LEGO’s SpongeBob Comeback Just Got Its First Real Look, And Bikini Bottom Fans Are Losing It

Nostalgia has been quietly building around Bikini Bottom for months now, ever since whispers first surfaced that LEGO might be revisiting one of Nickelodeon’s most beloved properties. For collectors who grew up building tiny brick versions of the Krusty Krab, the idea of a full return has felt like a long shot, especially with the license having gone quiet for well over a decade.

That quiet is officially ending. If the rumors prove accurate, this would mark the first LEGO SpongeBob SquarePants set since 2012, a gap that has left fans of the show building their own fan made versions of Conch Street in the meantime.

Now the wait appears to be over, with a widely shared social media post revealing the first images of the set, confirming a price tag of $220. The set, reportedly numbered 11386 and titled ‘SpongeBob SquarePants: Conch Street,’ is said to be joined by a companion release from the BrickHeadz line, with both expected to hit shelves on September 1, 2026.

The scale of the build is what has people talking. Reports indicate the Conch Street set will include the three main characters SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward as minifigures alongside Gary the snail, with their houses built from a total of 1,794 pieces. That would give the set roughly four times as many bricks as the last Bikini Bottom builds LEGO released back in 2009 and 2012.

The pineapple, unsurprisingly, takes center stage. SpongeBob’s iconic home sits at 124 Conch Street, and its return has been described as a comeback for a structure that previously appeared across three earlier SpongeBob sets released in 2006, 2009 and 2012. Squidward and Patrick’s homes are expected to round out the street, giving fans a chance to recreate the show’s most recognizable block piece by piece.

Beyond the houses themselves, extra details are reportedly baked into the design. The leaked build is said to include SpongeBob’s underwater vehicle, the Boatmobile, along with a small jellyfish field referencing SpongeBob’s favorite pastime. Even the minifigure sculpting has drawn early attention, with Patrick reportedly given a rounder, more expressive shape that some fans feel matches the animated version more closely than earlier LEGO attempts.

For a fandom that has spent years building homemade tributes to Bikini Bottom, seeing LEGO circle back with this kind of scale feels like a genuine event rather than a simple rerelease. The pineapple, the Easter Island head, and Patrick’s rock have all lived in fans’ imaginations for years, and now they are inching closer to living on a shelf instead.

Would you build the whole street, or are you saving your bricks just for SpongeBob’s pineapple?