E.T. Phones Home, But Insiders Days Steals the Spotlight

Insiders Days GWPs have crept upward for years, and this cycle's $180 threshold for Sea Serpent tracks that climb. The split reaction to the official photos echoes past GWP debuts that looked better in concept art than product shots. If the pattern holds, expect a corrected round of images before July 7.

Same week, two community-born revivals, two philosophies. E.T. keeps Lafabrick's original nearly intact, translation as tribute. Sea Serpent reworks HallowedBrick02's 1992 homage into something Brickset calls a shape change, translation as reinterpretation. Watch which approach LEGO leans on as more Twist of Nostalgia winners reach production.

Hamilton and Verstappen's criticism of the minicars landed just as leaks point to a second Collectible Race Cars series arriving in 2027. If the rumor holds, LEGO is reading the criticism as noise from within the sport, not a signal from the collectors actually buying the sets.

The Ninjago anniversary keeps expanding beyond new sets. LEGOLAND Germany just handed out its second of four exclusive anniversary bricks (Lloyd, following Kai), and a new Image Comics run revisiting the original pilot arrives March 2027. Two more collectible bricks and presumably more nostalgia beats are still to come this season.