LEGO confirms international prices for Chinese New Year and Monkie Kid 2025 waves
Following a reveal at CIIE 2024, the LEGO Group has now officially revealed the LEGO Monkie Kid and Chinese New Year sets.
The LEGO Group has offered more pictures and international prices for two LEGO Monkie Kid sets and three seasonal Chinese New Year sets, after those at CIIE 2024 got the first reveal of the set. All five sets are now confirmed to be coming out on January 1, 2025, ushering in the new year with a riot of colour.
Here’s a full look at each of the sets, as well as a breakdown of all the details like prices, piece counts, and release dates.
80065 Erlang’s Celestial Mech
Price: £69.99 / $89.99 / €79.99 Pieces: 806 Release date: January 1, 2025
80065 Erlang’s Celestial Mech features an articulated mech, complete with plenty of play features like a cockpit, two stud shooters and a spear, as well as extra side builds like a hoverbike, a ’floating’ cloud. The set is rounded out with five minifigures and a Celestial Dog figure, all for £69.99 / $89.99 / €79.99.
80066 Mythical Creature Qilin
Price: £54.99 / $69.99 / €59.99 Pieces: 791 Release date: January 1, 2025
In a build that pulls together various mythical beasts into one, 80066 Mythical Creature Qilin is fully articulated. Similar to the other LEGO Monkie Kid, it has two stud shooters in its armour and a two-seater saddle that turns into a flyer. To help round out the build, a food cart toy with a stud shooter is also included, along with minifigures of Monkie Kid, Mei, Sandy, Pigsy, and a Celestial Warrior, as well as Mo the cat for good measure.
80116 Trotting Lantern
Price: £89.99 / $129.99 / €99.99 Pieces: 1,295 Release date: January 1, 2025
Moving onto the LEGO Group’s Chinese New Year seasonal sets for 2025, 80116 Trotting Lantern is an intricate Chinese lantern, with opening sections to reveal a vibrant interior. It also includes a light brick to add to the lantern vibe, as well as three distinct festive scenes, with a buildable food stall, a decorations stall and a shadow theatre. To help flesh out the se, there are minifigures: two adults, two children and a character in a Year of the Snake costume, all for
80117 Good Fortune
Price: £69.99 / $89.99 / €79.99 Pieces: 1,021 Release date: January 1, 2025
Designed to built by multiple people at the same time, 80117 Good Fortune is designed to be an interactive way for parents to share cultural traditions with young people. To teach about cultural Chinese icons, a variety of objects are included to represent love, good health, prosperity and joy, such as a fan decorated with two magpies – as a reminder that good things come in pairs – flying above a branch of spring blossoms, a vase of fortune red fruit, persimmon fruit, golden ingots, and a calligraphy pen with a scroll showing Chinese text that means ’spring.’
40813 Lucky Cat
Price: £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99 Pieces: 280 Release date: January 1, 2025
Last but not least, the smallest and most affordable is 40813 Lucky Cat, priced at just £24.99 / $29.99 / €29.99. There appear to be printed elements for the cat’s eyes and ears, with details like whiskers and paw pads as well. There are customisation options too, with the option to choose between a gold coin decoration or the written wish for good fortune on the belly. TO round it all off, there’s a working pendulum waving action, just like the traditional figures.
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