The LEGO Movie 2 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! stop motion animation

To celebrate the announcement of The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg!, the LEGO Group has released a fun snippet of stop motion animation using the upcoming set.

Earlier today, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! was announced by the LEGO Group. The new 3,178 piece is the largest and most detailed set in the range of products for The LEGO Movie 2. To show off many of the little easter eggs and functions of the set, a little stop motion animated clip was released on social media by the LEGO Group.

Once everything was awesome … now everything is bleak. ? #TheLEGOMovie2 https://t.co/zUJjlatsz7 @TheLEGOMovie pic.twitter.com/Ke3ll8pysp

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) January 4, 2019

The snippet shows Emmet traversing the many steps and ladders of Apocalypseburg to reach Lucy’s lookout tower so that they can share a coffee, with him passing some very colourful characters along the way. Watch out for the neat nod to The LEGO NINJAGO Movie.

According to the press release, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part 70840 Welcome to Apocalypseburg! will be available from January 16, 2019 exclusively at shop.LEGO.com. According to the set’s page on the website, it will be available from February 1 –  stay tuned for a confirmed release date.

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