Sorry flat-Earther’s this one is not for you…
LEGO has officially revealed details of the latest LEGO Ideas set 21332 Earth Globe.
This 2585 piece set looks like a fantastic display piece. The kind of set that non-AFOLs will stop and ask “is that LEGO?”.
The Australian RRP for this one is $319.99, which seems a bit high to me. I am guessing there are more internal parts than it seems from the outside.
You’ll be able to grab yours from February 1st online and LEGO Certified Stores.
Check out additional images and the official press release below.
Make your way around the world with the newest LEGO® Ideas The Globe set
Billund, Denmark, 18 January, 2022: Explorers, get set for adventure! The LEGO Group has revealed the LEGO® Ideas The Globe, sure to spark fans’ imaginations of traveling around the world, exploring new places and building new memories.
The 2585-piece set beautifully shows a realistic, customizable vintage brick-built earth globe, with printed names of the continents and oceans that glow in the dark so you can display and see the world at every moment. In addition, once built the set spins, a first for a LEGO globe at this scale.
The set was designed as part of the LEGO Ideas® platform, a LEGO initiative that takes new ideas that have been imagined and voted for by fans and turns them into reality. France-based LEGO fan, Guillaume Roussel, was responsible for creating the concept for the LEGO Ideas The Globe – having been inspired by the tales of Jules Verne. Talking about how he approached the design, Guillaume said: “When approaching the design, I asked myself ‘what could be creative, educational and touch most of the world?’ And the answer was just ‘the world itself’”.
Federico Begher, LEGO Group Head of Global Marketing for Adults added: “What is so wonderful about this set is that, with a little imagination, it allows fans to discover the world through LEGO bricks. The globe is a symbol of dreams and aspirations of travel to come for all who are seeking a bit of adventure or for those looking to learn about our world. When reviewing Guillaume’s’ set we could see the passion he had for travel and adventure, but also for inspiring building fans everywhere. Our designers also relished the challenge of making this set spin.”
LEGO Ideas Earth Globe (21332) will be available from LEGO.com and LEGO stores globally from 1st February 2022 priced at EUR 199.99/$199.99 USD.
More information can be found online by visiting: www.lego.com/globe
To find out more about the LEGO Ideas platform and see how your LEGO ideas could be turned into reality visit https://ideas.lego.com/
That RRP tho ?
(If my comments below are not quite for this website, I have no problem with this post being deleted.)
I like this globe.
As you said, “Sorry flat-Earther’s this one is not for you…”, 🙂 But they were wisely catered to by Lego before this Earth Globe was announced. The FEers have World Map, product # 31203. Although I may be twisting Lego’s true intention of the release of that World Map. 😉 But Lego Are an inclusive company. (A good thing.) So who knows?
But, just wondering, every time I see a modern image of the “Flat Earth”, it is a circle. Circles are a natural thing. Spheres, or near-spherical shapes are also natural, and probably more common. So why is the Earth being a circle OK, but a sphere is just too much to tolerate. And why is it always a circle? Why not a rectangle, like the World Map, or a triangle, or a very long, very narrow, stretch of flat land bent at an acute angle, obviously in a single plane? 🙂
I might start up a subgroup within the FES called “The Very Long, Very Narrow, Stretch of Land Bent at an Acute Angle Obviously in a Single Plane, Flat Earth Society”. Who wants to join?