LEGO Ideas The Globe 21332 Building Set; Build-and-Display Model for Adults; Vintage-Style Spinning Earth Globe; Home Decor Gift for People with a Passion for Travel, Geography and Arts (2,585 Pieces)

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Asia is a mixed bag for me – continental Asia is well done, as is India, and the Japanese isles, but South East Asia, with its archipelago of Islands is quite hit and miss. To find out more about the LEGO Ideas platform and see how your LEGO ideas could be turned into reality visit https://ideas.lego.com/ This is a terrific display piece, and if you own and love the LEGO Map, you’re bound to love the set! The globe does spin if you give it a shove, providing as much of a play feature as you could ask for in a set like this. (I’m sure some clever soul will figure out how to motorize it.)

Innovation [5]– A giant sphere-in-a-box is so exciting, and the engineering techniques in it are marvellous The LEGO Ideas Globe will be released on 1 February 2022, and will be available on LEGO.com or your local LEGO store. The model itself also feels a little unstable. But considering the weight of the glob e being supported by just lego, that is understandable. The instructions make it clear to take care when moving and handling the completed model. On Antarctica, you’ll also find the fan designer’s initials – GR for Guillaume Roussel and the year 2022 in Roman Numerals. Its a fine piece of LEGO engineering and design – spheres are traditionally difficult shapes to get out of LEGO, but through a clever mix of Technic and plates, LEGO have pulled it off.The LEGO Globe works best as a display model, and this is one of those rare LEGO models that feel almost ornamental, much like the LEGO Botanical Collection. It’s a fun little piece to display in your home, office or in your study, and it will absolutely make you look cultured, and old-world rich.

As for the product itself, a very entertaining build. Slightly repetative but thats to be expected when building a geometric shape like a globe, such a unique shape for lego! I enjoyed the build very much and the completed model is a nice addition to my office. Also, my wife is very happy because LEGO represented her home island of Hokkaido, which usually gets glossed over or removed on "simplified" maps like this.It’s fairly repetitive, and after awhile, you’ll go on autopilot building these wedges, but I found it quite relaxing, and I quite liked when I realised that I was building a specific continent. You can see on the underside, how these pieces are used to create the gentle slope that enables the Globe’s curvature.