A brand new space-themed Lego set is on the way in which and… it is being made at the side of Pharrell Williams? It is a very weird idea, however we’re on board with it — particularly when the set in query appears so cool.
Out on September 20, Over the Moon with Pharrell Williams is a 966-piece set depicting an area shuttle launching into the air. It seems to be suspended, with a big plume of rainbow-colored smoke appearing as a base. The shuttle itself is black, with a golden cover. Accompanying the set are two minifigures (Pharrell and Helen Williams as astronauts) and a wall of 49 interchangeable minifigure heads.
As random because it all sounds, Lego Over the Moon hasn’t simply come out of nowhere. It is releasing alongside an upcoming biopic of Pharrell Williams — one which’s been made completely out of Lego bricks.
A lot of the film relies on Williams’ creativeness as he grew up, and for him, the shuttle is a really pertinent selection. “Once I was a toddler, my notion of actuality was based mostly on a 20-mile radius,” he says, speaking to Lego in regards to the mission. “We lived within the crash zone of the Air Drive Base, the place the Blue Angels would fly on a regular basis. So, my reference for wanting up was all the time jets. And while you suppose past — what usually flies the very best, if you’ll, is house shuttles.”
In fact, it isn’t a practical rocket like Lego’s NASA House Shuttle Discovery or the Artemis House Launch System. As an alternative, it is a extra enjoyable Lego house set, however one that appears totally eye-catching. Should you’re a Lego aficionado, you is perhaps to know that some model new coloration/piece combos have been created particularly for the set (together with the shuttle’s golden visor). There’s additionally some neat Lego structure that is gone into creating the set — and enabling it to face at such a placing angle.
“Many various strategies had been trailed, together with making all the backside of the mannequin out of slope bricks,” says George Gilliatt, the Lego designer chargeable for bringing Pharrell’s imaginative and prescient of Over the Moon to life. “In the long run, we settled for creating some triangles out of Lego Technic triangles that occurred to completely match the angles of a few of our slope bricks — which permits the jet stream to protrude seamlessly out of the cloud base.” It sounds very technical, however judging by the pictures we have seen of the set, it is a trial-and-error course of that has very a lot paid off.
As for that wall of minifigure heads? We’re not satisfied it pairs with the shuttle significantly properly, however in keeping with Pharrell Williams, it has a pleasant motive for being there. Greater than 30 of the heads had been designed particularly for this set, and it is to represent that “anybody and everybody can journey alongside”. We might have most popular entire minifigures, but it surely’s a candy gesture all the identical.
The Lego Over the Moon with Pharrell Williams set will value $109.99, and pre-orders are open on Lego.com now. It will begin transport on September 20. You may discover out extra in regards to the set — and the film that has impressed it — on Lego’s web site.
