The festivities continue at the start of 2023 as we begin our prep for the Lunar New Year celebration. Aside from having to make sure you’ve got all your snacks and food sorted, it is also important to ensure your family and guests stay entertained with fun activities. Instead of gathering the family for the usual ‘friendly’ card games and TV time, you could consider brick-building as a family.
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In their fifth year since the launch of their first Chinese Traditional Festival sets, LEGO continues their annual festive release with the LEGO Creator White Rabbit and two new CNY sets, the Lunar New Year Display and Lunar New Year Parade, which offer different aspects of the traditional holiday. Here’s a closer look at each set.
80110 LEGO LUNAR NEW YEAR DISPLAY
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A festive set that could work almost as an art piece even after CNY, the Lunar New Year Display ($119.90) set features two decorative models that are designed around the commonly heard greetings ‘招財進寶 ’ which signifies the ushering in of wealth and prosperity, and ‘花开富贵’ which loosely translates to when flowers bloom, prosperity comes.
Both models feature printed tiles for the greeting in Mandarin and iconic symbols to represent them. These include gold ingots, koi fish, red packets, peonies, yellow flowers, and the exclusive butterfly tiles which are a brand new LEGO element that is unique to this set (for now)!
80111 LEGO LUNAR NEW YEAR PARADE
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If you’re looking for something that’s a little bit bigger with those adorable minifigs, the Lunar New Year Parade ($149.90) set might just be the one you’re looking for! This set depicts a festive Lunar New Year Parade and features three connectible unique floats that move when you push them, alongside 18 LEGO Minifigures that complete the scene.
These minifigs include an all-girl musician troupe (with their traditional Chinese instruments), a woman holding a cup of bubble tea, a little boy holding a red packet, and a woman with rabbit headgear.
31133 LEGO WHITE RABBIT
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Those looking to build something that would last beyond CNY can consider the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 White Rabbit ($29.90) which offers countless play possibilities in its ability to transform into three different models — a white rabbit, white seal, and cockatoo. In addition to being a sizeable display piece, the model is also able to move and replicate slight movements of the animals in real life.
All three LEGO sets are available at LEGO Certified stores islandwide and online through LEGO’s official shop on SHOPEE and LAZADA. all images courtesy of lego singapore.
