The LEGO Inside Tour has finished for another year, leading to the reveal of the 18th exclusive model from the tour, and here they all are in one list.
Nearly every year since 2005, the LEGO Group has hosted the LEGO Inside Tour in Billund. They invite a handful of fans to come and take a peek behind the scenes of how sets are made, speak with official designers, and much more.
Part of the multi-thousand-pound experience includes an exclusive LEGO set specially designed for the tour, celebrating the company's history. These have varied greatly in the overall build over the past 21 years, according to how the company's portfolio has changed.
Read on to take a trip through history and see every LEGO Inside Tour exclusive set between 2005 and 2009.
2005 - 2009
The original trio of LEGO Inside Tour exclusive sets were offered in 2005, 2007 and 2009, back when the experience wasn't held annually. These include the LECA Automobile, a recreation of Ole Kirk's House and an exclusive version of 10190 Market Street, which is made exclusive by including a special slip cover.
2010 - 2014
Once the LEGO Inside Tour started to be held in 2010, the exclusive sets improved in overall quality. It started with 2010's 4000000 Cars, then continued with 2011's 4000001 Moulding Machines. This recreation of an important part of the LEGO production process would go on to be revisited for a LEGO House-exclusive set. 2012's 4000012 Piper Airplane pays tribute to the first airplane that the LEGO Group acquired in 1962.
4000008 Villy Thomsen Truck from 2013 follows this logic, based on the first truck the LEGO Group purchased in 1958, and 2014's 4000014 The LEGOLAND Train is inspired by the train attraction that circles LEGOLAND Billund.
2015 - 2019
4000020 H.C. Andersen's Clumsy Hans from 2015 is one of the most unusual Inside Tour sets, referencing a Hans Christian Andersen story. 2016 went back to LEGO history with 4000022 LEGO Truck Show, depicting the massive truck that toured Europe from 1996 to 2004. 2017's 4000024 LEGO House Tree of Creativity celebrated the debut of the LEGO House in Billund and would also be recreated for a LEGO House build with minor changes.
2018's 4000025 LEGO Ferguson Tractor is based on a 1951 LEGO toy, and 2019 finishes this era with 4000034 The LEGO System House, paying tribute to the inauguration of the real building on September 12, 1958.
2020 - 2025
More recent LEGO Inside Tour exclusive sets resumed after a break in 2020 and 2021, likely due to the worldwide pandemic. 2022's 4000037 LEGO Factory AGV was the first set after this break, referencing the robotic LEGO factories around the world.
4000040 LEGO Fire Engine from 2023 is based on the 1940 wooden firetruck toy, and it would go on to return in the 2025 set. 2024's 4000042 The Vault Memory Lane recreates an area of the LEGO Group's headquarters, with a copy of every LEGO set ever made housed within. This set doesn't quite cover all of them, but it gets the idea across.
4000046 LEGO Inside Tour Anniversary Collection from 2025 celebrates 20 years of the LEGO Inside Tour with tributes to six previous builds.
2026
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2026's new 4000049 Vintage LEGO Logo is this year's exclusive model, acting as the ideal centrepiece for any collection. It recreates the LEGO Group's logo from between 1939 and 1949, complete with tiny references inside the base of the build.
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