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Best for Flower Lovers
LEGO Icons Wildflower Bouquet
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Best for Flower Lovers
LEGO Icons Wildflower Bouquet
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This stunning display of bright flowers can be arranged in multiple ways. Try it in your favorite vase, or add several sets together for a big centerpiece. Consider mixing and matching another flower set, too!
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Best for Model Car Fans
LEGO Icons Vespa 125 Scooter
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Best for Model Car Fans
LEGO Icons Vespa 125 Scooter
LEGO’s Icons line offers scale models of vehicles, like a classic Chevy Camaro and a vintage Porsche, but we especially adore this mini Vespa, complete with a helmet and floral basket.
The LEGO Ideas line is full of innovations that incorporate features beyond just bricks. For example, this delicate model of a grand piano becomes a working music box after it’s built. Once you sync the piano to an app, it’ll play multiple songs and the keys will move to the beat.
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Best for Your Holiday Table
LEGO Icons Dried Flower Centerpiece
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Best for Your Holiday Table
LEGO Icons Dried Flower Centerpiece
Give the family something fun to talk about at Thanksgiving with this festive LEGO centerpiece. The best part is that the flowers can be reused as part of your family tradition for years to come.
This massive world map is a commitment: It’s almost 12,000 pieces and takes up a lot of wall space at over three feet wide!, but it is so cool. It comes with hanging accessories and pins, so you can mark off all the places you’ve already visited, too.
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Best for Vintage Vibes
LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle
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Best for Vintage Vibes
LEGO Ideas Ship in a Bottle
Creating a traditional ship in a bottle is a skilled undertaking, but you can build this LEGO version with detailed instructions that anyone can follow.
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Best for ‘Lord of the Rings’ Fans
LEGO Icons ‘The Lord of The Rings’: Rivendell
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Best for ‘Lord of the Rings’ Fans
LEGO Icons ‘The Lord of The Rings’: Rivendell
One of the largest LEGO sets ever made, this dreamy playset has 6,167 pieces and comes with 15 minifigs as well as (of course!) one ring to rule them all. Amazon also sells LEGO’s LED light kit that you can use to make this set even more magical.
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Best for Disney Devotees
LEGO Walt Disney Tribute Camera
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Best for Disney Devotees
LEGO Walt Disney Tribute Camera
Made to celebrate Disney’s 100th anniversary, this vintage-style film camera looks like the real deal. There’s a clapperboard, figures of Disney icons Walt, Mickey, Minnie, Dumbo and Bambi plus a film strip with detailed images of LEGO versions of classic Disney films.
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Best for Old-School Gamers
LEGO Super Mario Nintendo Entertainment System
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Best for Old-School Gamers
LEGO Super Mario Nintendo Entertainment System
If you grew up in the ’80s and ’90s, you might have fond memories of the classic NES. The cool thing about this one is you can build a video game scene that fits inside the scrolling TV screen, making it look like the game is actually moving. A LEGO cartridge fits inside the Nintendo, and buttons and dials all make it feel more like the real deal.
No need to have a green thumb thanks to this beautiful orchid that will never lose its blooms. Once built, this is great for apartments or spaces with low light that can’t sustain real plants.
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Best for ‘Harry Potter’ Fans
LEGO ‘Harry Potter’ Hogwarts Icons
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Best for ‘Harry Potter’ Fans
LEGO ‘Harry Potter’ Hogwarts Icons
While there’s also a stunning LEGO Gringotts that we’re drooling over, this 20th-anniversary set is filled with a decorative collection of Harry Potter favorites. Hedwig in flight is the star of this sett, but there are also glasses, potions, a golden snitch and, of course, a wand to build.
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Best for Van Gogh Fans
LEGO Ideas Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”
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Best for Van Gogh Fans
LEGO Ideas Vincent Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night”
This collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) lets you make your own version of the famous masterpiece “The Starry Night.” It even comes with a mini Van Gogh at an easel working on his masterpiece.
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Best for Rock Stars
LEGO Ideas Fender Stratocaster
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Best for Rock Stars
LEGO Ideas Fender Stratocaster
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The Fender Stratocaster is an iconic electric guitar that musicians like Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton have used, and this mini version would look great next to the real thing or displayed alongside your record collection. This LEGO set lets you build the Strat (in red or black) with details like tuning pegs, a pickup switch and a whammy bar.
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Best for Art Lovers
LEGO Art Hokusai’s “The Great Wave”
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Best for Art Lovers
LEGO Art Hokusai’s “The Great Wave”
You can assemble actual masterpieces in 3D form thanks to art collections from LEGO. We love the muted tones and delicate curves of Hokusai’s iconic “Great Wave” and the fact that it can be easily hung on the wall to display.
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Best for ‘Star Wars’ Fans
LEGO ‘Star Wars’ Ultimate Millennium Falcon
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Best for ‘Star Wars’ Fans
LEGO ‘Star Wars’ Ultimate Millennium Falcon
Yes, this one is very expensive, but it does include 7,500 pieces to make the most detailed replica of the ship that can do the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. Once complete, it is almost three feet long and almost two feet wide, plus it comes with minifigs of Chewbacca, Han Solo and more. If you’re looking for a more affordable beginner’s version, try this smaller set.
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Best for Date Nights
LEGO Architecture Taj Mahal
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Best for Date Nights
LEGO Architecture Taj Mahal
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There are a lot of impressive sets in the LEGO Architecture line, including a nearly-five-foot-tall Eiffel Tower, but we love the elegance of this Taj Mahal replica; the curved pieces for the dome really make this model stand out. Since the Taj Mahal is often considered a symbol of love, this is a cute project for couples to work on together.
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Best for a Beach House
LEGO Ideas Motorized Lighthouse
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Best for a Beach House
LEGO Ideas Motorized Lighthouse
Just because this set is smaller than some others on this list (2,000 pieces) doesn’t mean it skimps on details. It features a cave with hidden treasures, a seagull, a glowing fireplace and a motorized light that rotates like the real thing.
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These elevated insects would look so cool on a desk or bookcase. The set of three comes with a blue morpho butterfly, a Chinese mantis and a Hercules beetle. Make them even cooler by adding your own glass cloche for display.
If you’re looking for a gift for a writer friend, this is it. It’s a 2,079-piece LEGO set that looks just like a mid-century typewriter. While you can’t use it to compose the next great American novel, it does have working keys that move and sound like the real thing.
Angel Madison is a writer, editor, and crafter living in New Jersey with her teenage daughter and two cats.
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