Over the weekend we got our first glimpse at the LEGO Back to the Future Time Machine set coming out at the LEGO Store next month, but the lack of minifigures was a glaring omission from that photo. We were uncertain as to whether or not we’d be getting Back to the Future LEGO Minifigures at all, but we didn’t have to wait long to find out! It’s now confirmed that the LEGO Back to the Future Delorean set will be coming with Marty McFly and Doc Brown minifigures!
Over at the UK Site Brick News, they uncovered this second photo of the Back to the Future LEGO Time Machine, revealing the LEGO Marty McFly and Doc Brown Minifigures for the first time.
The LEGO Marty McFly minifigure looks stellar, and I love that LEGO captured him in his iconic vest and plaid shirt combo. Looking good! The LEGO Doc Brown minifigure looks nice as well, and I’m glad that LEGO picked his classic white lab coat look for the minifigure instead of the yellow jacket look on the CUUSOO prototype this set was based upon. I wouldn’t say these figures are quite as cool as the Back to the Future Minimates from a few years ago, but they’re impressive nonetheless!
I presume that LEGO hasn’t released any of these photos in the United States in the LEGO Store Calendar or what-not because they’re trying to do a grand unveiling of the set at San Diego Comic-Con 2013 next month, but unfortunately, there’s this thing called the Internet that lets photos travel across the world instantly. Good try, though, LEGO!
I’m still not at all impressed with the actual LEGO Delorean that LEGO has designed for this set. Supposedly this set is based off the Back to the Future Time Machine that was submitted to CUUSOO in 2011, but it’s very clearly been redesigned–and not for the better. Maybe I’ll warm up to the set once I’ve built it, but for now it just looks very, very strange to me.
According to the sales information for the LEGO 21103 Back to the Future Time Machine, the set will come with parts to modify the LEGO Delorean into the version from any of the three movies. I’m curious to see what that will look like. This information sheet also definitely confirms that this set is a one-off and that there won’t be any more LEGO Back to the Future sets released.
The LEGO Back to the Future Time Machine 21103 Delorean with Doc Brown and Marty McFly minifigures is scheduled to be released on July 18, 2013. The set will be available exclusively at official LEGO Stores and through the online LEGO Shop at Home Store. It’s expected that the set will be priced at $34.99 in the United States.
I really like the strange look of the delorean that will stand out in any lego collection, but thats just me.