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School's Back In, and So Is Next Year's Pokémon Tease

Today splits between now and later. Back to Hogwarts opens its live shopping window, headlined by the $449.99 Ministry of Magic Collectors' Edition and a tiered run of gifts through September 6, while Pokémon XP teased five 2027 SMART Play sets, Grookey, Charcadet, Mankey, Pichu, and Wingull, in silhouette only.

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LEGO's Back to Hogwarts 2026 Opens With Ministry of Magic and Free Gifts

Back to Hogwarts turns into a spending ladder this year: the $449.99 Ministry of Magic Collectors' Edition anchors a tiered run of gifts, from a phone booth to Ministry Munchies at $130 and Dumbledore's Office at $40, plus returning posters and a 25th-anniversary bauble. Runs through September 6.

Minty Take

Three spending thresholds this year: a phone booth, Ministry Munchies at $130, Dumbledore's Office at $40. Building Together's review of the Munchies set makes the tension explicit, praising the minifigs and pieces while calling the tiered structure a terrible idea. Each new tier is a nudge toward the next spending threshold, and the ladder keeps getting longer.

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LEGO Teases Five 2027 Pokémon Sets With 'Who's That Pokémon?' Reveal

At Pokémon XP's SMART Play panel, five silhouettes flashed onscreen in the classic 'Who's That Pokémon?' style: Grookey, Charcadet, Mankey, Pichu, and Wingull, all pegged for early 2027. Full set details are still months out, but the teaser confirms the SMART Play line keeps expanding.

Minty Take

Grookey and Wingull aren't exactly headline Pokémon, and that's the point. LEGO doesn't need Pikachu-tier fame to justify a new SMART Play wave anymore. The interactive bricks and battle mechanic can now sell characters that wouldn't carry a standalone construction set on their own.

Fans React to New LEGO Super Mario Minifigure Line
New images of 2027's minifigure-scale LEGO Super Mario sets, from Bowser's Castle to a rideable Yoshi, are drawing early praise, with Brick Fanatics calling reaction 'absolutely fantastic.' The format lands alongside comparisons to LEGO's existing Interactive figures and to other mid-life theme reboots.
LEGO Ideas Review Stage Adds Coraline, CATAN, and Walkman
Three more projects hit 10,000 supporters this week, Coraline's Pink Palace by ZeusBricks, CATAN: The Game & 3D Wall Art by Honey.Brickz, and a Sony Walkman TPS-L2 by Headlight Bricks, bringing the Second 2026 Review Stage qualifying total to 85.
PokémonXP Brings Free LEGO Trophy and Kanto Starters Build
At Pokémon XP in San Francisco, LEGO's panel includes a free exclusive trophy build, a SMART Tag giveaway, and a giant Big Build of the Kanto starters, evolved Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise, inspired by LEGO's existing Pokémon starter sets.
LEGO Fortnite Teases Batman's Return With Bat-Signal
LEGO Fortnite's social channels teased a Bat Symbol projected into the sky above a cabin rooftop, hinting Batman is headed back into the game.
Crash Bandicoot Joins Fortnite as a LEGO Minifigure Skin
Crash Bandicoot lands in Fortnite's gaming-themed Override season with a LEGO-style outfit alongside his standard skin, available for 1,500 V-Bucks solo or 3,000 V-Bucks bundled.
Chronicle Books Expands LEGO Botanicals Gift Range for 2027
Chronicle Books adds three LEGO Botanicals-themed products for 2027: a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle featuring Botanicals set imagery, a Stationery Set with writing sheets and envelopes, and a Postcard Set complete with matching cards, part of the publisher's growing LEGO gift lineup.
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Trend Watch

The 'Biggest LEGO Set Ever' Title Keeps Changing Hands

Sagrada Família's Architecture set now carries the 'largest LEGO set ever' label, a title that's shifted hands repeatedly across UCS Star Destroyers and cathedral builds over the past few years. Brick Fanatics is already flagging how easily these superlative headlines backfire when price-per-piece and build quality come under scrutiny. Expect the record to keep moving.

Fortnite Is LEGO's Digital Testing Ground for Crossovers

Crash Bandicoot's LEGO-style skin and the Batman bat-signal tease point the same direction: Fortnite has become LEGO's digital testing ground for character crossovers, often well ahead of any physical set announcement. It's been the pattern since LEGO Fortnite's 2023 launch, and today's double dose suggests Epic's collab pipeline is only getting busier.

2027's Product Slate Is Already Leaking Out

Pokémon's SMART Play silhouettes, Chronicle Books' Botanicals gifts, and continuing drops of Super Mario minifigure images: three separate 2027 previews surfaced today, months before LEGO's usual reveal calendar. The pattern suggests 2027 will trickle out gradually across partner events and social teasers, well ahead of LEGO's typical big reveal push.

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