New LEGO Spring Festival sets for 2025 | Celebrate the Year of the Snake with Three Exciting New LEGO Lunar New Year Sets

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LEGO Spring Festival sets, including the highly sought-after LEGO Lunar New Year collections, have surged in popularity, delighting fans with their celebration of culture and creativity. These sets brilliantly capture the festive spirit of the LEGO Chinese New Year through intricate designs and meaningful cultural references, making them perfect for both display and play. With vibrant details like traditional lanterns, family reunions, and lively festival scenes, they appeal to LEGO enthusiasts and those looking to honour the holiday’s traditions. Their charm lies not only in their stunning craftsmanship but also in their ability to bring the joy and symbolism of the Spring Festival to life, making them a cherished way to welcome the New Year. To honour the Year of the Snake, which is often associated with wisdom, intuition, and transformation, three new sets will be released in celebration of the Lunar New Year/Spring Festival, which kicks off on January 29, 2025. We take a look at them below:

 

LEGO Spring Festival Trotting Lantern (80116)

 

 

Celebrate the Year of the Snake with the vibrant LEGO Spring Festival Trotting Lantern (80116) set, a perfect way to light up your Lunar New Year festivities. Designed for builders aged 9 and up, this 1,295-piece set includes a unique LEGO light brick that illuminates the lantern with a simple press of the rotating central column, offering two interchangeable silhouette windows for different lighting effects. The lantern’s top is removable, revealing three festive scenes, including a buildable food stall, decorations stall, and a shadow theatre, perfect for imaginative play. The set also features five minifigures two adults, two children, and a character dressed in a Year of the Snake costume for added role-playing fun. With its striking design and cultural details, this model stands over 23cm tall and makes a wonderful display piece for any celebration.

This set is due to retail for US$129.99 / AU$149.99 / £89.99 / €99.99 / CAD$169.99.

 

LEGO Spring Festival Good Fortune (80117)

 

 

The LEGO Good Fortune (80117) set, a stunning centerpiece that brings good fortune and joy into your home. Designed for builders aged 9 and up, this set offers a fun and engaging family activity while providing an opportunity to share the rich cultural traditions of the Lunar New Year. The model features a collection of meaningful symbols, including a fan adorned with two magpies signifying that good things come in pairs flying over a branch of spring blossoms. Other highlights include a vase of red fortune fruit, golden ingots, and a calligraphy pen with a scroll inscribed with the Chinese character for ‘spring.’ This intricately detailed display is a wonderful way to usher in a year filled with love, health, prosperity, and happiness.

This set is due to retail for US$89.99 / AU$129.99 / £69.99 / €79.99 / CAD$119.99.

 

LEGO Spring Festival Lucky Cat (40813)

 

 

Bring a touch of tradition and good fortune into your home with the LEGO Lucky Cat (40813) set. Inspired by the iconic beckoning cat, or maneki-neko, this great build features intricate details that are sure to brighten any room. Its smiling eyes, whiskers, blushing cheeks, and playful paw with a pendulum waving action perfectly capture the essence of the lucky cat, believed to attract prosperity and good fortune. Whether you choose to adorn the cat's tummy with a gold coin or a wish for good luck, this delightful model makes a thoughtful gift for kids and adults alike, especially those celebrating the Spring Festival.

This set is due to retail for US$29.99 / AU$49.99 / £24.99 / €29.99 / CAD$39.99.

 

All of the sets are to be released in Asia Pacific on 25 December 2024, and in the US, UK, Europe and other countries on 1 January 2025.