Our review panel consisting of Greg, BanthaToys, Boom Brickz, Brick McBricksworth, Brick Shed, Lets_Brick_It and myself had a thorough look and these were our verdicts!

Only 2 sets managed to get a perfect 10/10 score. The batman 1992 polybag and the Friends Botanical Garden set. And not without reason of course. Based on reactions online the Botanical Garden appealed to a lot of people that usually don’t pay attention to Friends. A few sets like the Mighty Bowser came close however.

Below you’ll find the full list of reviewed sets, be sure to dive into the reviews to get the full story behind each grade.

Friends Botanical Garden (41757) 10

Batman 1992 Polybag (30653) 10

Nintendo The Mighty Bowser (71411) 9.8

Disney 100 CMF (71038) 9.6

Avatar Ilu Discovery (75575) & Swinwing Adventure (75576) 9.6

LEGO Ideas A-Frame Cabin (21338) 9.5

Marvel CMF Series 2 9.5

Icons Alpine Lodge (10325) 9.4

Jurassic Park Dilophosaurus Ambush (76958) 9.4

Star Wars Millennium Falcon Holiday Diorama (40658) 9.4

Marvel Ant-Man Construction Figure (76256) 9.3

DreamZzz Mateo & Z-Blob The Robot (71454) 9.3

Scaled-Up LEGO Minifigure (40649) 9.3

Indiana Jones Escape From The Lost Tomb (77013) 9.3

Batwing: Batman Vs The Joker (76265) 9.2

Disney 4+ Celebration Train (43212) 9.2

Indiana Jones Fighter Plane Chase (77012) 9.2

LEGO Ideas Hocus Pocus Sanderson Sisters’ Cottage (21341) 9.1

GWP Disney 100 Celebration (40600) 9.1

GWP Icons Moving Truck (40586) 9.1

Ninjago Temple Battle Polybag (30650) 9.1

LEGO Ideas The Insect Collection (21342) 9

GWP Wintertime Carriage Ride (40603) 9

Marvel Rocket and Baby Groot (76282) 8.9

GWP Blacktron Cruiser (40580) 8.9

Icons Jazz Club (10312) 8.8

DreamZzz Mrs Castillo’s Turtle Van (71456) 8.8

Creator Snowman Polybag (30645) 8.8

GWP Christmas Decor Set (40604) 8.8

Brickheadz Sonic The Hedgehog (40627) & Miles “Tails” Prower (40628) 8.7

City Arctic Explorer Snowmobile (60376) 8.7

Creator Land Rover Classic Defender (40650) 8.6

GWP City 4×4 Off-Road Ambulance Rescue (40582) 8.6

Icons Tranquil Garden (10315) 8.5

City Ice-Cream Shop (60363) 8.5

Star Wars Clone Trooper & Battle Droid Battle Pack (75372) 8.5

LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 24 8.3

LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 25 8

Botanical Collection Tiny Plants (10329) 8

Friends Pancake Shop (41753) 7.9

Dreamzzz Dream Village (40657) 7.8

GWP Flowerpot (40588) 7.8

GWP Year Of The Rabbit (40575) 7.7

Harry Potter The Room Of Requirement (76413) 7.6

GWP Star Wars Death Star II 40591 7.5

GWP Star Wars X-wing Starfighter Polybag (30654) 7

Friends Heartlake City Community Center (41748) 6.8

Star Wars Yavin IV Rebel Base (75365) 6.5

It’s safe to say we had a great year for LEGO sets. We’re sure 2024 will bring a lot more sets to get excited about. Thanks for being a part of our journey this year and we wish you all a bricktastic 2024!

Starting off small we decided to go for the two rideable Marine creatures, Ilu Discovery (75575) & Swimwing Adventure (75576). These come packed with a selection of colourful parts including unique moulded heads for the sea beasts and plastic wings & fins. They also come bundled with 2 Minifigure characters each, making them quite an affordable yet impressive addition to the line.

This review article will focus on both the sets mentioned above and hopefully give you a good idea of what’s included and parts of interest, also we take a closer look at the Minifigures.

But first, a little bit of product information:

• Ilu Discovery (75575)
• 176 parts
• £19.99 / $/€24.99
• 1st January 2023 release

• Swimwing Adventure (75576)
• 259 parts
• £29.99 / $/€34.99
• 1st January 2023 release

The Boxes:

Both boxes are covered head-to-toon bright artwork taken from Pandora, the World of Avatar. Being mainly Ocean based there is a lot of water depicted in the scene, combine that with the brick-built creatures and you have beautiful designs.

Inside each set you’ll find a handful of numbered bags along with an instruction manual and a sheet of thin but durable plastic, these are the wings and fins. Coming pre-perferated they are easy enough to pop out of there template, it’s also quite satisfying too. Below is the sheet found in the Swimwing Adventure (75576) set.

The Builds:

Both sets are similar in terms of builds, obviously size comes into it and therefore for parts to account for, but as you’ll probably see from the images below there is a small display plinth disguised as Coral or Rock in both sets, along with a Sea creature that has basic articulation and again a stand to display it on.

Being the bigger of the two, the Swimwing Adventure (75576) creature is quite impressive with its surprisingly wide wingspan. With slightly more articulation you can pose this majestic beast into some cool positions, we’ve gone for the one on the box for our display.

The unique moulded heads are great too and have an open and shut mechanic that is handy, having the mouth open and stay open is great, makes posing them all that much easier.

Using curved tiles to give the creatures a more finished look is welcomed. The open studs underneath them both are forgivable, these aren’t really seen anyway if displayed in certain ways.

I think you’ll agree that the plastic wings & fins look fantastic and really add the finishing touches to each model. These bendy and quite hardy pieces of plastic simply pop onto LEGO ball pins via precut holes, be careful not to stretch them to much though.

As mentioned above there are smaller but sturdy display stands for each of the beasts and the Minifigures. These are simple builds consisting of a handful of LEGO elements, a small baseplate, sloped bricks, cheese wedges and pastel coloured Corel pieces. On the Minifigure plinths there are small transparent connectors that allow you to place the characters at different angles, giving freedom in how you display them.

The Minifigures:

There are two Minifigures in each set, which isn’t at all bad, more would have been nice in the bigger set but we can’t have everything.

Included in the Ilu Discovery (75575) set are Tsireya and Tuk, two characters from almost opposite sides of Pandora, one from the Jungle the other from the Sea. Having one of each it a single set is a great way to entice fans, giving them more reason to collect other sets and grab more characters.

In the Swimwing Adventure (75576) set we have Tonowari and Jake Sully, the leaders of their respected tribes. Again including the two leaders in a single set is great for us in the sense we don’t have to spend much to get them both.

Each Minifigure is done incredibly well, both the design and printing is spot on. There is so much to look at including seashells, accessories, clothing and more. Even on the back there is awesome printing. LEGO have done an amazing job capturing the look and feel of the Avatar characters in brick form.

Overall both sets are great, I can’t personally fault them, which is rare as usually something, beit small or big, stands out as being off, but not here!

The builds are enjoyable with a use of different techniques. The Minifigures are spot on and the presentation is awesome, good job LEGO!

Thank you for reading our review of Ilu Discovery (75575) and Swimwing Adventure (75576). Both sets are a a to purchase in-store and online. If you have these please do let us know what you think of them, we’d love to hear from you.

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I hope you enjoy my review of LEGO Avatar Floating Mountains: Site 26 and RDA Sampson (75573)!

The set retails for £89.99 and includes 887 pieces. There are 5 minifigures in total, split between three humans and two Na’vi. The humans are Jake Sully, Grace and as we get a Samson 16 we have to include Trudy. All the humans have reversible heads. The Na’vi are Jake and Norm. We also get a fantastic Direhorse.

The Build:

I built this with my eldest son and we really enjoyed ourselves. There are six bags in total but it is split into three separate builds; The Research Station, The Floating Mountains and Samson. There are three separate instruction books, which means you can build the different sections independently as a group.

The sticker sheet has eight stickers, with six applied to the Samson and two to the Research Station.

Bags 1-3 cover the Site 26 mobile station, Bag 4 is the floating mountains and Bags 5-6 are the Samson. We built it in reversal order and I don’t think it made much difference to the build experience.

The instructions include images from the films, which is a great touch and hopefully we’ll see that more often across other themes.

The Set:

The main draw to this set will be the excellent Samson build. Lego have done a great job in recreating the Samson into brick-built form. The canopy piece is printed so thankfully you don’t have to apply stickers to it. The stickers are applied to the top and sides. The only slight criticism I have is that in order to fit Trudy in to pilot it, you have to bend her back slightly back to fit her in.

My boys had a lot of fun playing with the Samson and it is pretty sturdy and even survived the hands of a toddler. The only bit that broke off easily was the tail section. I am surprised that considering how militaristic the Samson looks that it has been made into Lego form. It does include two stud shooters on the side. Although there are no baddies included in the set to shoot at!

The mobile station has been shrunk down from the movie but does include a workstation and Link Unit. There is a detachable side so that you can see inside and allows playability. The door chosen allows Jake Sully to fit through with his wheelchair.

The Floating Mountains looks a little lack lustre and don’t really portray Pandora but they do allow you to attach the Samson to give it the effect of flying.

The Minifigures:

The five minifigures included in the set are all currently exclusive to it. This is currently the only set to include human Jake Sully. Across the Avatar theme there are three versions of Jake in Na’vi form and we get one of those in this set.

In order to make the Na’vi taller than the humans, they have extended the legs and arms but the torso remain the same which does mean that they look a little odd. However, overall Lego have done a good job in creating the Na’vi.

Grace and Trudy look fantastic, and very much like onscreen portrayals. Grace and Jake have the breathing masks as their reversable side and Trudy has her war paint from the final battle.

Grace is my favourite minifigure and has dual printed legs with a belt, socks and boots. Her torso has a rumpled shirt and necklace.

Compared to Grace and Trudy, Jake looks a little lackluster. I think Lego could have personalized him by adding a tattoo to his arms. One thing to note is that Jake has a new wheelchair piece.

The Direhorse looks fantastic and has a piece that connects to the back of the Na’vi to create the bond.

The Cost:

The biggest issue with the set is the cost at £89.99, which feels expensive. This is definitely one set that you’ll want to pick up when it’s on offer.

Final Thoughts:

I really enjoyed this set and will be looking to pick up other Avatar sets, especially the AMP Suit. Hopefully if the theme does well, it will open the possibility of larger D2C style sets such as the Dragon Assault Ship. I am seeing the second movie soon, and will be looking forward to seeing the January wave of sets that tie in with the second movie.

It’s inspired by Pandora, taken from the hugely popular Avatar films, the challenges is asking you to build a landscape and/or wildlife scene centred around the bright and colour world.

The winner will be very happy as they’ll get every single LEGO Avatar set to date, including those being released in January 2023.

Head over to the official LEGO Ideas website for more information. You can see what’s up for grabs below. The contest closes 5th January 2023!

Official details:

LEGO Ideas X LEGO Avatar – Exploring Pandora

There is no doubt, the world of Pandora is breathtaking! The fictional world featured in Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water.

For this challenge, could you build landscapes or wildlife from the planet, home of the Na’vi? Maybe the giant trees? Or the valleys? Some Banshee, even? Show off what a beautiful place it is.

One Grand Prize winner will win:

• 75571: Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch
• 75572: Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight
• 75573: Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson
• 75574: Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls
• 75575: Ilu Discovery
• 75576: Skimwing Adventure
• 75577: Mako Submarine​
• 75578: Metkayina Reef Home
• 75579: Payakan the Tulkun & Crabsuit
• A prize package of Avatar goodies

Two Runner-up Prize winners will win:

• 75571: Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch
• 75572: Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight
• 75573: Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson
• 75574: Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls
• A prize package of Avatar goodies

The new sets will feature new characters & creatures along with lush new locations, inspired but the films created by James Cameron. They will expand upon the unique and fun range of Minifigures, including a crossbow that fires.

These sets will drop 1st January 2023, adding to the already impressive line that released only last month. Check out the official images and descriptions below. 

Ilu Discovery (75575):

Dive into the ocean of Pandora with this beautiful LEGO® Avatar Ilu Discovery set. Join Tsireya and Tuk for exciting underwater adventures. Recreate your favorite movie scenes and play out your own stories. Use your Na’vi kuru to connect with the ilu and hold tight as you glide and soar over the colorful coral reefs of the Pandoran seabed.

Dimensions – The ilu (without display base) measures over 1.5 in. (4 cm) high, 5 in. (12 cm) wide and 8 in. (21 cm) deep – 179 Pieces

Skimwing Adventure (75576):

Use the power of the Na’vi kuru to bond with the ferocious skimwing and hold tight as you glide through the coral-rich Pandoran ocean. Join Jake Sully and the Metkayina clan leader, Tonowari, for exciting ocean adventures. Recreate your favorite movie scenes and play out your own storylines. Explore the magic of Pandora with this beautiful LEGO® Avatar set.

Dimensions – The skimwing (without display stand) measures over 2.5 in. (6 cm) high, 13 in. (33 cm) long and 13 in. (33 cm) wide – 259 Pieces

Mako Submarine (75577):

A Mako submarine, piloted by the evil RDA Quaritch, is patrolling the coral-rich seabed of the Pandoran ocean. Hide in the underwater cave where you can plan a way to free the Sully family’s human friend Spider from the sub! Join Na’vi heroes Neteyam and Ao’nung for action-packed adventures, recreate epic movie scenes and play out your own stories with this amazing LEGO® Avatar Mako Submarine set.

Dimensions – Submarine (without display stand) measures over 3 in. (7 cm) high, 11 in. (29 cm) long and 5.5 in. (14 cm) wide 553 Pieces

Metkayina Reef Home (75578):

Travel to the alien moon of Pandora. Join Neytiri, Kiri, Ronal and Tonowari at the Metkayina village, located by Pandora’s ocean reefs and suspended from the massive Pandoran mangrove-like trees. Paddle the Metkayina canoe and explore the colorful coral. Recreate your favorite movie moments, play out scenes and create your own storylines with this beautiful LEGO® Avatar set.

Dimensions – The main hut measures over 7.5 in. (19 cm) high, 16 in. (41 cm) wide and 9.5 in. (25 cm) deep – 528 Pieces

Payakan the Tulkun & Crabsuit (75579):

Join Lo’ak and Tsireya for an undersea Pandoran adventure, where a menacing RDA trooper is exploring the seabed in a powerful and transformable crabsuit submersible. Hold tight to Payakan the tulkun as you speed through the water to safety. Relive favorite movie moments, create epic scenes and play out exciting storylines with this impressive LEGO® Avatar set.

Dimensions – The tulkun (without display stand) measures over 3 in. (8 cm) high, 15 in. (39 cm) long and 12.5 in. (32 cm) wide – 761 Pieces

Amongst the releases are some real gems, especially for Minifigure collectors, such as the new wave of LEGO Marvel Black Panther sets that include King Namor. There are of course some larger sets including LEGO Bowser (71411) and The Razor Crest (75331), the latest UCS (ultimate collector series) set, which drops for VIPs on the 3rd October! 

A brand new Avatar line releases 1st October, that sees two new BrickHeadz and a handful of sets inspired by the hugely successful movies.

We can’t forget about the newest addition to the Winter Village Collection, Holiday Main Street (10308), with its Street Tram and two quaint buildings, this also drops on 3rd October for VIPs.

What will you be purchasing throughout October? Let us know in the comments below.

The sets, pictured below, will be available from 1st October, which is a big relief for most as August is shaping up to be the biggest drop of new sets ever. One will be available for pre-order tomorrow, if you’re looking to secure it please head over to LEGO.com.

The collection is based on the first Avatar movie, allowing you to recreate the lush environment and scenes most of us know, including the key moments such as the end battle.

If you’re heading to SDCC you’ll most likely see the collection, and more, displayed at the LEGO booth.

LEGO® BrickHeadz Avatar Jake Sully & his Avatar (40554):

246 pieces – £17.99/$19.99

LEGO Avatar Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch (75571):

560 pieces – £34.99/$39.99

LEGO Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight (75572):

572 pieces – £49.99/$59.99

LEGO Avatar Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson (75573):

887 pieces – £89.99/$89.99

Official details:

THE LEGO GROUP UNVEILS FOUR NEW SETS INSPIRED BY AVATAR AT SAN DIEGO COMIC CON 2022

Hang on to your banshees: Four new sets based on the blockbuster movie, Avatar will be available to purchase on LEGO.COM, in LEGO® Retail Stores and in major retailers starting this October 1st.

JULY 20, 2022 – Revealed at San Diego Comic Con, the LEGO Group is excited to invite fans of all ages to explore Pandora and the Na’vi culture with four new sets inspired by Avatar.

At LEGO® CON in June, fans were treated to an exclusive look at LEGO Avatar Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls, the first set from the brand-new LEGO Avatar product range celebrating the overall franchise to-date in advance of Avatar: The Way of Water premiering this December.

Today, the LEGO Group has revealed four additional sets at San Diego Comic Con:

– LEGO® Avatar Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch
– LEGO® Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight
– LEGO® Avatar Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson
– LEGO® Avatar Jake Sully & his Avatar

The new setsenable fans to recreate their favorite moments from the movie, as they build and reminisce about Neytiri teaching Jake how to bond with a Banshee, connecting with it and then soaring effortlessly over Pandora. And if that isn’t enough, recall the moment when the team sees thelegendaryHallelujah Mountains for the first time and set up camp far away from Colonel Quaritch while exploring the details included in these new sets.

The highly anticipated assortment of LEGO Avatar products will be available on LEGO.com, in LEGO Retail Stores and available globally at all major retailers starting October 1, 2022.

The LEGO Avatar Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight set will be available for pre-order starting on July 21st at 9am PST on LEGO.com.

The LEGO Brickheadz Avatar Jake Sully & his Avatar set will be exclusively available at LEGO.com, LEGO Retail Stores, and other LEGO channels starting October 1, 2022. No pre-order available.

Officially called LEGO Avatar Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls (75574), the set will consist of 1,212 pieces, available 1st October, and retails for £129.99 (139.99USD/229.99 AUD/179.99 CAD).

It has four Minifigures in total and includes:

• Mo’at
• Neytiri
• Jake Sully (Toruk Makto)
• Tsu’tey

The main builds are the Leonopteryx (bird creature) and the Tree of Souls itself.

Check out the image below, don’t forget to let us know your thoughts below in the comments.

Official details:

LEGO® Avatar Toruk Makto & Tree of Souls (75574)

– Age: 12+; 1212 pieces; October 1, 2022, launch; 149.99 EUR/USD
– Join Jake Sully, Neytiri, Mo’at and Tsu’Tey at the Tree of Souls! This LEGO® Avatar set reflects the scene where Jake joins with the majestic Toruk and becomes the 6th Toruk Makto. Dive into the intense effort to defend the important landmark of the Na’vi people, flying on the Toruk or riding the fierce Direhorse. Let the roots of the tree wrap around you and join the rest of the Na’vi as they commune together!

We already heard that a LEGO Avatar: The Way of Water theme will be coming soon but thanks to the official Avatar Twitter account we can expect to see something next month during the LEGO CON itself.

The message was simple, an eyes emoji followed by #legocon, make of this what you will be to us and most of the LEGO community it means something will be revealed.

What do you think? Let us know via the comments section below.

#LEGOCON https://t.co/gI4huEMlCJ

— Avatar (@officialavatar) May 17, 2022

LEGO CON Returns For 2022!

LEGO Avatar Theme Has Been Officially Confirmed!

During the discussion she detailed many of the upcoming items being produced alongside the Avatar movies franchise, including the once rumoured LEGO sets.

The LEGO Group will also have a full suite of building sets to recreate and display major movie moments across both the first “Avatar” film and “Avatar 2.

What we can take from that is at least a few sets based on the original movie and subsequent sequels will be heading our way. It totally makes sense as the lush World of Pandora is perfect to recreate in LEGO form.

Watch this space for more details surrounding the theme and sets.