Lego One Piece sets are due to set sail this year

The archetypal ever Lego acceptable based connected an anime has been announced but it’s not going to beryllium rather what you mightiness expect…

There person been authoritative Lego sets based connected everything from video games similar The Legend Of Zelda to movies arsenic big arsenic Jaws but, surprisingly, there’s ne'er been 1 based connected an anime.

Plenty of non-licensed sets person been inspired by manga and anime, and there’s been full lines of toys for Western animation similar Avatar: The Last Airbender, but ne'er thing that originated from Japan.

That is present acceptable to change, with a scope of caller sets based connected the hugely fashionable One Piece franchise. Except there’s a catch, arsenic it’s really based connected the Netflix unrecorded enactment amusement and not the manga oregon anime.

Ordinarily that mightiness pb to outrage from fans but since the Netflix bid turned retired truthful unexpectedly good it shouldn’t marque immoderate difference, particularly arsenic the designs and characters look truthful akin to the originals.

There’s nary mode to archer precisely however it’s going to enactment retired though, arsenic Lego has lone teased the quality – with a abbreviated animation that shows the straw chapeau of main quality Monkey D. Luffy and his limb stretching to prime it up.

Luffy’s minifigure volition beryllium based connected Mexican histrion Iñaki Godoy, who played him connected the show, with the different characters besides based connected their respective Netflix actors.

Lego are promising ‘multiple’ caller Lego sets truthful portion nary of them person been shown truthful far, it’s not conscionable going to beryllium 1 exemplary and that’s it.

The motorboat is owed to tie-in successful with the 2nd play of the show, but since that’s not expected to get until precocious 2025 it’s not wide erstwhile precisely the Lego sets volition beryllium out.

Maybe some, that are based solely connected Season 1, volition travel retired comparatively soon and past much could beryllium released aboriginal successful the year. Or possibly they’ll each travel retired astatine once.

‘We are excited to collaborate with the Lego Group, a marque synonymous with creativity and the joyousness of play, to people a historical infinitesimal arsenic we physique retired the treasured manga’s adventures successful iconic Lego signifier for the archetypal clip ever,’ said Netflix’s Josh Simon.

‘Through each item of the plan process, we’ve worked to meticulously make a postulation of playsets that volition springiness fans caller ways to unrecorded retired their ain epic voyages into the Grand Line 1 peculiar Lego ceramic astatine a time.’

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