Live from the LEGO Fall Preview 2018 event, we’re bringing you our hands on experience with the newly revealed Harry Potter line, scheduled for release on August 1st. From first glance, it looks like the Wizarding World is being given the star treatment, so let’s dive in. 75953 Hogwarts Great Hall | 878 pieces | $99.99 | Available Aug. 1 The flagship set of Hogwarts, the Great Hall comes with ten minifigures including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Susan Bones, Albus Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell (with reversible Lord Voldemort face), Hagrid, and Nearly Headless Nick, along with Hedwig, Scabbers and the Sorting Hat. For the first time we are seeing the entire brick-built Basilisk snake and Mirror of Erised, and it looks like the model has been simplified slightly from the prototype we saw at the New York Toy Fair, resting on a flat base rather than...

We announced the new Boost-powered App-Controlled Batmobile earlier today, but that wasn’t the only new Batman set in the works. LEGO’s got three new sets planned for August, including some all-new characters. 76111 Batman: Brother Eye Takedown 269 pieces | Age 6+ 29.99 (USD) 34.99 (CAD) Available in August Featuring Batman, Brother Eye, and Batwoman, this set includes the full lineup of new Bat accessories and Brother Eye’s creepy floating eyeball satellite facing off against a very pointy Bat-Jet. 76110 Batman: The Attack of the Talons 155 pieces | Age 7+ 19.99 (USD) 24.99 (CAD) Available in August Up next is the Bat-Trike, with a pair of Talons ready to go toe-to-toe with Batman and Ace the Bat-Hound. We got a hands-on look at this one at LEGO’s Fall 2018 Preview event today. 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile 321 pieces | Age 8+ 99.99 (USD) 119.99 (CAD) Available in August And finally, the...

Earlier we brought you a first look at four new LEGO Star Wars sets, including the super cool Snoke’s Throne Room. But today LEGO is revealing their whole lineup for this fall, so we’ll be going through each theme and bringing you all the latest news, including hands-on photos of many of these sets from LEGO’s special Fall 2018 Preview event. Let’s start off with 3 more LEGO Star Wars sets. 75203 Hoth Medical Chamber, 255 pieces | Age 7+ 29.99 (USD) 39.99 (CAD) Available in August 75221 Imperial Landing Craft 636 pieces | Age 9+ 89.99 (USD) 109.99 (CAD) Available in August 75213 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 307 pieces | Age 6+ 39.99 (USD) 49.99 (CAD) Available in September Don’t miss the rest of our news coverage, including more Summer 2018 Star Wars sets that weren’t on display at the preview: LEGO Harry Potter setsLEGO Harry Potter sets hands-on...

LEGO has just revealed four new Star Wars sets, available starting August 1. They include a new Sandcrawler, X-Wing, and Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter, along with a playset of Snoke’s Throne Room from The Last Jedi. Check out the images below, and check back later today as we’ll be bringing you a hands-on look at these sets (and much more!) from LEGO’s Fall 2018 Preview event this afternoon. [Update: Don’t miss our in-person coverage of these sets] And don’t miss the rest of the new Star Wars sets, including the Hoth Medical Chamber. 75216 Snoke’s Throne Room, 492 pieces 75214 Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter, 247 pcs 75218 X-wing Starfighter, 731 pcs 75220 Sandcrawler, 1,239 pcs Don’t miss the rest of our news coverage, including more Summer 2018 Star Wars sets that weren’t on display at the preview: LEGO Harry Potter setsLEGO Harry Potter sets hands-on coverage from the Fall 2018 Preview eventLEGO Harry...

LEGO is expanding on its hit line of Boost programmable motorized kits. While the initial set was called Boost, the system it’s inspired will be called Powered Up. We got our first look at one of these back in February at Toy Fair with the Ninjago dragon Stormbringer, but today LEGO has announced that your favorite black-caped crusader, Batman, is getting some upgrades to his ride in the form of a programmable Batmobile. All of the Powered Up sets can be controlled via a smartphone or tablet app (on both iOS and Android), and some — like the Batmobile — will include motors while others need to be paired with the Boost set for full functionality. The LEGO Batman 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile will be available August 1 for $99.99. It includes 321 pieces. Also check out our hands-on demo of the App-Controlled Batmobile. 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile LEGO® Powered Up Platform Empowers...