![]() Older LEGO fans here will likely have fond memories of either their own sets or browsing the LEGO aisle in toy shops back in the ’80s and ’90s, when many of the bigger LEGO boxes used to have a cardboard flap on the front. We don’t usually focus too much on the box that sets come in at Brick Fanatics, but it’s worth mentioning this one because it’s quite unique compared to most these days. ![]() If this is your first time with the LEGO Group’s more intimate artwork, though, what should you expect from 40179 Personalised Mosaic Portrait? We’ve bagged a copy to find out. Simply purchase the set from and away you go.Īnother significant upside here is that anybody who might have previously paid £99.99 for a one-off photo experience in a brand store now has the opportunity to re-build and re-use their set again and again. The software is available as an app on its website, which means it is now possible to upload any photos (adhering to strict guidelines regarding copyright) and manipulate them to your heart’s content before saving them to use as your own unique set of instructions. This year – probably given the amount of dust gathering on unused Mosaic Maker booths in closed stores around the world – the LEGO Group wisely decided to bring the experience of the personalised mosaic into the comfort of our own homes with the release of 40179 Personalised Mosaic Portrait. ![]() In premise, it’s reminiscent of a photo booth – but instead of a passport photo, you receive a giant pixelated print of your face along with a box of LEGO plates allowing you to recreate it in brick form. That was back in 2016, when the UK flagship LEGO store opened in Leicester Square and introduced the world to the Mosaic Maker booth. More recently, the LEGO Art range has proven very popular in the last year, giving builders the chance to construct complicated mosaics ranging in subject from Star Wars and Marvel through to Harry Potter and even The Beatles.Ĥ0179 Personalised Mosaic Portrait may be a new addition to in 2021, but it’s actually not the first time we’ve seen it. Hopefully more US LEGO Stores will get a booth soon.LEGO combined with art may seem like a fairly new concept to The LEGO Group, but if you were to look through its rich back catalogue, there are numerous sets even the most ardent LEGO fan might be surprised to know existed.įor instance: mosaics in LEGO can actually be traced as far back as 1955 with historic sets such as 1300/1301 Mosaik, followed by some DUPLO versions in the ’80s, and later again with LEGO System during the early 2000s. They’ll then issue customers with the means to operate the LEGO Mosaic Maker booth: the Experience card with activates the contactless card reader. So they’re holding a pre-booking event so you can sign up and reserve your spot at convenient dates.Įach LEGO Personalized Mosaic Portrait (40179) costs $129.99, to be prepaid at the Flatiron LEGO Store counter. To forestall the possibility of crowds, the Flatiron LEGO Store’s Mosaic Maker service must take reservations, to be made five weeks in advance of when customers drop by. To start things off, one LEGO Mosaic Maker booth will be set up at the LEGO Store in New York’s Flatiron District. Thus far, LEGO Stores across Europe and Asia have had great receptions for the Mosaic Maker, and at long last that service will be debuting in the US. Those who go in for one will get a custom Personalized Mosaic Portrait (40179) set to build their LEGO-fied photo. One of these is the LEGO Mosaic Maker, a photo booth-sized machine that converts any image of you into a mosaic rendition, interpreted in differently shaded LEGO bricks.ĭue to the (relatively) massive size of its needed facilities, the LEGO Mosaic Maker is a rather limited resource, set up as a service only in selected LEGO Store outlets. ![]() There are just so many ways you can enjoy playing with LEGO, from the conventional sets and products to some more…esoteric applications. ![]()
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