LEGO Smart Play Bricks Come With a Huge Caveat

LEGO officially announced they were developing a smart version of their classic bricks in June 2024, but the LEGO Smart Play platform wasn’t fully revealed until January 2026 at CES in Las Vegas. The system uses three main parts: special bricks, tags, and minifigures. The core of the technology is the Smart Brick, which has a speaker, LED lights, and sensors that can detect movement, sound, and light. It can also identify Smart Minifigures and creations built with NFC tags. The first three Smart Play sets, all based on LEGO’s popular Star Wars theme, went up for pre-order on January 9th. However, it turned out that these sets wouldn’t be available worldwide as initially suggested.




