month is the Shelby Cobra, which guest reviewer Firas Abu-Jabber praised for the innovative techniques and highly satisfying build process. If car’s don’t get your motor running, Toothless might not be the take on the Night Fury that we wanted, but it’s a very cute set with broad appeal. To sweeten the deal this month, LEGO’s latest GWP – Friendly Snails – is one of the most delightful free sets we’ve seen all year. If you’re planning to purchase any of this month’s new releases, consider using our affiliate link. Your support is what has kept us going for 20 years of daily LEGO updates. Thank you! LEGO US | LEGO CAN | LEGO UK.
All of your July 2025 new releases follow
Simon and Dan, better known as Two Gay AFOLs, are vibrant voices in LEGO fan media, sharing their love for the hobby on social media and at fan events. The pair are also pillars of the Minifig Habitat community and sigfig scenes, helping build community and ensuring that everyone feels welcome. We sat down with Dan (the talkative one!) about the pair’s rise and the importance of GayFOL visibility (Gay fan of LEGO) in the hobby.
our interview with Two Gay AFOLs follows
Perched atop the foothills of Alps, Neuschwanstein Castle is a real-life fairytale destination and the cream of Bavarian landmarks. This icon of 19th-century Romanticism inspired Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Castle and now it inspires the next essential display set: LEGO Architecture 21063 Neuschwanstein Castle. Featuring 3455 pieces, the set marks a return to the architecture line’s microscale roots after the larger-scale Trevi Fountain, and should make an excellent companion set for Himeji Castle. Neuschwanstein Castle will be available on August 1, 2025, and can be pre-ordered now for US $279.99 | CAN $349.99 | UK £239.99.
Will you be booking a Bavarian vacation to this fairytale palace? Let us know in the comments.
Additional photos and set details follow
When it comes to LEGO mechs and brick-built characters, Zakar.ion is one of the most prolific and distinctive builders in the scene. They’re also one of the most collaborative and generous builders around, joining and starting collabs every week. One of my favorite traditions is the “swap collab” where zakar and another builder each pick a model from the other’s catalog of creations, then remake it in their own style. For zakar’s latest swap, the builder teams with neo_mocs. Here we see zakar’s take on neo’s Luna and Misty characters.
Below, you can see the inspiration and the remake side by side. Some of the elements, like the cat face elements from 11034 Creative Pets, carry across builds, while the body construction is a total re-engineering. Constraction pieces out, macaroni tubes in!
the other half of the collab follows
In celebration of Pride month, Two Gay AFOLs and the gayfols community hosted a habitat challenge asking builders to create a stack of three LGBTQ+ themed minifig habitats. The results are truly inspiring in the many ways the theme was interpreted and for the outpouring of joy and support within the LEGO community. Here are a few of our favorite stacks from the challenge.
Rainbow Falls from candy.bricks
Iconic by the ModMom
The parade of Pride habitats continues
You know that feeling when you and your homies all pull up somewhere in matching drip and you feel like you could take on the world? That’s the vibe I’m getting from Eero Okkonen‘s trio of goblin buddies. They look absolutely rad, and full of character. Van-Gug in the middle is definitely the broody leader of the group – they organised this meet-up in the first place. On the left, that is – for want of a better word – the group clown, Bragg. There’s an opportunity to do something wild? They’re in on it. And they’re egged on by the behatted Kargas on the right. Yeah, they might be a little shy, but they still crack the funniest jokes out of nowhere. And you’d best believe they’ve all got each other’s backs with those big swords.
Stephen King has authored so many unforgettable works about relatable good folk reckoning with true evil, from horror classics like It and The Shining to more grounded works like The Green Mile and Mr. Mercedes. But for many fans (myself included!) King’s masterwork is the Dark Tower cycle, a sprawling fantasy/horror/western epic written over 30 years. I first discovered the book as a teenager, drawn in by the incredible and evocative Michael Whelan illustrations. It was a world I longed to see more of… but sadly, the first movie adaptation was a huge miss. When I saw that Gayle Spiller, the amazing LEGO house masterpiece alum with a maximalist building style, had tackled the Dark Tower in bricks, I knew we were in for a treat, but I wasn’t prepared for such a detailed tribute to King’s universe.
Gayle captures the eldritch horror of the tower itself surrounded by the beautiful Can’-Ka No Rey filed of roses. She captures the beams that support the tower, each connected to its spirit animal. There’s an Unfound Door to take you between worlds. And even a sly reference to the lobstrosities that cost Roland some fingers. Of course the Ka-Tet is all here, a group bound by fate.
The palaver goes on with additional pictures and thankee sai
Every week, there are more amazing MOCs and builder stories than we can cover, which is why we’re so grateful to welcome back ABrickDreamer‘s This Week in Bricks series. And what a busy week it’s been, especially as we have our hands full herding all the animal heroes scurrying in for Delving Day. Sit back, grab a few bricks for table scraps, and enjoy the show!
Today LEGO revealed a new Gift With Purchase (GWP) arriving on July 1, 2025:
LEGO Ideas 40788 Friendly Snails. GWPs are always a welcome bonus when buying new bricks, but occasionally a free set comes along that’s so special it has you looking for things to add to your shopping cart just for the bonus set. As a fan of the outdoors, Friendly Snails is that kind of set for me – a fun little nature build that’s perfect for display with unique printed parts. Kudos to fan designer Maxime for this winning display.
Here’s what the LEGO Ideas team has to say about this cute set.
We’re so excited to reveal the LEGO® Ideas 40788 Friendly Snails, which was dreamed up in our ‘Build the Gift of Purchase Set of your Dreams‘ Challenge in 2024. The original submission was uploaded as ‘The Autumn Snails‘ in the challenge by LEGO Ideas Fan Designer Jagamax, also known as Maxime!
This GWP set is a garden creatures display-model gift designed with adult fans of nature and animals in mind. The build-and-display set features 2 snails with decorated shells, a bee, log, rock, puddle and greenery. The scene is assembled on a single sturdy base that allows the whole set to be safely picked up and moved. To increase options for display, the snails can be detached and placed beyond the set’s base.
This LEGO Gift With Purchase set will be available on July 1st, and added to your cart on LEGO.com with a minimum purchase of €160 / $160 USD. The set availability and full details of the promotion are available at LEGO.com.
Coincidentally, the eligibility threshold matches perfectly with the Minifigure Vending Machine, should you need a recommendation.