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These Cool LEGO Sets Are All on Sale for 30% Off for Prime Day Today

By: Stephen Johnson —

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Amazon Big Deal Days is October 7-8, and Lifehacker is sharing the best bargains, based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools.

LEGO sets don't go on sale often, so when they do, I try to act quickly. And for Prime Day, there are LEGO sets for every taste, from kids who want to build a Star Wars starship to adults who want a LEGO centerpiece for their Thanksgiving table for some reason. All of them are great deals.

This LEGO Ford Mustang Shelby is 30% off

If your child is getting a little old for regular LEGOs, maybe they'd like a Technic set, like this Ford Mustang Shelby. Once it's built, you can play with it in two ways: Use the two pull-back toy car motors, or scan it with the LEGO AR+ app and race it in augmented reality. It's on sale for only $34.99 right now, 30% off the list price of $49.99.

This LEGO Star Wars Ahsoka set is 30% off

The Ahsoka Ghost and Phantom II Spaceship set is a seriously fun project for LEGO fans. It's a 1,394-piece play set inspired by Ahsoka, and it includes a ton of the interactive features that make LEGO sets great, as well as four mini-figs: General Hera Syndulla, Lt. Beyta, Jacen Syndulla, and First Officer Hawkins, plus a Chopper (C1-10P) LEGO droid figure. It's $111.99, 30% off the list price of $159.99.

This LEGO Mandalorian Grogu set is 30% off

Remember when everyone was all about Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian? The Mandalorian Grogu set lets you re-live those golden days by building a display-worthy Grogu who can ride around in a little hover pram. The 1,048-piece building kit comes with a buildable Grogu figure and a display plaque, too. It's $99.99, 30% off the original list price.

This LEGO Super Mario Donkey Kong set is 30% off

Every kid likes Donkey Kong, and this 555-piece set will let you build DK's iconic tree house, complete with TV, radio, and conga drums you can bang on. It comes with two collectible LEGO Super Mario figures: Donkey Kong and Cranky Kong. Donkey Kong's Tree House is $41.99, 30% off the list price of $59.99.

These classic LEGO bricks are 30% off

Movie and video game tie-in LEGO sets are cool, but creating your own designs is even cooler. This big box of LEGO bricks contains 850 multi-colored plastic bricks and instructions for how to make a horse, carrot van, cherry, boom box, and more, but really, your kid can make anything out of 'em. That's the whole point. They're selling for $41.99, 30% off the list price of $59.99.

This LEGO Halloween barn is 30% off

This seasonal LEGO set comes with a skeleton mini-fig, hidden teeth behind the door, a decorated eye, a green bottle, a black jar, and a gnarled old tree, as if LEGO is defying you to explain the macabre details that led up to this crime scene. The Halloween Barn is $10.49, 30% off the list price of $14.99.

This LEGO flower centerpiece is 30% off

What adult doesn't want to build a festive fall flower arrangement out of plastic bricks? LEGO says that once you complete this model, it can be "used as a table centerpiece, hung on a wall, or combined with one or more sets to create a large flower decor display." And why not, right? It's $34.99, down 30% from its list price of $49.99.

This LEGO DC Superman mech set is 30% off

I don't know why Superman, with his godlike powers, needs a mech, but it's cool that he has one. This DC Comics tie-in set lets you build both Supes and his archenemy Lex Luthor, so you can re-enact their never-ending conflict. (I think they should just get a room already.) Marked down 30%, this set costs only $10.49.

And this LEGO City set is only $6 right now

You want a dirt-cheap LEGO set? A low-cost stocking stuffer, perhaps? Check out this LEGO City set. It's only $5.59! That's like the price of a cup of coffee, and 44% lower than the list price. The Pizza vs. Fire Truck Race pack features mini-figures of a pizza delivery driver and a firefighter, each in a souped-up car, allowing them to race against each other. (Things are out of hand on the streets of LEGO City.)

Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart and Best Buy have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

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I’m a Board Game Geek, and This Is What I’d Buy Before Prime Day Ends Tonight

By: Khamosh Pathak —

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Prime Day 2025 ends tonight, and Lifehacker is sharing the best sales based on product reviews, comparisons, and price-tracking tools before it's over. 

New to Prime Day? We have a primer on everything you need to know. Sales are accurate at the time of publication, but prices and inventory are always subject to change.

My wife and I share a collection of over 30 board games, but we end up playing a handful of them over and over again—and many of them are on sale right now for Prime Day. If you’re new to board games and want to start a collection that will entertain your friends and family for years to come, there is no better time to buy than right now, as many are 50% off.

The best board games for friends and family

  • Splendor ($19.99, 50% off): I think Splendor is the best gateway board game, it’s how I got into the hobby. It’s a really simple, yet highly addicting game, with quite a lot of strategic depth. You are merchant in the Renaissance, trying to buy gem mines, transport, and shops to get the most prestige points. You can even get a noble to visit you for extra points. The player with the most prestige points at the end wins. This is a quick card-collecting and card-developing game. The gem cards you buy can be used to buy more gems in the future, making the deck-building an important part of the gameplay.

  • Ticket to Ride ($24.99, 50% off): I haven’t come across a person who doesn’t like Ticket to Ride. You’re met with a map of old-timey Europe or the U.S. You pick a card randomly, and are tasked to build railway from point A to B, without others knowing about it. The player with the highest points at the end wins.

  • Azul ($20.99, 34% off): Azul is the prettiest and most interesting game in my collection. And at $20, it’s a no brainer. You are tasked to create the most beautiful mosaic tile design, inspired traditional Portuguese azulejos. There are elements of drawing the tiles from a pool, minus points when patterns don’t work out, and overall, it's a relaxing and beautiful game.

  • Pandemic ($31.49, 30% off): Pandemic is hands down the most fun I’ve had playing a co-op game. You and your friends are playing against a virus that wants to take over the world, and you have to work together to stop it. It is much more interesting that it sounds, trust me. You’ll think you’ve outsmarted the game (as I often have), only to be knocked back down three steps by the stellar game mechanic.

  • Codenames ($14.99, 40% off): Codenames is the kind of small game that you should always have around at parties. It’s a brilliant word-association party game, where two teams compete to be the first to identify all their secret agents. Each team chooses a spy master who sits on one side of the table, and has a grid of words, or codenames. The spymaster gives clues to the rest of the team, and the team has to then guess the most correct words possible. The larger the group, the more fun Codenames is.

Looking for something else? Retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, and Home Depot have Prime Day competition sales that are especially useful if you don’t have Amazon Prime.

  • Walmart’s Prime Day competition sale begins at midnight on July 8 and will include deals up to 50% off. It’s an especially good option if you have Walmart+. 

  • Best Buy’s Prime Day competition sale, “Black Friday in July,” runs through Sunday, July 13 and has some of the best tech sales online. It’s an especially good option if you’re a My Best Buy “Plus” or “Total” member.

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Eight Educational Gifts That Are Anything but Boring

By: Lindsey Ellefson —

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The season of joy is here, and we all need as much holiday magic as the world will provide right now. Whether you’re a diehard Christmas fanatic—or you’re just happy to have a few days off work—this series will help you pick the perfect presents, playlists, meals, and activities to make this Christmas the Best Christmas Ever.

Opening gifts during the holidays is supposed to be fun—no one likes a present that is too functional or boring. That's why you probably don't consider getting educational gifts for folks too often. However, there are plenty of ideas out there for gifts that are challenging or enriching in some way—and are decidedly not boring.

Best educational gifts for kids

Getting an educational gift for a kid is tricky business. When I was about six, my mom kept hyping up a Christmas present she was super excited for me to open. It turned out to be a CD-ROM called Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, which she gleefully installed on our clunky, internet-less computer. I was furious. I had wanted something colorful, something with pizzazz. But I ended up playing the typing games and, by the next year, was a whiz on the QWERTY keys, outpacing my classmates by miles and, if I'm being honest, probably setting me up for the job I have now. I type much faster and more efficiently than any of my friends, I'll tell you that much. The key to that gift, as much as I didn't appreciate it the moment I opened it, was the gamification of learning. For kids, learning should be fun. That's why you should consider gifts like these:

A marble gravity maze teaches practical lessons about physics and is a fun way for kids to learn about building while using their hands. The interactive globe toy strikes me as especially cool and useful because it requires additional tech, like a tablet or phone, to scan the globe and get information about different countries. I love that it relies on the old-school globe and modern tech to teach kids the value of using both to seek out information and stay engaged.

Honestly, anything that retains some of those practical, hands-on elements is a good gift. Kids have access to so much information via the internet now, yes, but there's something foundational about actually having to build or create something. While everyone else is giving them super tech-forward gifts, you could have a real hit on your hands with the mini chemistry set or root viewer.

Remember to keep the actual interests of the kid in mind when selecting a gift. My mom knew that I was interested in computers (and made a smart bet that they'd only be more relevant and important as I got older) back in the early 90s, which is why she got me the typing game. If the kid you're shopping for isn't into bugs, forego an ant farm; it's only educational if they actually use it.

Cool educational gifts for adults

The whole goal of getting kids into learning is to prepare them for adulthood, right? Ideally, they become lifelong learners—and you know a few of those yourself. If you want cool educational gifts for a grown-up, try these:

I love learning new things. I'm always taking random classes or throwing myself into new hobbies. Just because I don't know anything about, say, Brazilian martial arts doesn't mean I can't go figure it out. I also love making things with my hands. Last week, for reasons unclear, I threw myself into the task of learning how to do a hard gel manicure on my own hands. I didn't care about saving money at the salon or anything like that; I just wanted to see if I could do it. If you want an educational gift for an adult, the same rules apply to them as to kids: Figure out what they might have an inkling to get into.

Personally, I'd be delighted to receive the build-your-own bluetooth speaker kit or the countries of the world flashcards. I don't know anything about audio or nearly enough about geography—but I'd like to. Any gift that has to be built or worked on is ideal because half the present is the effort to create it, but the other half is the long-lasting, physical item that's left as a result. A motorized marble maze puzzle or mini bonsai garden are both great options here: Bonus points if you offer to work on it with them and build a lasting holiday memory.

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