Lego is launching a first-of-its-kind “smart brick”, which the Danish toy maker has described as its “biggest innovation” in decades. The new brick looks and clicks into place like a regular one but its advanced electronics sense other smart bricks and minifigures and respond with real-time audio or light effects.

The new Star Wars sets, which incorporate Smart tech, might be cool — but fans are not abiding by the rising costs of basic sets or Lego's direction

The humble Lego brick is having a dramatic technological makeover that could transform how kids – and a fair few adults – play with the iconic toy.

Lego's construction sets have been a fantastic choice for analog play for several decades now. These interlocking building blocks are set to get way more interesting with the inventive toy company's new Smart Play system that features electronics-packed bricks and minifigures for more

These are the top 10 Lego Star Wars sets we wish would return from multi-thousand-piece collector's models to dioramas and smaller, droid builds.