Review: 43032 World Cup 2026 Official Emblem

"I know STAMPs (stickers across multiple parts) are frowned upon nowadays, but I think one might have been preferable in this case."
....or just edge-to-edge prints? Can't be too hard, right?

But not a particularly interesting set anyway. In that regard probably the worst of this wave of football sets.

And that's a big "no" from just about everyone, I'd imagine!

Oh honey... no.

I wish there was a minifigure-scale trophy included...

So, I finally understand what you are saying the numbers look like.. but honestly, they just look like a wide 2 and a wide 6. Too many colors going on - makes it hard to look at period. Definite MEH.

I saw 2206 even before I read the article.

Nice collab with an incredibly corrupt and garbage org, and the set blows too. $6 parts pack.

Has to be one of the ugliest sets ever made. It's sad that Lego collabs with some ultra corrupt organization only to make the ugliest sets ever. Like they couldn't put any effort in or what?

"The decorations are printed, and it's unfortunate that the text on the trophy reads WORL DCUP. I know STAMPs (stickers across multiple parts) are frowned upon nowadays, but I think one might have been preferable in this case."

Or just do proper prints like every other high quality manufacturer. How's that for a novel idea?

In any case I am not interested in this set. Not particularly interested in the sport to begin with, and going by where this tournament being held I am definitely going to boycott the entire event this time.

Sorry, I only see 2 and 6 in background. I don't see 2206. That's on the official logo and the LEGO set also.

@AustinPowers said:
""The decorations are printed, and it's unfortunate that the text on the trophy reads WORL DCUP. I know STAMPs (stickers across multiple parts) are frowned upon nowadays, but I think one might have been preferable in this case."

Or just do proper prints like every other high quality manufacturer. How's that for a novel idea?

In any case I am not interested in this set. Not particularly interested in the sport to begin with, and going by where this tournament being held I am definitely going to boycott the entire event this time. "

LMAO I'm imagining some kid going through a bin of bulk in the future and finding a piece with FI WORL on it and wondering wtf that ever meant. And now I'm wondering if bricklink will have it come up when you search "fi worl" hahahaha.

How are you reading anything other than 26?

This comment is only related to the set not about it: I am appalled by the Lego trend towards display/unplayable sets. Am I wrong in thinking the name Lego comes from the Danish for "play well"? There are too many products coming out that are not designed to be played with. A quick check of the new sets on the website currently gives a ratio of 79% display products and 21% playable toys. It's doesn't feel right... :(

I remember seeing a similar discussion at the time when the logo was revealed a few years ago. I still see 2206. The black version is fine (as are all the single colour versions), as it is just a vertical 2 6 but the mixed coloured version is a mess. It wouldn't be so bad if the text on the trophy was vertical rather than horizontal but I find the eye reads the numbers as if they were the same orientation as the letters. But no doubt some graphic designer was paid handsomely for this design.

The gap in WORLD is pretty bad. Surely they could have printed the L slightly closer to the edge and put a gap between the D and CUP. It will be interesting to see how they describe this part at bricklink as the phrase "D CUP" has other meanings if you google it.

@iknow_kung_fu said:
"This comment is only related to the set not about it: I am appalled by the Lego trend towards display/unplayable sets. Am I wrong in thinking the name Lego comes from the Danish for "play well"? There are too many products coming out that are not designed to be played with. A quick check of the new sets on the website currently gives a ratio of 79% display products and 21% playable toys. It's doesn't feel right... :("

You're absolutely correct, but that's simply not how Lego works these days. In the world of chasing as much profit as they can, this has meant throwing toys to the side and focusing on display pieces. The need to hit as many IP as possible, appeal to the upper middle class consumer, and find every niche to move beyond just toys or statues and into art pieces like this has been fascinating, if not disappointing.

You'll likely get more people telling you "but they still make playable toys" as if that's an excuse when most of those playable sets are even priced out of what kids can afford these days. The simple matter is Lego has lost the plot, and for the last 10 or so years has fallen further away from its core.

@Onatu said:
" @iknow_kung_fu said:
"This comment is only related to the set not about it: I am appalled by the Lego trend towards display/unplayable sets. Am I wrong in thinking the name Lego comes from the Danish for "play well"? There are too many products coming out that are not designed to be played with. A quick check of the new sets on the website currently gives a ratio of 79% display products and 21% playable toys. It's doesn't feel right... :("

You're absolutely correct, but that's simply not how Lego works these days. In the world of chasing as much profit as they can, this has meant throwing toys to the side and focusing on display pieces. The need to hit as many IP as possible, appeal to the upper middle class consumer, and find every niche to move beyond just toys or statues and into art pieces like this has been fascinating, if not disappointing.

You'll likely get more people telling you "but they still make playable toys" as if that's an excuse when most of those playable sets are even priced out of what kids can afford these days. The simple matter is Lego has lost the plot, and for the last 10 or so years has fallen further away from its core."

One person's "lost the plot" is another person's "biggest toy company in the world, with record profits now they are producing for the adult builder market". I reckon quite a few brickset users build a set and then just display it, whether it has play features or not.

A supermarket near me has small LEGO sets that cost about the same as two reasonable quality loaves of bread and two 2L bottles of milk.

When you look at a set like 6012, it has 2 minifigures and a small handful of parts and the price adjusted for inflation £8 / $10. It is not so different to 71851 containing 3 minifigures and a slightly more substantial collection of parts for £9 / $10.

I have been one of the people disliking the onslaught of statue junk but looking at the larger World Cup trophy set and earlier releases from other themes this is a great development. Rebrickables Inventory calculation shows that the 43020 World Cup Trophys contents are worth about 700€ while the price can be as low as 135€. Many parts are definitely overvalued to a large degree but I did a calculation with the lowest possible prices and some unrealistic prices of what I would want to pay at maximum for a piece, and getting the set still comes out to a better deal than buying the parts separately. 31213 Mona Lisa is an even better deal. Getting just its gold pieces separately would cost about 70€, but the full set is sometimes discounted to less than that. Imagine that, 80% of the contents are free, or maybe a 50% discount on all the pieces which are very useful to build realistic landscapes and metallic gold structures.

You may not want to display these sets, but many of them do provide great bricks for MOCs for far cheaper than usual.

@LuccaTalksYT said:
"How are you reading anything other than 26?"

To read just 26,the typeface is twice as wide, relative to height, as any other I've ever seen. Hence it reads as 4 characters in a standard typeface. Thus 2206.
Even you telling me that you see just 26, I find it hard to do so.

You could buy THREE of these and it’s still cheaper than one MBTA Commuter Rail ticket to get to a World Cup match in Foxborough. (They jacked up the price exclusively for the World Cup.)

WORL DCUP

@WokePope said:
"WORL DCUP"
GRINGOT TS

International FIFA Peace Prize

A flawed logo? Dare I say it's actually a brilliant logo? I mean, those morbidly obese numbers make it immediately obvious that (most of) the tournament is in the US! ;-)

Wow, that is so bad on many levels! xD (I'm football fan)

Fun fact: someone got massive amount of money for creating that logo.

I'm so confused. Does no one else see a gold dress?

@LuccaTalksYT said:
" Apparently you’re supposed to read the first two, then bizarrely go down, read the 0, the in an upward diagonal to the next 2, then back down. Unnecessarily confusing."

This feels like that blue dress / brown dress internet debate from a few years back.

The logo only has two digits. You're not supposed to read it down-diagonally up-down. The logo is just a single big fat 2 above a single big fat 6. That's it.

The problem is that the graphic design is terrible. The numerals are just too wide. Some people are reading the single big fat 2 as actually a pair of 2s side by side (22) in the first row. Then in the second row, they're reading the single bit fat 6 as a 0 and a 6 (06). Put it together, it makes 2206.

@Huw said:
" @DoonsterBuildsLego said:
" @LuccaTalksYT said:
"How are you reading anything other than 26?"

To read just 26,the typeface is twice as wide, relative to height, as any other I've ever seen. Hence it reads as 4 characters in a standard typeface. Thus 2206.
Even you telling me that you see just 26, I find it hard to do so. "

Me too. The fact we are having difficulty seeing what we are supposed to suggests that it's flawed."

It is easier to see if you look at the all black version of the logo. I guess that is the idea. The designer was trying to be clever making it look like 2026 or just 26. And ended up making it look like 2206.

D cup? Call me interested.

Its the vertical/horizontal reading meme in lego form!

But really, any support of the Infantino/Trump world cup is supporting all the worst of capitalism. Skip it, and make Lego reassess their tie in deals.

I'm still staring at that WORL DCUP thing and can't believe it is for real, it's like living in bizarro land, how does a human mind manage to produce something like this, it's a bigger mystery than Atlantis.

It looks like TLG is trying to recreate AI slop.

And then charging us for it, in order to cash in on an event so thoroughly rife with corruption that every time you watch a FIFA-match, an angel loses its wings and gets gonorrhea.

As far as insults go, this set does manage to hit pretty effectively from different angles and on many levels, but couldn't you have just called my mother fat instead?

I'll wait for the FIFA Peace Prize trophy so I can gift it to myself. Haven't started a single war this year, my momma's so proud.

Never thought I'd see a Lego piece with the word "Dcup" printed on it.