Lego launches 12,060-piece Sagrada Família — its biggest ever set
The Architecture model includes stained-glass effects and a detailed interior as LEGO targets adult collectors with a display set.
- On Thursday, Lego officially revealed the Sagrada Familia, a 12,060-piece replica of Barcelona's iconic basilica, marking the largest set in the toymaker's history.
- The $800 set arrives as Barcelona celebrates the 100th anniversary of Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí's death, with construction of the basilica having begun in 1882.
- Designer Rok Galin Kobe stated, "We felt an immense responsibility to do justice to the Sagrada Familia through this design," while the 24-inch-tall model features a stained-glass effect mimicking light movement.
- Available now for pre-order, the set launches globally on Nov. 1 with 3D instructions via the Lego Builder app, requiring an estimated 25 to 35 hours to complete.
- The Lego Icons Eiffel Tower contains 10,001 pieces while Minas Tirith contains 8,278 pieces, positioning the Sagrada Familia as the brand's largest architectural set to date.
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The LEGO Group has presented a new set of the Architecture range inspired by the basilica of the Sagrada Família, coinciding with the centenary of the death of the architect Antoni Gaudí. It is a reproduction designed for adults that recreates, in construction format, one of those that is since this year the highest church in the world.Continue reading....
Karim Bennani goes back to the story of a couple who had recovered two paintings from the garbage factory, which turned out to be very rare works. Then Maud Descamps evokes the release of a miniature replica of the Sagrada Familia by Lego. (Societal Subjects).
One stone at a time. And at the end there is a record. Lego presents a set of more than 12,000 clampstones.
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