Lego's March Releases Celebrate 25 Years of Brick-Based Star Wars

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March is bringing a ton of new Lego sets to shelves—and a very special celebration for one of the toymaker’s biggest lines, as the Lego Star Wars range celebrates its 25th anniversary with tons of special sets. But that’s far from all that’s dropping this month.

The other major March launch is the highly anticipated Lego and Nintendo collaboration for the very first Animal Crossing sets, and beyond that there’s more Marvel on the way, new space-y Technic releases to chart the stars, and even a few new major sets in Lego’s adult-oriented lines, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ cottage to a very swanky return to Lego Castle vibes in the medieval town square. Click through to see everything else releasing this month!

Lego Animal Crossing

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Nintendo’s next big collaboration with Lego is a bit more traditional than the play-focused Super Mario sets, bringing to life key locales and villagers from the Animal Crossing series for you to create a New Horizons-inspired island getaway across five sets.

Lego Creator 3-in-1 Red Fox

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Lego’s latest cute 3-in-1 animal set can be turned into a squirrel or an owl, but the main fox build is the highlight. $50, available here.

Lego Creator Sea Animals

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Find out if life’s better down where it’s wetter with not one, but three different ways to create this marine life display. $30, available here.

Lego Disney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’ Cottage

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Lego’s latest Disney adults set is a whopper, faithfully bringing Snow White’s cottage to life—complete with her... glass coffin! Delightful. $220, available here.

Other Lego Disney Sets

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In slightly less pricey Disney offerings there’s a couple of Encanto inspired sets for youngsters, and a very adorable buildable Stitch!

Lego Icons Medieval Town Square

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Lego Castle is slowly but surely making its way back with these collector-focused medieval sets—or perhaps you just really need something to go with that Lego Dungeons & Dragons set that’s on the way. Either way this fantastic town square is a treat, packed with minifigures and details to bring a bustling village to life. $230, available here.

Lego Icons McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna

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Celebrate the life of a motorsporting icon with this replica of legendary McLaren formula one car from the ‘80s—complete with its fabled driver, the late Ayrton Senna. $80, available here.

Lego Marvel Spidey and His Amazing Friends

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A trio of kid-friendly sets inspired by the Spidey and His Amazing Friends cartoon see Miles Morales, Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy, and a few other of their heroic friends team up to fight Green Goblin, Electro, and Arnim Zola, of all people.

Lego Ninjago Dragon Stone Shrine

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There’s a lot of new Ninjago this month, but this gorgeous shrine is an absolute highlight—the vibe is immaculate, and that curving dragon sculpture forming the waterfall? Fantastic. $120, available here.

Other Lego Ninjago Sets

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That’s not all for Ninjago this month, which continues last month’s big dragon theme with a couple more serpents, as well as a new mech and other vehicles.

Lego Technic Planet Earth and Moon in Orbit

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Lego’s really embracing space again lately—not just in riffs on its iconic Lego Space sets, but through Technic offering both real-world and futuristic riffs on space technology and science too. This latest set is no exception, letting you build a practical functioning orrery to track the phases of the moon, and the earth’s position in the solar system. $75, available here.

Other Lego Technic Sets

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There’s plenty more space on the horizon for Technic too, with a new cargo spaceship, a Mars Rover, and surface loader this month. For those more earthbound vehicular activities there’s plenty on offer too, including a Formula E race car, and more.

Lego Star Wars 25th Anniversary R2-D2

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A few years ago Lego already came out with an epic R2-D2 model in its Ultimate Collector Series range. But now the heroic astromech is getting a more condense, but still finely detailed replica to launch Lego’s celebration for 25 years of Lego Star Wars. The build itself is great, but the secret killer add-on? The brand new Darth Malak minifigure included as an anniversary bonus, the first time the Knights of the Old Republic villain has made it to Lego. $100, available here.

Lego Star Wars 25th Anniversary Boarding the Tantive IV

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Recreate the iconic opening of A New Hope with this mini diorama depicting the hallways of the Tantive IV—soon to be strewn with poor Rebel bodies. Like R2, this kit comes with a new-to-Lego character in minifigure form as a bonus: poor ARC Trooper Fives. $55, available here.

Lego Star Wars 25th Anniversary Starship Collection

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The Star Wars 25th anniversary releases are rounded out with a brand new sub-line in the Starship Collection. Inspired by the narrative diorama releases Lego has recently done, this will take the ships big and small of the galaxy far, far away and recreate them in a more display-friendly scale and presentation.

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