January-February is always exciting for LEGO fans because of all the new sets released at the beginning of the year, and also because of the toy fairs. During these events, the LEGO Group and other toy manufacturers reveal some of their upcoming products that will be available later in the year. So, let’s take a look at what we know so far from the toy fair events. 🙂
➡ 2019 LONDON TOY FAIR: The London Toy Fair took place January 22-24. LEGO only revealed one new set during this event, the massive #70839 LEGO Movie 2 The Rexcelsior! The 1,820 piece model, released in summer 2019, gives builders of all ages the chance to take control of all-action hero Dangervest’s vessel, shaped like a fist and featuring a rapid-fire, 6-missile spring-loaded shooter with shooting function and a trigger in the back, allowing them to role-play space missions with Rex, Emmet and Rex’s raptor crew. Measuring over 7” (19cm) high, 15” (40cm) long and 8” (21cm) wide, The Rexcelsior features a detailed micro-scale interior, as well as Stubble Trouble Emmet and Rex Dangervest minifigures, Emmet and Rex LEGO micro-figures, five micro raptor dinosaur figures, and five micro build models including Emmet’s house and a dropship. I really like this set. It goes well with the already available #70826 LEGO Movie 2 Rex’s Rex-treme Offroader and the #70835 LEGO Movie 2 Rex’s Rexplorer! You can build a whole fleet with these sets! To see all the currently available sets, visit The LEGO Movie 2 section of the Online LEGO Shop.
The only other items LEGO revealed during the London Toy Fair were some accessories related to The LEGO Movie 2, like keychains, lights, storage solutions, display cases, backpacks, lunchboxes, stationary items, and more.
➡ 2019 GERMAN TOY FAIR: The German Toy fair took place in Nuremberg, Germany, between January 30th and February 3rd. Here, LEGO revealed a lot more about upcoming sets and themes, although taking pictures was not allowed. German LEGO fans Andres and Matthias from Zusammengebaut participated at the toy fair and reported on what was on display.
There are a couple of new LEGO Architecture sets coming, the #21045 LEGO Architecture Trafalgar Square and the #21046 LEGO Architecture Empire State Building.
It looks like LEGO City is bringing back space exploration. Sets include the #60224 LEGO City Maintenance Mission Shuttle, the #60225 LEGO City Rover Test Drive, the #60226 LEGO City Mars Research Shuttle, the #60227 LEGO City Moon Base, and the #60228 LEGO City Space Research Rocket Control Center. Other sets include the #60231 LEGO City Fire Truck, the #60232 LEGO City Service Station, the #60233 LEGO City Doughnut Shop, a new #60234 LEGO City People Pack, and of course the #60235 LEGO City Advent Calendar towards the end of the year.
There are two new LEGO Collectible Minifigure Series coming, one in May with eighteen minifigs, and one in September with sixteen minifigs.
Interestingly, we are getting another, but smaller carousel in the #31095 LEGO Creator Carousel. Other sets in the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 line are the #31096 LEGO Creator Double Rotor Helicopter, and the #31097 LEGO Creator Townhouse and Pet Store.
There are a bunch of LEGO Batman sets coming; the #76118 LEGO Batman and Robin vs. Mr. Freeze, the #76119 LEGO Batmobile: Joker Pursuit, the #76120 LEGO Batman The Riddler Heist, the #76122 LEGO Batcave: Clayface Invasion, the #76137 LEGO Batman vs. The Riddler and the #76138 LEGO The Joker Escape.
LEGO Friends is getting an eclectic selection of sets; the #41362 LEGO Friends Heartlake City Supermarket, the #41371 LEGO Friends Mia’s Horse Transporter, the #41372 LEGO Friends Stephanie’s Gymnastics Show, the #41374 LEGO Friends Karaoke Pool Party, the #41375 LEGO Friends Amusement Park, the #41376 LEGO Friends Turtle Rescue, the #41378 LEGO Friends Dolphin Rescue Submarine, the #41379 LEGO Friends Heartlake City Restaurant, the #41380 LEGO Friends Lighthouse, and the #41381 LEGO Friends Rescue Boat.
LEGO Ninjago will get a new collection of set for the next season of the TV show. Sets include the #70627 LEGO Ninjago Cole Offroad Bike, the #70671 LEGO Ninjago Attack of the Ice Samurai, the #70674 LEGO Ninjago Fire Snake, the #70676 LEGO Ninjago Lloyd’s Titan Mech, the #70677 LEGO Ninjago Desert Glider, and the #70678 LEGO Ninjago The Ice Age Fortress.
There are two new LEGO Overwatch sets coming, the #75866 LEGO Overwatch set, and the #75867 LEGO Overwatch sets. Exact names are not yet known. For the currently available sets, check the LEGO Overwatch section of the Online LEGO Shop.
There are five LEGO Star Wars Anniversary Edition sets, and each of them come with an original yellow minifigure on a stand, as well as a vehicle and other minifigures. The collection includes the #75243 LEGO Star Wars Slave I, the #75258 LEGO Star Wars Anakin’s Podracer, the #75259 LEGO Star Wars Snowspeeder, the #75261 LEGO Star Wars Clone Scout Walker, and the #75262 LEGO Star Wars Imperial Dropship. You can see them all in the video-preview below. Other Star Wars sets include the #75236 LEGO Star Wars Duel on Starkiller Base, the #75238 LEGO Star Wars Endor Assault, the #75239 LEGO Star Wars Hoth Shield Generator, the #75240 LEGO Star Wars Major Vonreg’s TIE Fighter, the #75241 LEGO Star Wars Echo Base, the #75242 LEGO Star Wars Black Ace TIE Interceptor, and the #75245 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar.
There are some really interesting sets in the LEGO Technic line. The #42096 LEGO Technic Car Transporter is a large set with 2,493 pieces, the #42097 LEGO Technic Spider Crane comes with 920 pieces, and the #42099 LEGO Technic Extreme Off-Road Vehicle comes with 958 pieces, three motors and independent suspension for each wheel. The biggest set is the #42100 LEGO Technic Liebherr 9800 excavator with 4,108 pieces, seven motors, and a new electronic system called CONTROL+. Watch the video preview below for more details.
There is also a new wave of sets related to The LEGO Movie 2, including the #70839 LEGO Movie 2 The Rexcelsior! we talked about above, and a handful of smaller sets.
➡ 2019 NOW YORK TOY FAIR: The New York Toy Fair will take place February 16-19. Usually, at this event the same sets are displayed as at the German Toy Fair, and some of them can be photographed as well. So, if you are curious about any of the sets mentioned above, look out for updates from this event.
Besides the above mentioned new sets, there are going to be other ones as well. For example, the new LEGO Harry Potter sets were not mentioned, and we already know that there are going to be new sets released for the Toy Story 4 film. And, if you are interested in any of the new sets released at the beginning of the year, check the NEW section of the Online LEGO Shop.
What do you think? Are you interested in any of the new LEGO sets and themes coming later this year? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below! 😉
And you might also like to check out the following related posts:
- January 2019 – New LEGO Sets & Promotions
- LEGO Movie 2 Trading Cards & Collector Album
- Review LEGO Welcome to Apocalypseburg!
- 2019 LEGO Ninjago Legacy Sets Overview
- 2019 LEGO Spider-Man Sets Review
- The LEGO Movie 2 Sets Video-Reviews & More!
- LEGO Overwatch Sets Video-Reviews & More!
- LEGO Chinese New Year Sets Video-Reviews
➡ LEGO SHOP IN USA: Online LEGO Shop USA
➡ LEGO SHOP IN CANADA: Online LEGO Shop Canada
➡ LEGO SHOP IN UK: Online LEGO Shop UK
I most want to see the star wars sets. Will they be on display?
Hm… usually new Star Wars sets are revealed around April/May, but you never know. 🙂
Is Lego Elves canceled or shelved or something.. It was my families Grail Favourite.
Laurie, yes, my understanding is that Elves is now over. I know many LEGO fans are very sad about this. I do hope that something equally awesome will replace it, but no word yet.
I’m really sad to hear this. It was also one of our favorite themes.
Sad in our house also. We’re not much into the Princess themed sets and Elves really helped mix things up a bit with the Mini dolls. Lots of cool hair pieces and colors in those sets.
I like the Rex spaceship thing. It’s so rad! It’s like a human size Lego infinity gauntlet. I bet kids are going to love it (and smash it). I hope pictures and videos will be allowed at the New York toy fair!
Usually at least some pictures and videos are allowed at the New York Toy Fair, although licensed products are often off limit.
Is that new Control+ system is going to work with PF1 or PF2 or Boost? I’m so confused by all these different electronic options.
The LEGO Power Functions/Robotics system is going through a major transition right now, so it is probably going to be confusing for a few years. Even some new sets are still shipping with the first version of Power Functions, others ship with Powered UP, and then there is also BOOST, and Mindstorms, and now CONTROL+. I would suggest waiting a bit until the dust settles to see which of these systems survive.
Yes, I wouldn’t sink any major money into the new systems until they are proven. The original Power Functions is a solid system, doesn’t require an app to operate, and we already know its kinks. Watching Sariel’s videos it seems like Powered Up has some issues with battery usage, distance, Bluetooth hangups. And Boost has similar problems plus issues with the color sensor.
I’m so excited about the new city sets . Space stuff, space stuff ,space stuff! I need to expand Benny’s space crew. As for ninjago , I’m up to my eyeballs with ninjago sets ( from the beginning of this year sets ) of course that’s not going to stop me.lol ! In fact I’m working on the Monastery of Spinjitzu and I have dragons everywhere. I have at least 4 more sets to go to complete this wave.
Many people are hoping that the City Space sets would be compatible with Benny’s Neo-Classic Space theme, although I think that unlikely.
(Even if I guess that new helmet mold should be put to better use than just a single set…)
I was wondering about those new helmet moulds. They are not really practical as actual space helmets though as they don’t have a visor. They are really only great for Classic Space, which of course means that now LEGO has to bring back Classic Space. There is no way around it. 😀
I’m more into Futuron and Blacktron, but if there’ll be further new minifig colors, I might consider it.
The Old Helmet had those Old Castle Visors, I remember, but modern visors tend to look rather weird.
I wonder, is the new 3-in-1 Townhouse/Pet Store going to be simply a smaller version of the expert creator Petshop set?
I think it might be like the creator bike shop and cafe and the other similar sets. I remember admin calling them the little brothers of the modulars, and they could be made into larger modular sets.
Just seems weird since there was a Creator 3-in-1 Townhouse just a couple years ago.
There were some rumors that the May CMF series would be a Disney series, IIRC.
Hm… that would be interesting. I do remember rumors that another series was coming.
Of course if Lego is already doing a space theme then chances are that it won’t be for a while that lego does a classic space theme ( maybe next year. One can hope). Unless, the space theme that’s coming out is an up date version of the classic space theme. 👨🚀🤞
I’m happy about the Creator Carousel and the pet store. I see some good Friends sets in the midst too. I’ll keep an eye on the Overwatch sets. I’m burned out on Batman still so it will take a lot to pull me into those sets. I also need some of those City sets because who doesn’t want doughnuts??? “Been There, Donut” that but need more.
I wonder if they are going to use those new action elements in the new city sets. I’m looking forward to city space, but I’m afraid it is going to be boring and expensive like the last time around.