22 Apr 2025
Summer is creeping up like a poorly timed email — and while you may be dreaming of Amalfi lemons or a quick escape to literally anywhere cooler than your living room, chances are you will be sticking around for a bit. And when that happens? You will want to be ready.
This is the time of year when social plans start dissolving faster than your make-up in 42-degree heat, and staying home is no longer a lifestyle choice, but a survival tactic. Sure, you could spend your days scrolling through reels until your screen time report screams for help. Or — and hear us out — you could build something. Something brilliant. Something brick-by-brick. Yes, it is time to bring out the big guns: LEGO.
A wholesome, phone-free, oddly meditative hobby with just the right dose of childhood nostalgia and grown-up satisfaction. Here are our top LEGO picks to get you through the slow season (and, honestly, through life).
For car lovers: LEGO Formula 1
Vroom vroom, darling. The LEGO Group has teamed up with Formula 1 to let you experience the thrill of motorsport without leaving your air-conditioned bubble. Just in time for the FORMULA 1 BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX 2025 SAKHIR (say that five times fast), LEGO Stores across the region have unveiled a range of high-octane sets.
Whether you are loyal to a specific team or just enjoy cars that go fast, this is your chance to build the grid yourself. No helmet required.
For those who miss outdoor activities: LEGO Dubai
This one is a retired classic, much like your social life come July. The LEGO Dubai skyline set features the Burj Khalifa, Jumeirah Emirates Towers, Burj Al Arab, Dubai Frame, and those iconic fountains that won't be back — not just because of the summer, but because of the reconstruction as well.
It is like a little postcard from the world outside. Remember the world outside?
For those who like it hard: Grand Sets
You know what is better than bingeing a 12-season TV show you will instantly forget? Spending 20–40 hours putting together over 9,000 tiny LEGO pieces. That is character-building, baby. Titanic, Millennium Falcon, and Liebherr Crawler Crane are the heavy hitters here — quite literally.
The crane? It moves. The Falcon? Legendary. Titanic? She still sinks, but beautifully.
For architecture fans: LEGO Architecture
Finally, a hobby that says I am cultured instead of I never leave my flat. Rebuild Paris, Tokyo, London — all from the comfort of your cool, shaded sanctuary. Ideal for dinner party brags or just admiring your own genius in quiet solitude.
For franchise fans: From LOTR to Avengers
Not all of us are into fantasy worlds (some of us are just living in our own delusions), but if you are, you will be pleased to know LEGO has you covered. From the majestic Rivendell set for Tolkien devotees, to a towering Avengers build that screams boyhood dream, this category delivers. What screams girlhood dream? Cullen's house, definitely. Hold on Tight, Spider Monkey.
For those who want an interior piece: LEGO Art
Minimalist, ironic, and confusing to older relatives. LEGO’s Art range gives you brick-built versions of famous works or stylised portraits to casually drop into your decor. Assemble your own Mona Lisa instead of buying a dull print.
Editorial choice
These are just some of the author's favourite things: a rocket, a piano, a bouquet of flowers that won’t die in four days. This is my checkout if I have to stay in Dubai this summer.
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