Sneak Peek of the upcoming LEGO Ideas Orient Express (21344) set

October 12, 2023 | 34

A LEGO for Adults catalogue has given us a sneak peek of 21344 The Orient Express Train, an upcoming LEGO Ideas set that’s tipped to be launched by the end of the year.

The page in the catalogue has since been removed but it gives us our very first look at the upcoming train, a highly detailed model of the legendary Orient Express train, which celebrates its 140th anniversary this year.

We don’t have official pricing, piece count or a release date yet, so we’ll need to wait for the official reveal which should be coming really soon!

Train fans will be in for a treat with the model, which notably has been colour-swapped to blue, matching The Orient Express that’s more widely known in popular culture and is the current livery of the active train.

The set also comes with 8 minifigures featuring a lively cast of characters, from an engineer, conductor, as well as guests on the opulent train.

For reference, here’s a look at the original The Orient Express, a legendary train Ideas submission by LEt.sGO, which demonstrates just how much the final model has differed. The locomotive doesn’t look as beefy or as detailed, but there are two passenger cars instead of the singular one which I think does the model justice by making it look more balanced like a complete Orient Express Train.

The big question on everyone’s mind however is, will this fit on standard LEGO train tracks? It’s a bit hard to tell from the photos as they’re quite low resolution, but LEGO Train enthusiasts should be encouraged by the presence of standard train elements like these bogies.

We’ll need to wait for the official reveal and more detailed photos to find out if it will indeed fit on standard LEGO tracks, but it sure does look promising from this sneak peek!

Hopefully LEGO have learned from the Hogwarts Express debacle, where the train was just too large to fit on standard track.

What do you think of the LEGO Orient Express from these photos?

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