On March 1st, 2026, The Lego Group will begin selling the most ambitious brick it’s ever made: a tiny computer that fits entirely inside a classic 2x4 Lego brick. When it detects NFC-equipped smart tags nearby, embedded inside new Lego tiles and new Lego minifigures, or when it sees other Smart Bricks, the company claims it will make entire Lego sets come to life — starting with the humming lightsabers, roaring engines, light-up blasters, and the music of Lego Star Wars.
These “Smart Bricks” and “Smart Play” initiatives, just announced at CES 2026, aren’t like the huge Lego Mario toys that required two AAA batteries and mostly only activated when their bottom-mounted cameras detected color or barcodes. They’re wirelessly charged, with a pad that can charge multiple bricks at a time and a battery that “will still perform after years of inactivity.”
I don’t think I’d want this. The fun of Legos is in part from using your imaginary. You imagine the light saber doing stuff. If it actually lights up and hums that feels like it detracts from the experience.
Kinda sounds like an April fool’s joke, except it isn’t April
Trust Lemmy to be Lemmy. I saw this and thought hey that’s cool as I like Lego. Come to the comments to see most people shit on it.
After all these years I’ve finally found a group of people more cynical than myself and I like it, makes me seem like less of a miserable cunt. It’s all relative I guess.
Not enough AI in this product yet
Great, this wil be very effective at taking any possible imagination away from children/ 35 year old men living in mom’s basement.
