As you may know, holidays are a great time to pick up a new Lego set as they typically go on sale. Walmart, in particular, tends to be a great place to do a big Lego set pickup. This year, for Labor Day sales, we’re noticing that Walmart has a smaller selection of items for sale than on a typical holiday, but many of them are of exceptional high quality and on fun sets with quirky ideas. Here are the deals to check out from Walmart’s Labor Day Lego sale.
Want a quick gift pickup for a child? This is it. An excellent introduction to building Lego sets, this kit includes a small ship and Boba Fett figurine. It totals at 85 pieces, which is enough to play with even if the child isn’t able to make the ship 100% perfectly. They’ll also get to use their imagination, customizing the ship with their other Lego pieces or making modifications to make the Boba Fett ship of their dreams. This kit is incredibly cheap right now and perfect for the Star Wars fan aged 6 and up.
This kit is perfect for those that like dinosaurs, daring escapes, and a bit of shooting. Included in the kit are the Biosyn Genetics jeep, two dinosaurs, and three Lego people representing Ian Malcom, Ellie Sattler, and a guard. At the rear of the vehicle is a sort of cage trailer for a dinosaur. Track down a dinosaur, drive to their location, pacify them with a quick tranquilizer shot, and transport them to wherever your imagination takes you next with this set.
What’s every child’s favorite place to build with blocks? You might say Lego and you might say Minecraft but with this kit you don’t have to become a house divided. The 605 piece ‘The Crafting Box’ set will get your children out of the digital world and into the real world for a moment and allows you to run from the hissssing creeper, build TNT, herd sheep, and much more. Get the classic Minecraft base and home building experience in this discounted Lego set.
You may know how to make an iron golem in Minecraft, but what about in real life? You’ll have to use this set. Here, you can make an iron golem fortress and then transform it into a large iron golem with moving parts. Plus, there are knights to play as, ready to conquer the fortress. But, they won’t have it easy, as there are skeletons riders and a surprisingly good-looking charged creeper guarding the fortress, among many other cool features to discover. This set contains 868 pieces, is suitable for kids aged 9 and up, and is compatible with the Lego Builder app for intuitive building instructions.
If you want to go on a Diddy Kong adventure with your Mario brothers (or Princess Peach!) pals, this is the way to do so. On its own, this is a 1,157 piece Lego kit for ages 8 and over that depicts Diddy Kong and friends, the iconic mines, and a few other scenes from the games. When combined with the Mario Adventures , Luigi Adventures , or Peach Adventures starter kits, you can go on extended and interactable adventures in Diddy Kong’s land and earn more digital coins. In other words, this is an adventure expansion kit and is best used with other sets, but can still be enjoyed singly if you just want some Diddy Kong in your life.
If you or your kids are into ninjas and mechs, then this unbelievably large set is right for you. The 1,038 piece set, ideal for kids 9 and up, features a full pitched battle between an elemental dragon and the Empress Mech. The dragon, Jiro, has four shooters while the Empress wields a lengthy yellow sword. Below, six minifigures (which include Ninjago Dragons Rising characters Joy, Sora, and Zane) fight it out on the ground in humble Lego-person style. When put together, the entire set creates a fun ensemble display piece with a lot of vertical space, with Jiro the dragon resting about around 9.5 inches tall when posed.
Getting tired of Lego deals? You may have slipped into the weird realm of the Lego DREAMZzz TV show, which chronicles the adventures of young builders unburdened by reality and sent to take on whatever their imagination delivers to them. This 1,389 piece set for those 10 and up can be built as a ship or a tank, doubling the fun. Even better, the ship has a story-based building instructions set (also available in the Lego Builder app) that make it fun to play with and roleplay with the entire time, from front to back and port to starboard. The Nightmare Shark, when built in ship form, is over a foot long and perfect for display on your bookshelf.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.