Say Goodbye to The Best LEGO Collab Ever in 2026

I can’t put exactly into words how long I’ve been a LEGO fan, other than say that it was possibly my first love growing up, and one of my favorite hobbies now, as an adult. I don’t know a lot of people who immediately fell in love with a brand or hobby as children and then kept it a core part of their adult lives outside of longstanding video game series, but that’s exactly what happened to me. I’m not sure because the human brain is finicky with very old memories, but I think I got my first LEGO set when I was four, and it was a sort of racing car. I didn’t even like cars, but building anything with premade bricks was like a Pandora’s box for me that never closed. And now, I’m here to tell you that one of the single best things LEGO has ever made is leaving this year, and it’s going to be a sad, sad day when it does.

I know that LEGO sets are retired every year, but some go away too soon, and others should never leave in the first place. LEGO’s collabs for 2026 are stacked with new sets, including LEGO Pokemon, One Piece, Fortnite, and more. Yet, the lineup doesn’t include Dungeons and Dragons in any shape or form, which saddened me at first, but is even more of a headscratcher now that I’ve learned that LEGO’s only DnD set ever is being retired.

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LEGO Peaked With Its Dungeons and Dragons Collab, And It’s Only Downhill From There

LEGO’s Red Dragon’s Tale Dungeons and Dragons set sits atop a shelving unit in my house, with the amazing minifigs and creatures included in it watching me as I type this (spoiler: my favorite character is the Dwarf Cleric and my favorite creature is the Owlbear). To say that this is an amazing set would be an understatement, as I believe it’s not only perfectly done, but it packs an incredible amount of value for its buck, and it’s also a perfect introduction to DnD to boot, thanks to its accompanying one-shot playable campaign.

The set is, in my opinion, one of the best LEGO sets in history, hands down. It’s not cheap, but in the grand scheme of things, I’m happy I could get it for half of what the LEGO Pokemon Kanto starter set goes for. I didn’t even get it for myself, but rather as a gift to my partner, with whom I built the whole thing and started playing Dungeons and Dragons after a long hiatus. If you told me I’d love Red Dragon’s Tale so much before building it, I would have genuinely laughed at you, but here we are.

Every LEGO D&D Red Dragon’s Tale Character, Monster, and Room

The set packs the following:

• 6 DnD LEGO Minifigures, including four customizable heroes and two pre-prepared characters:
  • 1x Orc Rogue (masculine and feminine faces available), packing several melee weapons and a crossbow
  • 1x Dwarf Cleric (masculine and feminine faces available, with the former including a long beard), packing a hammer and a focus
  • 1x Elf Wizard (masculine and feminine faces available), packing a wand and spell book
  • 1x Gnome Warrior (masculine and feminine faces available), packing melee weapons and a shield
  • 1x Dragonborn character
  • 1x Human character
• 10 classic Dungeons and Dragons monsters, including the titular Red Dragon:
  • Beholder
  • Black puddings
  • Cinderhowl, an adult Red Dragon
  • Displacer Beast
  • Gelatinous Cube
  • Giant spiders
  • Giant wolf spider
  • Mimics
  • Owlbear
  • Skeletons
• Treasure and character-specific items to improve performance during the adventure, including DnD‘s Bag of Holding
• A modular building that develops vertically and makes great use of narrow spaces, including:
  • A tavern, equipped with a counter, tables, and barrels of ale inside, and a dock for boats outside
  • Private chambers upstairs with beds, chests, and more
  • A biome made of beach and forest, including a massive tree
  • A dungeon with various items and secrets to discover
  • A bridge section with traps and access to the tower
  • A tower area made of a spiral staircase, hidden treasures, a sorcerer’s belongings, and more
• An actual Dungeons and Dragons campaign to claim on LEGO Insiders, with details to play a full-blown adventure with the model
• A total of 3,745 pieces

My only real grievance with this set is that it doesn’t include a LEGO d20 or dice set for Dungeons and Dragons, which is a missed opportunity. Maybe an idea for the future? A gal can hope, but still, I think it’s hard to do better than the Red Dragon’s Tale set in terms of play value and value for your money.

July 2026 is Officially the End of an Era For LEGO and D&D

As much as this set offers a lot of value, and as much as I can recommend it over and over, it’s unfortunately retiring on July 31, 2026, after only a little over two years since its release on April 1, 2024. Not only is the set retiring, which to me is the ultimate sin, and not only did the accompanying LEGO Minifigure collection for DnD sell out everywhere before I could collect them all, but this is the only Dungeons and Dragons x LEGO product around, with no new ones in the 2026 lineup.

Don’t Expect New LEGO x Dungeons and Dragons Sets Until 2027 At TheEarliest

What this means is that LEGO x DnD will be officially dead as of the second half of the year, and if LEGO 2026 leaks are anything to go by, which I’m sure they are, there is no further DnD product coming for the time being. As such, unless 2027 brings new LEGO Dungeons and Dragons sets and/or Minifigures, or at least a reprint of the existing ones, fans of both properties will be left with nothing — unless they already own everything there is. On top of that, if you miss out on Red Dragon’s Tale before it retires, it will most likely become a collector’s item and be sold for hundreds of dollars on the secondary market, such as eBay.

Many of the most expensive LEGO sets in history met this inglorious end. I’d be extremely sad to see LEGO x Dungeons and Dragons go down this path. I genuinely think that DnD needs more great introductory campaigns and crossovers to bring in new players, and the Red Dragon’s Tale set, I feel, achieves both excellently. It shouldn’t be retired, or at the very least, the news should be accompanied by more sets and announcements. Instead, the silence is deafening.