LEGO corrects Orient Express errors for future production runs

The LEGO Group has corrected errors in the spelling of city names on 21344 The Orient Express Train’s carriages for future production runs of the LEGO Ideas set.

21344 The Orient Express Train rolled into the station in December last year, and brought with it a couple of major production errors: first in the stickers, with one of the two included sheets printed on the wrong background colour, and second in the printed tiles that bear the stops of the Orient Express. München is missing an umlaut, while Bucuresti is misspelled as ‘Bucaresti’.

The LEGO Group spotted and rectified the first mistake before the set hit shelves, lining up replacement stickers on request from day one – but the second error was left untouched, exposing one potential issue with printed pieces: a replacement sticker sheet was no help here. However, the LEGO Group has now corrected the spelling mistakes for future production runs of the Orient Express.

Don’t worry if you’ve already picked up 21344 The Orient Express Train, though: all you need to do is contact the LEGO Group’s customer services department and request the replacement tiles. Swapping them out on the train’s carriages is a quick fix too, as the tiles are on the exterior and not anchored in by any other pieces.

It’s tricky to say when the corrected sets will hit stores, and at the moment it doesn’t seem like there’s a way of knowing which version you’ll have without cracking open the box. But there’s little risk in ordering 21344 The Orient Express Train either way, given the LEGO Group will ship out the corrected stickers and printed tiles at no extra cost.

21344 The Orient Express Train is available now for £259.99 / $299.99 / €299.99. Click here to check out our review of the 2,540-piece model.

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