LEGO Icons has a peculiar pricing pattern: sets drop more slowly than almost any other theme, but they also retire sooner than you’d expect. The 2025 Tropical Aquarium is still active. So is Tudor Corner. But once a successor gets announced, the old set disappears from shelves fast and the price starts climbing on the secondary market. With Icons, you have to pick your moment.
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Buying filter: avoid the impressive wrong set
Don’t read this guide as a ranking to follow from top to bottom. Start with the builder: is the finished model going on a shelf, or does someone actually want to play with it? That answer decides whether price per piece, character appeal or display value weighs heaviest.
| Buying goal | Check first | BricksDeal approach |
|---|---|---|
| Gift this week | Recognisable subject, clear age range, stock at reliable retailers | Sort by current lowest price and delivery time |
| Collecting | Unique minifigures, limited availability, retirement risk | Set a price alert well below RRP |
| Display | Build experience, footprint, how well the model stands alone | Wait for 15-20% under RRP instead of chasing a tiny daily price move |
From the sets in this guide, I would track 11371 Shopping Street, 11370 Stranger Things: The Creel House and 11378 Douglas DC-3 PAN AM Airliner first. Not because those are automatically the best deals, but because a price move on a larger or more giftable set changes the buying decision fastest.
The timeline above is the whole buying rule for Icons; I won’t repeat it per set below. What it leaves out: that threshold is for the large flagships. Sets under 150 euros drop further in percentage terms, so patience does pay off there. For the rest of this guide I’ll assume you know the timing and look instead at what each box itself offers: size, build experience and who it’s for.
The six new 2026 sets
| Set | Pieces | RRP | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11371Shopping Street | 3,456 | € 249.99 | Modular-format shopping row |
| 11370Stranger Things The Creel House | 2,593 | € 279.99 | Series display |
| 11378Douglas DC-3 PAN AM Airliner | 1,903 | € 219.99 | Vintage aviation |
| 11372Autumn Cottage Garden | 1,102 | € 109.99 | Cottage / botanical |
| 11380Road Bike | 1,015 | € 119.99 | Sport display model |
| 11389Project Hail Mary | 830 | € 109.99 | Sci-fi book reference |
11371 Shopping Street is the most universal 2026 purchase: three shops on a 32x32 footprint, fits visually next to Tudor Corner. If you don’t need the modular reference, choose on theme: 11370 Creel House for Stranger Things, 11378 DC-3 for aviation.
Tudor Corner and Shopping Street: the modular corner
10350 Tudor Corner (3,266 pieces, 2025) is the current corner set in the Modular Buildings line: a half-timbered Tudor facade, four storeys and a courtyard you use as a street corner. Of every set in this guide, this is the one the timeline’s retirement risk hits hardest. The official modular line has a collector base that buys sold-out entries above RRP second-hand, and Tudor Corner has already been active for a year with no announced successor. Waiting for a deep discount is least likely to work here.
11371 Shopping Street (3,456 pieces) isn’t an official modular, but it sits on the same 32x32 footprint with facade heights that match Tudor Corner and older modulars. If you build a street, that’s the practical difference: three shopfronts added without breaking the scale. If you’d rather build on theme than on street, Shopping Street is also one of the more complete shop sets Icons ships this year on its own.
If you collect the line, the order is simple: Tudor Corner now, Shopping Street alongside it if you have the room, and older entries like 10312 Jazz Club or 10326 Natural History Museum while they’re still available.
Vehicles: DC-3 and Road Bike
11378 Douglas DC-3 PAN AM Airliner (1,903 pieces, € 219.99) is the third large vintage airliner in the Icons line, after the Concorde and Boeing 707. The model is over 60 centimetres long, so you need a shelf at least 70 cm deep. If you own the earlier aircraft, the DC-3 is built to the same scale.
11380 Road Bike (1,015 pieces) is a 1:8 racing bike with functional drivetrain. Fits on a desk, under 120 euros RRP, same concept as the Vespa and Harley-Davidson from earlier years. A good entry set for anyone wanting to try Icons without over-committing.
Botanicals, cottage and seasonal
11372 Autumn Cottage Garden (1,102 pieces, € 109.99) continues the cottage line that started in 2024. Autumn palette, front-garden house with mushrooms and pumpkins. Pairs with the spring variant from 2024 if you have it.
41843 Family Christmas Tree (3,171 pieces, 2025) stays active as the seasonal flagship. Expect normal pricing for the coming months; Black Friday is the moment to pick it up if you want it.
10361 Holiday Express Train (956 pieces) is the most affordable large seasonal set and connects to the Holiday Main Street and Winter Village ranges.
Pop culture and Star Trek
| Set | Pieces | RRP | What makes it notable |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11370Stranger Things The Creel House | 2,593 | € 279.99 | Second Stranger Things set |
| 10356Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D | 3,600 | € 379.99 | First Star Trek LEGO set ever |
| 11389Project Hail Mary | 830 | € 109.99 | Andy Weir film adaptation |
10356 Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D is the first Star Trek set LEGO has ever made: 3,600 pieces on a stand, not a play model but a display of the Enterprise-D from The Next Generation. The timing works differently here than with Tudor Corner. It isn’t a collector base driving the price but the licence itself: LEGO’s windows for niche franchises are historically short and a second run is far from certain. If you want the Enterprise, buy it while it’s here.
The other two are calmer choices. 11370 Stranger Things: The Creel House (2,593 pieces) is the second Stranger Things set in Icons and the easiest gift on the list for anyone who knows the show. 11389 Project Hail Mary (830 pieces) is by far the smallest and cheapest, based on the film adaptation of Andy Weir’s book: a good first 18+ set if you want to try Icons without taking on a large build straight away.
Tropical Aquarium: still the largest
10366 Tropical Aquarium (4,154 pieces, 2025) remains the biggest active Icons set. A glass-panel aquarium with separately built fish, coral and back wall. For anyone wanting one large 18+ display set: this is the most ambitious choice in 2026.
Gift per budget
| Budget | Suggestion | Pieces |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 100 euros | 11389 Project Hail Mary | 830 |
| Up to 130 euros | 11372 Autumn Cottage Garden | 1,102 |
| 130-160 euros | 11380 Road Bike, 10361 Holiday Express Train | 1,015 / 956 |
| 200-300 euros | 11378 DC-3 Airliner, 10350 Tudor Corner | 1,903 / 3,266 |
| 250+ euros | 11371 Shopping Street, 11370 Creel House | 3,456 / 2,593 |
| 400+ euros | 10366 Tropical Aquarium, 10356 USS Enterprise | 4,154 / 3,600 |
Quick recommendation
- First Icons set ever: 11372 Autumn Cottage Garden or 11380 Road Bike.
- Modular building collector: 10350 Tudor Corner now, then 11371 Shopping Street.
- Sci-fi or pop culture: 10356 USS Enterprise or 11370 Creel House.
- One big display set: 10366 Tropical Aquarium.
Set a price alert on 11371 Shopping Street. That’s the set relevant to the largest slice of Icons buyers, and the one where retailers most often dip temporarily.
Price data refreshes multiple times daily via Bol.com, Amazon.nl, Intertoys, Wehkamp and LEGO.com. Piece counts and RRP from the 2026 LEGO catalogue.
This year's 18+ flagships
Shopping Street, Stranger Things Creel House, Tropical Aquarium and the DC-3 airliner set.
Best for each buyer type
Four quick picks by buyer type: the safe all-rounder, the easiest gift, the set visitors notice and the one to set an alert on.
Three shops on a 32x32 footprint that sits visually next to Tudor Corner. The safest 2026 pick if you want Icons without being a dedicated modular collector.
The second Stranger Things Icons set. For adults who know the series, this is an easier gift than a modular building.
Over 60 centimetres long, same scale as the Concorde and Boeing 707. If you're putting one Icons set on a shelf this year, this is the one people will ask about.
Active for a year, no announced successor. Modular collectors push the secondary market price up the moment it retires, so the first real dip is your window.
