This year’s LEGO House exclusive set has been officially revealed, with 40505 LEGO Building Systems available for visitors to purchase from March 1.
The LEGO House has pulled back the curtain on its exclusive collector’s set for 2024, offering up a trio of main models in one box that draw their inspiration from classic sets of yesteryear. 40505 LEGO Building Systems has been officially revealed at a special event in Billund, Denmark today, with attendees getting their first look at the location’s latest offering.
40505 LEGO Building Systems continues a tradition of LEGO House exclusive releases by celebrating more iconic moments in the LEGO Group’s history. The 1,211-piece set includes three microscale models based on Town Plan No. 1 from 1955, 853 Car Chassis from 1977, and a DUPLO train which represents a mix of sets 2700 and 2705 from the 1980s.
The LEGO House set focuses on three System in Play platforms: System, Technic and DUPLO. Based on some of the LEGO Group’s milestone moments, each microscale build showcases a classic model constructed with one of those core building systems.
‘This year’s brief was ‘focus on the three core LEGO building systems’,’ said LEGO House Master Builder, Stuart Harris. 'With that in mind, I visited the History Collection in LEGO House and mentally noted the sets that caught my eye. The models we celebrate in a LEGO House Exclusive needs to be significant milestones in LEGO history, so after discussing my favourites with our in-house historians, I go hands-on in the workshop and start building.’
‘LEGO Town Plan was always a favourite of mine,’ said Stuart, ‘so including it in this year’s exclusive set was a no-brainer. I had more options for which Technic and DUPLO models to feature, but I ended up choosing the classic car chassis and the DUPLO train. All three models are LEGO fan favourites and are an integral part of the activities at LEGO House.’
The three main models are displayed in front of a grey wall, which mirrors the display wall in the LEGO House History Collection. Behind that are a selection of 19 nano-scale builds including The Wooden Duck, 8480 Space Shuttle and 40581 Tahu and Takua, plus there's even room to add in your own mini model designs too.
40505 LEGO Building Systems is the fifth set in a series of LEGO House exclusives, which also includes 40501 The Wooden Duck, 40502 The Brick Moulding Machine, 40503 Dagny Holm – Master Builder and 40504 A Minifigure Tribute.
The latest LEGO House exclusive set will be available for visitors to purchase at the Billund, Denmark location from March 1, priced at 699 DKK (roughly equivalent to £80 / $101 / €93).
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