New promotional airline set discovered
Posted by Huw,
Instructions for a new promotional airline set 40146, to be available on Lufthansa flights, have been found on the LEGO server.
It's been a few years since the last promotional airline set was produced so this is a welcome discovery. I wonder if, like 4032 Holiday Jet, it will be made with different stickers for other airlines?
The first Lufthansa branded sets appeared in 1976.
Thanks to Bert for the news.
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I hope they do have the different versions with different stickers. It might actually give me a chance to get it!
Does anyone have any experience of what sorts of flights these are available on? Long-haul only, or might they turn up on shorter 90 minute flights as well/instead of?
Depends on the airline.
Thanks Huw. Happen to be flying Lufthansa (short-haul) in mid-January, guess I shall just wait and see if it's a) available and b) in any way worth the price it will cost
Look! It's an A380! I like it ;)
The should be available via Miles and More - I am sure that Star Alliance may have these under different brands..............BA still have the Helicopter via Highlife.
Just having checked, I think you are going to see this in Q1/Q2, not immediately on Lufthansa - their inflight runs until Feb 15 and there is no Lego available yet.
^it appears so. Now looking closer at the figure, the torso seems to be a sticker, much like the shell figures.
It's a lot, lot smaller than previous sets and seems to rely entirely on generic current parts and stickers. Probably just a one-off for Lufthansa - maybe their management are absolute addicts and couldn't imagine going without at least some LEGO to sell, so coughed up the cash to have a poly made.
Disappointed to see there hasn't been a new proper boxed in-flight exclusive in a while - maybe they just weren't selling, even though lately you could get them on any old flight across Europe, not just long-haul tax-avoiding transatlantic trips. Or maybe LEGO did their age-old trick again of knocking out one crap set no-one wants (the last police helicopter) and taking that as a reason to kill the line.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure of the next time I'll be riding an airplane...
I like this but I'm in the 'don't ever fly , and wouldn't fly this airline even if I was' boat. Ah well , planes aren't my thing. It's not like the shell stuff ,which is my thing.
I like this but I'm in the 'don't ever fly , and wouldn't fly this airline even if I was' boat. Ah well , planes aren't my thing. It's not like the shell stuff ,which is my thing.
That's weird... all recent airline promos have been City vehicles. A nice change I suppose, but I don't ever see getting one myself.