I guess Christopher and Robert liked it ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZr5cvlSaNY ), but its a little disappointing imo.

The plane is absolutely appalling. For an £80 then maybe it's semi-reasonable but for £140 you could hand-build something much more personal and meaningful, and stick a diecast model of a plane on it that actually looks like a plane...

Yikes.

I think it's a cute concept, but the execution is really not great.

I feel like this would have more appeal for a family who travels internationally (definitely not in my budget, unfortunately).

Nope

@tne328 said:
"T-tail and rear engines so it's more like an Embraer or Bombardier regional jet, ill-suited for worldwide adventures hinted at by the executive-meddling map"

My first thought was that it looked like a Boeing 727, though there's some ambiguity in whether the build has a third engine or not.

WOW! Lego is churning out some tat these days.........

@Huw said:
"The small vehicles are so bad they've been left off the picture on the box..."

Oh come now Huw, don't you want a tractor/caravan hybrid?

I just can'tsee these sets flying out of the stores. It's boring' dull and just ugly.

Doesn’t make the dense destination-dotted areas like Europe all that better for marking travel memories than the otherwise nicer and more interesting build The Globe- and makes the whole experience an ugly piece of creative art in the process. What a let-down for the Lego Masters name— which is probably why it’s not on the packaging.

@iwybs said:
" @tne328 said:
"T-tail and rear engines so it's more like an Embraer or Bombardier regional jet, ill-suited for worldwide adventures hinted at by the executive-meddling map"

My first thought was that it looked like a Boeing 727, though there's some ambiguity in whether the build has a third engine or not.

"

Other option is a DC-9/MD-80. Lots of regional T-tails used to ply the skies around the world.

As to the set, way overpriced for what you get. As mentioned, the smaller vehicles are so bad, they aren't on the box art. Maybe $60.

@quixotequest said:
"Doesn’t make the dense destination-dotted areas like Europe all that better for marking travel memories than the otherwise nicer and more interesting build The Globe- and makes the whole experience an ugly piece of creative art in the process. What a let-down for the Lego Masters name— which is probably why it’s not on the packaging."

It actually is there on the US box that shows piece count. "Inspired by Lego Masters" in the top right corner.

looks bad compared to what we were all hoping for. DuckBricks should be disappointed. I guess since we got the globe, the flat earthers get their own world map. LOL.

Why do I get the feeling this set is going to show up in a lot of youtube list videos in the future?

I'm reliably informed by my Dad who is an expert on planes that it is an Embraer.

My jaw dropped when I saw the price. I genuinely thought this was a huge GWP or a $50-60 set. It's a cute idea but the model is very lackluster for $150, even though it has so many parts! I think the concept works and could appeal to people, but not at such a high price point.

Christoper and Robert helped design this, but this looks rather different compared to their model. At least their car in LEGO 2K Drive kind of matched better.

yeesh…not great

@medleyj said:
"looks bad compared to what we were all hoping for. DuckBricks should be disappointed. I guess since we got the globe, the flat earthers get their own world map. LOL. "

31203?

At least the “flat earthers” have a set!

While I kinda like the idea, excecution seems lacking. Too small, and for any customization you'll have to bring in your own parts. And the price is the final nail in the coffin.

After the Family Tree, another very weird set for those photo clips....

This is not even reminiscent of that winning model.
Why not at least have micro models of the forest, coliseum, and forbidden city from their model from the show? Plus other landmarks too.
And LEGO is far behind the times. Kids nor adults print out photos anymore. Yes some still do but not enough that anyone would buy this set:
This will be heavily discontinued soon.
Every company needs a write off.
Also in this economic climate what families are regularly jet setting around the world that would buy this set?

The map base though is cool to have.
Maybe I’d get this on discount and moc the map colors and moc a plane ala Indiana Jones travel map.

If this is the only set we get that was inspired by Lego Master’s S4 winning build, then I am extremely disappointed. The plane seems like just a footnote in this build. Nothing about this makes any sense whatsoever. And that price? Insanity.

Is it bad that I actually like this more than I probably would for a straight adaptation of Chris and Robert's winning model? The winning model was not only very specific to their own travel experiences as far as subject matter is concerned, but would have had to be quite bulky and awkward for display (previous large scale Lego plane models are bulky enough even WITHOUT having to be big enough for full-featured dioramas integrated into the top). The final set, by contrast, is a more conveniently sized/shaped display piece that's also much more adaptable to a buyer's personal travel experiences.

@LegoMKB said:
"I love Lego, but I truly do not see an appeal for this seat at all? Who will buy this? If you want a large world display, the Globe is so much nicer looking. And this is way too large for a picture display on a shelf. Huge miss here, this line of photo-stand sets should be capped at the 20-50 range."

Although I agree the globe would be more spectacular, TLG probably is aware the globe is not the reality of earth's shape.

I don't understand this set. How is it a travelling experience? This is an earth map, and some vehicles. So what?
You can clip some photos on those woegly-boegly things, which is ugly, but what is the concept?

This family has been to the South Island of New Zealand I see although gah only in the box picture. It’s a wonderful place, certainly worth a visit.

And finally, this set has been officially revealed! The images have been sitting in the database for a couple of weeks!

@RaiderOfTheLostBrick said:
"The globe is still on shelves right? The idea is fine, but as an undergrad law student who can’t afford to travel outside of Australia/New Zealand that often, this has almost zero practical use for me.

At least they included New Zealand."

Yes, which Lego often seems to neglect...

@PurpleDave said:
" @medleyj said:
"looks bad compared to what we were all hoping for. DuckBricks should be disappointed. I guess since we got the globe, the flat earthers get their own world map. LOL. "

31203?"

Exactly what I was thinking. I don't get all the flat-earther comments. It's not like this is the first depiction of the Earth's surface that was shaped like that.

who designed the shape for australia on this??? it just isn't that shape, like cmon you have to many angled tiles it's not that hard

It looks like Lego prioritized using those photo clip pieces (from family tree) over actually transforming the model into a product. If the goal is ‘use the photo pieces. Make it like family tree’ then this conversion was doomed from the start and should never have been made as it was.

Oof, the poll is currently at 736 response of which only ~30 are positive. Wouldn't be surprised if the set goes on sale before christmas.

@quixotequest said:
"Doesn’t make the dense destination-dotted areas like Europe all that better for marking travel memories than the otherwise nicer and more interesting build The Globe- and makes the whole experience an ugly piece of creative art in the process. What a let-down for the Lego Masters name— which is probably why it’s not on the packaging."

The Lego Masters logo is on the box, at least on the ones sent to Chris (Duck Bricks)

FLAT.

South America's shape doesn't look quite right (although it would be difficult achieving accuracy in this scale), but it's cool to see that in the image of the box the round tile with the house is placed in Brazil!

Funny, absolutely funny (to me at least).
Turns out it doesn't need any comments by me to get one's dose of complaining (and plenty of it), now does it?

And the most ironic bit is, I actually quite like this set. The world map looks good to me, and the other features are decent add-ons imho. There have been worse planes over the years.
The only bit I agree on as far as complaints go is the absurd price.

Now I'll get back to sleep mode. Literally.
Take care.
:-)

I am not very impressed with the scale they have going on, way too many regions are distorted and the fact that the equator is almost 2/3 of the way down bugs my inner cartographer. Greenland is too large, Madagascar is too small, New Zealand got moved way far north, North America put on some weight, and the tip of South America got smooshed up. Australia kind of looks fine, but while the shape of Europe was preserved the relative size of it is quite scaled up. The world map mosaic, even as a straight Mercator projection, looks better IMO. (And the designs on the Globe set were very well done for the scale.) I don't dislike the concept (more map sets sound like they could be a lot of fun) just don't like the execution here.

(Yeah, that's right, my critiques have to do mostly with the map projection errors. Deal with it!)

@DFX said:
"South America's shape doesn't look quite right (although it would be difficult achieving accuracy in this scale), but it's cool to see that in the image of the box the round tile with the house is placed in Brazil!"

I was actually having a hard time telling exactly where Brazil ends and the smaller countries to the southwest begin (I'm from Michigan, so don't really need to work too hard to find where I'm at on a world map).

@xccj:
Globe always wins when it comes to distortion, but it is rather hard to fold up and fit in your back pocket. Although, the LEGO version...

Apologies for the OT post…

@PurpleDave, Michigan? Not crazy far from Indianapolis. Are you going to Gen Con?

@Ninjaballrun said:
"I strive to be brutally honest in any situation, regarding my thoughts on LEGO sets and their quality. The creation of this set is so disrespectful to the hard work of Chris’ and Robert’s finale build. The Lego group made a microscale plane and slapped on the name World Wonderliner, but that’s all. They basically created a new set with little reference to the original build and from a design perspective, this is one of the worst LEGO sets I’ve ever seen. This Wonderliner is going to be one of sets we see marked down 50% to 75% in no time. Here’s what I would have done if I had control of redesigning the LEGO set, I would focus on the plane, make a great $100 plane (we’ve seen some nice ones in City) include a hidden section in the interior of the plane with the traveling scenes on the show that can be shifted with a rotating crank. The set should have also included minifigures of Chris and Robert (not sure if Lego would have to pay to use their likeness, but it would appeal to LEGO Masters and Duck Bricks fans) and maybe a pilot to navigate the plane. The only people I see actually buying this set is Duck Bricks and LEGO Masters fans, but other than that, your causal Lego fan would never buy this set, especially at $150."

I agree completely. And I generally dislike the negative comments posted on here but in this particular case I think the negativity is warranted.

This set does something amazing…it makes 31203 - Wolrd Map look like a truly decent design by comparison. I would not be surprised if Lego sells more of 31203 as a result of this set being so bad…

I personally love to travel with my family all over the world, and even I can’t get excited about this…

i just showed this set to my wife (who hates Lego) and this is a set she wouldn't mind having. I think you might be missing the point of this set. I think there are a lot of people out there who would enjoy creating memories of the holidays they have had. I have seen people frame their pressed pennies into the shape of a hot air balloon, so i have no trouble believing people would like this set.

@tne328 said:
" @quixotequest said:
"Doesn’t make the dense destination-dotted areas like Europe all that better for marking travel memories than the otherwise nicer and more interesting build The Globe- and makes the whole experience an ugly piece of creative art in the process. What a let-down for the Lego Masters name— which is probably why it’s not on the packaging."

It actually is there on the US box that shows piece count. "Inspired by Lego Masters" in the top right corner."

"Inspired by" is doing a lot of heavy lifting for this one.

@Zander said:
"Apologies for the OT post…

@PurpleDave, Michigan? Not crazy far from Indianapolis. Are you going to Gen Con?"

Haven't been since it was in Milwaukee. Also, I'll be doing a display that entire week (my ninth of the year). Anyways, I'd be far more inclined to start resuming trips to Brickworld Chicago.

@DS_Texan:
Cool thing is, you could buy World Map, and a pile of loose marker tiles, and have a bigger version of this to work with.

@blokey9:
Smashed pennies go in penny books! That way you can rearrange them as needed. Also, sometimes there's a design formed into the obverse, which you can only see if the penny is viewable from both sides.

@PurpleDave: I wasn't talking about flat-earthers themselves, I was talking about the comments saying that because this is flat, flat-earthers will love it.

@xccj said:
"I am not very impressed with the scale they have going on, way too many regions are distorted and the fact that the equator is almost 2/3 of the way down bugs my inner cartographer. Greenland is too large, Madagascar is too small, New Zealand got moved way far north, North America put on some weight, and the tip of South America got smooshed up. Australia kind of looks fine, but while the shape of Europe was preserved the relative size of it is quite scaled up. The world map mosaic, even as a straight Mercator projection, looks better IMO. (And the designs on the Globe set were very well done for the scale.) I don't dislike the concept (more map sets sound like they could be a lot of fun) just don't like the execution here.

(Yeah, that's right, my critiques have to do mostly with the map projection errors. Deal with it!)"

https://xkcd.com/977/

The only people buying this set are people who believe the earth is flat.

I don't get this set very much. Which I take as a sign it is not for me. I am sure maybe some aviation fans might like it though. That Mercator projection of the globe tho....it is 2024....common.

@Stevutz said:
"This set makes Assault on Hoth look good."

If Brickset had the equivalent of Reddit Gold, I'd give that to you for this comment.

Does it come with the photos :) very large stickers

Put me in the "nice idea, poor execution" camp. Just the map with some dots style 1x1 round tiles with various travel related icons, for half the price, and I'd probably consider it.

I really don't get this. As a table ornament it takes up a hell of a lot of space. As Lego it's naturally a dust gatherer. As a largely studded set, you can't even run a quick duster over it. And as a collaboration, it what, gets built once with maybe some photos added and that's it. All for a pretty weighty £130, which otherwise buys a lot of homewares

Lego would have been better off making the winning prize based on one of Chris and Robert's builds from the season... rather than limiting themselves to the final build. The RC car or even the fall themed purse would have translated much better into a set than the huge finale build...

@Japanbuilder said:
"I don't get this set very much. Which I take as a sign it is not for me. I am sure maybe some aviation fans might like it though. That Mercator projection of the globe though....it is 2024....common. "

There's not a whole lot for aviation fans to like here either. The jump-jet B-model from 31094 shows what an approximately 28-stud-wide plane could be like, but this has as much presence as an enlarged version of the B-model from the $10 31071.

@Brick_Master said:
"Put me in the "nice idea, poor execution" camp. Just the map with some dots style 1x1 round tiles with various travel related icons, for half the price, and I'd probably consider it. "

The map alone with a couple hundred 1x1 rounds (~$20 of value) could make for an interesting RISK board, if you take each patch of color as a different territory, and maybe some longer 1xN tiles to mark sea routes.

@tne328: A Lego Risk board, there's an idea. Hasbro owns Risk, so it wouldn't be the first Lego/Hasbro collaboration.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @tne328: A Lego Risk board, there's an idea. Hasbro owns Risk, so it wouldn't be the first Lego/Hasbro collaboration."

That would be interesting, although the time spent putting on and taking off 1x1 tiles would probably remove a lot of fun from the game....
But a board with moveable playing pieces perhaps.

@Brick_Master said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @tne328: A Lego Risk board, there's an idea. Hasbro owns Risk, so it wouldn't be the first Lego/Hasbro collaboration."

That would be interesting, although the time spent putting on and taking off 1x1 tiles would probably remove a lot of fun from the game....
But a board with moveable playing pieces perhaps."

I meant to say 1X1 round BRICKS, which are a lot easier to tilt and remove. Though 1x1 round tiles could just get piled on the territory. (And larger bricks to represent multiple units, perhaps 1X2 for 5, 2x2 for 10, is an obvious extension.)

@Stevutz said:
"This set makes Assault on Hoth look good."

You win the comments section today!

El mapa está mal diseñado y no perdono que no incluya a las islas Canarias.

@lemish34 said:
"21350 Jaws is the same price as this set ….. and that one is VASTLY better in every measurable and subjective way!!

If LEGO sells them side by side in stores, I’d expect the Jaws set to outsell this one at least 10 to 1 !"

And most of the Travel Moments will be unwanted gifts.

A contender for worst (/most overpriced) Lego set ever.

Expecting heavy heavy discounts on this.

This set is just a letdown and a disappointment, when I saw the leak the first time I thought "this can't really be the Lego Master set, right???"

Obviously we couldn't have gotten that big of a set, but this is just straight up something else and un-immaginative, it's just a photo hanger and nothing more

It's just a lame set and I do feel bad for DuckBricks and his partner getting this (even though he was happy to have it), it feels like a scam

@ALEXDTI said:
"...even though he was happy to have it..."

He HAS to PRETEND he is happy to have it,...obviously. But I cannot imagine he is ACTUALLY happy and proud of this rendition...

I beg your pardon? We don't have that much sand in Siberia!

*upset bear noises*

But really. :) The top points of the Caspian and the Black Seas should be on a straight horizontal line. The sand should end at the row of one stud above it, not three. Look at Google maps.

If they used the map that shows heights depending on colors instead of satellite pictures, then they get mountain ridges in other countries very wrong... Pity, it was actually a nice idea.

This is lame.

I like the size of the UK!