Eight LEGO rumours that turned out to be false in 2025

With another year behind us, it’s time to round up the LEGO rumours that didn’t come to pass in 2025 – from Spider-villains to Superman movie sets.

Every year, we sift through the LEGO rumours that at one stage seemed convincing – whether they fed into current trends, came from reliable sources or were based on persuasive evidence – yet for one reason or another turned out to be false. 2022 still holds the candle for the most incorrect rumours in a single year on record (14, if you’re counting), but 2025 put in a decent showing with eight claims that didn’t come to pass.

Some of these concern specific sets, others minifigures, and in one case an entire wave of models – but in all cases they’re a reminder if you need it that we can’t always put too much stock in LEGO rumours. The biggest 2025 rumour that did turn out to be correct, though? The $1,000 Death Star. Who saw that one coming? For now, here are eight LEGO rumours that turned out to be false in 2025…

8 – A new Batcave

LEGO DC was briefly said to be returning to its roots in 2025 with a brand new Batcave, attached to product number 76304. If you know your LEGO DC set numbers, you’ll also know that what that actually ended up being was… you guessed it… another Batmobile. The $99.99 price tag may have been the culprit for the initial error, because who could guess we’d get a minifigure-scale Batmobile for $100?

7 – Mr. Negative

For a little while there last January, Mr. Negative was rumoured to be joining the LEGO Spider-Man villain line-up in the summer 2025 wave. Even at the time, though, there was nothing more concrete to go on than that – not even which set we could expect to see him in. Alas, the August wave came and went with plenty of both positives and negatives, but no actual Mr. Negative. 

6 – Dodge Viper

Before 10357 Shelby Cobra 427 S/C was revealed in June, an early rumour back in May positioned the LEGO Icons vehicle as a Dodge Viper. That report was quickly superseded by one from a more reliable source, but for a few moments it was fun to imagine what a LEGO Dodge Viper might look like at this scale. And who knows? It feels like the sort of thing that could happen eventually…

5 – Arkham Asylum delay

LEGO rumours don’t just come from one source, even if some are more reliable than others. But that came to a head in January when 76300 Arkham Asylum – a September release, so still eight months away at that point – was reported to be delayed by itavix_bricks. Fellow source of rumours a.clay.brick disagreed, but we of course wouldn’t really know one way or the other until the LEGO Group officially revealed DC’s first modular building – which it did bang on time.

4 – NINJAGO Crossroads

NINJAGO’s flagship 2025 set was originally said to be inspired by the Crossroads, a ramshackle location situated just outside NINJAGO City. That suggested it wouldn’t be a new instalment in the NINJAGO modular building series but something closer to January 2026’s 71861 The Old Town. What we got instead was in fact a new modular in 71837 NINJAGO City Workshops, two years after the last (but don’t call that a schedule).

3 – Bugatti and Mitsubishi Speed Champions

There was a fair amount of anticipation for LEGO Speed Champions’ summer 2025 wave, especially among fans who didn’t care for Formula 1 (the full grid of 10 cars having dominated the March wave), and early reports suggested both Bugatti and Mitsubishi would be in the mix – specifically 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX, the car driven by Sean in Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. We did end up getting a F&F car in June from a new manufacturer for the theme, but it wasn’t that one… and the Bugatti wouldn’t materialise until January 2026.

2 – Christmas TIE Fighter

It’s hard to imagine now given how well it’s selling, but 40806 Gingerbread AT-AT Walker was once thought to be a Christmas TIE Fighter. Chances are that was never on the cards and the original source of the rumour had their wires crossed, but in any event the AT-AT was clearly the superior choice. See exhibit A: how impossible it is to find this Christmas…

1 – Superman movie sets

Perhaps the most devastating falsehood to come out of the rumour mill regarding 2025 LEGO sets was a report from typically-reliable source tandnbricks that we’d be getting tie-in sets for James Gunn’s Superman movie. Instead, all the LEGO DC theme managed to muster up for America’s favourite superhero was a paltry mech, while Batman returned to dominate the summer range instead. Oh well.

It’s worth remembering at this stage that rumours are all part of the fun of the LEGO news cycle, whether they eventually turn out to be true or not. But given we’re consistently able to put these lists together each year, it’s also worth remembering not to put too much faith in any one rumour – no matter how much you’d like it to be true. (Here’s to you, Supes.)

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