{"id":316568,"date":"2026-03-01T17:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/316568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T17:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T17:02:08","slug":"legos-smart-brick-is-here-and-it-transforms-these-new-star-wars-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/316568\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego\u2019s Smart Brick is here, and it transforms these new Star Wars sets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Lego\u2019s new Smart Brick is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/854556\/lego-announces-smart-brick-the-most-significant-evolution-in-50-years\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">pretty big deal<\/a>. It packs a miniature computer, a microphone, and NFC tech into a classic 2&#215;4 Lego brick, which can power all sorts of new experiences with select sets. It has so much promise that we awarded it \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/858494\/ces-2026-best-new-tech-tv-car-wearable#best-in-show\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">best in show<\/a>\u201d at CES 2026, and now, eight Star Wars-themed sets that support the Smart Brick (and include it, in some cases) are now available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Three of them include at least one Smart Brick, along with a charging cradle and cable, while the rest are merely \u201cSmart Play compatible,\u201d meaning they\u2019re BYOB (bring your own brick). The interactivity of the NFC tags and the smart minifigurs won\u2019t be possible unless you already own one of Lego\u2019s fancy, computerized bricks. The cheapest set to include a Smart Brick is Darth Vader\u2019s TIE Fighter, which costs $69.99 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/LEGO-Star-Wars-Smart-Play\/dp\/B0FMYWXY7S\/?tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/c\/482924\/614286\/10014?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fproduct%2Flego-star-wars-smart-play-darth-vaders-tie-fighter-75421%2FJXPLL2HV4X\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Buy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=nOD\/rLJHOac&amp;mid=13923&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lego.com%2Fen-us%2Fproduct%2Fsmart-play-darth-vaders-tie-fighter-75421\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lego\u2019s online storefront<\/a>, while the priciest one \u2014 the Throne Room Duel &amp; A-Wing set \u2014 is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/LEGO-Star-Wars-Smart-Wing\/dp\/B0FMYVF9NB\/?tag=theverge02-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bestbuy.7tiv.net\/c\/482924\/614286\/10014?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestbuy.com%2Fproduct%2Flego-star-wars-smart-play-throne-room-duel-a-wing-75427%2FJXPLL2HVFQ\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Buy<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=nOD\/rLJHOac&amp;mid=13923&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lego.com%2Fen-us%2Fproduct%2Fsmart-play-throne-room-duel-a-wing-75427\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lego<\/a> for $159.99 with two Smart Bricks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Below, we\u2019ve listed each set, along with useful info about the smart (and standard) components included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lego\u2019s new Smart Brick is a pretty big deal. It packs a miniature computer, a microphone, and NFC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,878,330,85,46,397,6377,2299,77687],"class_list":{"0":"post-316568","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-film","10":"tag-gadgets","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-star-wars","15":"tag-toys","16":"tag-verge-shopping"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}