LEGO 10294 Titanic: all you need to know

LEGO today "officially" unveils the set 10294 Titanic a first visual of which was already available via the usual channels. The manufacturer is once again in the bidding with an inventory of 9090 pieces which places, undoubtedly temporarily, this large box in the second position of the classification of the sets containing the most elements, far behind the reference. 31203 World Map (11695 pieces) and just in front of the reference 10276 Colosseum (9036 rooms).

Against the modest sum of € 629.99, it will therefore be possible from November 8 to assemble a model of the Titanic, the transatlantic liner launched in 1911 and whose career ended at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, 1912 Strangely, in its press release, LEGO is careful not to mention the accident which made this ship "famous", whose popularity would undoubtedly be much more relative without this sinking which caused the death of 1500 passengers and members of the ship. 'crew. And without the 1997 film. official product description is content to soberly mention the "disastrous maiden voyage" of the ship.

So you can briefly expose what the Titanic was, namely an impressive luxury liner under-equipped with lifeboats and not as unsinkable as advertised by the White Star Line and the media of the time. The fact remains that this ship was until April 14, 1912 a formidable feat in naval engineering.

You will need to make room on your shelves to display this model 135 cm long by 16 cm wide and 44 cm high perched on its presentation supports and accompanied by its plate specifying the name of the liner with large reinforcements of stitched letters in the LEGO Ideas set inventory 21327 Typewriter. No stickers.

The model is modular, which means that it will be possible to separate the three different sections of the hull to admire the different interior decks, the revolutionary compartments ultimately not so tight as that, to remove the engines with their movable pistons and possibly to expose the pieces at the bottom of an aquarium for a more realistic rendering.

Pre-orders will be open from November 1, 2021, but the set will not be actually available until November 8.

Was it absolutely necessary to pay tribute to a liner less reliable than expected and involved in a major disaster caused and managed by a crew whose limited skills and not always very heroic behavior were underlined by the various commissions of inquiry? It will be for everyone to judge, but we can consider the Titanic as a significant marker of the evolution of security measures in maritime transport. The tragic end of the ship's career has since been largely "romanticized" by the James Cameron film, and "fans" of the disaster, Leonardo Di Caprio and Celine Dion will no doubt find their account even if LEGO does not provide microfigs of Rose and Jack.

The pretty and imposing model will therefore certainly find its audience, the manufacturer knows that he can count on the most assiduous LEGO fans to pay the requested € 630. And if sales do not reach peaks, it will ultimately not be so bad for LEGO: this product is above all a great marketing operation which highlights all the know-how of the manufacturer and which in the process ridicules the various interpretations of the Titanic. so far offered by competing brands or second-class Chinese manufacturers.

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