12,060-Brick LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia Announced, And Yes — It's The Biggest Set Ever

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LEGO has announced its biggest acceptable ever, the 12,060-brick LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia, which recreates the world-famous religion successful bonzer detail. It's disposable to preorder from today, successful some the U.S. and the U.K. (see here).

Priced astatine $799.99 / £649.99 and disposable from November 1, the LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia is not the astir costly LEGO acceptable ever — but it is the biggest successful presumption of the fig of pieces it contains. (The astir costly remains LEGO's caller $999.99 Death Star, which featured conscionable 9,023 bricks.)

LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia

The real-life Sagrada Familia, located successful the Spanish metropolis of Barcelona, is the largest unfinished Catholic religion successful the world, and has been nether operation since March 1882. More than 140 years later, the gathering is present almost complete — with existent estimates placing its completion successful astir 2034.

Yes, this means that you'll beryllium capable to decorativeness gathering your ain LEGO Sagrada Familia astir 8 years earlier the real-life religion is done — which is surely different first.

LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia Set Images

"Recreate an iconic Spanish landmark with the LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia (21065) exemplary kit," LEGO's authoritative blurb reads. "This 12,060 portion acceptable (the largest LEGO gathering acceptable to date) is simply a challenging and rewarding escapade for yourself oregon immoderate question lover.

"The build, inspired by the existent construction, begins with the Apse with Crypt, the Nativity façade – the lone portion [original designer Antoni] Gaudí completed earlier his passing – and the Passion façade. It past moves connected to the naves and the Western Sacristy. Complete the six towers and decorativeness the basilica with the Eastern Sacristy and the Glory façade. Once the past ceramic is successful place, you tin show this spectacular portion with an elegant nameplate connected the base."

The Sagrada Familia eclipses the erstwhile LEGO World Map acceptable (11,695 bricks) which antecedently held the grounds for the astir pieces included successful a azygous set. LEGO.com handily has a apical 10 database of the different biggest sets, which present beryllium arsenic follows:

LEGO Architecture Sagrada Familia – 12,060
World Map – 11,695
LEGO Icons Eiffel Tower — 10,001
LEGO Icons Titanic – 9,090
LEGO Colosseum – 9,036
LEGO Star Wars Death Star – 9,023
The Lord of the Rings: Minas Tirith – 8,278
UCS LEGO Star Wars Millennium Falcon – 7,541
Venusaur, Charizard, and Blastoise – 6,838
LEGO Star Wars AT-AT – 6,785
LEGO Star Wars The Razor Crest – 6,187

While stuffed afloat of pieces, the acceptable won't rival LEGO's largest sets successful presumption of abstraction required. Still, you'll request a just spot of country to location this 24 inch (62 cm) high, 18.5 inch (47 cm) wide and 15 inch (39 cm) heavy creation.

Tempted? As we mentioned, preorders are unrecorded present via Lego's website, with banal constricted to 3 per customer.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social

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