LEGO has never made an official Dragon Ball set before, which makes 11390 Shenron & Goku a genuine first for the LEGO Icons theme rather than just another anime crossover.
The set pairs a 32cm poseable Shenron, rising dramatically from all seven Dragon Balls, with a Kid Goku minifigure riding the Flying Nimbus, known in the series as Kintoun.
Priced at $179.99 USD for 1,764 pieces, it arrives through LEGO Insiders early access on November 1, 2026, ahead of a general release on November 4.
Here is everything confirmed about the set, its engineering, and the design team behind it.
Despite Dragon Ball's decades of merchandise across nearly every toy category, LEGO had never produced an officially licensed set from the franchise until 11390.
That makes this release notable beyond its piece count alone, marking the formal start of a LEGO x Dragon Ball partnership rather than a one-off novelty build, and a strong first impression here matters more for a brand-new licensing relationship than it would for an established LEGO theme with years of goodwill already banked.
Senior Model Designer Jae Won Lee led the project, and his central challenge was capturing Shenron's long, snake-like curves using fundamentally square LEGO elements.
Lee's team used bar-and-clip hinges internally combined with plate hinges on the exterior, letting the dragon's body curve in a continuous loop rather than showing visible stair-step angles along its length.
According to Lee, the design team built more than 20 mockups of Shenron before landing on the final version, studying classic animation frames and poses to capture the dragon's silhouette accurately.
Hiding the LEGO studs along Shenron's belly section was a specific, recurring challenge Lee cited, since a visibly studded underside would have undercut the serpentine look the team was chasing.
The finished model stands over 12.5 inches (32cm) tall, measures roughly 9.5 inches (24cm) long and 10 inches (26cm) wide, and includes all seven Dragon Balls arranged beneath Shenron's rising form.
Kid Goku rides the Flying Nimbus alongside the dragon, giving the set a second focal point and its only minifigure, distinct from Shenron's larger sculptural build.
11390 Shenron & Goku is priced at $179.99 USD (£129.99 / €139.99) and becomes available to LEGO Insiders on November 1, 2026, three days ahead of the November 4 general release.
At 1,764 pieces for that price, it sits in LEGO Icons' mid-range display-set tier, priced closer to a detailed character build than to the theme's larger architectural or vehicle sets.
Unlike a static sculpture, Shenron's head and claws are jointed, letting collectors adjust the dragon's pose rather than being locked into one fixed display angle out of the box.
That articulation is a meaningful design choice for a franchise as pose-heavy as Dragon Ball, where Shenron's dramatic rising silhouette is as much a part of his identity as his design itself. Collectors wanting to vary Kid Goku and the Flying Nimbus's height next to the dragon can use EVORETRO's 4-step acrylic display stand as a simple riser.
11390 arrives in the same general late-2026 window as several other LEGO Icons and flagship-tier releases, giving collectors a genuinely busy fourth quarter to budget around rather than one standout release sitting alone on the calendar.
Being LEGO's first Dragon Ball set specifically also makes it a reasonable bet for future expansion if it sells well, following the same pattern LEGO has used before when a first entry into a new licensed franchise performs strongly enough to justify a second or third set.
A static sculpture can rely on a single fixed internal structure, but a jointed model like Shenron needs every segment to hold its shape under the dragon's own weight across multiple possible poses, not just one.
That requirement is part of why Lee's team needed more than 20 mockups to finalize the design, since each adjustment to the joint spacing or hinge type changes how the whole curved body behaves once it is fully assembled and posed.
November 1, 2026 for LEGO Insiders, November 4 for general release.
$179.99 USD.
1,764 pieces.
Over 12.5 inches (32cm) tall.
Yes, one: Kid Goku on the Flying Nimbus.
Between a 32cm dragon and a Flying Nimbus minifigure scene, this set needs real display planning before it arrives. Kid Goku's minifigure fits neatly into a LEGO minifigure display case if you want him showcased apart from the dragon.
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