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We’ve hunted down some of the top Lego Airplane Set Gift Ideas out there in one epic list. These are both detailed technic sets for advanced kids, superhero airplanes recreated through Legos, and beginner sets for kids wanting to set their imaginations soaring. What all these sets have in common, is that they’re amazingly cool!
From the 1989 Batwing to the Avenger’s Helicarrier, to futuristic stunt planes. These are the best lego airplane set gift ideas for every age. Although, we may have already bought a couple ourselves!
Lego Batwing Set
Blurring the line between a collectible and an epic superhero Lego set. This 1989 Batwing Lego set is iconic to the original movies and still has a place in modern times as one of the coolest Batman vehicles. This is a whomping 2,363 pieces that include its own stand as an art piece or hung as a wall decoration. Either way, you will absolutely impress all your superhero fan friends with this detailed Lego set.
Lego Marvel Avengers – SHIELD Helicarrier
Probably one of the biggest and most recognizable sets in the Lego airplane category is the Shield Helicarrier made famous by the blockbuster Avengers movies. It’s a whomping 2,996 pieces with three quinjets, three fighter jets, construction vehicles, and mini figurines such as Captain America, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, and Maria Hill. This is an amazing set for collectors as well as kids who want a more complex Lego challenge.
Lego Central Airport
This Lego airplane set has an entire terminal, fuel truck, baggage truck, and airplane with people to load up for adventures. If you’re considering a Lego set as a gift idea, we love this complete set. It’s ideally for younger kids that are just getting into the Lego scene.
Lego Sky Police Airplane Base
One of the cooler Lego airplane set gift ideas fills that kid’s desire to play with airplanes and police vehicles in an entire police air base! Including a police plane, airport base, vehicle, and motorcycle along with tons of characters. It’ll be a blast for any kid to assemble and play with. Also, a bonus includes a parachute that ejects from the airplane!
Lego Air Show Building Kit
Imagine having your own airplane hanger with this Lego airplane set. It comes with three planes with opening cockpits, a hanger kit, a mechanic vehicle, and tons of characters from stunt pilots to maintenance technicians. So many fun adventures can be created with this Lego friend’s airplane set to perform your own airshow!
Lego Supersonic Jet
A super simple kit of 215 pieces to build a Lego creator supersonic jet that can be reconfigured into both a speed boat or helicopter. Whenever you need a quick gift idea that’s not an entire Lego airplane set, this is a great gift to keep them entertained.
Lego Stunt Plane
Something for younger kids who are just starting their Lego journey. Lego created this stunt plane toy jet. It’s easy to assemble with a working cockpit and stunt pilot with a helmet for all kinds of adventures. With only 59 pieces, this is a great starter kit to build and immediately play with!
Lego Ninjago Boulder Blaster Airplane
Yes! This lego airplane set actually shoots missiles. The Lego Ninjago Airplane Blaster Set is a hit for any Ninjago fan out there. It includes a 449-piece airplane, along with a tiny prison for your four Minifigures to capture. While the plane is really cool looking, the eight-missile turret on the front is the real wow factor of this collectible figurine.
Lego Race Plane
While targeted at 7-year-olds, it’s a pretty cool plane that can be rebuilt into a stunt plane, fighter jet, or helicopter. In addition to the 333-piece set, it comes with two stunt plane cones for air maneuvers and stunt pilot. However, with this many pieces, we’d challenge you to come up with a fourth vehicle option!
Lego Technic Rescue Helicopter
One of the more impressive Lego technic sets is the rescue helicopter. This 325-piece kit is perfect for immediate and advanced Lego builders as it has a complex design. What’s even better is while the Lego technic set is featured as a rescue helicopter with a working wrench stretcher, it can also be rebuilt as a cool concept plane.
Lego Airshow Jet Transporter
This is every kid’s dream as it includes a Lego airshow jet along with a transporter truck for towing it around. Along with the two mini-figures of a mechanic and airshow pilot, any kid could have hours of adventures completing the most awesome airshows around the country!
Lego Futuristic Flyer Airplane
Part of the Lego Creator series, this is a 3-in-1 design that features a futuristic flying jet as the main design. With alternate designs such as a spaceship fighter or mecha robot. Truthfully, each of these is cool and it’s a hard choice selecting which one to build! Either way, this will be a great Lego airplane set gift idea!
Lego Technic Air Race Jet
This Lego technic air race set it a beast of an airplane to play with due to its hulking size and futuristic design. We love that unlike Luther Lego airplane sets that are the size of an Apple, this airplane set feels legit being the size of a watermelon.
Lego Coast Guard Rescue Airplane Set
This Lego airplane set offers an entire rescue option of the water landing plane, rescue boat, and stranded civilians. We love these sets that offer an entire story narrative to further expand your adventures. The only thing you’ll need to worry about is finding Legos in the bathtub after a fun rescue mission.
Lego Airplane Set with Passenger Airplane
An entire airport set with a radar tower, airport truck, passengers, and an epic passenger airplane with a working garage for a red convertible. In the right imagination, this could be a private plane transporting a rock band or billionaire who wants to take their favorite car and entourage around the world. It’s a highly rated and dynamic airplane set.
Lego Technic Race Airplane Set
This Lego technic race plane is a simple, but really cool Lego airplane set for a child. The bright colors and cool style will have a blast building with the 154 pieces and even more hours playing as you choreograph unique stunts in the air. The bonus is that the race plane can be disassembled and reassembled into a jet airplane!
Lego Space Mars Research Shuttle
One of the more unique Lego airplane set ideas is this Mars Space Research Shuttle with astronauts, Mars rovers, and a neat space shuttle with opening bay doors. This is a great set to introduce them to the world of STEM. Plus who doesn’t want to go to space, much less, Mars?
Lego Police Helicopter Chase
This 212 Lego city police helicopter set recreates a chase scene that can only be solved with a cool police helicopter in close pursuit. It comes with a jewelry truck to set up the scene, a motorcycle for the thief’s accomplice, a police 4-wheeler for a ground pursuit, and a police helicopter with a chain magnet to puck up the stolen truck. We really love the opportunities with this story!
Lego Airplane Set – VIP Service
Get the full VIP treatment with a private plane and luxury limousine to transport your important clients around the world. This 364-piece set takes you into the land of the rich and famous to create your very own rockstar lifestyle.
Lego Cyber Drone 3in1
Small but mightly is the ambition of this 3-in-1 cyber drone set that allows three different futuristic configurations. The cyber drone is the main option, while a more rebellious option is the cyber scooter to travel around with the wind in your hair. The final option is a cool cyber mech option that is perhaps the most powerful of all three forms. It’s like 3 toys for one Lego set!
Lego Airplane Cargo Terminal Set
There is a whole science to the way suitcases and cargo travel on and off a plane. This Cargo Terminal Set helps understand the entire process with a huge cargo plane with working cargo bays, along with a conveyor belt truck to move the cargo off the plane and forklift to life the heaviest options. The final radar tower helps create a nice ambiance. This set is more for the curious and logical kids in our lives!
Lego Ambulance Helicopter Set
This Lego ambulance helicopter set is full of adventures as it can travel all over the world in the most dangerous scenarios to find and rescue people in trouble. At a cost-effective price, we love the opportunities for creativity with the 190-piece set!
Lego Marvel Avengers Quinjet Airplane
Jump into the Avengers superhero world with this epic 838-piece set of the Avengers Ultimate Quinjet used by heroes like Iron Man, Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers. This inspires so much creativity for kids but also has enough amazing details to be a great collectible. The bonuses come in the form of Black Widow, Hawkeye, Rocket, and Thor mini figurines!
Lego Sopwith Camel Biplane
Recreate a symbol of history with this Sopwith Camel biplane in a detailed 883-piece Lego airplane set. It is perhaps one of the most recognizable British biplanes ever, with rotating propeller, engine, wings, and tail flaps. This is as much of a collector piece as a fun adventure for kids who love history.
Lego Wildlife Rescue Airplane Set
One of the more elaborate Lego scenes, this wildlife rescue operation is an entire kit with a helicopter, building, wildlife figurines, tracked vehicle, and tons of wildlife/vegetation. All these pieces will create a safari of opportunities as you rescue and protect animals from all over in your very own nature preserve!
Lego Technic Ultralight Helicopter
One of the cool Lego Technic Helicopter sets, this 199-piece high-tech aerodynamic designed helicopter has two forms to switch back and forth from helicopter to jet. However, with enough imagination, we think it would be a cool helicopter motorcycle as well!
Lego Jet Set – Blue Power
This blue power jet building kit features a 3-in-1 option, but truthfully the jet alone is worth getting this set for the kid in your life. It’s super well designed and everything of what Legos should be. A durable fun adventure. The bonus comes that the jet can be rebuilt into a cool helicopter or jetboat. Unlike other 3-in-1 options, we think each design is noteworthy on its own and worth getting this Lego set!
Lego Technic Cargo Airplane Set
Lego Technic sets take a variety of forms but are usually a single set. This Lego Technic Cargo Airplane Set is actually two different designs with one kit. It can either be a 1,297-piece cargo plane with twin turbine engines or a hover battle boat with working compartments!
Lego Black Widow Helicopter Set
Building on the Avengers fandom, this helicopter is specifically for the Black Widow franchise with a transport helicopter, 4-wheeler, superbike, and mini-figures such as Black Widow, her sister, and Task Master. Recreate the epic battle scene in the first Black Widow movie.
Lego Technic Heavy Lift Helicopter
The Lego Technic sets focus on more complex designs for older kids and this 1,043-piece Heavy Lift Helicopter is no exception. It’s meant to be a collectible as much as a story-driven kid’s toy. It has a working cargo door that drops down a helicopter gurney for rescuing people and heavy cargo in dangerous situations. We should mention it has actual motors that run most of the helicopter functions including working rotors, and cargo bay doors below and behind. It’s really cool!
Lego Coast Guard Helicopter Set
Watching over the ocean and sea is no easy job for our Coast Guard, so recreate their adventures with this Lego Coast Guard Helicopter set that comes with a detailed helicopter, jet ski, kayaker, lighthouse, and figurines that include a shark. There are lots of fun scenarios that can be recreated with this 415-piece Lego airplane set.
Lego Ninjago Helicopter Set with Ninja Weapons
For anyone that has kids surely knows the Ninjago series. This Lego set is Zane’s ShuriCopter with two spinning shuriken slicers and a 6-stud rapid shooter. It’s essentially a ninja attack helicopter with working guns. It’s basically every kid’s dream who wanted to be a ninja.
