Should you contemplate your self a diehard fan of adult-grade Lego, you would possibly wish to be hovering over these purchase buttons on Wednesday, February seventh, at 11AM ET. That’s when Lego will start promoting 5 limited-edition units which can be actually a fan dream come true: followers entered a BrickLink Designer Program contest to create these Lego units all by themselves, and so they’ll get 5 % of the proceeds!
They’re additionally simply actually cool builds. I’m positively eying the $380 Mountain Fortress that appears like a superb counterpart to my Lion Knight’s Fortress, the $50 Snack Shack that jogs my memory of a shrimp truck I beloved in Hawaii, and the $320 Parisian Road with its timeless Haussmann structure and charming storefronts.
I’ll let you know extra concerning the contest under. For now, listed below are the units!
Picture: BrickLink Designer Program
Picture: BrickLink Designer Program
Picture: BrickLink Designer Program
Lego believes the units ought to ship in July 2024, however “precise dates and transport instances could fluctuate.”
Lego may even be making extra of those fan-designed units than ever earlier than. Whereas earlier fan creations have been restricted to 10,000 copies or fewer, and Lego initially introduced it could be making as much as 20,000 of this batch, the corporate now says the restrict is 30,000. Meaning these units is probably not as worthwhile for collectors as earlier batches, most of which have already doubled in worth, however hopefully, meaning fewer scalpers!
It additionally means the fan designers of the largest units may earn royalties of round half one million {dollars}. Think about that.