Editor of Brick by Brick, adult LEGO fan and collector
I'm Jonny Utah, the editor behind Brick by Brick. I'm an adult LEGO fan who built this site to answer the questions I kept running into as a collector: which set is worth the money, whether a retiring set is likely to hold its value, and what to buy for someone else.
Every guide and comparison here starts from the same sources: our catalog of official sets for piece counts, years and inventories; current market pricing; and community feedback from Reddit and YouTube. Where a page uses AI-assisted summaries it says so, and the numbers on it come from that data, not from the model. I don't build every set I write about, and the site never claims otherwise. When an article draws on hands-on experience with a set, it says so in the text.
I also build the tools on this site, from BlockTalk to the price-per-piece and display-space calculators, because I wanted them for my own collection. The full methodology is on the How We Review page.
Full methodology: How We Review.
LEGO City is built around vehicles, rescues and classic minifigures; LEGO Friends around buildings, interiors and slightly larger mini-doll figures. The bricks work together. Here is how to choose, with current sets from both and what our catalog shows about price.
Ideas sets start as fan designs voted up on LEGO's Ideas site; Icons sets are LEGO's own adult line. In 2026 both are all 18+, cost about the same per piece and keep sets on sale for years. The real choice is the subject on the box.
LEGO Marvel is now about five times the size of LEGO DC by sets on sale, and it leads on adult display sets too. DC is almost all Batman. Here is how the two lines compare in our catalog, the flagships of each, and who should collect which.
Three 1980s movie cars LEGO built for adults, and only one is still sold. The Ghostbusters ECTO-1 and the 1989 Batmobile have retired, and the Back to the Future Time Machine is expected to leave at the end of 2026. Here is how the three compare, and which current sets take their place.
LEGO Technic has made six 1:8 supercars since 2016. Only two are still sold new in 2026, the Koenigsegg Sadair's Spear and the McLaren P1. Here is how all six compare on gearbox, engine and doors, which ones have retired, and which to buy now.
The LEGO Orient Express and the Hogwarts Express Collectors' Edition are both retired now, so the choice is which one to look for second hand. Here is how they differ in size, figures and detail, and which LEGO trains you can still buy new.
Speed Champions builds small, minifigure-scale cars from standard bricks; Technic builds larger cars with working mechanics, up to the 1:8 flagships. Price per piece is almost identical, so the choice is a garage of many cars or one big engineering build.
LEGO now has four large Lord of the Rings display sets. Rivendell has the most minifigures and is expected to leave LEGO's range first, on December 31, 2026. Barad-dûr has the lit Eye of Sauron, The Shire is the smallest and least expensive, and Minas Tirith, new in June 2026, is the largest. Here is what each one includes and which to buy first.
LEGO has made two big Disney Castles, the 2016 original (71040) and the 2023 remake (43222), and our catalog lists both as retired. Here is how they differ in size, colour and minifigures, which one to look for on the secondary market, and which current Disney sets fill the same spot on a shelf.
The 2026 LEGO Zelda set is 77093 Ocarina of Time, The Final Battle: an 18+ model of Ganon's ruined castle tower with Link, Princess Zelda and Ganondorf minifigures, a large Ganon figure and Navi, released March 1, 2026.
The 2026 LEGO Venator is 75441 Venator-Class Attack Cruiser, an 18+ midi-scale display model released January 1, 2026. Here is what is in the box, how it compares with the Ultimate Collector Series Venator, and why it is not the same set as 75440.
The best LEGO sets for adults in 2026, from the LEGO Pokémon display builds and the UCS Executor Super Star Destroyer to Shopping Street, Minas Tirith, Architecture and Botanicals, plus the sets leaving at the end of 2026 and how to choose by skill and budget.
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