LEGO Ideas Orient Express (21344) Officially Announced – The Brick Fan

LEGO has officially unveiled the next LEGO Ideas set featuring the Orient Express (21344). The set, which will be released on December 1, consists of 2,540 pieces and will retail for $299.99. The set celebrates the 140th anniversary of the real luxury train that transported passengers across Europe to Istanbul.

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EVERYONE ON BOARD! TRAVEL THROUGH TIME WITH THE NEW LEGO IDEAS ORIENT EXPRESS SET

The LEGO Group today unveils the LEGO Ideas Orient Express – a beautiful brick recreation of one of the world’s most luxurious and legendary forms of travel. Known as a ‘rolling palace’, the Orient Express was the world’s first international luxury train, transporting thousands of passengers across Europe to Istanbul from 1883 to 1977.

Released to celebrate the train’s 140th anniversary, the new 2,540-piece LEGO set takes builders back to the Golden Age of Travel, with a number of stunning key features including the main locomotive, tender, dining and sleeping cars.

The LEGO Ideas Orient Express set also features removable roofs that provide access to detailed interiors, 8 LEGO minifigures including the conductor, a chef, staff and a variety of passengers representing different passengers. Decorations of the destinations the train visited on its original route are also visible on the beautiful backdrop.

The set was designed by 27-year-old Parisian LEGO fan Thomas Lajon, as part of the LEGO Ideas program. Once designed, 10,000 people voted to make it a real set. About his design, Thomas Lajon said: “I have always been a big fan of locomotives, sailing ships and ocean liners. As a child I collected everything related to it. Years later, my friend encouraged me to get back in touch with LEGO bricks and knowing my love for trains, she encouraged me to make one. Naturally I chose to make the Orient Express. A lavish French train, the heart of many stories.”

The LEGO Ideas Orient Express Set will be available from December 1 through LEGO Stores and www.LEGO.com/Orient-Express priced at $299.99/€299.99/£259.99.

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