LEGO sets make a perfect gift.
Think about it: with the variety of themes, fandoms, and categories the iconic brick brand offers (including Star Wars and Marvel), you’ll always be able to find something the special people in your life would love.
With Father’s Day coming up, consider a LEGO set, especially if your dad is the type to say he doesn’t want anything or seems to already have everything.
Even if LEGOs are a popular pastime of his, there are so many good sets it’s likely you’ll be able to find a hidden gem he hasn’t already built.
Below, we’ve rounded up some of the best LEGO sets for different pop culture fandoms. All of our picks are well-reviewed by LEGO enthusiasts and have higher than a 4-star rating on a 5-star scale on either LEGO, Amazon, or both. Use our category jump links to find your favorite fandom, or just scroll down to see what jumps out at you.
With adjustable wings and two flick shooters, give your little ones the perfect intro to the world of LEGO Star Wars with this microfighter set.
Kids can take this set on the go — at just 2 inches by 2.5 inches by 2.5 inches it fits in a backpack and is ready for play wherever.
This buildable TIE Fighter comes with a mechanism that allows it to shoot missiles.
Revenge of the Sith fans will love this set, which lets builders recreate the Battle of Utapau at home with a 360-degree rotating heavy-blaster cannon.
In a way, BrickHeadz is LEGO’s buildable answer to fandom-favorite Funko Pop! figures. The baseplate allows you to display the Ashoka figure once it’s been built.
Home to heroes, smugglers, aliens, bounty hunters, and more, build the Mos Eisley cantina as it appears in A New Hope.
With this set, you can build one of the most iconic helmets in the Star Wars galaxy.
This R2-D2 building kit, when completed, will stand 12.5 inches tall. Last updated for 2021, it comes with a special Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary LEGO brick and a hidden lightsaber inside.
One of the largest LEGO sets in terms of size when built and amount of bricks is this 33-inch by 23-inch model of the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. In addition to eight minifigs, it comes with two buildable Porgs and a buildable Mynock.
The youngest Batman fans can get their introduction to LEGO with this set, which comes with a starter brick to help kickstart the construction.
Recreate a scene from The Batman with this building kit, which comes with a buildable Batmobile, rocket launchers, and a flaming exhaust.
With wheels that work and a chain drive connecting the engine to the back wheel, you can play with The Batman‘s Batcycle and then drop the kickstand down to display it.
Full of authentic details, Batman fans will love this LEGO recreation of the Batmobile from Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy.
This Batman set is part of LEGO’s Art collection, which lets fans build posters that can then be displayed.
Kids can learn to build with a model based on the popular show Spidey and His Amazing Friends and then spend hours exploring all of the interactive options the set comes with.
Like other LEGO sets built for children as young as four years old, this comes with a starter brick to make the build easier. Build Spider-Man’s mobile HQ and a few other vehicles.
Throw it back to the first Avengers movie with this building kit, which comes with different sticker sets to customize the Quinjet with S.H.I.E.L.D. or Avengers insignia.
The biggest LEGO building kit in the Marvel universe is this reconstruction of the Daily Bugle offices, complete with minifigures of some of Marvel’s best heroes and villains.
Once built, you can display Star-Lord’s helmet thanks to a sturdy base and nameplate.
This Cars set is part of LEGO’s Duplo collection, and it has big pieces to help little kids develop fine motor skills with recognizable characters.
Keep your little ones engaged by building an engine, three train parade floats, and a station.
One of a few courtyard kits, this one lets little princesses recreate Elsa’s courtyard, complete with a Snowgie friend for her. When you’re done playing, the minifigure’s skirt and the base of the fountain combine to create a storage container for Elsa.
This castle, which opens to expand play and access to all areas, has five bedrooms — one for each princess included — and a playground for their animal sidekicks.
Find endless ways to play with this boat, which comes with two minifigures and removable and adaptable pieces.
The ship from 2022’s Lightyear gets the LEGO treatment, along with an arsenal of cool weapons and minifigures to bring fun space battles to life.
When fully built, Elsa’s ice castle has three floors, movie-related accessories, and more to explore.
Inspired by the iconic centerpiece of Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom, this set measures 29 inches tall when fully built.
Build the famous scene in Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom diorama-style. The minifigures’ heads turn to reveal alternative faces.
With these BrickHeadz, build figurines of Professor Snape, McGonagall, Mad-Eye Moody, and Trelawney.
Packed with authentic detail, fans can build storefronts for Ollivanders, Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes, Florean Fortescue’s Ice Cream Parlor, Scribbulus Writing Implements, Flourish and Blotts, and Quality Quidditch Supply.
In addition to the 4 minifigs, the massive building kit comes with 27 microfigures, including Harry Potter, accessories like wands and potions, and a ton of authentic details inside the castle.
Build Hedwig the Owl surrounded by some iconic Harry Potter mementos: his glasses and wand, four potion bottles, the Golden Snitch, a Hogwarts scarf in your house colors, and your very own Hogwarts acceptance letter.
This The Last Crusade set lets you build and reenact scenes from the movie with a fighter plane and convertible car.
The snake scene from Raiders was also immortalized in LEGO form, down to the interactive elements like the Anubis statue toppling and breaking through a LEGO wall.
The famous opening sequences of Raiders of the Lost Arc gets the LEGO treatment with this new model, complete with interactive functions.
Build the Hallelujah Mountains in addition to large-scale posable Banshee creatures that have space for a minifigure to pilot it.
The Mako submarine appeared in The Way of Water, and now you can build an ultra-detailed version of it with opening cockpits, movable propellers, and three different coral reefs.
Play out your own stories and recreate scenes from Avatar: The Way of Water with this LEGO set that includes a posable tulkan and a transformable crabsuit.
After you build the dinosaurs, you can have thrilling duels by re-posing them and staging attacks on the buildable HQ from Jurassic World Dominion.
This double-layered building kit lets you build the Byers’ house with the scary Upside Down below it. Once built, it stands on its own as a collector’s item.
Build the iconic couch from the Friends crew’s most common hangout: the Central Perk cafe.
This LEGO set lets Friends fans build Monica’s living room and a hallway that connects it to Chandler and Joey’s. It’s complete with accessories like reclining TV chairs, Phoebe’s dollhouse, and more.
The Office fans can build their very own office with accessories, a slide out display of Michael Scott’s office, and more.
This epic build is one of LEGO’s biggest sets yet, and complete with an armory and authentic artwork throughout the set.
Ghostbusters and LEGO lovers need this set, which is complete with a working steering wheel, a trapdoor with ghost trap, extending gunner seat, and more paranormal detection equipment.
Build a time machine with elements of the Delorean from all three Back to the Future movies: the lightning rod and plutonium chamber from the first, the fold-down hover conversion tires from the second, and whitewall tires and a hood-mounted circut board from the third.
Home Alone fans can recreate memorable scenes, pranks, and battles from the holiday classic with this LEGO set.