The adult LEGO Concorde, with 2000 pieces, is coming next month

It is almost 20 years since the last Concorde flight, and LEGO felt that it was time to add this iconic aircraft to its ‘LEGO Icons’ collection.

This is NOT a LEGO set for small children.

It’s designed for adults, with an adult-sized number of blocks and an adult-targeted price tag.

The LEGO Concorde is 105 cm long and comes with a display stand, as you can see from the images here.

It contains a whopping 2,083 pieces so it will certainly keep you busy through quite a few autumn evenings.

Interesting features include:

Just like the real-life Anglo-French passenger jet, this detailed replica model has a tiltable droop nose, functioning landing gear, a retractable tail bumper wheel, delta wings with movable elevons and hinged upper and lower rudders. It also features an accessible seating area and comes with a stand for display in flight, takeoff or landing modes.

The livery is one used during the first test flights. British Airways and Air France would use their own, different, liveries when they received their aircraft for passenger use.

The price in the UK will be £169. It goes on sale on 7th September, although if you are a ‘LEGO VIP’ you can order one early on 4th September.

You can find out more on this page of the LEGO website.

PS. In other Concorde news, the aircraft which is based at the Intrepid Museum in New York – which I only saw for the first time at Easter despite many, many NYC trips over the years – has been moved for maintenance. Here is a news clip.

It will return, spruced up, in three months. During this period Pier 86 will undergo a renovation to create an additional chunk of public parkland.