Following first catalog leaks of the set about a month ago, the new LEGO Orient Express has now finally been officially revealed on the LEGO website! So we've updated this post with the new images and information about the upcoming LEGO train!
The Orient Express will be released on December 1st and will therefore be the last Ideas set of the year ahead of the Polaroid Camera coming in January 2024.
The 2540 piece set consists of the locomotive itself, the tender and two wagons. Particularly the front part of the train of the final set deviated significantly from the original fan design.
The roofs of both wagons can be removed to reveal the train's famous interior. The first one has the on-board restaurant with a few tables and a counter with a big map hanging on the wall behind it. The back wagon contains a passenger compartment with a bed, sofa and a small bathroom.
To bring some life into the interior of the Orient Express, the set also contains 8 Minifigures. Including passengers, a conductor and a waiter. The set which will cost $299.99 also includes some tracks on which the train stands, having a total length of 116cm.
- Name: The Orient Express Train
- Set Number: 21344
- Release: December 1st
- Price: $299.99
- Pieces: 2540
- Minifigures: 8
What do you think about the new LEGO Orient Express? Let us know in the comments!
They should just sound like Polar Express instead of this it would have been so much better
ReplyOverall, I'm excited. Some mods to make.
ReplyWill Lego be offering replacement placards for the two misspelled city names.
Replyhow do you build the camera or film thing
ReplyThis looks more like Thomas than the Orient Express. I've waited a long time for this, and of course Lego disappoints. Don't they always?
ReplyWon't be buying! Gives me Thomas the Tank Engine vibes. So disappointed after the Ideas version
ReplyThe locomotive looks a bit small. Most of the pictures of the Orient Express I see online show a 4-8-2 wheel configuration. I think that’s what the train in the movie showed. Regardless, I’ll definitely buy it. Maybe I’ll buy two sets and see if I can modify the engine into a 4-8-2. It will be nice to have 4 cars too.
ReplyNo sale with that engine.
Reply300 is too much
ReplyAwesome! I will be one to get it!
ReplyBasically, the submitted idea was wrong. It didn’t look anything like the Orient express but the one that Lego is doing does look like the Orient express. I’m quite excited for it to come out. It doesn’t look like a piece of toy do you re-search on Google and take a look at it
ReplyYes we need Poirot and it is now Dec 1st
ReplyWhile the cats seem great - the locomotive is a toy piece of junk design. Such a disappointment - was really looking forward to this.
ReplyIt's totally different to the submitted idea..
ReplyPeople should check out the Baden P-8 which may have had its turn at the front of the Orient Express. Then you'd be thrilled, as I am. :-e
ReplyPeople seem to think that there was only ever one locomotive that pulled the express, but the one they are familiar with from the Agatha Christie movie wasn't even built until a good 40ish years after the service began. While it isn't as striking as the État 231, it's still pretty cool.
Same as the above. This train is not worth $300
ReplyDisappointed as it looks more like a toy train rather than the iconic train that was first envisaged.
ReplyWhere is Hercule?
ReplyUnfortunately the set isn't based on the movie so it includes generic Minifigures.
From Thomas the tank engine, instead of Gordon the express engine, they put in Edward the allrounder in front of 2 rural passanger carriages instead of 1 or 2 intercontinental waggons. Disappointing "optimisation"
ReplyCan you motorise it?
ReplySure, but I guess you'd have to build a custom modification, because I don't think it'll be ready for it out of the box. We'll have to see when more images have been revealed.
What's the Australian price and has it been confirmed November 1st down here because we normally get it earlier compared to the US.
ReplyWe don't yet know it for sure but it should be around $470 AUD. The release date should be the same in all countries.
looks like the Hogwarts express but better?
ReplyIt's a shame it's so different from the ideas submission, a bit of a disappointment tbh
ReplySame here. I am very disappointed with the whole set, especially with the engine.
Confirmed November 1?
ReplyNot officially but pretty much yes, if LEGO doesn't change their minds in the short term. If anything changes I'll keep the post updated.
That makes sense, I’m stoked!