After catching criticism for being too generic in the past, 40954 Germany Postcard highlights how the collection has evolved.
The LEGO Postcard collection has been steadily growing over the last four years, visiting both countries and cities and recreating familiar landmarks out of LEGO. The most recently released one is due to launch in April: 40954 Germany Postcard.
It features Munich’s New Town Hall, the Brandenburg Gate, and a castle, as well as nods to German culture and industries with a car and a train. When compared to other brick-built postcards in the collection, it does a pretty good job of capturing a cross-section of Germany – something predecessors haven't always managed to do.
2023's 40651 Australia Postcard, for example, was given some pretty sharp feedback from Australians, who argued that the snapshot of Australian life had none of the specificity of other LEGO postcards. Instead, it recreated general life in the outback, with brick-built images of a eucalyptus tree, a cockatoo, and a kangaroo road sign – but no major landmarks like 40569 London Postcard's Big Ben and the London Eye and 40568 Paris Postcard's the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe.
Fast forward to 40954 Germany Postcard, and the LEGO Group appears to have learned that specific attractions are the ideal recipe. The designers have picked landmarks from Germany's two major cities, Berlin and Munich, as well as smaller nods to other aspects of the country's culture, like trains, the car industry, and a castle that might be a reference to Neuschwanstein (as seen in 21063 Neuschwanstein Castle).
The one area that could stand to be improved is the sigh. Where past postcards' plaques included fonts that were quintessential of that culture, the Germany/Deutschland print feels more LEGO-fied than German. Having a plaque that looks like a traditional German Bierkeller sign would perhaps have been more fitting – but we're nitpicking here.
LEGO 40954 Germany Postcard will be available to buy from April 1, retailing at £12.99 in the UK, $14.99 in the US, and €14.99 in Europe.
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