To say that the initial CUUSOO LEGO Minecraft set 21102 released last year was a smash hit would be an understatement. LEGO 21102, with its Steve and Creeper Micromob figures, was an overwhelming success for LEGO–so much so that LEGO will be releasing another pair of LEGO Minecraft sets this fall! Coming to LEGO Stores in September 2013, it’s the LEGO Minecraft The Village 21105 and The Nether 21106 sets!
LEGO first announced the expansion of the Minecraft LEGO theme during San Diego Comic Con 2013 last month, but today they revealed official photos of both sets for the very first time.
Of the two new sets, the LEGO Minecraft The Nether 21106 set immediately caught my eye. The hellish maroon and black and yellow bricks that comprise the set have a really ominous feel to them that makes The Nether LEGO set feel very compelling and even scary in a way you don’t usually see with LEGO sets.
The LEGO 21106 The Nether Minecraft set includes two Micromobs figures: a Ghast and a Zombie Pigman. These figures feel like sheer lunacy and just tons of fun! I’m not sure exactly how this setting fits into the Minecraft video games (anyone want to leave a reply and fill me in?), but this set positive screams with personality. This is probably going to be the first LEGO Minecraft set I pick up–it’s just that unique and cool.
The other new set debuting next month is the LEGO Minecraft Micro World The Village 21105. There’s nothing technically wrong with this set, but it looks a bit too much like the previously-released LEGO Minecraft 21102 set from last year for my tastes. It’s still a nice looking set–it’s just not as crazy and diverse as The Nether set is.
Both The Village and The Nether LEGO sets will be modular builds that are composed of four sections, just like LEGO 21102 Minecraft was last year. I think it’s a little stroke of genius that LEGO designed these sets in this modular manner, as it helps capture some of the creativity of the Minecraft games.
Three LEGO Micromobs figures will be included with the 21105 LEGO The Village set: a Pig, a Zombie, and a Villager. These aren’t as amusing as the Micromobs in the other set–but yet, you get three figures instead of two! Tough to complain about that!
The LEGO Minecraft Micro World The Village and The Nether sets are scheduled to be released for sale through the online LEGO Shop at Home site on September 1st, 2013. The sets will also be available at official LEGO Brand Stores, though not your usual mass retailers like Target and Walmart. I’ll update with links to order the sets as soon as they go live for ordering.
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The nether is basically just this alternate dimension you can access through a portal. It has a lot of unique objects you can bring back to the regular world. Visiting the Nether is also necessary to visit the End, another alternate dimension that is the optional goal of the game.
The Zombie Pigman are mobs that are normally indifferent to the player, but will attack in numbers if one is provoked. Ghosts fly around, making annoying sounds and shooting fireballs at the player.
I’m pretty sure the Nether comes with 2 Ghasts.
The set they showed at Comic-con had 2, and there’s 2 on the box.
Its basically like a minecraft “Hell”. You build a portal and youre in. Its a whole nother dimension.