Question 1

What is the LEGO® SMART Play™ System?

Accepted Answer

The SMART Play™ System is our most revolutionary innovation since the creation of the minifigure in 1978.

Using cutting-edge technology, it responds precisely to how kids play. In other words, when you play, the SMART Brick plays back.

There are three key pieces that work together:

The SMART Brick. A 2x4 LEGO brick that recognizes SMART Tags and SMART Minifigures. It also has a built-in accelerometer which knows how it is being moved through the air, and brings play to life in incredible ways.
The SMART Tags. These clever little tiles tell the SMART Brick what it should become, to help it play back with you.
The SMART Minifigures. When placed next to a SMART Brick, you’ll discover how each SMART Minifigure reacts differently to its environment with unique sounds, moods and reactions – all of which are played through the SMART Brick.

 The SMART Play System shows what happens when high-powered tech meets the limitless creativity of a child’s imagination. With the help of the SMART Tags and SMART Minifigures, the powerful SMART Brick responds to how you play with it, hold it, twist it, turn it... you name it!

It’s also endlessly replayable, because the SMART Tags and SMART Minifigures help unlock unique reactions, secret minigames, plot twists and Easter eggs. The fun keeps on going!

This is an evolution of the LEGO System in Play, all SMART Bricks, SMART Minifigures and SMART Tags also click with your LEGO bricks at home to bring all your LEGO sets to life!

Question 2

What can the SMART Brick do?

Accepted Answer

It’s the brains of the operation.

The 2x4 SMART Brick is packed with enough tech to launch a rocket to the Moon (... maybe if you have a couple of extra rockets lying around...). It has responsive lights, a color-recognition scanner to sense its surroundings, a sound synthesizer that plays almost any sound, and a built-in accelerometer. This detects the way it is twisted, turned and tapped during play.

All this juicy tech means it can react to how kids play – and then play back!

When placed on top of or close to a SMART Tag, the SMART Brick becomes whatever the SMART Tag tells it to. Meaning it can be a helicopter one second and a car the next.  

But it also can sense the presence of SMART Minifigures to help bring your stories to life in ways never seen before. The SMART Brick reveals each SMART Minifigure’s unique sounds, moods and reactions.

Question 3

What can the SMART Minifigures do?

Accepted Answer

The SMART Minifigures activate the SMART Brick and prompt it to reveal their unique personalities.

Each SMART Minifigure reacts differently to the world around them. They do that through their own sounds, moods and reactions, which are played back to you via the SMART Brick.

Through the sounds the SMART Brick makes, you’ll be able to tell which SMART Minifigure might enjoy flying through space in a starship. You’ll notice that a more nervous character might be a bit more… hesitant…

And because every SMART Play Minifigure reacts uniquely to any given play scenario, they provide a perfect reward for kids’ imagination and creativity. Which sparks new ideas for role play, every single playtime.

Question 4

Do the SMART Minifigures make sounds?

Accepted Answer

Not by themselves. Instead, they prompt nearby SMART Bricks to make their sounds for them!

Each SMART Minifigure reacts uniquely to the environment around them. They do that through their own sounds, moods and reactions, which are played back to you via the built-in speaker inside the SMART Brick.

Just place SMART Minifigures close to SMART Bricks to unlock that glorious SMART Play™ action!

Question 5

What can the SMART Tags do?

Accepted Answer

The role of the SMART Tag is to tell the SMART Brick how it should play back with you.

The SMART Tags tell the SMART Brick what kind of object or creature it should become and what sounds to respond with.

Will it be a spaceship? A helicopter? A toilet? If you have the SMART Tags for it, the SMART Brick will have the reactions for it, to help enhance your play. 

The SMART Tags help the SMART Brick unlock sounds, mini-games, even secret missions filled with hilarious Easter eggs to keep players guessing! And because there’s no limit to the potential number of SMART Tags, it makes the SMART Play™ System endlessly replayable.

Question 6

Do the SMART Tags have a speaker?

Accepted Answer

No. Instead, their job is to tell nearby SMART Bricks what sounds it should make.

SMART Tags make the SMART Bricks behave in a particular way and react using lights and the SMART Brick’s built-in speaker.

Question 7

How does the LEGO® SMART Play™ system work?

Accepted Answer

The SMART Brick can sense the presence of SMART Tags and SMART Minifigures that are close to it. These activate the SMART Brick and tell it how to behave.

Once activated, the high-tech SMART Bricks react to every move, with a built-in play engine that creates limitless reactions with dynamic lights and sounds.

To get started, you’ll need up to three key pieces that work together to create the LEGO® SMART Play™ system: the SMART Bricks, the SMART Tags and the SMART Minifigures.

For example, out of the literally endless potential play possibilities... Build a helicopter and place a helicopter SMART Tag into it. Add a SMART Brick close to the SMART Tag. Now your SMART Brick ‘becomes’ a helicopter and reacts to how you move and play with dynamic lights and sounds! Hear it take off and fly – or fly it upside down and hear the alarm sound. Add a SMART Minifigure pilot and hear them react!

Introducing the LEGO® SMART Play™ System!

SMART Minifigure

SMART Brick

SMART Tag

The sounds of play

Light it up

Add it all together...

Reacts to a movement

Sees its surroundings

Activate the Play!

How we made the SMART Play™ System

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