The Best LEGO Sets for Building Together
Stay social with LEGO
If the TV series LEGO Masters has taught us anything, it's that building LEGO together and working as a team is a lot of fun.
But most LEGO instructions are designed to be built in a linear fashion making it difficult to share the process.
In this article we take a look at some of the sets that are available for social build and play; together with some other approaches for getting more out of building LEGO with your friends.
Social LEGO Sets
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LEGO Art Project - Create Together
- set: 21226
- pieces: 4,138
- minifigures: 0
- Availability: Out now
The LEGO Art Project - Create Together set allows you and up to 8 friends to build smaller images that can then be joined together to form a larger art piece.
The set comes with instructions for 36 different patterns, but your imagination is the only limitation for what can be done with this set.
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LEGO Harry Potter Diagon Alley
- set: 75978
- pieces: 5,544
- minifigures: 14
- Availability: Out now
Diagon Alley is a great set to build with a friend (or 3 friends) due to the way the set has been split in to 4 modules.
Each module comes with its own set of instructions and own sticker sheet; and has no dependencies on the modules meaning it can be built in any order by anyone.
LEGO Super Mario Team Up Bundle
- set: 5007060
- pieces: 511
- minifigures: 0
- Availability: Out now
With the playable LEGO Super Mario packs now including a Luigi starter pack, it's now possible for LEGO's venture in to the Mushroom Kingdom to be played with two players.
The LEGO Mario and LEGO Luigi figures can connect via Bluetooth to enable a 2-player social game where teamwork earns additional digital coins.
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LEGO Games Creationary
- set: 3844
- pieces: 341
- minifigures: 0
- Availability: Retired
Based on the popular Pictionary, LEGO Creationary is the game where you have to build something whilst your friends have to take guesses at what it is.
It's unfortunately not available direct from LEGO anymore, but you can find a copy on eBay or similar sites.
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LEGO Harry Potter & Hermione Granger
- set: 76393
- pieces: 1,673
- minifigures: 0
- Availability: Out now
These giant Harry and Hermione figures measure 22cm tall, and can be built separately so you can share the experience.
Social LEGO Builds
Another way to make LEGO more social is to build the same set at the same time. Using video software such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams you can set up your webcam to build with the other person sharing tips and advice as you follow through the instructions at the same time.
This approach can be useful for avoiding costly mistakes on bigger builds, and you can keep roughly in time by informing your building partner when you are turning the page in the instructions booklet.
Alternatively, building similar sets in a social setting can be equally rewarding - for example the LEGO Helmet; BrickHeadz and Speed Champions range have models which are reasonably similar making for a more social experience.
Get Creative
Finally, if you and your friends have a reasonably sized pile of bricks; then why not challenge each other to come up with the most creative build? Set a theme and a time limit, and see what happens!
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