We Build the LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader, a Wildly Impressive Set

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We each cognize Fortnite is the king of crossovers, but the tables person turned successful caller years, with Fortnite crossing implicit into LEGO territory. We've had a fistful of sets travel retired that correspond the weird and whacky satellite of 1 of the astir fashionable conflict royale games, similar the Durrr Burger and iconic Battle Bus. The astir caller set, which dropped earlier this month, is the gigantic Mecha Team Leader. I'm not the biggest Fortnite player, but adjacent I can't contradict however overmuch amusive this physique was.

LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader

The LEGO Fortnite Mecha Team Leader is easy the biggest physique I've done present connected IGN. When the container arrived successful the message I was genuinely amazed astatine its size. Coming successful astatine conscionable nether 2 feet, the container is perfectly massive. The acceptable itself is comprised of 2,503 pieces and is dispersed retired among 19 bags. The acquisition booklet is conscionable arsenic heavy-duty, feeling similar a graphic caller astatine 317 pages. The instructions and sticker sets adjacent came successful a premium-feeling envelope to support it, which I appreciated.

I didn't rather cognize what I was getting myself into erstwhile I started this build. I've built countless LEGO sets successful my day, but genuinely thing rather astatine this scale. I built this successful 1 time due to the fact that I don't cognize however to relax, with a mates breaks successful betwixt due to the fact that my room array chairs aren't comfy whatsoever. Overall, I deliberation it took maine astir 5 oregon six hours. Every facet of the mech's assemblage is exquisitely detailed, each with their ain highly method and unsocial attachment techniques. I timed it, and conscionable 1 limb took maine astir an hour.

I'm not educated connected the lore down the Mecha Team Leader's design, but I deliberation I tin talk for everyone erstwhile I remark connected however ridiculous (and ridiculously awesome) this acceptable is. One limb is made up of what looks similar crystal cream, with a cherry foot, portion the different ft is simply a literal cheeseburger. I don't get it, and I don't care; this happening rules. Building the each assemblage portion was highly satisfying, getting to spot however in-depth the attachment techniques are. Every limb is movable and posable but for the knees, which unluckily don't bend. But you tin inactive articulate the mech's arms, hands, and fingers to enactment it up connected your support nevertheless you want.

One of my favourite aspects of this physique is the immense sword. It cleverly uses a grey LEGO minifigure blank caput and ponytail hairstyle to simulate what I'm beauteous definite is simply a cloth tassel connected the extremity of the sword's grip. You tin slot the sword into either of the mech's hands, truthful consciousness escaped to airs it nevertheless you want, the sword won't autumn off.

The mech's thorax cavity opens up to let a minifigure mentation of it to enter, and this is besides 1 of the archetypal parts of the build. You physique retired the aviator cockpit, implicit with a elaborate seat and screens to survey the battlefield, which are wherever astir of the sticker elements travel into play. The mech's armor breastplate itself was amusive to build, but I'm questioning immoderate of the sequencing successful the steps here; it was hard to connect the precocious breastplate erstwhile it was afloat assembled to the remainder of the assemblage without breaking disconnected different pieces successful the process.

The teddy carnivore caput truly ties the full acceptable together. It's the past spot of the build, and it besides 1 of my favourite parts. I ever admit however LEGO designers tin instrumentality mean ceramic shapes and mold into an highly detailed, uncanny recreation of what we each cognize to beryllium a head, and the Mecha Team Leader's caput is nary different. Its eyes, ears, and small tufts of hairsbreadth sticking retired are awesome small details.

Even though I don't play Fortnite, the LEGO Mecha Team Leader is 1 of my favourite builds I've ever done, whether for IGN oregon connected my own. Once it's each said and done, it stands astatine astir 18 inches tall. It's an impressively designed and time-consuming physique that I highly urge spacing retired implicit aggregate sessions. The minifigure mentation of the mech, the buildable sword, and "Fortnite" printed LEGO plaque are each large additions to an already large set. I emotion LEGO and I'm a immense nerd erstwhile it comes to appreciating the plan of massive, method sets similar this, and I can't hold to spot much of what they tin navigator up. Check retired our Fornite LEGO decorator interrogation for info connected earlier Fortnite sets.