To Me, My Lego November Units!

October was a big month for a bunch of Lego strains, so it’s no shock that November is traditionally the calm earlier than the storm for the brick-maker. As followers eagerly look towards the annual gross sales and particular units coming close to the tip of the month, Lego often makes new units fairly sparse at its starting. And whereas there are simply two units releasing this month, they’re removed from small ones.

Sure, November is outlined by some fairly main drops of Lego, making up for the spartan amount. We’ve acquired an enormous addition to the Marvel line with the long-rumored, highly anticipated X-Mansion, whereas Lego Concepts’ newest launch invitations you to take a second and odor the roses with a fantastically ornate botanical backyard that wouldn’t look misplaced in anybody’s modular Lego Metropolis assortment.

Take a look at extra pictures and particulars under—together with a number of the bonus units you will get with purchases this month!

Lego Marvel The X-Males: X-Mansion

We acquired a teeny tiny return to Lego X-Males units with X-Males ’97‘s X-Jet earlier this yr, however now Marvel’s mutants are actually again in motion with this practically 3,100-piece reproduction of Charles Xavier’s Westchester faculty for presented youngsters. Together with a modular design to swap across the varied amenities, from school rooms to Cerebro and the Hazard Room (to, in fact, Logan’s bed room to recreate the enduring Animated Collection meme), the set comes with 12 minifigures—Professor X, Magneto, Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops, Gambit, Rogue, Bishop, Iceman, Wolverine, Bishop, and Jean Gray—in addition to a brick-built sentinel for them to duke it out with.

($330, accessible here beginning 11/1 for Lego Insiders and 11/4 usually)

Lego Concepts Botanical Backyard

The newest entry from Lego’s crowdsourced line of community-designed units isn’t the standard Concepts fare of a splashy crossover with one other main model, however as a substitute, one thing totally authentic and distinctive: an enormous, 3,800-piece botanical backyard. Full of brick-built crops and minifigure gardeners and guests (12 in all), the set, designed by Lego fan Valentina Bima, is a intelligent mixture of ornate structure and tiny, detailed renditions of traditional botanical crops. It’d be an ideal centerpiece for any Lego metropolis show—a pleasant little bit of greenery away from the tall buildings and bustling cityscape.

($330, accessible here beginning 11/1 for Lego Insiders and 11/4 usually)

November Lego Reward With Buy Units

Whereas there’s solely two units (and expensive ones at that) releasing to date this month—count on Lego to disclose its conventional Black Friday set drop with its personal bonus present set quickly—consumers can get a number of additional goodies for buying instantly by Lego this month. Working by November 11 (or whereas inventory lasts) is the Concepts Books Are My Ardour bonus set, one other fan-designed additional that may be earned by spending $130 on any accessible units.

The opposite two are particular additions for Lego Insider members shopping for the massive units of the month: purchases of the X-Mansion can get a bonus mini-replica of Charles Xavier within the mutant-tracking Cerebro room, whereas purchases of the Botanical Backyard get a small entrance gate so as to add to the entrance of the set. Each will likely be accessible whereas provides final or by November 7.

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