Yu-Gi-Oh will reportedly get an official LEGO set later this year, according to some recently shared details from a credible source. Should the rumored project come to fruition, it would mark LEGO's third high-profile anime collaboration in just over six months.
LEGO's brick toys will celebrate their 77th anniversary later in 2026. Since the late 1990s, the company has made licensed sets a significant part of its annual offering. This strategy has produced hundreds of kits based on everything from Star Wars, Harry Potter, Spider-Manand Super Mario to Batman, Indiana Jones, The Lord of the Ringsand Spongebob Squarepants. And while LEGO has adopted IPs from almost every form of media, anime has mostly remained an exception to this expansive licensing, at least until fairly recently.
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Fans will reportedly get a chance to design LEGO's very first Yu-Gi-Oh set
The longtime leaker believes the collaboration will begin with a Yu-Gi-Oh themed LEGO Ideas challenge, with a winning design becoming a retail set. The insider advised the entries to focus on duels, characters or monsters from the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City eras. That guidance appears to be tied to another detail shared by moose.with.a.goose: LEGO reportedly plans to limit contributions to 2,000 pieces. While sufficient for recreating individual scenes or character-focused dioramas, the limit would effectively rule out sprawling, Hogwarts-scale buildings.
LEGO Ideas Yu-Gi-Oh Contest Rumors
- Start date: February 3
- End date: March 10
- CASE: Design a Yu-Gi-Oh! LEGO set
- Piece limit: 2,000
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Main reward: Winning entries are turned into an official product
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Additional rewards are likely
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LEGO has technically dabbled in anime IP before, most notably with the 21311 Voltron set that launched as part of the Ideas theme in the summer of 2018, as well as the 2008 Speed Racer line consisting of four products: 8158 Speed Racer & Snake Oiler, 8159 Block60 & Crunch X, 8159 Racer X and Taejo, Racer X and Crunch X. 8161 Grand Prix Race. Those were all isolated releases, though, and it wasn't until 2025 that the manufacturer began to signal a more consistent willingness to embrace anime IPs. It all started with the announcement of LEGO's first Pokémon theme in March 2025 – which was first revealed in January – and continued with the launch of the One Piece theme.
Recently launched LEGO sets based on Hit Anime
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One Piece theme
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6 sets launched in August 2025
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6 more are rumored for summer 2026
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Pokemon theme
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3 sets will arrive on March 1, 2026
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10+ more are rumored for summer 2026
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While LEGO One Piece lineup is technically based on Netflix's live-action adaptation rather than the globally popular anime series or the long-running manga that preceded it, the underlying IP remains firmly rooted in Japanese animation culture. As such, the theme still represents a notable departure from the company's historically cautious approach to anime-based properties. Doubly so since LEGO is already heavily rumored to be launching a second wave of One Piece takes place in the summer of 2026.
Taken together with what is to come Pokémon reach and the rumors Yu-Gi-Oh collaboration, these latest moves suggest that the company is increasingly willing to engage with anime franchises on an ongoing basis, rather than treating them as one-off experiments. That said, there are currently no definite indications that this Yu-Gi-Oh the competition will mark the start of a real product range. As the name suggests, the LEGO Ideas theme is full of one-off projects and highly experimental designs. The vast majority of its offerings are adult-rated buildings designed for viewing rather than play. This allows LEGO designers to deliver an intricate level of detail and challenging constructions
