Some really cool new LEGO Art sets are coming out in the near future, and you can preorder them now. The two with the most appeal are Star Wars: The Sith and Iron Man, though you can see the others below as well. Unlike traditional LEGO sets, LEGO Art sets are flat, like paintings, and are meant to be displayed. They’re made entirely from tiny pixel-like circular LEGOs you lay down one at a time. What’s makes them even cooler is that each set can make multiple images for display.
For instance, LEGO Art Star Wars: The Sith comes with everything you need to make the frame, plus enough pieces to create pixel-art-like images of Darth Vader, Kylo Ren, and Darth Maul. If you have the time, money, and inclination, you can purchase three of the same set and combine them to create a massive image of Darth Vader (see below). It’s really neat.
LEGO Art Sets
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The same goes for the LEGO Store-exclusive LEGO Art Iron Man set. It comes with everything you need to make images of Tony Stark wearing three different suits, the Mark III, the Hulkbuster Mark I, and the Mark LXXXV. Buy three copies of the Iron Man set, and you can assemble an awesome image of Iron that’s three panels wide.
Also available in the series is a set featuring the Beatles that lets you make each member of the band. Finally, there’s one that lets you re-create Andy Warhol’s famous Marilyn Monroe painting, complete with the various color combinations.
Building these sets is meant to be something of a meditative experience. To that end, each one is accompanied by a “soundtrack” you can listen to as you piece together the images. The soundtrack for the Star Wars set features clips of audio interviews with people like the Lucasfilm vice president and executive creative director, as well as designers and creators of the design for Darth Maul and Kylo Ren.
In fact, you don’t even have to buy the sets to listen to some of the soundtracks. LEGO has released the Star Wars, Iron Man, and Marilyn Monroe soundtracks on YouTube. Which leaves the obvious question: why not The Beatles?
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Chris Reed is IGN’s shopping and commerce editor. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed.
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Source: IGN.com These Awesome LEGO Art Sets Are Up for Preorder