A Lego set with only one piece?! Huhuh, good one Dad.
Big One Piece fan? You’re in for a treat. Seven LEGO One Piece sets are landing on 1 August, and yep, pre-orders are already live.
I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for One Piece. In my early 20s, back in the dawn of the 21st century, I was working in a GE customer service call centre. This was before smart phones, so these jobs were about as dull as any job could be, but they’d foolishly only blocked a few well-known websites from our desktop PCs and left the rest of the web open.
I stumbled upon a ‘scanlated’ manga (pages translated from Japanese to English by fans and then uploaded to the web) of One Piece, and filled my hours reading the adventures of Luffy and his crew. Good times! The crazy thing is that the manga, despite debuting in 1997, is still running today and celebrated 1000 chapters way back in 2020.
Weirdly, these aren’t specifically anime or manga-inspired, as it’s the Netflix version that Lego’s partnered with, so you’ll spot “Netflix’s One Piece” on the boxes.
Mind you, considering the limitations of Lego minifigs, they don’t really look all that different to the manga and anime versions of the characters. To Netflix’s credit, their adaptation is fairly faithful.
You’ve got five main sets plus two BrickHeadz: one for Luffy, and another for Buggy the Clown.
Here’s what’s coming:
The Going Merry Pirate Ship (75639)
1376 pieces, includes Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji.
- A$199 / US$139.99 / £119.99
- Age: 10+
The Baratie Floating Restaurant (75640)
A huge 3402-piece set that stands 35.5 cm tall. Includes 10 minifigs and is the only set rated 18+.
- A$499.99 / US$329.99 / £269.99
- Age: 18+
Battle at Arlong Park (75638)
926 pieces, packed with action and a collapsing pagoda.
- A$129.99 / US$79.99 / £74.99
- Age: 9+
Buggy the Clown’s Circus Tent (75637)
573 pieces of chaos.
- A$79.99 / US$54.99 / £44.99
- Age: 8+
Windmill Village Hut (75636)
276 pieces, the most affordable playset.
- A$49.99 / US$29.99 / £24.99
- Age: 8+
Luffy BrickHeadz & Buggy BrickHeadz
Sold individually.
A$19 / US$13 / £9.99 each.
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