Small speakers hum as two "Star Wars"-themed Lego lightsabers clash. Lights beam from the top of a Lego-built airplane. A roaring engine sound kicks in as multiple vehicles race across the floor. It's ...

Or perhaps you saw Mashable's own CES coverage of the unveiling, when Lego made its first appearance at the world's biggest technology convention to officially announce Smart Play and Smart Bricks.

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia have developed special “energy-smart bricks” that can be made by mixing clay with glass waste and coal ash. These bricks ...

When people talk about CES, they’re usually talking about the future — not toys. CES (short for the Consumer Electronics Show) is where tech companies go to unveil their next big ideas, from ...

The new interactive LEGO sets are a questionable idea with an uneven execution.

Lego announced its new Smart Play system at CES 2026 on Monday, adding interactive, responsive Legos to the famously analog franchise. The Smart Play system includes a 2×4 brick, Smart Tag tiles, and ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for nearly five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

I think Lego might be really onto something with its tech-equipped Smart Play Smart Brick sets, but is it the future of Lego sets? Reading time 3 minutes Whenever Lego has added tech into its brick ...

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