LEGO Announces Three New 'Avatar' Sets Arriving in October
Kanesa D — July 20, 2022 — Life-Stages
LEGO has announced three new sets inspired by the successful Avatar series written and produced by James Cameron. The release comprises a ‘Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch’ set, ‘Jake & Neytiri’s First Banshee Flight’ set, and the ‘Floating Mountains: Site 26 & RDA Samson’ set. The ‘Neytiri & Thanator vs. AMP Suit Quaritch’ set comes with 560 pieces and two mini figurines of Neytiri and Colonel Miles Quaritch.
The second of the three sets comes with Jake and Neytiri mini figurines and an additional 572 pieces. To finish off the collection, the ‘Site 26 & RDA Samson’ set, which is also the largest in the release, comes with 887 pieces and five figurines of human Jake, Na’vi Jake, Grace Augustine, Trudy, the SA-2 Samson helicopter, and science lab.
The LEGO Avatar collection launches on Oct 1, 2022.
Image Credit: LEGO
The second of the three sets comes with Jake and Neytiri mini figurines and an additional 572 pieces. To finish off the collection, the ‘Site 26 & RDA Samson’ set, which is also the largest in the release, comes with 887 pieces and five figurines of human Jake, Na’vi Jake, Grace Augustine, Trudy, the SA-2 Samson helicopter, and science lab.
The LEGO Avatar collection launches on Oct 1, 2022.
Image Credit: LEGO
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