Oh my word. Lego. What are you doing to me!!

About those colours in Legosets... Maybe it is an idea to sell the basic and the colours in seperate boxes. As of this one, I would prefer to have this one in blue or yellow.

I would've expected to see something closer to (though not exactly) life-size for that price. It looks way too small instead.

Then again, the smaller size makes it easier to display it as a LEGO model, even in places you wouldn't expect to display a guitar. But then that price tag seems much.

I love this. Certainly not a day one purchase but one to put on my Christmas list. Oddly the amplifier is what has my attention more so than the actual guitar, all the tubes and capacitors shown in the photos on the lego website look fantastic.

I wish it wasn’t as expensive as it is, but I imagine part of that is the premium having the Fender name slapped on everything.

Apologies to the designer of this one, but that looks horrible. The shape of the body is "ok" but the headstock is extremely misshapen to the point of looking like a caricature. This is one of those sets like the Adidas shoe where I just don't see the point if you can't get much closer to the source material.

Admittedly I'm probably much more familiar with the correct shape of the guitar than a lot of Lego fans though. I've got three Strats and would love to grab this but there's no way I would ever want it out on display looking like this. Sad pass.

I see a new concave curved slope 1x2xX

wow it's really nice tho it doesn't look to me like 99 euro worth set so I'll wait till price drop a bit.

FYI - Price in the UK is 89.99 (it is listed on the Lego website)

Great looking MOC but I don't find it interesting enough to buy. Display items aren't really what I buy Lego for. I think I have two - Saturn V and a pencil holder. Saturn V is incredible and the pencil holder actually holds pencils and pens on my desk at work.

C+ grade for the guitar. Great design but zero interest.

@Rob42 said:
" @Arnoldos said:
"I'm a musician but I don't like it, I miss the times where Lego made toys instead of display pieces.

Why do they keep trying to imitate ordinary items? What will be next? Toothbrush? Toilet? Headphones? Air humidifier?"

You are aware of... well, just about every Lego set besides the 18+ range, right?"

You mean all those sets that are either licensed or juniorised?

As a music lover, eagerly looking forward to this set. It will make a great display. Finding that the speaker also has the 'works' inside is a nice surprise.

Who else wants to do a Pete Townshend with this thing?

This looks cool! I'm guessing my son will be adding this to his Christmas list.

I own several guitars and basses and whilst this is a cool concept, I'm essentially just immediately wondering if I could modify various sections on this to turn it into a Telecaster rather than a Stratocaster. Some guitarists will appreciate this with a knowing wink, but I'm totally "a Tele guy" which makes me "not a Strat guy" (try imagining Joe Strummer playing a Strat and it just "looks wrong"). The little amp and the strap are awesome though. If I can figure out a way to modify the pickguard shape, pickup configuration, top horn shape and the headstock shape into a Tele, I might well pick this up!

The strings better be tight!! Baggy strings annoy the hell out of me!!!!

Printed fender 1x4 slope by the looks of the Lego shop pge :)

I like it but pricey…

Oh my! 129,95 € in Lego.com when purchasing from Finland. But it's so nice... I really have to think about this one. Too bad pearl white isn't possible to build...

I sure like the case that comes with the mega version. For the price, does the lego version come with a case?

I do like it, and I think for the relatively small scale they did a pretty good job. Love the details on the inside of the amp too! Too bad the decoration on the amp is done with stickers instead of prints. And for this price (probably partially because of the 2 color variations) the amp better goes all the way up to 11!

The amp and the strap are the best parts.
The headstock is horrible and the body looks like a $50 no name knock off guitar.

With something like this... You need it damn near perfect of those of us guitar/Lego people, those who this set is aimed towards, aren't gonna like it.

I had totally forgotten about this, even more that it was an Ideas project.

I'm looking forward to this personally. As a fan of guitars in general this is a must get for me. I will say though, I kinda wish they'd made it just a tad bigger even if that meant only in one colour just so that some of the shapes could be better refined. The headstock doesn't look that great because of that and the pick guard is lacking some curves (and highlights the need for specialised plates). Other niggles might require some creative redesign, like the use of the antenna piece for the switch, though I can't think what piece would work better in this instance...

Still at £89.99 that's a better price for a lego display model than a lot of recent 18+ models that were recently released (not sure why the announcement has it at £99.99 though). Some of this price will reflect the brand licencing from Fender as well since it's not just any old guitar this is supposed to represent.

Rock on

As a guitarist I will definitively buy this soon after release. Am quite happy with the design.

I want to see someone turn this into the Hard Rock Cafe outside Universal Studios Florida.

Probably should just speak for yourself bud..

I mean its a LEGO set, of course its not going to be perfect

I have no interest in guitars, but this is beautiful. They really captured the look. And the US price is decent enough. I may have to get it (but then again, who knows since money is always limited).

@AustinPowers said:
"A brick built Fender Stratocaster? That rings a bell. Now where have I seen this before?

Ah yes:
https://www.amazon.com/Mega-Probuilder-Stratocaster-Construction-Collectors/dp/B0916PT8VQ

Funny, Fender apparently licenced the design to both Mega as well as LEGO. "

That is incredible. I hadn't realized...and at half the cost. Tempting to go the cheaper route these days.

I'm not really a Strat guy. If this were a Tele or a Jazzmaster, I'd have to get it.

@AustinPowers said:
"A brick built Fender Stratocaster? That rings a bell. Now where have I seen this before?

Ah yes:
https://www.amazon.com/Mega-Probuilder-Stratocaster-Construction-Collectors/dp/B0916PT8VQ

Funny, Fender apparently licenced the design to both Mega as well as LEGO. "

LOL I had the exact same thought

@starflyer59 said:
"I'm not really a Strat guy. If this were a Tele or a Jazzmaster, I'd have to get it."

I do keep looking at it and thinking that a tele mod to the design surely can't be that difficult....can it? Turn this into a black tele and I'm all over it. Surely someone will figure out how to do that.

@Scottypavarotti said:
" @starflyer59 said:
"I'm not really a Strat guy. If this were a Tele or a Jazzmaster, I'd have to get it."

I do keep looking at it and thinking that a tele mod to the design surely can't be that difficult....can it? Turn this into a black tele and I'm all over it. Surely someone will figure out how to do that."

You could use the extra black parts and mod the shaping, and the pick guard. Then you’d have a black tele body, and a red strat body to and could swap the neck between them.

@Cooliocdawg said:
" @Scottypavarotti said:
" @starflyer59 said:
"I'm not really a Strat guy. If this were a Tele or a Jazzmaster, I'd have to get it."

I do keep looking at it and thinking that a tele mod to the design surely can't be that difficult....can it? Turn this into a black tele and I'm all over it. Surely someone will figure out how to do that."

You could use the extra black parts and mod the shaping, and the pick guard. Then you’d have a black tele body, and a red strat body to and could swap the neck between them."

Modding to a telecaster has to be a hundred times easier than modifying to a precision bass, which is what I want to try to do. I think you'd want to do more than just have swappable exterior bodies, since the white section is an extra layer of plates and has a different shape between the two designs. It would be more work and less versatile, but you'd get a better output for that trade-off.

I was planning on NOT getting this, but DAMN is it BEAUTIFUL!!!

Again, I try not to complain. Really, Lego... build whatever you want.

...This is hideous. Truly.

+18 was a mistake.

@AcademyofDrX said:
" @Cooliocdawg said:
" @ambr said:
"Probably missing the concept here, but if you wanted to get into electric guitars or even just display one wouldn't you rather buy an introductory or 2nd hand guitar for around the same price?"

This is not for people who want to get into electric guitars, it is for people who play, or admire Fender guitars, and also love LEGO."

My take on the OP is basically, "why do model cars exist when there are real cars that you can actually drive?!""

Not a fair comparison, most model cars (at least Lego's) are replicating sports cars or supercars that 99% of the population don't have use for or cannot ever afford, so it's nice to have a model of it. And they are good toys as well.

I get that it’s a difficult shape to recreate with Lego but this is pretty ugly. And what does a tremolo arm have to do with distortion?

We really are getting a new 'adult' set every week, are we? Because at this point it gets less and less easy to act enthusiastically. I mean, we get a new unveiled one nearly every week now!
Again, I'm happy for those that this is aimed at. But how many 18+ sets do we need in one year?

About the thing itself... I wonder how necessary the extra black base really is for the average buyer. I mean... if you want you can display it in another colour. But 100% of the time you'll have an extra, unfinished and unsightly guitar base left over. I think they were a bit too lenient with the budget on this one.

If there’s anything I - maybe - love more than Lego is guitars. I play, own and build/mod mainly strats and unfortunately, this time, I must say that, IMHO, the designer did not make it. There is a magic in strats, (and teles, LPs …) which is really hard to capture with Lego: the sinuosity of the body and pick guard, the unmistakable headstock. The piano’s shape was very good but this is really a miss for me, it’s ugly, no offense! Ciao

@CDM said:
" @ambr said:
"Probably missing the concept here, but if you wanted to get into electric guitars or even just display one wouldn't you rather buy an introductory or 2nd hand guitar for around the same price?"

This is a Lego blog...why does this question pop up every time? Piano...typewriter...Fender guitar. Some people find everyday things built in Lego interesting. It's a very simple concept."

except, it isn't an everyday thing because it is nowhere near scaled correctly (like the piano and typewriter and...)

I have no problem with these real life objects/display pieces. This looks great--it's not for me, but still a very nice model with braod appeal. My NES is one of my favorite sets, and the Bonsai tree is probably my wife's first ever Lego set. It's the obscure/weird stuff I don't get--like who's buying a shoe? Anyway, can we get one life size now? :)

This year's Vidiyo stage sets have some cool minifig guitars.

But not interested in this thing, but still looks nice.

I play guitar, and the strat is by very, very far my favorite guitar, but strangely, I really don't want this set even though I like both guitars and lego very much.
I have my guitar right in my room, and this set, even though it's really well made and all can't compare to the work of art that is a stratocaster

@Arnoldos said:
"Why do they keep trying to imitate ordinary items? What will be next? Toothbrush? Toilet? Headphones? Air humidifier?"

Yes, The LEGO Toilet will be the next Lego Ideas object to be made after the Ship in a Bottle, Typewriter, Fender Stratocaster, and Earth Globe. At least the toilet will only be about $50 and it actually looks very accurate to the real thing.

See it for yourself on LEGO Ideas:
https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1b741420-ca03-4c39-87d0-019b5ff42320

^ I'm not really into potty humor, but for this I'd make an exception. The UCS placard puts it over the top.

That toilet for $50? Nah, they'll add a lot of brown pieces just to crank up the price ;-)

Letter to some future commenters here: if you're not interested in guitars don't voice your negative opinion.

I am a fan of electric guitars and music containing electric guitars and I want this.
I can even re-create the famous scenes of Pete Townshend smashing his Strats to bits... :)

@Arnoldos said:
"I'm a musician but I don't like it, I miss the times where Lego made toys instead of display pieces.

Why do they keep trying to imitate ordinary items? What will be next? Toothbrush? Toilet? Headphones? Air humidifier?"

Because people like them? I know someone who collects both LEGO & guitars & he’s really excited for this. Another was really excited for the typewriter. I have Ship in a Bottle & now the HP chess set(I held off buying the regular store exclusive one for ages). I regret not buying the Maze.

I just think they’re fun. As a LEGO collector it’s a neat idea to have ordinary objects in relatively 1:1 scale. Sure I can go out & buy a bonsai tree...but as a LEGO fan, it’s more fun this way.

@Arnoldos said:
" @Rob42 said:
" @Arnoldos said:
"I'm a musician but I don't like it, I miss the times where Lego made toys instead of display pieces.

Why do they keep trying to imitate ordinary items? What will be next? Toothbrush? Toilet? Headphones? Air humidifier?"

You are aware of... well, just about every Lego set besides the 18+ range, right?"

You mean all those sets that are either licensed or juniorised?"

At this point it almost seems like you're looking for something to complain about.

@StarWarzFan7777 said:
" @AcademyofDrX said:
" @Cooliocdawg said:
" @ambr said:
"Probably missing the concept here, but if you wanted to get into electric guitars or even just display one wouldn't you rather buy an introductory or 2nd hand guitar for around the same price?"

This is not for people who want to get into electric guitars, it is for people who play, or admire Fender guitars, and also love LEGO."

My take on the OP is basically, "why do model cars exist when there are real cars that you can actually drive?!""

Not a fair comparison, most model cars (at least Lego's) are replicating sports cars or supercars that 99% of the population don't have use for or cannot ever afford, so it's nice to have a model of it. And they are good toys as well."

I can assure you that this LEGO set costs far, far less than the object it depicts. A Fender Stratocaster is not at all low-cost. Obviously, it doesn't cost as much as a Ferrari, but still not cheap.

@nashikens said:
"Again, I try not to complain. Really, Lego... build whatever you want.

...This is hideous. Truly."

You sound like someone who is always complaining about something!
Whilst this depiction might not be entirely accurate (as pointed out by the guitar fans here), I think it’s beautiful!

A little pricy for what it’s worth, but I’m sure my brother would think this is fantastic.

@Mr__Thrawn :
Oof. I just looked up Fender Strats on Guitar Center, and you’re not kidding. A hard case to carry it starts at $170. The dirt-cheapest one they have is a pink model that’s $650, down from $800. For $1200, you’ve can get either a 50’s or 60’s “road worn” model (they distress the body to make it look used, like wearing the paint off on the upper lobe where your right forearm rests). Top dollar goes to a Final Fantasy tie-in (dunno if that’s the game or movie series) for $3500. Interestingly, the most expensive Strat with an artist’s name attached is someone most people commenting here have probably never heard of. $2600 gets you a replica of the 1954 Strat that Eric Johnson used to record Cliffs of Dover. He’s someone who guitarists like Clapton look up to.

@BelgianBricker said:
" @CDM said:
" @ambr said:
"Probably missing the concept here, but if you wanted to get into electric guitars or even just display one wouldn't you rather buy an introductory or 2nd hand guitar for around the same price?"

This is a Lego blog...why does this question pop up every time? Piano...typewriter...Fender guitar. Some people find everyday things built in Lego interesting. It's a very simple concept."

except, it isn't an everyday thing because it is nowhere near scaled correctly (like the piano and typewriter and...)"

It looks pretty close to properly scaled to me...or as close as reasonably expected for a Lego model.

There is just no pleasing some people. Apart from the price I see nothing to complain about this set. Well done and I hope Lego keeps this up.

@lemish34 said:
[[ @nashikens said:
[[Again, I try not to complain. Really, Lego... build whatever you want.

...This is hideous. Truly.]]

Lol, this is only the second negative comment I’ve left. Ever.

@Goujon said:
"I mean, I like the interchangeability, but I’m curious too see who will buy this. It’s cool, but it’s expensive and I don’t see a real use or reason to have this unless your really into guitar/ music"

My brother doesn’t even really like Lego at all and when I showed him this he said he had to get it to put in his music room.

Set looks great, but I have no interest in it personally. This actually may be one of the years in recent history that's lightest on my wallet. :)

I'm still waiting for Mos Eisley to come back in stock at LEGO.com in the US...which makes it easy to ignore a lot of the 18+ display items, this one included. Not marketed to me, so no harm no foul, and I do like the idea of the innards of the amp being modeled as well as the guitar!

[whammy sound]

Whoever wrote the press release clearly doesn’t play guitar lol. Instant buy for me, this is miles better than I could’ve imagined with the second body and the amp. The strap! And picks lmao. I think I’ll use it as a base and I’ll try to moc my mockingbird… MOCingbird if you will?

@Mr__Thrawn said:
" @Arnoldos said:
" @Rob42 said:
" @Arnoldos said:
"I'm a musician but I don't like it, I miss the times where Lego made toys instead of display pieces.

Why do they keep trying to imitate ordinary items? What will be next? Toothbrush? Toilet? Headphones? Air humidifier?"

You are aware of... well, just about every Lego set besides the 18+ range, right?"

You mean all those sets that are either licensed or juniorised?"

At this point it almost seems like you're looking for something to complain about."

Complain?

Naaah, OP just wants toys that are suitable for adults;
preferably cast in solid gold, but at the same time not too heavy
and also with a decent number of pieces, but not too expensive.
Let's say a price per part of up to five cents...

Is that really too much to ask?