10 Best Lego Sets for Adults of 2025
This ship will go on and on: Titanic 10294
Erik scooped up the massive, 9,090-piece Lego Titanic 10294 set back in 2022 and then allowed himself nine months to gradually build the almost 4.5-foot-long vessel. The time investment helped him justify sinking so much money into this model, which currently retails for $670.
Many of our Lego suggestions above are expensive, but this one tips the scales a bit too far for me to include it as an official pick. That said, Erik recommends the Lego Titanic set if you can swing it and have 53 inches of display space available.
The build is divided into three stages—the stern, bow, and center. His favorite parts include the tiny staterooms, visible as you construct the cross-sections, and the massive moving engine, which extends through much of the length of the boat.
Wild and weird: Dreamzzz
Like the VTOL Heavy Cargo Spaceship LT81, the Lego Dreamzzz line is aimed at kids. The theme even has its own digitally animated streaming series.
But with concepts so wonderfully bizarre—including a food truck that turns into a flying turtle (Mrs. Castillo’s Turtle Van 71456) and a beast that traps kids inside its belly (Grimkeeper the Cage Monster 71455)—Dreamzzz has much to offer any adult who is into fantasy-world building. These odd sets are also a nod to the types of freeform builds that many grown-ups remember and love about their own childhood Lego experiences.
We asked kids to test several Dreamzzz sets, and though the visuals appealed, our younger builders found that many pieces came loose a bit too easily, so we didn’t select any of these sets as picks in our best Lego sets for kids guide. I’ve experienced the same loose-brick issues, but as display sets on a shelf, the Dreamzzz series holds up great.
I don’t buy Lego for resale purposes, but I suspect that this eccentric and imaginative series will appreciate over time. I can’t wait to build The Never Witch’s Midnight Raven 71478, which features an alternate build of a house on chicken legs that’s clearly inspired by the Slavic legend of Baba Yaga.
Adventures await: Dungeons & Dragons Red Dragon’s Tale 21348
I had a blast building Lego Dungeons & Dragons Red Dragon’s Tale 21348, and the only reason we haven’t named it as an official pick here (yet) is that I haven’t had a chance to play the included D&D campaign based on the set.
Even if you bought the Red Dragon’s Tale set and didn’t know it had an accompanying D&D game (available as a free PDF), the way this build unfolds just feels like a mystery in motion. You create doors only to hide them away, and you place monsters waiting to pounce in secret rooms. Something is going on here, and I plan to find out. (I also appreciate that all of the included minifigs come with two heads, so you can select traditional masculine or feminine looks for each character.)
