Lego Minecraft
Subject | Minecraft |
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Licensed from | Mojang Studios |
Availability | June 6, 2012–present |
Total sets | 108[1] |
Characters | Steve Alex (minifigure only)[2] Creeper Passive mobs (minifigure only, save for Pig and Villager) Zombie Zombie Pigman Enderman Ender Dragon Vllagers (minifigure only) Skeleton (and Wither variant) (minifigure only) Wither (minifigure only) Iron Golem (minifigure only) ocelots piglin (minifigure only) cat (minifigure only) charged Creeper (minifigure only) |
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Lego Minecraft(stylized asLEGO Minecraft) is aLego themebased on the sandbox video gameMinecraft.The theme was first introduced in 2012.[3]
Overview
[edit]The earlier "Micro World" sets feature a group of four interlocking scenes that can be rearranged, with two having a removable surface with caves containing ores, underground rivers, and a Minecart track, it also includes characters (referred to by Lego as Micromobs) which can be moved around like normal Lego.[4]
The later sets feature brick-built locations with simple pieces (in order to remain faithful to Minecraft's blocky aesthetics), often on base plates raised by bricks, to allow for inter-connectivity with other sets. These sets are all of aminifigure scale,with custom molds for the character heads, tools and certain body parts (for example theCreeper,which consists of primarily a single molded piece for its torso and legs).
In October 2022,The Lego Groupand Minecraft had launched a new Shuffle music project inYouTube.[5]
Development
[edit]Microworlds
[edit]When asked about Lego Minecraft's beginnings, Mojang chief executive officerCarl Mannehstated that "it was one of the first things we talked about when we startedMojang."[6]Mojang started the project on the "Lego Ideas"program, which required ten thousand signatures for the project to be approved. With the strong support of theMinecraftcommunity, the signature objective was achieved within 2 days,[7]and the development of the Lego Minecraft set commenced after Lego reviewed the project. The first Micro-World set was released on June 6, 2012. Portions of the sales proceeds went to a charity of Lego's choosing.[8]On July 17, 2013, it was announced that two additional Micro-World sets would be added to theMinecrafttheme based on the "Nether" and "Village" areas of the game.[9]They were first shown atSan Diego Comic-Conand released September 1, 2013.[9]The fourth and final Micro-World set exploring "The End" region was released in summer 2014.[10]
Minifigures
[edit]Minifigure sized Lego sets were then later announced in 2014. The prototypes of Creepers, mine carts, and sheep were all being developed as part of a Co-Build Project announced after MineCon, a fan convention. The initial group of 6 minifigure-scaled sets including the First Night, the Mine, theEnder Dragon,Crafting Box, the Farm and the Cave were released from November to December 2014.[11]As of now, there are 43 Minifig-Scale that have been released with more on the way.
Bigfigs
[edit]In 2019, Lego introduced Minecraft Bigfigs which are Big brick built figures based onMinecraftmobs similar to Lego Construction figures likeBionicle,Knights Kingdom II,etc. So far there have been five Bigfigs released consisting of BigfigStevewith Parrot, Bigfig Alex with Chicken, Bigfig Skeleton with Magma Cube, Bigfig Creeper and Ocelot, and Bigfig Pig with Baby Zombie, with a Series 3 unlikely to be released.
Launch
[edit]Following the released of Minecraft Micro World (set number: 21102) forLego Cuusooin 2012.[12]Lego Minecrafttheme revealed at theComic-Con International in San Diegoand was launched in September 2013. As part of the marketing campaign,The Lego Groupreleased the two sets based on the sandbox video gameMinecraft.[13]
Toy line
[edit]Construction sets
[edit]This article needs to beupdated.(November 2022) |
According toBrickLinkand Brickset,The Lego Groupreleased 124 playsets and promotional polybags as part of theLego Minecrafttheme.[1][14]
Number | Name | Pieces | Minifigs. | Theme - subtheme | Year | Clip notes |
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21102-1 | Minecraft: Micro World: The Forest | 480 | Ideas - Licensed | 2012 | Includes MicromobSteve[15]and Creeper[16] | |
21105-1 | The Village | 466 | Minecraft - Micro World | 2013 | Includes Micromob Villager,[17]Zombie,[18]and Pig[19] | |
21106-1 | The Nether | 469 | Minecraft - Micro World | 2013 | Includes Micromob Zombie Pigman[20]and 2 Micromob Ghasts[21] | |
21107-1 | The End | 440 | Minecraft - Micro World | 2014 | Includes 4 Micromob Endermen
The last Micro World Build | |
21113-1 | The Cave | 249 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2014 | Includes brick-built Spider[22]and Zombie |
21114-1 | The Farm | 262 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2014 | Includes brick-built Cow[23]and Sheep[24] |
21115-1 | The First Night | 408 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2014 | Includes brick-built Pig |
21116-1 | Crafting Box | 518 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2014 | Includes brick-built Mooshroom |
21117-1 | The Ender Dragon | 634 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2014 | Includes brick-built Ender Dragon[25] |
21118-1 | The Mine | 922 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2014 | Includes brick-built Spider |
21119-1 | The Dungeon | 219 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2015 | |
21120-1 | The Snow Hideout | 327 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2015 | |
21121-1 | The Desert Outpost | 519 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2015 | Includes brick-built Dog |
21122-1 | The Nether Fortress | 571 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2015 | Includes brick-built Ghast |
21123-1 | The Iron Golem | 208 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2016 | Includes brick-built Iron Golem[26]and baby Pig[27] |
21124-1 | The End Portal | 559 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2016 | Includes brick-built Cave Spider[28] |
21125-1 | The Jungle Tree House | 706 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2016 | Includes brick-built Ocelot[29]and Sheep |
21126-1 | The Wither | 318 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2016 | Includes brick-built Wither |
21127-1 | The Fortress | 984 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2016 | Includes brick-built Horse[30]and Sheep |
21128-1 | The Village[31] | 1600 | 8 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2016 | Includes brick-built Iron Golem, Pig, and baby Pig |
21129-1 | The Mushroom Island | 247 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Mooshroom[32]and baby Mooshroom[33] |
21130-1 | The Nether Railway | 387 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Magma Cube[34]and a tiny Magma Cube[35] |
21131-1 | The Ice Spikes | 454 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Spider and baby Cow |
21132-1 | Jungle Temple | 598 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Ocelot |
21133-1 | The Witch Hut | 502 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Pig and 3 tiny Slimes |
21134-1 | The Waterfall Base | 729 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Cat and Sheep |
21135-1 | The Crafting Box 2.0 | 717 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Horse, Cow, and tiny Slime |
21136-1 | The Ocean Monument | 1122 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Guardian, Elder Guardian, and Squid |
21137-1 | The Mountain Cave | 2863 | 6 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2017 | Includes brick-built Cave Spider, Wolf, baby Wolf, Sheep, Slime, 2 tiny Slimes, and 2 brick-built Bats |
21138-1 | The Melon Farm | 69 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Pig |
21139-1 | The Nether Fight | 84 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | |
21140-1 | The Chicken Coop | 198 | 1 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Dog, baby Chicken, and 2 brick-built Chickens |
21141-1 | The Zombie Cave | 241 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Bat, Zombie and Baby Zombie |
21142-1 | The Polar Igloo | 278 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Polar Bear and baby Polar Bear |
21143-1 | The Nether Portal | 470 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Ghast and a tiny Magma Cube |
21144-1 | The Farm Cottage | 549 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Horse, Rabbit, baby Rabbit, and baby Pig |
21145-1 | The Skull Arena | 198 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Killer Bunny
First Minecraft set excluding Skin Packs to include non-default Minecraft skins |
21146-1 | The Skeleton Attack | 457 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Skeleton Horse and Sheep |
21147-1 | The Bedrock Adventures | 644 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2018 | Includes brick-built Cave Spider, and 2 Silverfish |
21148-1 | Minecraft Steve BigFig with Parrot | 159 | Minecraft - Bigfigs Series 1 | 2019 | ||
21149-1 | Minecraft Alex BigFig with Chicken | 160 | Minecraft - Bigfigs Series 1 | 2019 | ||
21150-1 | Minecraft Skeleton BigFig with Magma Cube | 142 | Minecraft - Bigfigs Series 1 | 2019 | ||
21151-1 | The End Battle | 222 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2019 | Includes brick-built Ender Dragon and Enderman
A 2x4 Lego brick in the set contained a code so players could unlock a skin in-game only in the Minecraft: Bedrock Edition |
21152-1 | Pirate Ship | 386 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2019 | Includes brick-built Turtle, Dolphin, and Parrot |
21153-1 | The Wool Farm | 260 | 1 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2019 | Includes 2 brick-built Sheep and a brick-built baby Sheep |
21154-1 | The Blaze Bridge | 372 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2019 | |
21155-1 | The Creeper Mine | 834 | 5 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2019 | Includes brick-built Cow and Bat |
21156-1 | BigFig Creeper and Ocelot | 184 | Minecraft - Bigfigs Series 2 | 2020 | ||
21157-1 | BigFig Pig with Baby Zombie | 159 | Minecraft - Bigfigs Series 2 | 2020 | ||
21158-1 | The Panda Nursery | 204 | 1 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes brick-built Panda, baby Panda, and Ocelot |
21159-1 | The Pillager Outpost | 303 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes brick-built Iron Golem and Sheep |
21160-1 | The Illager Raid | 562 | 5 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes brick-built Ravager, Cat, and Pig
The Minecraft player isKaifromLego Ninjago.Also the mobs that raid villages in Minecraft 1.14 are part of the villager species, but they are referred to in the game as pillagers. |
21161-1 | The Crafting Box 3.0 | 564 | 3 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes brick-built Creeper and Pig |
21162-1 | The Taiga Adventure | 74 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes brick-built Fox and Dog |
21178-1 | The Fox Lodge | 193 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2022 | Fox Skin Minifig is unique to this set |
21163-1 | The Redstone Battle | 492 | 4 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes two brick-built redstone golems and a pig. The set is related to the video game,Minecraft Dungeons. |
21164-1 | The Coral Reef | 85 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2021 | Includes a grown pufferfish and a baby pufferfish. |
21165-1 | The Bee Farm | 229 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes 7 bees and 1 baby sheep. |
21166-1 | The "Abandoned" Mine | 242 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2020 | Includes a brick-built spider |
21179-1 | The Mushroom House | 272 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2022 | Include brick-built Mooshroom and Spider |
30393-1 | Steve and Creeper Set | 36 | 2 | Minecraft - Minifig-scale | 2019 | Promotional Set |
30394-1 | The Skeleton Defense | 31 | 2 | Minecraft-Minifig-scale | 2020 | |
853609-1 | Skin Pack | 25 | 4 | Minecraft - Miscellaneous | 2016 | |
853610-1 | Skin Pack | 28 | 4 | Minecraft - Miscellaneous | 2016 | |
MINECON-1 | Steve | 19 | 13 | Minecraft - Miscellaneous | 2013 | Minecon 2013 Exclusive |
Lego Ideas sets
[edit]In 2012, Minecraft Micro World (set number: 21102) was released on 1 June 2012 as a partLego Ideastheme and based on the video gameMinecraft.[36][37]First set to start a newLego Minecrafttheme.
Lego BrickHeadz sets
[edit]Steve &Creeper(set number: 41612) was released in August 2018 as part of theLego BrickHeadztheme and based on theMinecraftvideo game. The set consists of 160 pieces and 2 baseplates.[38]
In March 2023, Alex (set number: 40624), Llama (set number: 40625) and Zombie (set number: 40626) were released on 1 April 2023.[39][40]
Web shorts
[edit]The product line was accompanied by a series of animated short films that was released onYouTube.
- LEGO Stop Motion Animation Compilation - LEGO Minecraft - Funny Video 2017, 2018, 2019was an official web short was released on YouTube on 23 February 2019. It features the Skeleton Gang, Bedrock Escape, Killer Bunny, the Sheep, Piggies, Mobs, Creepers and Steve.[41]
Reception
[edit]Mashablelisted the first Lego Minecraft set as a creative gift for the 2012 Christmas season.[42]Forbesmagazine noted in December 2012 that the original set was sold out due to its great popularity.[43]
In 2020, The Crafting Box 3.0 (set number: 21161) was listed in the "LEGO Christmas 2020 gift list for gamers" by Lego fansiteBrick Fanatics.[44]
Awards and nominations
[edit]In 2015, The Nether Fortress (set number: 21122) was awarded "DreamToys" in the Build It And They Will Thrive category by theToy Retailers Association.[45]
In 2022, The Mushroom House (set number: 21179) was awarded "DreamToys" in the Video Game Inspired category by theToy Retailers Association.[46]
See also
[edit]- Lego Overwatch
- Lego The Angry Birds Movie
- Lego Super Mario
- Lego BrickHeadz
- Lego Sonic the Hedgehog
- Lego Prince of Persia
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