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Come sail away on the Marlin Zeppelin of your dreams

The Marlin Zeppelin comes in as Piotr Przytuła’s last LEGO build of 2025, and with it, he looks to the future. You may recall this world within a jellyfish from last November, so if that and this new marlin are any indicator, 2026 should shape up to be a wondrous, dream-filled year for Piotr. The pink fins of this animal would look regal against any sky while transporting its cargo through dreamscapes. It conjures up the kind of imaginary world I’d love to live in for a while, even if unknown perils lie ahead. We’ll wait with baited breath to see what adventures he’ll take us on in the new year.

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This Ghibli minifigs are more than they’re stacked up to be

LEGO Masters Germany winner Alex (Brix Tales) has quickly become one of my favorite habitat builders. This quartet of tributes to Miyazaki films epitomizes why, with their dynamic shapes that eschew convention and a bold use of color.

Princess Mononoke (newly restored in 4K – go see it!) is uses only foliage to house minifig hero San, who makes perfect use of this Ninjago headpiece to evoke the character’s forest mask. Using ghost faces as Kodoma is a brilliant choice, and I always appreciate a green sprue used for a vine.

See close-ups of the other scenes after the break

Super Retro Robo Force; King Oberon!

This new LEGO retro robot from Shannon Sproule fills me with joy as I remember childhood cartoons. He takes us to a time when, thanks to relaxed regulations, every cartoon was a 30 minute advertisement for some toy or another. Us kids in the 70’s and 80’s were brainwashed consumer minions and we liked it, by golly! Some deep diving into Diaclone stuff has Shannon in the mood to build some blocky mega robots in all their primary-colored glory. We’re here for it, Shannon! King Oberon here triggers some happy memories of imported Japanese cartoons like Battle of the Planets or G-Force: Guardians of Space fill the ol’ reptile brain. Who cares if the plots didn’t make any sense. So what if the titles were kinda clunky and ill-translated. So long as parents had jobs and there were birthdays and Christmas, we were getting some cool giant robot toys.

The hottest Dino in the Galaxy

Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 recently arrived on the Nintendo Switch, and Sakiya Watanabe (N.A.B.E_mocs) has already marked the occasion with a new build featuring one of our favorite enemies from these games. The Dino Piranha is a piranha plant variation that resembles Petey Piranha (first introduced in Super Mario Sunshine), but the difference is that these guys hatch from eggs and have dinosaur features – because of course they do. The Super Mario Galaxy games were revolutionary for the franchise and took every enemy, world, and gameplay element to the next level, and Sakiya has done the same with this build.

The 2×2 round brick tube (part 65473) has proven to be the most essential piece for Super Mario builds, and is predominantly featured on sets like The Mighty Bowser, the Spiny Shell, and the Piranha Plant. Sakiya used the same part here in different colors to capture the mouth and tail of the Dino Piranha, which looks right at home next to the official sets. We especially appreciate the use of some newer leaf molds on the Fiery Dino Piranha to round out their scorching hot ‘mane’.

Sakiya also shared an alternate color of this build to represent the base Dino Piranha that is first encountered in the Good Egg Galaxy. The Mario galaxy crystal resembling a LEGO rock 1×1 crystal in both builds is such an excellent touch.

The Ice Planet droids are bringing the heat

The holidays are behind us. Which means no more songs about the beauty of snow or the joy of cold weather. Now it’s just dealing with the harsh reality of winter as we try and survive the frost until spring arrives. With that in mind, we suggest you get yourself some Ice Planet droids, like this crew from Devid VII. They can shovel the walk with ease. At least, I assume they can. I mean, they’re built for keeping space explorers safe on a frigid planet, so your sidewalk should be a piece of cake.

Ring in the new year with these modern kitchen upgrades

It’s easy to earn oohs and aahs when you’re building a massive SHIPtember project or constructing a beloved IP. But I’ve really come to appreciate the effort that goes into smaller builds and builds of everyday items. That’s why I think Oshi Builds is really cooking with this kitchen setting. These are the kinds of things we’re all so familiar with, there’s no room for error. And, in minifigure scale, the number of pieces you can use gets very limited indeed. But there are some amazing details here; the knife block with the perfect angle, the dials and handles on the stove/oven. Heck, the refrigerator even has a cord running around the back so you can plug it in!

Shinto tradition, Swedish horses, and Danish bricks to celebrate the New Year

Japanese builder umemaruko uses LEGO to charming effect as part of seasonal decor and holiday traditions (we previously covered her beautiful fall collection). To usher in the Year of the Horse, the builder presents a trio of models. Hanging on the wall is a Nehiki Matsu, a pine sprig charm that is a precursor to the kadomatsu traditional display, where the items symbolize wishes for the new year. Umemaruko’s wishes for the year: to stay grounded and to keep growing! Also in the display, a pair of horses inspired by Swedish Dala horse wood carvings and a kagami mochi – mochi with stacked with dried persimmon. Traditionally, the branch would be burned and the mochi eaten, but I hope umemaruko still has good fortune even if these bricks don’t meet that fate.

Tranquility in teal

Noah (H2brick) has created so many incredible vignettes over the years, from sunny villas to snowy planets. After a prolific 2024 with series dedicated to Darth Vader and Adventure Time, Noah was strangely quiet during 2025, without a single build until the last day of the year. Thankfully, Noah hasn’t lost the spark for crafting beautiful scenes like this freeform vignette set in the magical Teal Valley, where the diminutive acorn folk dwell. I’m a big fan of innovative tree techniques, and Noah doesn’t disappoint. Large teal trees with stocky trunks and bushy white foliage of flowers on their sprues are undeniably majestic, but the smaller tree with angular dark blue branches is also a winner. Welcome back, Noah – we’re excited to see where your miniature worlds will take us next!

The majesty of a magpie magnified

Lee Nuo is a self-proclaimed bird enthusiast, and we’ve covered some of their avian builds before. But this tribute to the Formosan Blue Magpie takes things to a new heights, putting the bird at the certain of a vignette about the natural sciences and those who study them. We love the stylized magnifying glass and it’s POV into the smaller world, along with the scaffolding and the research team. It all serves as a reminder that sometimes the most beautiful things about nature are the things you can’t see with the naked eye.

Eero Okkonen shows how its done with this golden Huntr/x tribute to K-Pop Demon Hunters

Over the past sixteen years, Eero Okkonen has created hundreds of incredible brick-built characters that utilize the full range of LEGO elements in bold and surprising ways. (If you’re not following Eero’s review+moc features on New Elementary, you’re missing out!) The Finnish superstar’s latest is a tribute to 2025’s breakout music and movie sensation, K-Pop Demon Hunters, as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey all get the Eero treatment. The ladies of Huntr/x have never looked better!

The trio of figures are built from a combined ~1,600 pieces. The characters also mark the first time that Eero is bringing his signature style of poseable character to the LEGO Ideas platform (you can vote for it here). As a constraint to improve the chances of a successful Ideas review, Eero limits the build almost entirely to elements currently in production.

As usual with the builder’s characters, the models look great from every angle and are highly poseable. Remarkably, Eero sticks to all “legal” connection techniques, with the possible exception of the eyes, which use minifig hands – a trick found in many of his character designs.

Click to see each character in close-up with building insights

Who says LEGO gold is hard to build from?

We often talk on this website about how hard it is to make LEGO creations out of gold. Not literal gold, obviously, although presumably that is also quite difficult. Goldsmiths, get in touch and let us know. No, gold-coloured LEGO bricks have traditionally been limited to just a few select parts, making it quite hard to build anything substantial out of them. Not that you’d know that from looking at Joe Lam‘s hall of armours! These 12 sacred Cloths form a key part of the manga and anime Saint Seiya, and are all based on the zodiac signs. Joe’s build represents each one superbly! Can you spot them all?

The second bird catches the fish – after it’s been rebuilt

Just because Sakiya Watanabe has been nominated for our LEGO Creation of the Year, doesn’t mean he’s going to rest on his laurels! And just to reinforce that dedication to improving his craft, here he presents an updated version of the bald eagle we featured 10 months back. We were full of praise at the time, but Sakiya wasn’t satisfied. The curse of the perfectionist! In case you can’t spot the differences, they include an updated tail, water splash and head. The photo angle also appears to have been carefully selected to better hide some of the underlying structure. There is one thing that hasn’t changed, however. We’re just as awe-struck this time around!