The 24 Best LEGO Themes of All Time

Licensed blockbusters share the shelf with homegrown worlds of knights, ninjas and spacemen. Nostalgia pulls one way, engineering the other.

1. 1
   LEGO Star Wars

   The first licensed LEGO theme, launched in 1999 and still one of the best sellers.
   1000pts
2. 2
   LEGO Duplo

   Double-size bricks for toddlers, first introduced in 1969.
   682pts
3. 3
   LEGO Technic

   Engineering-focused theme with gears, motors and functional mechanisms since 1977.
   604pts
4. 4
   LEGO Mindstorms

   Programmable robotics kits that brought coding into classrooms.
   558pts
5. 5
   LEGO Ideas

   Fan-designed sets voted in by the community, from the Saturn V to the Old Fishing Store.
   558pts
6. 6
   LEGO City

   Everyday town life with police, fire and construction sets, the backbone of LEGO since 2005.
   558pts
7. 7
   LEGO Architecture

   Skyline and landmark sets recreating famous buildings in micro scale.
   515pts
8. 8
   LEGO The Lord of the Rings

   Middle-earth sets, revived in 2023 with the giant Rivendell.
   506pts
9. 9
   LEGO Icons

   Large display sets for adults, formerly Creator Expert, including the modular buildings.
   447pts
10. 10
    Bionicle

    Buildable action-figure theme with its own mythology that rescued LEGO in the 2000s.
    446pts
11. 11
    LEGO Space

    Classic Space and its successors, with the iconic blue-and-grey spacemen.
    446pts
12. 12
    LEGO Castle

    Knights, kingdoms and fortresses, one of the original minifigure themes from 1978.
    378pts
13. 13
    LEGO Creator 3-in-1

    Sets that rebuild into three different models from the same bricks.
    378pts
14. 14
    LEGO Minecraft

    Blocky biomes and mobs from the best-selling video game since 2012.
    378pts
15. 15
    LEGO Super Mario

    Interactive courses with an electronic Mario figure, launched in 2020.
    378pts
16. 16
    LEGO Harry Potter

    Wizarding World sets including Hogwarts Castle, running since 2001.
    378pts
17. 17
    LEGO Pirates

    Swashbuckling ships, islands and redcoats introduced in 1989.
    298pts
18. 18
    LEGO Indiana Jones

    Adventure sets recreating Indy's temples, chases and artifacts.
    298pts
19. 19
    LEGO Friends

    Heartlake City theme with mini-doll figures that broadened LEGO's audience in 2012.
    203pts
20. 20
    LEGO Ninjago

    Ninja theme backed by a long-running TV series, launched in 2011.
    203pts
21. 21
    LEGO Speed Champions

    Licensed sports cars from brands like Ferrari and Porsche in minifigure scale.
    203pts
22. 22
    LEGO Botanicals

    Brick-built flowers and plants for adult builders, launched in 2021.
    203pts
23. 23
    LEGO Batman

    DC Comics sets built around the Dark Knight, his vehicles and Gotham's villains.
    0pts
24. 24
    LEGO Marvel

    Super hero sets featuring the Avengers, Spider-Man and the wider Marvel universe.
    0pts

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