Grab your berets and croissants, as a result of right now Lego revealed a surprising tribute to France’s most iconic landmark, the Eiffel Tower. The actual factor towers 1,083-feet over Paris, and whereas Lego’s recreation isn’t quite so massive, at 59-inches from its base to the French flag flying atop it, it’s the tallest Lego set up to now.

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Were it not for Lego’s 11,695-piece World Map set launched in mid-2021, the ten,001-piece Eiffel Tower would additionally really be the biggest Lego set up to now, edging out the 9,090-piece Lego Titanic and the 9,036-piece Lego Roman Colosseum earlier than that.

It’s a hefty construct, and one that you just’ll most likely wish to unfold out over fairly a couple of days, as a result of in contrast to the Titanic mannequin, which provides quite a lot of totally different constructing methods and thrilling sections just like the hull, the inside state rooms, and the highest deck, the Eiffel Tower seems such as you’re recreating loads of repetitive steel work.

An in depth-up of the tower’s mid-section reveals precisely what we imply. There’s some very intelligent components use right here to recreate the long-lasting look of the Eiffel Tower’s steel cross bracing, however at this scale, you’re going to seek out your self constructing the identical factor time and again and once more, so this set will most likely greatest be loved as a longterm construct, as a substitute of 1 you attempt to energy by means of in a single evening.

The base of the Eiffel Tower options an esplanade full with Parisian lampposts, bench seating, and greenery, however once more, because of the scale of this set, there are not any Lego minifigures, and even microscale figures, included. They merely wouldn’t have the proper proportions to the remainder of the landmark. That’s unlucky, as a minifigure mime would have actually helped tie all the things collectively.

The Lego Icons Eiffel Tower isn’t being made out there for pre-order. Instead, followers excited to drop $680 on an enormous field of grey plastic bricks must set an alarm for midnight EST on November 25, when the set formally turns into out there on the market.