Even though most sub-themes are not official and are rather classified by the majority of the Lego community, some, such as the Modular Buildings Collection, are officially classified and recognized by The Lego Group.
Modular Buildings Collection In April 2007, The Lego Group released
10182 Café Corner, the first modular building in the nearly 20-year-old collection. It included 2,056 pieces, and differed from the modular buildings released later in that its interior was empty. The set was followed by
10185 Green Grocer in 2008, now both the interior and the exterior detailed. The collection continued then with
10197 Fire Brigade in 2009,
10210 Grand Emporium in 2010,
10218 Pet Shop in 2011,
10224 Town Hall in 2012,
10232 Palace Cinema in 2013,
10243 Parisian Restaurant in 2014,
10246 Detective’s Office in 2015,
10251 Brick Bank in 2016, and
10255 Assembly Square, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the collection. These sets included minifigures with classic smiling face. The modular building of 2018,
10260 Downtown Diner, included modern minifigure faces for the first time. It was followed by
10264 Corner Garage,
10270 Bookshop,
10278 Police Station,
10297 Boutique Hotel,
10312 Jazz Club,
10326 Natural History Museum, and
10350 Tudor Corner. There are several patterns in the release of the sets: • The first one,
10182 Café Corner, was a corner building, while
10185 Green Grocer and
10197 Fire Brigade were both not. The pattern that a corner building is followed by two non-corner ones has been maintained for all sets released since 2007. • Nearly all of the modulars are built on 32×32 baseplates, except for
10255 Assembly Square and
10326 Natural History Museum, which are built on a 32×32 and a 16×32 baseplate. •
10218 Pet Shop and
10270 Bookshop both consist of two separate buildings on 16×32 baseplates. In 2012,
10230 Mini Modulars was released, including the mini versions of the first four modular buildings, plus
10190 Market Street. Since 2022, gifts with purchase are also releasing for the buildings:
40532 Vintage Taxi for 2022,
40586 Moving Truck for 2023,
40681 Retro Food Truck for 2024, and
40757 Corner Kiosk for 2025.
Fairground Collection On July 1, 2009, The Lego Group released
10196 Grand Carousel, a 3,263-piece set; in 2014,
10244 Fairground Mixer followed it with a more refined design language, and was not built on a baseplate. On June 1, 2015,
10247 Ferris Wheel launched;
10257 Carousel was the next one on June 1, 2017. The largest one yet,
10261 Roller Coaster, was released on June 1, 2018, including 4,124 pieces. The Fairground Collection name was used officially for the first time in
10273 Haunted House in June 2020, retroactively including the previous sets Later on,
10273 Haunted House was launched in June 2020, with
10303 Loop Coaster releasing in July and
10303 Loop Coaster in July 2022. All sets offer the builder the option to use additional
Lego Power Functions or
Lego Powered UP elements to enhance the playability of the set such as automation, music, and sound effects.
Winter Village Collection In October 2009,
10199 Winter Toy Shop was released, establishing an annual sub-theme of the exclusive sets.
10216 Winter Village Bakery launched in 2010, followed by
10222 Winter Village Post Office in 2011,
10229 Winter Village Cottage in 2012, and
10235 Winter Village Market in 2013. The Lego Group offered something new with
10245 Santa’s Workshop, released on October 1, 2014. In 2015, they re-released the first set as
10249 Winter Toy Shop.
10254 Winter Holiday Train, the reiteration of
10173 Holiday Train, launched on October 1, 2016, with
10259 Winter Village Station following it on October 1, 2017. The set of 2018 was
10263 Winter Village Fire Station, and, in 2019,
10267 Gingerbread House was released for the 10th anniversary of the collection.
10275 Elf Club House, released on October 1, 2020, was a fantasy-themed set again, after
10245 Santa’s Workshop in 2014. The
Winter Village Collection set for 2021 was
10293 Santa’s Visit, which was similar to
10229 Winter Village Cottage from 2012.
10308 Holiday Main Street launched on October 7, 2022, and was the largest set at that time;
10325 Alpine Lodge broke the record in 2023, and is still has the highest piece count among Winter Village Collection sets. On October 4, 2024,
10339 Santa’s Post Office was released.
Botanical Collection The
Botanical Collection started in January 2021 with two sets,
10280 Flower Bouquet and
10281 Bonsai Tree. The third one was
10289 Bird of Paradise in June 2021. These were followed by
10309 Succulents and
10311 Orchid in 2022; the sets for 2023 were
10313 Wildflower Bouquet and
10314 Dried Flower Centerpiece. On December 1, 2023,
10329 Tiny Plants was released, with
10328 Bouquet of Roses launched one month later, on January 1, 2024. Two additional sets were released in August 2024:
10368 Chrysanthemum and
10369 Plum Blossom, and in October 2024,
10340 Wreath and
10370 Poinsettia also launched. In November 2024, it was announced that the
Botanical Collection would be spun off into its own line called
Botanicals, with previous sets rebranded to the new line. The first official
Botanicals set to not feature an 18+ age rating would be
10347 Petite Sunny Bouquet in May 2025.
Castle System In August 2022,
10305 Lion Knights’ Castle was released among other
90 Years of Play sets, celebrating the 90th anniversary of The Lego Group. That summer,
40567 Forest Hideout also launched as a gift with purchase. The next similar set,
10332 Medieval Town Square, arrived on March 4, 2024, although with a normal packaging design that most of the
Lego Icons sets use.
Space System On August 1, 2022,
10497 Galaxy Explorer, a 1,254-piece classic space set was launched, followed by a gift with purchase,
40580 Blacktron Cruiser, in January 2023. Yet another one,
10355 Blacktron Renegade, was released on January 4, 2025, but with the standard packaging design for
Lego Icons sets.
Gardens of the World In November 2024, The Lego Group announced
10359 Fountain Garden, a 1,302-piece set scheduled for release on January 1, 2025. On the packaging,
Gardens of the World appeared, creating a brand new sub-theme for
Lego Icons.
Restaurants of the World Similarly to
Gardens of the World, another sub-theme,
Restaurants of the World was established by the announcement of
10362 French Café in January 2025. The set contains 1,101 pieces and was released on March 1, 2025.
Vehicles In 2008, an exclusive model,
10187 Volkswagen Beetle, was released, depicting a
Volkswagen Beetle 1960 “Charlotte” model, followed by
10220 Volkswagen T1 Camper Van, with a more refined design, in 2011. After a two-year hiatus, the vehicle series returned with
10242 MINI Cooper in August 2014. In 2015,
The Lego Group offered something different with
10248 Ferrari F40; in 2016, they revised the
Beetle with
10252 Volkswagen Beetle. On August 1, 2017,
10258 London Bus was released, with no license to a real-life vehicle type, but capturing the iconic
AEC Routemaster. The first vehicle based on a media franchise,
10262 James Bond Aston Martin DB5, launched on August 1, 2018. In 2019, two vehicles were released:
10265 Ford Mustang in March, and
10269 Harley-Davidson Fat Boy in August. On March 1, 2020,
10271 Fiat 500 became available, with a re-colored version,
77942 Fiat 500, released in September 2021 (in the
United Kingdom only).
10274 Ghostbusters ECTO-1 arrived on November 15, 2020, followed by three vehicles in 2021:
10295 Porsche 911 on March 1,
10279 Volkswagen T2 Camper Van on August 1, and
10290 Pickup Truck on October 1. In March 2022, yet another motorcycle,
10298 Vespa 125 was released, and shortly after,
10300 Back to the Future Time Machine, including minifigures, too, also launched in April 2022. A third vehicle that year,
10304 Chevrolet Camaro Z28, was also released, in August. In 2023, there has been a decrease in the number of vehicles, as only two were released:
10317 Land Rover Classic Defender 90 on April 4 and
10321 Corvette on August 4. Something fresh arrived in 2024 with
10330 McLaren MP4/4 & Ayrton Senna, launched in March; it was followed by
10337 Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole in July 2024. Another
Formula One race car and pilot,
10353 Williams Racing FW14B & Nigel Mansell, was released on March 1, 2025; after that,
10357 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C launched on July 4, 2025.
Buildings The first building to release among Lego exclusives was
10181 Eiffel Tower; it had an incipient design, and its scale was 1:300. It was followed by the launch of
10189 Taj Mahal in October 2008. The series continued on with
10210 Tower Bridge in 2010,
10234 Sydney Opera House in 2013 and
10254 Big Ben in 2016.
10256 Taj Mahal was a re-release of
10189 Taj Mahal in 2017, with the only difference a brick separator being added. In 2020, a stadium,
10272 Old Trafford – Manchester United was released in February;
10276 Colosseum, which was the largest Lego set that time, also launched, on
Black Friday 2020. On September 1, 2021,
10284 Camp Nou – FC Barcelona followed, with a gift with purchase,
40485 FC Barcelona Celebration;
10299 Real Madrid – Santiago Bernabéu Stadium was released on March 1, 2022. The latest building,
10307 Eiffel Tower, incorporating the second most pieces—10,001—of all Lego sets, launched on Black Friday 2022, and was accompanied by a gift with purchase,
40579 Eiffel’s Apartment.
Space The Lego Group released an advanced space set in 2010,
10213 Shuttle Adventure, re-issued as
10231 Shuttle Expedition in 2011. On June 1, 2019, a licensed
Lego Creator Expert space set launched:
10266 NASA Apollo 11 Lunar Lander; it was a detailed model of the lunar lander with minifigures and a base.
10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery, released in 2021, was another one with a piece count of 2,354. The next one arrived in 2024, as
10341 NASA Artemis Space Launch System, including 3,601 pieces, released on May 18. Another set was released on May 18, 2025:
10360 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, including a
Boeing aircraft and a space shuttle. It was rumored that The Lego Group intended to release a set featuring
SpaceX Falcon 9 with set number 10301 in April 2022; the set was canceled.
Trains The first train aimed to adult collectors was
10173 Holiday Train, released in September 2006, and followed by
10194 Emerald Night in 2009. A cargo train,
10219 Maersk Train, also launched on April 1, 2011.
10233 Horizon Express, the first exclusive set to carry the
Lego Creator Expert branding, arrived on January 1, 2013. After that, 2020 was the year when the next one released,
10277 Crocodile Locomotive, with a display stand accompanying the train.
Aviation and maritime In 2006,
Boeing 787 Dreamliner (set10177) was released, as one of the earliest Lego exclusives. The next launched on January1, 2010: Imperial Flagship (set10210).
10226 Sopwith Camel was released in 2012;
10241 Maersk Line Triple-E was launched by The Lego Group in January 2014. They were followed by
10294 Titanic on November 8, 2021, then
10318 Concorde, a 2,083-piece set of the
Airbus aircraft, on September 7, 2023, and finally,
10335 The Endurance, launched on
Black Friday 2024; the latter had a gift with purchase, too:
40729 Shackleton’s Lifeboat. Pirates In July 2023,
10320 Eldorado Fortress was released, resembling
6276 Eldorado Fortress from 1989. Its packaging recalled the classic Lego themes with its yellow design, similarly to
Castle System and
Space System sets.
Queer Eye In October 2021, The Lego Group released
10291 Queer Eye – The Fab 5 Loft, based on Queer Eye, a 2018
Netflix series.
Transformers Hasbro and The Lego Group collaborated up in 2022 to release a
Transformers Lego set,
10302 Optimus Prime; the model can be transformed and displayed both in robot mode and vehicle mode. It was followed up by
10338 Bumblebee in July 2024, and
10358 Soundwave in 2025. The latter features his cassette minions, Laserbeak and Ravage, and a sound brick.
The Lord of the Rings The Lego Group renewed
The Lord of the Rings license with launching
10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell in March 2023. Including 6,167 pieces, it was a highly detailed diorama of the iconic locale from the movie trilogy. The next year,
10333 The Lord of the Rings: Barad-dûr was released, with a similarly high piece count. In 2025,
10354 The Lord of the Rings: The Shire also launched, though it was a medium-sized set with 2,017 pieces. Since 2024, gifts with purchase also accompany the sets:
40693 The Lord of the Rings: Fell Beast in 2024 and
40761 The Lord of the Rings: Sméagol & Déagol in 2025.
Book nooks In the summer of 2025, three book nook sets were released, including two as part of
Lego Icons:
10351 Sherlock Holmes: Book Nook with 1,359 pieces and
10367 The Lord of the Rings: Balrog Book Nook with 1,201 pieces.
Other licensed sets Various Lego sets based on Licensed properties have had large scale play and display sets released through the Lego Icons line: • On
Black Friday 2018,
4999 Vestas Wind Turbine was re-released as
10268 Vestas Wind Turbine, including 826 pieces and being able to be motorized with
Lego Power Functions. • In October 2021, The Lego Group released
10291 Queer Eye – The Fab 5 Loft, based on Queer Eye, a 2018
Netflix series. • On June 1, 2021,
10292 The Friends Apartments launched, following
21319 Central Perk, a
Lego Ideas set released in 2019. It included
Rachel,
Ross,
Joey,
Chandler,
Monica,
Phoebe, and
Janice as minifigures. • On July 1, 2021,
10282 adidas Originals Superstar launched, alongside a gift with purchase,
40486 adidas Originals Superstar. The set included a large-scale
adidas shoe with a display stand, with a small shoe and a minifigure in the gift with purchase set. • In July 2022,
10306 Atari 2600 was announced, featuring faux cartridges and dioramas of 3 games —
Adventure,
Asteroids, and
Centipede, and a classic room display within the console. • A similar set,
10323 PAC-MAN Arcade, was released in summer 2023, featuring a mechanical function in which characters from the games move around the board, and a room display on the back featuring a mini
PAC-MAN machine. • In February 2024, a 1,369-piece Lego set,
10327 Dune Atreides Royal Ornithopter was released, featuring the ornithopter and several minifigures of the characters from the franchise. • A
Lego Icons set incorporating special packaging design,
10391 Over the Moon with Pharrell Williams is based on the 2024 movie
Piece by Piece; it consists of 966 pieces, and was released on September 20, 2024, a few weeks before the movie premiered in theaters on October 11, 2024. • On May 13, 2025,
The Simpsons line, which had been dormant since 2015's
Kwik-E-Mart, was set to return with
10352 The Simpsons: Krusty Burger. The set includes 1,635 pieces and seven minifigures. • On July 1, 2025,
10375 How to Train Your Dragon: Toothless was released to coincide with the
2025 live-action film, and features a chibi design. There are several sets that do not fit in any of the sub-themes; they are the following: •
10184 Town Plan was released in 2008 to celebrate 50 years of the Lego brick. •
10315 Tranquil Garden, a 1,363-piece set, launched on August 1, 2023. •
10331 Kingfisher Bird was released on February 1, 2024, and includes 834 pieces. •
10334 Retro Radio, including 906 pieces, launched on June 4, 2024; it includes a sound brick. • ''10363
Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine'', released on January 1, 2025, recreates da Vinci's famous invention with 493 pieces. ==Design==