LEGO SpongeBob SquarePants is back with two new sets, and the headline item is a 1,794-piece Bikini Bottom build priced at $219.99. Both sets are available for preorder now at the LEGO Store and are slated to release on September 1.
Chris Reed, IGN’s commerce editor and deals expert who runs its board game and LEGO coverage, wrote about the new sets. The timing gives collectors a clear buying window: place a preorder now, or wait for the September 1 release and risk the first wave of demand shifting the inventory mix.
Bikini Bottom at 1,794 pieces
The larger set turns Bikini Bottom into a display model built around SpongeBob and Squidward’s distinctive houses, multi-room interiors, Patrick’s rock, and a Jellyfish Fields scene. LEGO also includes minifigures of all the main characters, plus items and pieces from famous episodes, including the boatmobile and Easter eggs.
That kind of build is aimed at buyers who want a shelf piece, not just a novelty set. At $219.99, it sits far above the other release, so LEGO is clearly splitting the audience between a premium collector model and a lower-cost entry point.
BrickHeadz for Jellyfishing
The second set is the SpongeBob SquarePants Figure set, a BrickHeadz release with 72 pieces priced at $12.99. It includes a net accessory and is designed for jellyfishing, which makes it the small-ticket option in the pair.
BrickHeadz is LEGO’s squared-off character line, so this set works as a compact counterweight to the detailed Bikini Bottom build. The pricing gap is the story here: $219.99 for the display model, $12.99 for the figure.
September 1 preorder window
Both sets are available for preorder now at the LEGO Store, and both are slated to release on September 1. For buyers, that means the decision is already in front of them: lock in the preorder if the bigger build is the priority, or wait for the smaller BrickHeadz set if they only want a low-priced add-on.
The question collectors will be watching is how far LEGO pushed the references inside the Bikini Bottom set. The set already includes Easter eggs and famous episode details, but the exact count and which episodes made it in are still the most interesting unresolved part of the build.
