Should you’re of a technology born earlier than the late 80s you’ll in all probability keep in mind Lego Fabuland, created from 1979 to 1989. It’s in all probability closest to Lego Mates by way of trendy Lego sequence. Now Lego has revealed a tribute set (mannequin quantity 40506) that pays homage to the traditional theme, obtainable from 1 March.
However there’s slightly catch – it’ll solely be obtainable for 649DKK (round $91/£73) from Lego Home, the corporate’s indoor theme park subsequent to its residence in Billund, Denmark. It received’t be obtainable elsewhere. Lego Home unique units have develop into a collectors merchandise over latest years (that is the sixth 12 months they’ve been doing them) and have included a mannequin of the Lego Home itself, in addition to a Lego mannequin of the unique picket duck that Lego first made within the Nineteen Thirties earlier than Lego founder Ole Kirk Kristiansen purchased his first now-famous plastic moulding injection machine.
The brand new set pays homage to the beloved characters Edward Elephant, Joe Crow, Dr Lucy Lamb and Clive Crocodile now reworked utilizing trendy Lego bricks and design. It was designed by Lego Home Grasp Builder Stuart Harris and Lego Senior Designer, Markus Rollbühler, in cahoots with the historians at Lego Concept Home (that’s the Lego firm’s personal museum that I’ve been fortunate sufficient to go to).
Fabuland marked a little bit of a brand new starting for Lego because it was the primary theme designed so that folks may inform a narrative utilizing the animal-based characters. The directions additionally contained a narrative the place the characters have been proven constructing the set. This concept has additionally been revived utilizing authentic drawings by grasp builder Didac Perez.
Initially there was no lead character within the Fabuland universe. However then an animated TV sequence began in 1987 known as Edward and Mates based mostly on the characters. So Edward Elephant turned the principle character.
“Annually, I discover nice pleasure in creating the Lego Home Unique set along with Markus and everybody on the Concept Home and Lego Home” says grasp builder, Stuart Harris. “Fabuland holds a really sentimental place in my coronary heart, having spent a lot time with our historical past assortment and product archive, I used to be at all times captivated by the sequence. You may actually see the affect it had on the storytelling themes of future sequence from the LEGO Group, together with Lego Ninjago , Lego Mates, Lego Bionicle and extra.”
The earlier Lego Home unique units are The Picket Duck (40501), The Brick Moulding Machine (40502, not obtainable it appears), 40503 Dagny Holm Grasp Builder, A Minifigure Tribute (40504), and my explicit favorite – Lego Constructing Methods (40505).
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