LEGO earns eight nominations at 2023 Toy of the Year Awards

The Toy of the Year Awards nominees have been announced as the LEGO Group ups its chances of winning from 2022 in a variety of categories.

As listed on the official Toy of the Year Awards website, the LEGO Group has earned eight nominations in this year's awards, one up from 2022. LEGO sets are in a variety of categories from preschool to grown-up toys.

The LEGO Group has a model in the collectible category again thanks to 71038 Disney 100 and another two in the construction category as there was in 2022. No nominees are LEGO sets in the playset or vehicle categories this year but there are two in the grown-up category thanks to 31208 Hokusai – The Great Wave and 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell.

The LEGO Group has also managed to earn a spot in the infant / toddler, preschool and STEAM toy categories and you can see the full list of nominees below.

LEGO set	Nominated category
71038 Disney 100	Collectible toy
43217 'Up' House	Construction toy
41731 Heartlake International School	Construction toy
31208 Hokusai – The Great Wave	Grown-up toy
10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell	Grown-up toy
10993 3in1 Tree House	Infant / toddler toy
43212 Disney Celebration Train	Preschool toy
42158 NASA Mars Rover Perseverance	STEAM toy

Voting is open now and the winners will be announced later this year, should 2022's event be anything to go by. Five awards were won with seven nominations last year and we shall see soon if the results can be improved even further in 2023.

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