At the LEGO Fall Preview 2018 event we got a chance to take a look at the new LEGO City trains that were revealed yesterday. The designers have chosen to stick with a familiar theme that includes another modern passenger train as well as an industrial type train. We’ve also got a first look at a few new track packs that will be coming earlier in the summer. Let’s take a look at what’s in store. 60197 Passenger Train | 677 pieces | $159.99 USD | Available Aug. 1 The last time that LEGO released new trains, the High Speed Passenger Train set 60051 was almost entirely white, before that it was almost all red. This time they gave the train a little pop of multi-color, with yellow and dark blue. The style and layout is very similar, but this set only has an engine on one end. This set also includes...

In conjunction with our in-person coverage of the LEGO Fall 2018 Preview event, we’re bringing you all the new product reveals in the LEGO Technic line, scheduled for release later this year. There are several fun sets coming up in this series, and we even got an up-close look at the new Volvo Concept Loader today. 42079 Forklift Truck | 592 pieces | $69.99 USD | Available Aug. 1 The smallest in the line-up, this build looks much simpler than the rest. It features a standard yellow forklift and includes a pallet that can hold a dangerous materials drum container. 42080 Forest Harvester | 1,003 pieces | $149.99 USD | Available Aug. 1 This large green harvester is equipped with a giant red saw, flanked by dangerous-looking yellow feed wheels. It has 8 wheels, and is a 2-in-1. The arm is pneumatic and can be powered by either Power Functions versions. 42081...

LEGO’s event today in New York City has unveiled more of the LEGO Star Wars sets that the company had held back from Toy Fair in February. Although much of the event is focused on the current product assortment, including sets like 75208 Yoda’s Hut and all of the Solo: A Star Wars Story LEGO sets, the event has given us a look at some exciting new sets being released over the next few months. 75214 Anakin’s Jedi Starfighter | 247 pieces | $19.99 | Available August 1 No matter what you think of the Prequel Trilogy, you can probably agree that Obi-wan’s Jedi starfighter with its enormous hyperdrive ring looks pretty cool, as seen in the current 75191 Jedi Starfighter with Hyperdrive. The Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor is a frequent subject of LEGO sets, with and without the hyperdrive ring. Nevertheless, it’s been 10 years since LEGO released an update...

Live from the LEGO Fall Preview 2018 event, we’re bringing you our hands on experience with the newly revealed Harry Potter line, scheduled for release on August 1st. From first glance, it looks like the Wizarding World is being given the star treatment, so let’s dive in. 75953 Hogwarts Great Hall | 878 pieces | $99.99 | Available Aug. 1 The flagship set of Hogwarts, the Great Hall comes with ten minifigures including Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, Susan Bones, Albus Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Quirrell (with reversible Lord Voldemort face), Hagrid, and Nearly Headless Nick, along with Hedwig, Scabbers and the Sorting Hat. For the first time we are seeing the entire brick-built Basilisk snake and Mirror of Erised, and it looks like the model has been simplified slightly from the prototype we saw at the New York Toy Fair, resting on a flat base rather than...

We announced the new Boost-powered App-Controlled Batmobile earlier today, but that wasn’t the only new Batman set in the works. LEGO’s got three new sets planned for August, including some all-new characters. 76111 Batman: Brother Eye Takedown 269 pieces | Age 6+ 29.99 (USD) 34.99 (CAD) Available in August Featuring Batman, Brother Eye, and Batwoman, this set includes the full lineup of new Bat accessories and Brother Eye’s creepy floating eyeball satellite facing off against a very pointy Bat-Jet. 76110 Batman: The Attack of the Talons 155 pieces | Age 7+ 19.99 (USD) 24.99 (CAD) Available in August Up next is the Bat-Trike, with a pair of Talons ready to go toe-to-toe with Batman and Ace the Bat-Hound. We got a hands-on look at this one at LEGO’s Fall 2018 Preview event today. 76112 App-Controlled Batmobile 321 pieces | Age 8+ 99.99 (USD) 119.99 (CAD) Available in August And finally, the...