21265 The Crafting Table announced!
Posted by CapnRex101,
Minecraft is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year and LEGO has today announced a set to mark the occasion, harking back to the beginning of LEGO Minecraft!
21265 The Crafting Table is designed similarly to 21102 Minecraft Micro World - The Forest, so eight microscale characters are included, with twelve biomes to explore. Furthermore, the scenery is encased in a brick-built crafting table.
This 1195-piece set will be released on the 1st of August and is available to pre-order now, costing £79.99, $89.99 or €89.99.
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What do you think of the Crafting Table and would you like to see more Minecraft sets in this style? Let us know in the comments.
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I like it- it reminds me of the original quartet of Minecraft sets, the micro worlds.
Price is good too- the thumbnail initially had me thinking this would be another £200+ display queen.
sorry minecraft fans but maybe I will sound like hater but for me looks like worthless cr*p, especially for 90$
Okay, the price is a LOT better than I expected. The set is nice too; it’s good you can get in there and move stuff around a bit.
90 bucks for a lot of super tiny pieces show once again that PPP can be deceptive
I love this! It has the fun of the dioramas in 71395 in a similar form factor but at least than half the price. Sure, it doesn't have the novel functionality of the Mario cube, but I actually think that this simpler approach may make for a better display piece.
Ridiculous price.
Text on those stickers would really drive me crazy, since it's angled, it makes it look like the sticker isn't applied correct or something.
Pretty cool set tho, and definately shows how microscale can be done with more modern pieces and colors , gone a long way since 21102 : Minecraft Micro World - The Forest
Fun build! Love how it pays homage to the original Cuusoo projects!
(I absolutely just spelled Cuusoo wrong. I can see why they renamed it Ideas)
Not one for me, but still pretty damn good all the same! Definitely miles better than the old micro world sets at least, really shows how far the design team's come in the last 12-odd years.
Also, mildly interesting - they actually remembered Steve isn't white with the microfig here! Minecraft merch in general (not just TLG) loves making his skintone much whiter than his actual ingame skin, so it's properly neat they got a closer match here - hopefully it carries over to the main sets too at some point!
It kinda irks me that the micro mobs aren't in scale with the original.
I like it
But damn it should’ve had the parts to be fully closed
I was quite surprised by the price, when I first saw this, I thought it would be over £100.
It doesn't interest me, but it's an attractive set at that price.
This coming from an afol whose wish list is very expensive and on back order till mid July at present.
I really like this one. Harkens back to the micro world sets quite well and it looks pretty cute. I might pick it up before it retires.
"Lego announce a new UCS 10,000 piece set RRP $10."
AFOLs moan at the price being too much.
Finally, a set announcement that isn’t $300-$800.
Honestly this is what Lego Minecraft should've been forever.
Not terribly impressed with the set. It’s not horrible, but I think I would like it better if it was more like the Mario Question Block, where the dioramas were hidden rather than having the center cored out to make room (like what if it had two sides so you can present it as a complete crafting table, but two sides were on hinges so you can open it up, showing the dioramas.)
I quite like the look of this set - It's always cool to see lego do microscale stuff.
I don't have any minecraft sets other than a polybag or two but I might just pick this up for the nostalgia factor!
l like it but I think it's too expensive for a half empty cube of 14x14x14cm (I know with and depth are 15cm but that's because of the little displays on 2 sides)
As someone who very much regrets not getting the original Micro World Minecraft sets, I don't know for sure that I'll be getting this, but I am definitely leaning in its direction.
Never played Minecraft and never likely to but I do rather like this, almost as a museum exhibit!
Not a bad price, except for those who also think toilet rolls still cost the same as they did a couple of years ago!
No underground is disappoiting
Back to the roots.
As an owner of the original micro world set, this certainly appeals! The price is rather steep though considering it's just a bunch of very small pieces, but at the right discount I could see myself picking this up. It certainly has the same charm as those original micro world sets did.
Bit of a strange decision to not make it a complete crafting table block though, it would've been nice if you could close it up on all four sides (if only to keep the dust out!).
A crafting table set would also go well with Animal Crossing.
@MegaBlocks said:
""Lego announce a new UCS 10,000 piece set RRP $10."
AFOLs moan at the price being too much."
I believe you can request a special setting on your account that automatically posts a complaint about the price for every new set announcement.
The one for stickers is still in development.
I do quite like the design, especially as someone who's more fond of the old Micro World sets than most of the modern minifigure releases. But the price seems egregious - $90, and while it's 1195 pieces, a majority of those are 1x1 plates or simple bricks.
Hopefully they release official instructions for other biome chunks to replace official ones in the set - that'd be neat, and very fitting with both Lego and Minecraft's design ethos.
Cute set, good price. I’m not a huge Minecraft person, so won’t get this for myself, but I can think of some people in my life who are going to be very excited to open some gift wrap in the near future :)
As a Minecraft hyper fan, who owns all four original micro worlds. I can safely say that I am happy that Minecraft is finally involved in the 18+. Man does that Minecraft logo look good with a serious black background :')
Aussie Grammy pipes in, "That's NOT a crafting table. Now, THIS is a crafting table!!"
Unknowing tweezy-non-geezer finds themselves suddenly covered in paste and glitter and overwhelmed with discussions of tea doilies, quality and price of wool yarn, and the best scrapbooking backgrounds for pictures of a granddaughter's dressage competition.
Ill probably be getting this set
I love how all the little biomes come out and the mini characters
Looks like a really cool set. I missed out on the Micro World sets so I might grab this one.
I adore this! Of course, I've also always been a major minecraft nerd. I love that, as far as I can tell, it's compatible with the old MicroWorld sets. It seems to be updated to include a bunch of biomes that weren't around when the first four came out! We got the Deep Dark from the Wild Update, a modern Village from Village and Pillage, a Cherry Blossom Forest from Trails and Tales, what I assumed was Ice Spikes from TUTCtW but could be Frozen Peaks from Caves and Cliffs, and Old Growth Taiga from The Update That Changed the World (Though it could just be a regular Taiga as well, hard to tell at this scale).
I could see people combining this with 21102 and 21105 to make a bigger Overworld, or even 21106 and 21107 to recreate that old merch with the stacked Dimensions.
I've heard some people complain that the Crafting Table isn't fully enclosed but I really don't mind. 90% of people are gonna display this with the world visible anyway, so they'd just add like $20 onto the price and piece count that no-one is gonna use.
That said I've got one major gripe with it. All the old Microscale sets came with an equal number of underground and surface builds. This though only has 1 underground to 4 surface. While that does create a cool mountain effect it does lead to a few problems. If you want to display things inside the Crafting Table you could use all the underground sections (removing the roof of course) but you can only use 4 of your 12 surface sections. If you want to display it out of the Crafting Table, you're gonna have 3 surface sections not actually attached to the build and just sitting next to it.
It's not even like this had to be the case. The old Microworlds (at least as far as I remember) didn't include Dungeon Strongholds, and since those they've added Lush Caves, Dripstone Caves, Amethyst Geodes, and Trial Chambers to the underground. I do see a bit of a Dripstone Cave under the Taiga here, but they could've done 5 full Underground sections and kept the mountain aesthetic + the ability to combine sets. Then again, that wouldn't fit in the box with its lid on.
To be fair, both the Cherry Blossom and the Taiga are doing something cool here where they slope up to create a bridge between surface level and mountain level. A lot of the old Microworld sets showed placing the surfaces next to the underground as a display option and it always looked awkward. This technique can fix that though.
Given this is a part of the 15 Anniversary celebrations I doubt they'll do more, but if so I have some wishes.
For full blocks:
A Furnace with the Nether (based on the Nether Update because they already did the Nether Wastes: 21106)
A Fetching Table* with the End (based on the Combat Update and Echoing Void DLC because they already did the End Mainland 21107)
A Smithing Table based on Minecraft Dungeons (I'm picturing 5-8 of the most iconic dungeon rooms)
A Bookshelf based on Minecraft Legends (Mostly the Well of Fate)
And with that you'd have all three Dimensions and the two most iconic Spinnoffs**
Beyond that I'd like additional Microworlds based on different biomes.
A Jungle (with Temple) over a Lush cave
A Badlands over its unique Mineshaft variant
Extreme Hills (or rather, a bunch of the new mountains) over an Amethyst Geode and the Dungeon Stronghold
A Desert (with Temple) over a Trial Chamber
And a Swamp + Mangrove over a Dripstone Cave
I think that would cover all the Underground stuff and some of the more interesting biomes they haven't done yet, but it's a major ask.
*I did this purely cause it would go well with the Smithing Table. Most of the cool blocks associated with the End like Ender Chests, End Portal Frames, and Enchantment Tables aren't full blocks. Most full blocks associated with the End like Endstone, Purpur, and Stone Bricks are boring. A Chest would go great with the Crafting Table and Furnace but, again, that's not a full block.
**Minecraft Earth is too small to get anything out of. Due to legal reasons I doubt they'd make anything for Minecraft Story Mode, but I'd love a Comman
**Minecraft Earth is too small to get anything out of. Due to legal reasons I doubt they'd make anything for Minecraft Story Mode, but I'd love a Command Block with the Wither Storm inside. Legends is already a stretch because of how much that game flopped, but with Telltale out of the picture they couldn't do a Story Mode thing if they wanted to.
@MegaBlocks said:
""Lego announce a new UCS 10,000 piece set RRP $10."
AFOLs moan at the price being too much."
Probably because its AFOLs who buy the most Lego, and are usually the ones buying it as gifts for younger fans too, and as such want to see value for money. And when with a set like this, most of the pieces are 1x1 tiles and studs, and other small parts, the price tag and overall size of the set do not make it feel worth the spend.
How did it take them this long to make an 18+ set of the biggest video game of all time?
Who would want to display a boring box in their living room. Nobody's gonna even know what it is!
@Maxbricks14 said:
"Who would want to display a boring box in their living room. Nobody's gonna even know what it is!"
Other than the millions and millions of people who have played Minecraft...
@Maxbricks14 said:
"Who would want to display a boring box in their living room. Nobody's gonna even know what it is!"
How out of touch do you have to be…
@GrizBe said:
" @MegaBlocks said:
""Lego announce a new UCS 10,000 piece set RRP $10."
AFOLs moan at the price being too much."
Probably because its AFOLs who buy the most Lego, and are usually the ones buying it as gifts for younger fans too, and as such want to see value for money. And when with a set like this, most of the pieces are 1x1 tiles and studs, and other small parts, the price tag and overall size of the set do not make it feel worth the spend. "
Adult members of any toy fandom tend to overestimate how much of the overall fandom they are, An individual adult may acquire more toys than an individual kid will, but overall, the bulk of what you see on the Lego aisle, or the action figure aisle, or wherever, is aimed at kids, because most toys are bought by or for them.
109,00 CHF in Switzerland !
Something must be wrong with the price calculation.
Sorry to expensive for me.
I like how the four different scenes combine into something that looks much bigger. I wish they would do advent calendars like this where all the little builds could combine to give something more spectacular. Also wish with so many tiny pieces, I still had tiny hands.
@TheCodFather said:
" @Maxbricks14 said:
"Who would want to display a boring box in their living room. Nobody's gonna even know what it is!"
How out of touch do you have to be…"
A New Zealand based AFOL?
Where're my Quake and Doom sets ?
Gosh dang, so many Minecraft downers. But I guess picky AFOLS can’t see the beauty of Cave Game rendered in real life with plastic bricks.
@TheOtherMike said:
"Adult members of any toy fandom tend to overestimate how much of the overall fandom they are, An individual adult may acquire more toys than an individual kid will, but overall, the bulk of what you see on the Lego aisle, or the action figure aisle, or wherever, is aimed at kids, because most toys are bought by or for them."
So how come Lego's own official figure show far more is spent on UCS, 18+, and other 'Adult' themes like Botanicals, creator series, modular buildings and the artworks then?
@GrizBe said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Adult members of any toy fandom tend to overestimate how much of the overall fandom they are, An individual adult may acquire more toys than an individual kid will, but overall, the bulk of what you see on the Lego aisle, or the action figure aisle, or wherever, is aimed at kids, because most toys are bought by or for them."
So how come Lego's own official figure show far more is spent on UCS, 18+, and other 'Adult' themes like Botanicals, creator series, modular buildings and the artworks then?"
Can you share where you found this? In 2010 there’s a solid quote of the AFOL market accounting for 5% of sales. In 2021 I’ve seen Reddit posts saying this may have grown to 15-20% but nothing solid. I’m curious how you found something that positively says adult themes are outperforming other themes by selling far more than stuff like City, etc.
I suppose using 18+ themes as a stand in is fair as an estimate of AFOL impact. But these themes are marketed to casual adult buyers. It’s not fair to say everyone who bought a botanical set is an AFOL as in the more serious collectors/enthusiasts we see here. That said, the “true” AFOL (and I only say that as a demographic of who might be self described super fans, not to gatekeep new AFOLs) buy more than just 18+ sets, such as City and Star Wars. So leaning on these 18+ themes as a proxy is fair.
Again, I’m curious where you found LEGO official figures saying “far more” is spent on UCS, Icons, etc. than the toy focused portfolio. That seems incredibly out of touch.
@MrKoshka said:
" Again, I’m curious where you found LEGO official figures saying “far more” is spent on UCS, Icons, etc. than the toy focused portfolio. That seems incredibly out of touch. "
Thanks for making it very clear you don't read Lego's yearly report.
@MrKoshka said:
"I suppose using 18+ themes as a stand in is fair as an estimate of AFOL impact. But these themes are marketed to casual adult buyers. It’s not fair to say everyone who bought a botanical set is an AFOL as in the more serious collectors/enthusiasts we see here. That said, the “true” AFOL (and I only say that as a demographic of who might be self described super fans, not to gatekeep new AFOLs) buy more than just 18+ sets, such as City and Star Wars. So leaning on these 18+ themes as a proxy is fair."
Jumping over to another toy fandom, you've reminded me of this with your "true AFOL" comment: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/True_fan Note the red-linked category at the bottom.
I'm not the biggest Minecraft fan in the world, but I like the look of this set.
The price doesn't feel outrageous either to me, but a discount is of course always appreciated. Won't be buying this on day one, but when the price comes down to something enticing then I might bite.
@GSR_MataNui said:
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**Minecraft Earth is too small to get anything out of. Due to legal reasons I doubt they'd make anything for Minecraft Story Mode, but I'd love a Command Block with the Wither Storm inside. Legends is already a stretch because of how much that game flopped, but with Telltale out of the picture they couldn't do a Story Mode thing if they wanted to.
"
they made a Minecraft Legends set though, and it was a pretty good set as well!
@DaLegoNerd1 said:
" @GSR_MataNui said:
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**Minecraft Earth is too small to get anything out of. Due to legal reasons I doubt they'd make anything for Minecraft Story Mode, but I'd love a Command Block with the Wither Storm inside. Legends is already a stretch because of how much that game flopped, but with Telltale out of the picture they couldn't do a Story Mode thing if they wanted to.
"
they made a Minecraft Legends set though, and it was a pretty good set as well!"
I've actually got it to! Originally I wasn't too fussed about it, but Legends was half off last month for the 15th anniversary so I finally played it. Now I'm mad the other three bosses don't have sets! I want a figure of The Beast so bad. If Dungeons could sell so well and only snag two LEGO sets though I'm afraid that doesn't stand much of a chance of happening.
Interesting looking at the poll here. I can't think of the last set where a majority of responses were I wont buy it (for various reasons).
To me it's silly. Most adults don't give a damn about Minecraft, while the target audience (kids) won't be able to afford this.
@GrizBe said:
" @MrKoshka said:
" Again, I’m curious where you found LEGO official figures saying “far more” is spent on UCS, Icons, etc. than the toy focused portfolio. That seems incredibly out of touch. "
Thanks for making it very clear you don't read Lego's yearly report. "
I looked at the 2023 report and did not see anywhere that AFOLs were cited as accounting for far more sales than other groups. Are you willing to point me to a page number you found this data on since you’re so confidently quoting it as a reference point?
@TheOtherMike said:
" @MrKoshka said:
"I suppose using 18+ themes as a stand in is fair as an estimate of AFOL impact. But these themes are marketed to casual adult buyers. It’s not fair to say everyone who bought a botanical set is an AFOL as in the more serious collectors/enthusiasts we see here. That said, the “true” AFOL (and I only say that as a demographic of who might be self described super fans, not to gatekeep new AFOLs) buy more than just 18+ sets, such as City and Star Wars. So leaning on these 18+ themes as a proxy is fair."
Jumping over to another toy fandom, you've reminded me of this with your "true AFOL" comment: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/True_fan Note the red-linked category at the bottom.
"
I didn’t see anything in red. I’m not sure what you’re trying to rub my nose in here. I think you misunderstood my comment. I explicitly said I did not mean “true AFOL” in a gatekeeping way. I was trying to identify a purchasing segment of LEGO consumers.
I think we all agree the majority of people purchasing LEGO are adults. You can divide that population up a few different ways. One cut would be those purchasing as a gift for kids vs those purchasing for themselves. Of the group purchasing LEGO for themselves, how many would be considered AFOLs vs more casual adult consumers.
I thought this distinction is important in a conversation about how much of the financial results for LEGO are represented by AFOLs such as people on this site.
It’s not an evaluation of the worthiness of newer or more causal fans of building LEGO sets aimed at adult collectors. It’s an attempt to drill down to find out what percentage revenue is due to AFOLs (self described or whatever, it doesn’t much matter)
@MrKoshka said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @MrKoshka said:
"I suppose using 18+ themes as a stand in is fair as an estimate of AFOL impact. But these themes are marketed to casual adult buyers. It’s not fair to say everyone who bought a botanical set is an AFOL as in the more serious collectors/enthusiasts we see here. That said, the “true” AFOL (and I only say that as a demographic of who might be self described super fans, not to gatekeep new AFOLs) buy more than just 18+ sets, such as City and Star Wars. So leaning on these 18+ themes as a proxy is fair."
Jumping over to another toy fandom, you've reminded me of this with your "true AFOL" comment: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/True_fan Note the red-linked category at the bottom.
"
I didn’t see anything in red. I’m not sure what you’re trying to rub my nose in here. I think you misunderstood my comment. I explicitly said I did not mean “true AFOL” in a gatekeeping way. I was trying to identify a purchasing segment of LEGO consumers."
I wasn't trying to rub your nose in anything; as I said, your phrase just reminded me of the page I linked to. And the red link is in the categories; its category (and I love that they got it to display in red, which usually indicates a non-valid link) is "Things that don't exist."
@GSR_MataNui said:
" @DaLegoNerd1 said:
" @GSR_MataNui said:
"
**Minecraft Earth is too small to get anything out of. Due to legal reasons I doubt they'd make anything for Minecraft Story Mode, but I'd love a Command Block with the Wither Storm inside. Legends is already a stretch because of how much that game flopped, but with Telltale out of the picture they couldn't do a Story Mode thing if they wanted to.
"
they made a Minecraft Legends set though, and it was a pretty good set as well!"
I've actually got it to! Originally I wasn't too fussed about it, but Legends was half off last month for the 15th anniversary so I finally played it. Now I'm mad the other three bosses don't have sets! I want a figure of The Beast so bad. If Dungeons could sell so well and only snag two LEGO sets though I'm afraid that doesn't stand much of a chance of happening. "
I personally think The Unbreakable would make for the best brick built character, but The Beast would be exciting as well!
I love the little micro Minecraft sets from the beginning, and would love to add this to my collection, but why did they price this $40 higher than what those cost?! I can see maybe an increase of $10-$20 perhaps with inflation but this is ridiculous. I’ll add it to a wish list and wait for the absolutely inevitable clearance/sale before buying.
@Brickchap and @Maxbricks14 :
@mafon2 said:
"Where're my Quake and Doom sets ?"
According to Steam stats those two games are played by around 2500 people (peak active at the same moment recently); with estimates between 3 to 5 million copies sold of each game.
Minecraft has more than 166 million monthly active players at the moment.
With Minecraft being 15 years old and having a lot of people from back in the beginning still playing, I’m guessing some of them are nearing adulthood by now…