10270 Modular Bookshop and new 2020 LEGO sets now available!

January 1, 2020 | 4

Happy New Year and welcome to a whole new decade! I hope that you had a great time ushering in the New Year, whether you were out partying, watching the fireworks or like me, safely in bed at a very responsible time.

The 1st of January also means the start of H1 (first half of LEGO’s calendar year), and a whole slew of new 2020 LEGO sets are now available on LEGO.com.

Here’s a quick rundown of new LEGO sets:

10270 Creator Expert Bookshop

You can kick the year off with the new 2020 modular, 10270 Bookshop or (bookstore, of that’s your preferred term) to expand your modular street. This 2,504 piece set contains a classic bookshop, and adjoining townhouse, and comes with 5 minifigures.

• LEGO 10270 Bookshop [US] – US$179.99
• LEGO 10270 Bookshop [AU] – AU$249.99
• LEGO 10270 Bookshop [UK] – £149.99
• LEGO 10270 Bookshop [EU] – €159.99
• LEGO 10270 Bookshop [CA] – CA$199.99

New DC Super Heroes Minifigures Series

Launching today is the new DC Super Heroes minifigures series, featuring 16 all-new characters from the DC Comics universe.

They’re not loaded up in the Australian store yet for some reason, but are now available to order in the United Kingdom, and the USA when it ticks over to the new year.

They’ll also start trickling out to toy and retail stores in the coming days.

New 2020 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

There’s also a slew of new Marvel, Spider-Man and Avengers sets available including the new Mechs, which include the new Thanos Mech which comes with a Thanos minifigure.

[LEGO Marvel 2020 – US] [LEGO Marvel 2020 – AUS] [LEGO Marvel 2020 – UK]

New 2020 LEGO City

Some highlights from the new LEGO City range include the Safari Off-Roader and Ice-Cream Truck

[LEGO City – US] [LEGO City – AUS] [LEGO City – UK]

New 2020 Friends

There doesn’t seem to be a defining theme with the new 2020 LEGO Friends sets – it just seems like there’s more stuff to expand Heartlake City with, including a few rehashes of prior sets such as a new Hospital, and Hair Salon.

Out of the entire range, the Nature Glamping set seems like the most interesting one for me.

[New LEGO Friends – US] [New LEGO Friends – AUS] [New LEGO Friends – UK]

New 2020 Creator

New for 2020 are a bunch of new Creator 3-in-1 sets, most of which are quite affordable. Highlights include the new Monster Burger Truck and Townhouse Toy Store

[LEGO Creator 2020 – US] [LEGO Creator 2020 – AUS] [LEGO Creator 2020 – UK]

New 2020 Speed Champions

Fans of the Speed Champions theme are in for an octane-filled New Year, with a whole fleet of new cars dropping.

I’m really excited to get my hands on the new Nissan GT-R NISMO set, which is the first Japanese sportscar to feature in the Speed Champions theme.

Hopefully this opens up the possibility of us getting an RX-7, Toyota Supra and maybe even a Skyline GT-R in the future.

[New Speed Champions – US] [New Speed Champions – AUS] [[New Speed Champions – UK]

New LEGO Trolls

When LEGO Trolls World Tour was announced, it was met with derision from most Adult LEGO fans, but I’m actually quite excited for these wacky-looking sets, and I have a gut feel that they’ll do quite well, especially when the new Trolls World Tour movie gets released.

[LEGO Trolls World Tour – US] [LEGO Trolls World Tour – AUS] [LEGO Trolls World Tour – UK]

New 2020 Hidden Side

The second wave of Hidden Side sets are also available, but with Australian retailers deep-discounting the first wave (which is never a good sign), it feels like this theme is doomed, and uh, gloomed.

[New Hidden Side – US] [New Hidden Side – AUS] [New Hidden Side – UK]

New 2020 LEGO Ninjago

The new wave of 2020 LEGO Ninjago takes on video games and once again features some really outstanding designs.

[LEGO Ninjago – US] [LEGO Ninjago – AUS] [LEGO Ninjago – UK]

New LEGO Minecraft 2020

Last but not least we have more LEGO Minecraft. I know absolutely nothing about LEGO Minecraft, but seeing LEGO continuously pump out Minecraft sets just means that they’re selling pretty well.

[LEGO Minecraft 2020 – US] [LEGO Minecraft 2020 – AUS] [LEGO Minecraft 2020 – UK]

That’s it for a quick lowdown of new LEGO themes that are launching today! Will you be ordering anything? Let me know in the comments what you’re most looking forward to in the first half of 2020!