The turnaround has been rapid: The first Lego Minecraft sets will be available this summer! The news just announced by Lego and Mojang in joint press conference in Denmark is that you can pre-order your sets beginning today.
Lego Minecraft was the first proposal on Lego Cuusoo, Lego’s idea crowd-sourcing site, to gain over 10,000 votes and therefore make it an idea for consideration by Lego. This influx of support obviously led to some pretty quick discussions between Minecraft developers Mojang and the Lego Group. The results are now in.
The initial set, titled Lego Minecraft Micro World includes two of Minecraft’s most iconic characters, Steve and a Creeper, represented as “Micro Mobs” (pictured above). The model presents a standard for building a Minecraft world that can be configured any way the builder likes.
The surface of the modules comes off to reveal mines and hidden resources beneath. Fans can build their own landscapes, stack cubes on top of each other, to build the world of Minecraft as they wish. The product was developed in collaboration with four very keen and fortunate Lego fans: Chris Malloy, Michael Thomas, Kyle Tingey, and Bjarne Panduro Tveskov. They developed concepts alongside Lego designers and helped shape the product into its final version.
But enough from me. You probably want to head over to Mojang’s store partner, Jinx, and pre-order your version of Lego Minecraft Micro World . It will set you back $34.99, and will be in stores come the American summer.
For more on the co-creation process for Lego Minecraft Micro World, see the Lego Cuusoo blog.
