LEGO Unveils LEGO Ideas Orient Express Set

LEGO’s newest addition to its Ideas assortment is the Orient Specific, the worldwide luxurious practice that ran by means of Europe to Istanbul from 1883-1977. 

The LEGO Orient Specific set was designed by Thomas Lajon, a 27-year-old LEGO fanatic from Paris. Lajon submitted the design to the LEGO Concepts program, the place 10,000 individuals voted that it ought to be bought as an official set. 

“I’ve all the time been an ideal fan of locomotives, crusing ships, and ocean liners,” Lajon says. “As a toddler, I collected every thing associated to them. Years later, my girlfriend inspired me to get again in contact with LEGO bricks, and figuring out my love for trains, she inspired me to make one. Clearly, I selected to make the Orient Specific. A luxurious French practice, on the coronary heart of many tales.”

The Orient Specific set has greater than 2,500 items, which come collectively to make the locomotive, the tender, a eating automotive, and a sleeping automotive. The set additionally comes with eight minifigures together with the conductor, a chef, workers, and passengers. 

The LEGO Concepts Orient Specific might be accessible at LEGO shops and lego.com beginning Dec. 1.