Best Toys for 9-Year-Old Boys 

Inspire imagination, curiosity and adventure with our range of the best toys for 9-year-old boys! These sets are ideal for kids who are ready to try more complex builds, and encourage creative, independent play. 

This hand-picked selection is filled with fun LEGO® sets. It features exhilarating scenario builds from different fantastical worlds, as well as dinosaur fossils and chess sets. Whatever your child is into, you’ll find something that they’ll love in our collection!

LEGO® Sonic the Hedgehog™

Join forces with the world’s fastest hedgehog and his pals, with a gift from our LEGO® Sonic the Hedgehog™ range! The Sonic: Speedster Lightning (77117) set gets you right to the heart of the action, and comes with three golden rings and a hidden Chaos Emerald for added immersion - collect them for a speed boost as Sonic hurtles towards the finish line!  

Kids will love the dynamism of the Silver’s Car vs. Knuckles’ Monster Truck (77118) set, pitting Sonic’s buddies against each other in competitive action. For extra fun, your child can even combine it with other sets from the Sonic range to create an expanded universe full of adventure and wonder!

Traditional Chess Set 

Combining fun, education and challenge in one fantastic build, the Traditional Chess Set (40719) is a classic LEGO® construction set that doubles as a fully functional chess and checkers game. At 743 pieces, it’s a great option for children looking to improve their building skills – and the end result is certainly worth it, providing hours of competitive fun! 

The set features a buildable board and pieces, with a traditional color scheme that makes it a fabulous display piece when not in use. Whether they’re an absolute beginner or an aspiring grandmaster, any 9-year-old with an interest in chess will love this set!

V-19 Torrent Starfighter

Recreate iconic scenes from Star Wars: The Clone Wars™ with this V-19 Torrent Starfighter (75432) playset! The set includes minifigures of Asajj Ventress and General Obi-Wan Kenobi, along with a buildable Starfighter that features a cockpit, 3 fold-out wings for realistic flight scenarios and 2 stud shooters for reenacting your favorite screen battles or coming up with new encounters of your own. 

The minifigures also come with their own accessories. Obi-Wan has his famous blue Lightsaber™, while Asajj Ventress has a pair of red Lightsabers™ with curved hilts. The set even includes a Clone Pilot with a blaster pistol!

Zane’s Ultra Combiner Mech

Dive right into the exciting world of LEGO® NINJAGO® with Zane’s Ultra Combiner Mech (71834), an engaging playset from season 3 of the NINJAGO Dragon’s Rising TV show. This set can be separated into 4 smaller builds: Zane’s battle suit Mech, a dragon with posable wings, a jet with rotating cockpit and an off-road vehicle with 2 cockpits. 

Zane’s Ultra Combiner Mech also comes with 6 minifigures. Fighting the good fight are Cole, Sora and Pixal, while opposing them is the nefarious wolf-man Nokt, joined by a Dragonian Warrior and a Dragonian Scout. Creative-minded kids will love the detail of this set, providing thrilling action and plenty of replay value!

Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops Skull

No collection of the best toys for 9-year-olds would be complete without this captivating display piece from the LEGO® Jurassic World™ range! Children with an interest in natural history will love the Dinosaur Fossils: Triceratops Skull (76969) playset, featuring a realistic buildable skull with a moving jaw.  

This detailed model also comes with a stand and information plaque to really make it feel like a museum piece. Fun accessories include a Junior Paleontologist LEGO minifigure, an amber piece, and a dig site plate with mini-fossils and excavation tools, so kids can bring their dinosaur stories to life!

Minecraft

Jump into a world of crafting, mining, Creepers and Endermen with our collection of Minecraft® playsets! The Pickaxe Mine (21277) and The TNT Jungle House (21275) sets feature ‘exploding’ TNT blocks and collapsing walls and buildings that really bring the Minecraft world to life, while the Nether and End Portal Journey (21584) set contains a LEGO® build with biomes from The Nether and The End, along with a Cool Hero, an Enderman and a baby hoglin.  

Elsewhere in the range, the Enderman Tower (21279) set includes a fully articulated Enderman-shaped tower with a Nether portal, and can be reconfigured into a pair of fortresses. Back in the Overworld, the zany Chicken Farm (21585) features a giant chicken-shaped coop that lays eggs. And kids can show their love of Minecraft with The Fox (21588), the beloved animal from the game – now as an exciting display piece.

Lightning McQueen

Bring the adrenaline-fueled action of the race track into your child’s room with this fantastic Disney and Pixar’s Lightning McQueen (77255) playset from the LEGO® Speed Champions collection! Fans of the Disney Pixar’s Cars movies will love the detail in this set, which features Lightning McQueen’s famous lightning bolt livery and Rust-Eze sponsor.  

This build makes for a superb display piece, but it’s much more than that. It’s fun to build and offers a wonderful way for older kids to reconnect with cherished memories from their childhood. Whether they want to playfully display it in their room or showcase their love for the Cars franchise and racing, this set is sure to be a beloved addition to any collection.

Bugatti Centodieci Hyper Sports Car

Part of the LEGO® Speed Champions range, the Bugatti Centodieci Hyper Sports Car (77240) is an ideal gift choice for any 9-year-old with an interest in vehicles! Young racing enthusiasts will love this fun model, featuring a realistic design based on the real life Bugatti Centodieci. Authentic details include a horseshoe radiator grille, overhanging rear wing and the model’s distinctive rim design. 

Not only will your child enjoy building this 291-piece playset, its stylish look makes for an excellent display piece that kids can exhibit proudly in their room. For even more immersive fun, you can build out your own race car garage with others from the LEGO Speed Champions collection!

Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Sports Car

Take to the track in style with this Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Sports Car (77237) build! This playset of the classic muscle car recreates iconic features including the unique long hood, front grille and bulging hood scoop.  

The set comes complete with a driver minifigure, and can be combined with others from the LEGO® Speed Champions range. Kids will love creating their own race scenarios with these models, and when the race is over they can be presented as a group to create an eye-catching display collection!

Monster Jam™ DIGatron™ Pull-Back

Spark your child’s curiosity with the feature-packed Monster Jam™ DIGatron™ Pull-Back (42199) set, a perfect choice for kids who crave the power and excitement of impressive monster trucks. It comes with a range of authentic features It comes with a range of authentic features including a shovel, a grabber and giant tires, and a powerful pullback motor that lets you recreate epic stunts at home – just like the real Monster Jam™ vehicles!  

Part of the LEGO® Technic collection, the truck has a pull-back action that powers the vehicle forward at speed, allowing kids to create their own action-packed scenarios and high-octane stunts!

Batman™ & Robin™ Batmobile™

Fans of the Caped Crusader™ can own a piece of history with this iconic Batmobile™ vehicle! Marking the 20th anniversary of LEGO® DC Batman™, the Batman & Robin™ Batmobile™ (76333) set recreates the 1997 edition of Batman’s inimitable automobile from the movie. Your child will have hours of fun pretending to hunt down bad guys with this authentic set, which features the sleek, jet-black design look of the screen version but also connects to the thrilling adventures of the LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight video game, bridging the gap between digital and physical play. 

This set comes with a Batman minifigure (complete with fabric cape!) that can be placed inside the cockpit, while searching beneath the removable hood reveals a hidden coin commemorating the anniversary! Combine the set with others in the Batman collection, and you can really immerse yourself in the role of Gotham City’s Dark Knight!

Looking for more LEGO® sets? 

Still looking for that perfect gift? Good news – our incredible range of playsets has something for everyone, no matter your age or interests! For older boys, take a look at our collection of toys for 9 to 12-year-olds. Containing everything from race cars to dinosaurs and an array of iconic franchises, we’re sure you’ll find something they’ll love.