Article Summary

A checked list of the 25 LEGO blogs, news sites, databases, communities, YouTube channels and podcasts worth following in 2026, grouped by purpose, with a concrete example of what each one published this year.

The LEGO web in 2026 is bigger and noisier than it was a year ago: the Executor Super Star Destroyer (75457) reveal in August and the Winter Village Holiday House (11387) reveal in September each produced dozens of articles, videos and threads within a day. This guide lists the 25 LEGO blogs, news sites, databases, communities, channels and podcasts we would actually keep open, grouped by what each one is for. We checked every site during the week of September 23, 2026, and for each one we point to something specific it published this year, so you can judge the coverage yourself.

What changed since last year's list
  • Last year's guide was really a deal-sites list. This edition covers the whole hobby: news, reviews, parts databases, price tracking, forums, video and podcasts.
  • BrickHawk, on the 2025 list, showed us only a sign-up screen on every check this month, so it is out until it shows public prices again.
  • Brick Hound, r/legodeal and The Brothers Brick from the 2025 list are all still active and stay in.
  • None of the external links in this guide are affiliate links.

If You Only Follow Five

Site Best For Updates Seen in 2026
Brickset News plus the reference set database Several posts a day Executor 75457 announcement on August 26 drew more than 150 comments; full review September 17
Jay's Brick Blog Reviews and monthly buying guides Most days Holiday House 11387 review, September 18, 4 out of 5
Rebrickable Part inventories and MOC instructions Daily Ferrari F2004 (11375) review on the site blog, September 22
BrickEconomy Set values and retirement dates Daily data, monthly guides "Best LEGO Sets Retiring in 2026" investment guide, July 7
r/lego The community's real-time reaction Constant "Hunk of Junk spotted on the mini star destroyer" thread, August 25

LEGO News Sites

These are the sites that had the Executor and the Holiday House up within hours of the official reveal, and that cover the gift-with-purchase calendar, retirements and price changes in between. Pick one or two; they overlap heavily on the big stories and differ on depth, region and tone.

Brickset

brickset.com
Best for: news with a reference database behind it. Updates: several posts a day.

Brickset pairs a news feed with the set database most other sites link to. Reveal articles are measured rather than breathless, and the comment threads are where long-time collectors argue. In 2026 CapnRex101's August 26 announcement of the 6,130-piece Executor (75457) drew more than 150 comments, and his full review on September 17 was one of the few to question whether a 136 cm model is practical to display. Every article links straight to the set's database entry, which lists price by region, release date, minifigures and reviews from other sites.

The Brick Fan

thebrickfan.com
Best for: the fastest word on promotions and stock. Updates: several posts a day.

Allen Tran's site is the one to check when you want to know what the gift with purchase is this week and whether a retired promo is back. Between September 20 and 23, 2026, it covered the Scary Haunted Tree (40900) promotion, the return of Grond (40893), a LEGOLAND exclusive and the Dragon Ball teaser. It also publishes a monthly "LEGO Retiring Soon List" (the September 2026 update went up the day before the Holiday House announcement), which is the quickest way to see what leaves shelves next.

Jay's Brick Blog

jaysbrickblog.com
Best for: honest reviews and a monthly "every new set" guide. Updates: most days.

Jay Ong writes from Australia, so prices appear in AUD alongside USD, and the reviews are long, well photographed and willing to say a set is overpriced. His September 18, 2026 review of the Holiday House (11387) gave it 4 out of 5 and noted the interior is built around fitting the big tree. The monthly "Buying Guide: Every new LEGO set releasing in ..." posts are the cleanest summary of a launch month we have found anywhere.

Brick Fanatics

brickfanatics.com
Best for: UK pricing and follow-up stories after a reveal. Updates: many posts a day.

Where most sites publish one reveal article and move on, Brick Fanatics keeps going: after the Executor announcement it ran a first-impressions piece mid-build, a comparison with the 2011 model, a minifigure rundown, and on September 23, 2026 a story on how LEGO tested the engine section for sagging. It also tracks every BrickLink Designer Program finalist round. Note that the site blocks automated fetching, so it will not work in some reader apps.

The Rambling Brick

ramblingbrick.com
Best for: context and history rather than speed. Updates: roughly weekly.

This Australian blog is the one to read when you want to know why a set matters. His September 11, 2026 post on the Modular Buildings turning 20 in 2027 is a good example, as is his September 15 write-up of the Holiday House. Fewer posts than the big sites, but rarely a wasted one.

Beyond English: StoneWars and Hoth Bricks

stonewars.de (German) and hothbricks.com (French, with an English edition)
Best for: European pricing, promotions and rumours. Updates: several posts a day each.

Both sites often run European retailer sales and rumour round-ups before the English-language press catches up. On September 22, 2026 both had the Dragon Ball teaser and the Shenlong (11390) set number up the same day; Hoth Bricks followed on September 23 with the LEGO x Nike Outer Space collection and a Fnac sale. Browser translation handles StoneWars well; Hoth Bricks publishes its own English version.

Reviews and In-Depth Coverage

News sites tell you a set exists. These sites tell you whether it is any good, what is new inside the box, and how it compares with what came before.

The Brothers Brick

brothers-brick.com
Best for: reviews from builders' eyes, plus the best fan creations. Updates: daily.

Running since 2005, The Brothers Brick mixes set reviews with a daily feed of custom models, which makes it the place to see what talented builders do with the new parts. Theo Spencer's September 16, 2026 review of the Holiday House (11387) called it a solid return to basics for the Winter Village line; the Downton Abbey (21373) review five days earlier and the Star Trek Enterprise Bridge (11385) review in August show the range.

New Elementary

newelementary.com
Best for: new parts, new colours and building techniques. Updates: a few posts a week.

Nobody else does this: every month New Elementary lists every new element in that month's sets and which sets contain them. The September 4, 2026 edition catalogued 352 new elements and noted that most were licensed pieces for Shrek, Star Trek and SpongeBob that will probably never reach Pick a Brick. It also tracks Pick a Brick additions and removals, and its reviews (Sagrada Família 21065 in September) focus on parts rather than play features.

Brick Architect

brickarchitect.com
Best for: the LEGO Architecture line, adult sets and storage. Updates: a few posts a month.

Tom Alphin, author of The LEGO Architect, runs a monthly news round-up that is the most readable summary of what is coming for adult builders (the September 2026 edition went up August 30). Reviews are thorough and slow: Tower Bridge (21067) on July 27, 2026 compared the new model against the 2010 version; the Woodland Mushrooms (11505) review in August dug into the techniques.

Brick Insights

brickinsights.com
Best for: a single score across every review of a set. Updates: as reviews are published.

Brick Insights aggregates reviews from the sites above and turns them into one score, in the style of Metacritic. Useful when you want a second opinion in ten seconds. In September 2026 it had the Shrek Collectible Minifigures (71053) scored figure by figure: Puss in Boots at 92, Gingy at 78. It is a one-person project from Sweden and depends on other sites' reviews, so smaller sets can take a while to get a score.

Databases, Marketplaces and Deal Alerts

Rebrickable

rebrickable.com
Best for: part inventories, "what can I build" and MOC instructions. Updates: daily.

Rebrickable holds the inventory of every set, so you can enter what you own and see which official sets and fan designs you can already build. It is also the main marketplace for paid and free MOC instructions, and our own catalog is built from its open data. The 75457 Executor inventory was listed before the set went on sale, and the site blog reviews new sets several times a week (Ferrari F2004 and Michael Schumacher, 11375, on September 22, 2026; Snoopy's Doghouse, 21368, on September 19).

BrickLink

bricklink.com
Best for: buying individual parts and minifigures, plus Studio and the Designer Program. Updates: continuous.

LEGO-owned since 2019, BrickLink is the marketplace where thousands of small sellers list parts, minifigures and sets, and its price guide is the reference for what a used minifigure actually sells for. Studio, its free building software, currently has a Split and Merge tool and a colour validator in early access. The Designer Program, which turns fan designs into limited-run sets, announced its five Series 11 picks on June 20, 2026 (Royal Nest, Elven Citadel and Village Parlour among them), with 573 other submissions not chosen and crowdfunding scheduled for June 2027. Our BrickLink buying guide covers how to shop it without overpaying on shipping.

Brick Hound

brickhound.com
Best for: stock and price alerts by text or Discord. Updates: real time.

Brick Hound watches LEGO.com, Amazon, eBay and r/legodeal and pings you by SMS or Discord when a set you follow drops in price or comes back in stock. The Discord had 10,824 members with 1,794 online when we checked on September 23, 2026, which is the best sign an alert service is still being run. Subscribe only to sets you are actually waiting for; the firehose channels are relentless.

r/legodeal

reddit.com/r/legodeal
Best for: clearance finds and store-specific codes. Updates: hourly.

Every post is titled with the retailer, the set and the discount, so it scans in seconds. September 2026 top posts included a Macy's 20 to 40 percent sale thread, a QVC code for the Gingerbread AT-AT (40806), and a Walmart markdown on Mayor Manor (11383), alongside the in-store clearance reports (a Target in Arizona, a Costco in California) that no aggregator catches. Our own deals page covers the Amazon and eBay side with prices checked daily.

Communities and Forums

r/lego

reddit.com/r/lego
Best for: the immediate reaction to anything LEGO does. Updates: constant.

The biggest general LEGO community we know of, and the first place jokes, complaints and spotting threads appear. The August 25, 2026 "Hunk of Junk spotted on the mini star destroyer" post about the Executor's companion model was up within hours of the reveal, and the Wallace and Gromit (21371) reveal thread on August 30 and the SpongeBob meme recreations in mid-September show what tends to rise to the top. Sort by Top for the week if you only visit occasionally.

Eurobricks

eurobricks.com
Best for: deep, theme-specific discussion and MOC feedback. Updates: constant.

A classic forum with 186,299 members and sub-forums for every theme, Eurobricks is where the Star Wars, Technic and Train communities keep multi-year threads going. A good 2026 example: a Singapore builder's 65 cm stud-less Executor MOC, posted in the Star Wars forum on June 13 with instructions on Rebrickable, was still collecting replies on September 14. If you build your own models, this is where you get useful criticism.

For in-person community, see our guides to LEGO User Groups and LEGO conventions.

YouTube Channels

Subscriber counts and upload dates below are what we saw on September 23, 2026.

Beyond the Brick

youtube.com/@BeyondtheBrick
Best for: fan-built models and convention tours. Updates: daily.

Joshua Hanlon's channel (1.56 million subscribers, 4,700 videos) is a daily walk through the best fan builds at conventions worldwide. On September 23, 2026 the newest upload was a Great Ball Contraption from BrickSlopes 2026, preceded by a Skyrim Whiterun build and a motorised Pirates of the Caribbean ride. Almost no set reviews; this is inspiration, not shopping.

JANG's LEGO Reviews

youtube.com/@JANGsLEGOreviews
Best for: independent, purchased-at-retail set reviews. Updates: several a week.

JANG has reviewed sets for well over a decade and moved his set reviews to this dedicated channel (169,000 subscribers, 3,100 videos) so his main channel could focus on reveals. Every title carries "#NotAd" because he buys what he reviews. Recent examples: the City Vintage Steam Train (60511) on September 22, 2026, and a Star Trek Enterprise Bridge (11385) review that counted 44 stickers and called the model incomplete.

Solid Brix Studios

youtube.com/@SolidBrixStudios
Best for: big-set reviews and comparisons. Updates: roughly weekly.

David Hall (717,000 subscribers) gets the large sets early and reviews them at length. His Executor (75457) review went up on September 19, 2026 and had 449,000 views four days later; a first-impressions video in late August and an "Every LEGO Hogwarts Castle Compared" video are typical of the comparison format he does best.

MandRproductions

youtube.com/@MandRproductions
Best for: LEGO Star Wars news, rumours and opinion. Updates: weekly ASK MandR plus news.

Ryan's channel (720,000 subscribers) is the Star Wars specialist. The reveal video "LEGO Star Wars 2026 UCS Super Star Destroyer!" in late August 2026 passed 364,000 views, and the weekly ASK MandR question show (episode 423 on September 22) is where 2027 rumours get discussed first. Expect strong opinions.

RacingBrick

youtube.com/@RacingBrick
Best for: Technic and vehicle "detailed building reviews". Updates: roughly weekly.

RacingBrick (263,000 subscribers) films the whole build, not just the finished model, so you see the gearbox before you buy. September 2026 uploads included a detailed building review of the Bookstore Book Nook (11379) and a comparison asking whether City construction sets (60480 and 60494) now out-engineer Technic. His separate blog has not been updated since 2024; follow the channel instead.

Podcasts

Back 2 Brick

back2brick.buzzsprout.com
Best for: a weekly news recap you can listen to on the commute. Updates: weekly, Fridays.

Garrett Gourley's "Bricking News" episodes summarise the week: the September 17, 2026 episode covered the 300-plus sets marked as retiring, the Yu-Gi-Oh reveal and the Holiday House; the August 27 episode was the Super Star Destroyer week. Between news episodes he interviews LEGO designers and builders.

AFOLs Welcome

AFOLs Welcome on Apple Podcasts
Best for: conversation about the hobby rather than the news. Updates: weekly.

Hosts Gr!ncH and Cat pick one topic per episode and bring in a guest who knows it. Episode 116 on September 21, 2026 was about being a parent and an adult fan at the same time; earlier September episodes covered building on a budget and a web tool for planning display layouts. A good fit if you want something slower than the news.

Investing and Retirement Tracking

BrickEconomy

brickeconomy.com
Best for: current market value and retirement dates for every set and minifigure. Updates: daily data, monthly guides.

BrickEconomy tracks the secondary-market value of sets and minifigures, shows growth since retirement, and maintains the retiring-soon lists most other sites quote. Its "Best LEGO Sets Retiring in 2026" investment guide (July 7, 2026 edition) ranked the sets leaving that month by potential rather than by current premium, and put a large City playset, the City Tower (60473), alongside the usual flagship display sets. Treat the forecasts as one input, not a promise; the site says the same.

Two of the news sites above double as retirement trackers: The Brick Fan's monthly Retiring Soon list and Brickset's database, which flags sets as retired once they leave LEGO.com. Our own LEGO investment guide explains how we read this data, the 2026 retirements list covers this year's departures, and every set page on this site has an Investment Analysis section built from our own market data.

How We Picked

We started from last year's list, then searched for the sites, channels and podcasts that covered the two biggest reveals of the season, the Executor (75457) and the Holiday House (11387). Every site had to be live on September 23, 2026 and had to have something published in 2026 that we could point to; if we could not find one, the site did not make the list, however well known it is. Three sites (Rebrickable, BrickEconomy and Brick Fanatics) block automated requests, so we checked them in a normal browser. We dropped BrickHawk because it showed only a sign-up screen, and we link RacingBrick's YouTube channel rather than his blog because the blog stopped in 2024. Descriptions are our own; we have not copied any site's own wording.

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Final Thoughts

You do not need all 25. One news site, one review source, Rebrickable or BrickLink for parts, BrickEconomy for values and r/lego for the conversation will cover almost everything; add a YouTube channel or a podcast for the format you actually enjoy. Whatever you follow, the test is the same one we used here: does it still publish things you can point to this year? We will re-check the list in 2027.

External links in this guide are not affiliate links. Site details, subscriber counts and dates were checked on September 23, 2026 and will change.