Review : LEGO ICONS 40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat

Today we very quickly go around the contents of the LEGO ICONS set 40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat, a small box of 232 pieces that will be offered from November 29 to December 2, 2024 for the purchase of a copy of the LEGO ICONS set 10335 The Endurance (269,99 €).

As you already know, this promotional product is the ideal complement to the big box that will allow you to assemble a model of the Endurance, it features the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the adventurer and filmmaker Frank Hurley. The lifeboat offered here, which was used by the shipwrecked to take refuge on Elephant Island and then by Shackleton to seek help, is obviously not on the scale of the three-master delivered in the big box, this set is only an independent extension that "completes" the story of the Endurance.

As always, this small promotional set is very quickly assembled and even if the scale between the two products is different, it will then easily find its place next to the Endurance model. In any case, those who are interested in the set 10335 The Endurance for the history it pays homage to will find it difficult to do without this extension which adds context to the whole. Those who will buy the three-master only because it is a pretty model ship will have to give it a miss.

We can see the stove that contributed to the survival of the castaways on their way to Elephant Island, a tent would have been welcome to have a semblance of a makeshift camp on hand.

As for the two figurines provided, nothing new: Sir Ernest Shackleton's torso is that of Pippin in the LEGO ICONS set 10316 The Lord of the Rings: Rivendell and a generic wizard in the LEGO Harry Potter set 76439 Ollivanders & Madam Malkin's Dresses, Frank Hurley's is Bruce Wayne's in the LEGO DC set 76252 Batcave Shadow Box.

Once again, we are not going to blame LEGO for offering us successful promotional products based on bricks and minifigs; we must reward the early buyers who agree to pay full price for their boxes via the official online store.

This is a great example of a product that is completely in line with the theme of the associated set, it brings context to the whole and it will fuel discussions between friends about Shackleton's journey, which deserved to go down in history via a minifig, and his crew.

The product will be offered upon launch of the LEGO ICONS set 10335 The Endurance On November 29, 2024, it will be automatically added to the cart if the big box is already there.

This offer will obviously be cumulative with the other offers planned for Black Friday 2024 and the purchase of the set at €269,99 will also allow you to obtain a copy of the set 40700 Christmas Train offered from 170 € of purchase as well as a copy of the set 40699 Retro Record Player free from 250 € of purchase.

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