One other fan-made Lego Concepts submission has been given the nod to grow to be an official Lego set, however whereas the corporate’s designers will typically make small modifications earlier than these units go into manufacturing, the new Desk Soccer bought a significant facelift and a large discount in measurement.
The design is loosely primarily based on 16-year-old Donát Fehérvári’s Lego Concepts Foosball Desk submission, which was created as a part of the “We Love Sports activities!” constructing problem. Fehérvári’s creation was introduced as the competition’s successful entry at Lego Con final yr, though we’re solely simply now getting our first take a look at the ultimate design.
The official set is now referred to as “Desk Soccer” as a substitute of “Foosball Desk,” however the extra apparent distinction is the size of the ultimate design, which is dramatically smaller than what Fehérvári had submitted. As a substitute of that includes eight rods with 22 Lego minifigures and a comparatively giant taking part in area, the two,339-piece set shrinks that to simply 4 rods, two for every participant, and a complete of 10 Lego minifigures on the tiny area.
The sport continues to be absolutely playable, and consists of color-coded sliding knobs over every purpose for maintaining observe of the rating. Despite the sphere’s restricted capability for minifig gamers, the set really comes with 22 of them in complete, with a lot of customization choices and a grandstand for followers with built-in storage beneath the seats for the varied elements.
Given the value will increase Lego has seen around the globe on account of the fallout from the continuing pandemic and provide chain woes, it’s comprehensible that the corporate didn’t attempt to create a full-sized Foosball desk out of plastic bricks. Because it stands, even at this scale, the official Desk Soccer set will include a $250 price ticket when it’s obtainable beginning on November 1. Convincing Lego followers to spend much more than that with no popular culture tie-in could be a troublesome promote.
