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Is this LEGO 40161 a new “Guess Who” type game?

May 13, 2016 By Jay Ong 11 Comments

LEGO 40161 Guess The Minifigure Game

Someone forwarded me this image on Facebook, which seems to be a shot of a new game. Found in an Italian LEGO Store, LEGO 40161 seems to a “Guess the Minifigure“-type game, loosely based on the popular Guess Who? board game.

Update: CM4Sci has said that the official name of this set is 40161 What Am I

LEGO 40161 What Am I - Box LEGO 40161 What Am I - Back of Box

Update: Reader Branko has kindly sent us some more photos of What Am I. Looks like you get about 16 minifigures in this set, plus a couple of smaller builds! They’re on sale at Legoland Billund at the moment.

No idea on pricing, or release date but it does look incredibly legit since it’s on the shelves of a LEGO store. It looks like a pretty fun game for younger kids, and with the potential of using your own minifigure collection to mix things up, should provide plenty of replay value.

I expect this set to be released in the second half of 2016, which is approaching very very soon!

Source – Star Wars MOC and Others on Facebook.

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  1. Wtf says

    June 4, 2016 at 10:29 PM

    The curve Lego shop still had 5 this noon lol ?

    Reply
  2. ramblingbrick says

    June 3, 2016 at 7:53 AM

    Jay, this has appeared in shop@home for $AU55 !

    Reply
    • Jay says

      June 5, 2016 at 9:59 AM

      Nice! I might just sit on this as I’ve got other 2HY priorities 🙂

      Reply
  3. Branko says

    May 16, 2016 at 2:11 PM

    Yes I do but I cannot attach them here.

    Reply
    • Jay says

      May 16, 2016 at 2:22 PM

      Oooh, can you email them to jaysbrickblog@gmail.com or upload them to a service like imgur.com? Then I can add them in the post!

      Reply
      • Tony peac says

        May 31, 2016 at 5:07 PM

        They are in the uk Lego shops £29.99

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        • Jay says

          June 2, 2016 at 10:30 PM

          Oh nice. Im worried that it won’t ever come to Australia since exclusives like these are quite hard to come by.

          Reply
  4. Branko says

    May 16, 2016 at 7:30 AM

    Yes correct, there are minifigs, things and creatures (12 altogether). It is available at LEGOland in Billund for dkk449 which is close to AU$90

    Reply
    • Jay says

      May 16, 2016 at 8:41 AM

      Oh wow nice! Would you happen to have a better photo of the set and what minifigs are included?

      Reply
  5. Mark says

    May 13, 2016 at 9:48 PM

    What am I ? Does that imply it’s not just ‘human’ minifigs? Guess Who? was popular in the 80’s but was criticized for not being diverse enough. Lego may put themselves in a situation where they are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Make the characters too generic…yellow heads, black eyes, etc and they are criticized for lack of diversity. Differentiate them by skin colour, etc and they will be criticized for encouraging kids to make choices based on superficial racial differences. I don’t really see the point, even the pic of the kids on the box looks ‘dated’.

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    • Jay says

      May 16, 2016 at 8:07 AM

      True, but I think LEGO have quite a diverse lineup of minifigs that it shouldn’t be a problem. I’m looking forward to it being customizable. Like you could put together a superhero themed game.

      Reply

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