The LEGO Group has unveiled its latest LEGO Ideas set, featuring a brick-built recreation of the world famous long-distance passenger train the Orient Express. The set goes on sale on December 1st, priced $299.99/£259.99; check out the promotional images and details below…
Hark back to the golden age of train travel as you build this stunning LEGO® Ideas display model (21344) of the Orient Express. An ideal gift for lovers of trains, travel and history, it features brick-built versions of the locomotive, tender, dining-car and sleeping-car, plus train tracks. Removable roofs allow easy viewing of the many authentic interior details of the dining-car and sleeping-car, including the inlaid panels and a mirror effect above the bed in the sleeping-car’s first-class room.
There are also 8 LEGO minifigures, including a railway station manager, duchess and a film director (based on the fan designer who created this set!). Find instructions in the box and on the LEGO Builder app to guide you through every step of the immersive creative experience.
- LEGO® Ideas The Orient Express Train (21344) – Embark on a creative journey to capture the vintage glamour and rich history of the Orient Express steam train in a detailed, buildable display model
- Includes 8 LEGO® minifigures – A duchess, conductor, train driver, waiter, railway station manager, scientist, writer and film director, plus assorted accessories and a buildable baggage cart
- Your carriage awaits – The tender, dining-car (voiture-restaurant) and sleeping-car (voiture-lits), each with removable roofs to view the interiors, and the locomotive, plus train tracks
- Authentic details – Inlaid panels and a mirror effect above the bed in the sleeping-car’s first-class room, an OE backgammon board, exterior decoration displaying the Paris–Istanbul route, and more
- Gift idea for adults – Treat yourself or give this 2,540-piece Orient Express steam train building set as a birthday present or holiday gift to train enthusiasts or lovers of travel and history
- Build and display – This collectible train model measures over 4.5 in. (12 cm) high, 46 in. (116 cm) long and 3 in. (8 cm) wide
- Rich history – Includes an illustrated booklet featuring the story of the Orient Express and interviews with the set’s fan designer and LEGO® designers, plus step-by-step building instructions
