The BrickAtlas blog
Posts written from the catalog: which sets are in the retirement window, what a year or a theme looks like in numbers, and guides for collectors. Every figure is checked against the data before publishing and re-checked monthly.
- LEGO Creator sets by the numbers
602 LEGO Creator sets from 1999 to 2026: the biggest builds, the sets with the most minifigures, output by year, and what's new.
- LEGO Town sets by size, year and minifigure count
A data breakdown of LEGO Town: 643 sets from 1978 to 2008, the biggest builds, top minifigure counts, and yearly output.
- LEGO Friends by the numbers
654 LEGO Friends sets since 2012, 166,980 pieces total. Here are the biggest sets, the most minifigures, output by year, and what's new.
- LEGO Collectible Minifigures by the numbers
825 Collectible Minifigures sets since 2008: the biggest releases, the ones with the most figures, yearly output, and what's new or likely retired.
- LEGO City by the numbers: every set, every year
A data breakdown of LEGO City: 892 sets since 2005, the biggest builds, the sets with the most minifigures, and which ones are new or likely retiring.
- LEGO Educational and Dacta sets by the numbers
981 Educational and Dacta sets since 1960, 178,893 pieces total. Biggest sets, most minifigures, output by year, and what's new or retiring.
- LEGO Star Wars by the numbers: every set, every year
How many LEGO Star Wars sets exist, the biggest builds, the sets with the most minifigures, and which ones are new or likely retiring.
- Every LEGO set from 2001, 25 years later
LEGO released 354 sets across 29 themes in 2001. Here's the full breakdown: biggest sets, most minifigures, and what's happened to them since.
- LEGO Duplo sets by the numbers
1,397 Duplo sets since 1969: the biggest builds, which sets carry minifigures, output by year, and what's new or likely retired.
- LEGO's 2016 lineup, ten years later
LEGO released 664 sets in 2016 across 38 themes. Here's the full breakdown: biggest sets, most minifigures, and where they stand ten years on.
- LEGO sets from 1986: the full year, 40 years later
Every LEGO set released in 1986, the themes behind them, the biggest builds, the most minifigures, and what collector status looks like 40 years on.
- LEGO in 1996: every set from the year, 30 years on
A look back at LEGO's 1996 lineup: 164 sets across 19 themes, the biggest builds, the sets with the most minifigures, and what's left of them today.
- LEGO's 2006 lineup, twenty years later
Every LEGO set released in 2006: 297 sets across 28 themes, the biggest builds, the sets with the most minifigures, and where they stand 20 years on.
- LEGO in 2026 so far: every set released this year, by the numbers
771 LEGO sets from 2026 are catalogued so far, across 50 themes. Here's how the year's biggest, busiest and most minifig-packed sets break down.
- LEGO sets likely retiring soon from 2023 and 2024
A look at the 1,490 LEGO sets released in 2023–2024, the usual two-to-three-year retirement window, with no price or official retirement data.
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