LEGO 40785 Northern Lights Diorama revealed!
Posted by CapnRex101,
40785 Northern Lights Diorama has been revealed, the fourth in the Wonders of the Natural World series produced over the course of this year.
The exact availability information is not yet known, but the three previous sets have been available with purchases of £135, $150 or €150 at LEGO.com, so the same will presumably be true here, perhaps from the 8th of October.
View the box images below...
What do you think of the Northern Lights Diorama and how would you rank the four Wonders of the Natural World sets released this year? Let us know in the comments.
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Neat little diorama, but can't help but feel the actual northern lights aspect is a bit lacking, feels like an afterthought.
My favorite of the series so far!
Having just been to Iceland for our honeymoon just to see the northern lights, I may need to pick this new model up for the new wife!
On a side note, we managed to include Lego in our wedding in the form of a custom card box.
Too many trees and not enough sky / lights.
As someone who has lived most of my life within the Arctic circle I must say this is a pretty poor effort in replicating the aurora borealis in Lego form. It has already been pointed out, but this is more of a Snow Pine Forest diorama than anything else.
Not really sure the northern lights aspect comes across that well.
Flowers? In winter? Mmm. I'm not sure I get the reflecting aurora in the water thing.
Nice parts pack, though.
They should have put some steamed hams in there too.
Nice
I hope PAB updates in time for this.
Can't even remember what the other three dioramas in the series were.
At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, comprised entirely of 332 pieces?
@chief7575 said:
"They should have put some steamed hams in there too. "
I'll note you should easily be able to display this at any time of year, in any part of the country, localized in any room of your house you choose.
That box color is an atrocious match for the set. Other than that neat model but yeah the sky needs to be more substantial.
@chief7575 said:
"They should have put some steamed hams in there too. "
By any chance are you from Albany, New York?
I wonder if using pearlescent pieces for the aurora itself might have worked a little better.
18 pieces being the northern lights
The Northern Lights were forgotten in their own set lol.
@Bricky_Dee_Williams said:
"At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, comprised entirely of 332 pieces?"
AND with a 150$ Threshold?
- Yes!
@BigRedAngus said:
"Having just been to Iceland for our honeymoon just to see the northern lights, I may need to pick this new model up for the new wife!"
This diorama has more trees though than the entirety of Iceland ;-)
It's been 14 years since I've been there, but those landscapes.....outlandishly beautiful! Also went on a Aurora Borealis tour which was complete failure (and we kinda knew beforehand....) but still a lot of fun. I really need to go there again.....
Looks more like toxic spill and fumes.
Diappointing, rather boring and uniform compared to the other dioramas in the series (despite having the most pieces), like a duller combination of 40484 and 40564. Too bad, as I'm just waiting for a good GWP/double VIP etc. offer for me to order 10350, anyone knowing what's on the horizon or if I'm better off waiting to Black Friday?
I like this little diorama series. This one looks really cool!
Neat little diorama.
Seems more like an alaskan landscape after extensive fracking.
“Northern Trees”
@AustinPowers said:
"Can't even remember what the other three dioramas in the series were. "
Savannah, coral reefs, rainforest - I had to check. Surprisingly, I own two of those things. One would think that people in Denmark should be well versed in the appearance and general aspect of northern lights. The back panel should be tall and the front bit could be smaller as it is hardly necessary (just to keep the back panel standing). The light 'wave' could also have been made in some sort of 3d like the Van Gogh painting. I'll admit, it is a tough subject considering the medium. For example, a Rockies diorama with a mountain goat would have been much easier to do.
Most likely I won't get this one as it is not enticing enough and PaB is pretty much dead in Canada at the moment - Lego has not yet provided a solution for that = I don't see why we cannot order directly from Billund.
As others have said, the actual lights are somewhat disappointing, but I still like snowy night scenes, so this may be the perfect incentive to get 10358.
@AustinPowers said:
"Can't even remember what the other three dioramas in the series were. "
To refresh your memory: https://brickset.com/sets/subtheme-Wonders-of-the-Natural-World
Should've included a light brick.
I get what they're trying to do, but the reflection of the northern lights in the water looks like there's some kind of radioactive contamination in the river. Doesn't read as Aurora Borealis there it looks like there's been an ecological disaster.
@axeleng said:
"Diappointing, rather boring and uniform compared to the other dioramas in the series (despite having the most pieces), like a duller combination of 40484 and 40564. Too bad, as I'm just waiting for a good GWP/double VIP etc. offer for me to order 10350, anyone knowing what's on the horizon or if I'm better off waiting to Black Friday?"
In past years they have had double VIP in October to coincide with Amazon Prime days, Prime days are Oct 7-8th this year... so maybe next week for double points?
@WizardOfOss said:
" @BigRedAngus said:
"Having just been to Iceland for our honeymoon just to see the northern lights, I may need to pick this new model up for the new wife!"
This diorama has more trees though than the entirety of Iceland ;-)
It's been 14 years since I've been there, but those landscapes.....outlandishly beautiful! Also went on a Aurora Borealis tour which was complete failure (and we kinda knew beforehand....) but still a lot of fun. I really need to go there again....."
I hear whale-watching tours work the same way. Whales migrate through for a few weeks each year, but the tours run all year round.
@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @BigRedAngus said:
"Having just been to Iceland for our honeymoon just to see the northern lights, I may need to pick this new model up for the new wife!"
This diorama has more trees though than the entirety of Iceland ;-)
It's been 14 years since I've been there, but those landscapes.....outlandishly beautiful! Also went on a Aurora Borealis tour which was complete failure (and we kinda knew beforehand....) but still a lot of fun. I really need to go there again....."
I hear whale-watching tours work the same way. Whales migrate through for a few weeks each year, but the tours run all year round."
Could very well be. We didn't see any either, and as a result I still have a voucher for another whale watch tour from Reykjavik, no expiration date.....except if I can find it I kinda wonder if it's still legible. Oh, and I have another one from Vancouver as well, a few years older. And apperently in both cases there were plenty the day before....
(I had more luck in Boston back in 2003.....when I still used a film camera. Used 6 rolls of film for 2 kinda usable shots....)
As for Iceland, they have been hunting whales again for a while, but there has been quite a bit of opposition from within the country. And not just because people love whales, but even more so because the whale watching tours provide well over a hundred jobs, while the whaling "industry" accounts for less then 10 jobs. And both are quite literally fishing in the same pond....
This set will be available from October 14th as a GWP. Source: Brickmerge
@HOBBES said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Can't even remember what the other three dioramas in the series were. "
Savannah, coral reefs, rainforest - I had to check. Surprisingly, I own two of those things. One would think that people in Denmark should be well versed in the appearance and general aspect of northern lights. The back panel should be tall and the front bit could be smaller as it is hardly necessary (just to keep the back panel standing). The light 'wave' could also have been made in some sort of 3d like the Van Gogh painting. I'll admit, it is a tough subject considering the medium. For example, a Rockies diorama with a mountain goat would have been much easier to do.
Most likely I won't get this one as it is not enticing enough and PaB is pretty much dead in Canada at the moment - Lego has not yet provided a solution for that = I don't see why we cannot order directly from Billund."
One would be wrong. Those southerners wouldn't know northern lights if it kicked them in their steamed hams.
@Spike730 said:
"Looks more like toxic spill and fumes."
Well, the Troma movies are a license Lego still hasn't exploited yet...
@J0rgen said:
" @HOBBES said:
" @AustinPowers said:
"Can't even remember what the other three dioramas in the series were. "
Savannah, coral reefs, rainforest - I had to check. Surprisingly, I own two of those things. One would think that people in Denmark should be well versed in the appearance and general aspect of northern lights. The back panel should be tall and the front bit could be smaller as it is hardly necessary (just to keep the back panel standing). The light 'wave' could also have been made in some sort of 3d like the Van Gogh painting. I'll admit, it is a tough subject considering the medium. For example, a Rockies diorama with a mountain goat would have been much easier to do.
Most likely I won't get this one as it is not enticing enough and PaB is pretty much dead in Canada at the moment - Lego has not yet provided a solution for that = I don't see why we cannot order directly from Billund."
One would be wrong. Those southerners wouldn't know northern lights if it kicked them in their steamed hams."
Interesting. It is rare, but we can see them in Canada - of course it is easy in the far north but we can still see them sometimes near the cities at around 48 degree which is the southern most part of Denmark.
One does not simply look at an aurora borealis... ;-)
Seymour, the house is on fire!
Ah, I totally forgot about those.
I even have the Savanna one, though I can't remember how I obtained it. Must have been a GWP on the rare occasion I did buy something from LEGO directly.
Yeah those are pretty weak northern lights.
@Graupensuppe said:
"Seymour, the house is on fire!"
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It's a nice diorama but as others have said the Northern Lights does not come to mind at all.
Since I know the name of the set I understand the translucent green and pink are meant to be the reflection on the water. But it clearly looks like toxic sludge. If this was built on Lego Masters I'm confident Brickman would raise serious concerns about it.
Likewise the Northern Lights in the sky, not clear what theyre meant to be at all. Could be spooky magic, spaceship vapor trails or flying snakes, again basically anything except the Northern Lights.
It's a shame too because the rest of the diorama looks really good. They should've ignored the silly Lights and just called it Alaskan Night or Alpine Evening or something.
Makes me think of one of my bucket list trips.
To go to see the Northern lights in one of those glass igloos in Kakslauttanen.