LEGO has officially announced the latest Direct-to-Consumer set with the Disney Castle (71040). It contains 4,080 pieces and retails for $349.99. It will be available from August 17-31 for VIPs and in September 1 for the general public.
71040 The Disney Castle
Ages 16+. 4,080 pieces.
US $349.99 – CA $399.99 – DE 349.99€ – UK £289.99 – DK 2999.00 DKK
*Euro pricing varies by country. Please visit shop.LEGO.com for regional pricing.Welcome to the magical Disney Castle!
Bring the magical world of Disney to your home with The Disney Castle. This highly detailed LEGO® model with over 4,000 pieces offers a rewarding build and play experience, and comes with an array of exciting Disney-themed features and functions. The intricately detailed facade and towers replicate the iconic Walt Disney World® Resort Cinderella Castle, and each accessible castle room includes special features inspired by some of Disney’s greatest animated feature films, providing endless play possibilities with the included minifigures: Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck and Tinker Bell, or other characters from your collection.
• Includes 5 minifigures: Mickey Mouse with a tuxedo, Minnie Mouse with red dress, Donald Duck with classic outfit, Daisy Duck with pink skirt, lavender colored shoes and a bow, and Tinker Bell with wig element, skirt, wings and a magic wand.
• The Disney Castle features a detailed facade with a stone bridge, clock, wide arched entrance, ornate balconies, spired towers, plus a four-story main building and a five-story, golden-spired main tower, both containing rooms with assorted Disney-inspired features and elements.
• Castle main building first floor features the main hall with large arched doorway, mosaic floor tiling, ornate chandelier, suits of armor, shield-decorated walls, grandfather clock, floor-standing vase with buildable flower elements, magic carpet and a golden lamp.
• Castle main building second-floor room features buildable dark-blue curtains with curtain pole, ornate buildable candelabra and rose, and glass case elements.
• Castle main building third-floor room features a chest with book of spells, mop and bucket elements, and access to the main tower second-floor room.
• Castle main building fourth-floor bedroom features a detailed bed with decorative golden headboard elements.
• Main tower first-floor kitchen features a large redbrick-patterned stove, workbench, buildable broom and pumpkin, plus pots, pans and assorted kitchen and food elements.
• Main tower second-floor room includes a spinning wheel and access to the castle main building third-floor room.
• Main tower third-floor room features a chest containing brush, scissor and lock of black hair elements, plus a balcony with 2 stud shooters for a firework-display function.
• Main tower fourth-floor room features a golden mirror, plus red apple and glass vase elements.
• Main tower fifth-floor room features a window bench and an arched window.
• Also includes 2 frogs and a golden crown element.
• Remove part of the roof section to discover the glass slipper element and fairy-tale book element with printed cover.
• Launch the fireworks and let the magic begin!
• Combine with other LEGO® minifigure characters for endless adventures!
• This set offers an age-appropriate building experience for ages 12 and over.
• This set includes over 4,000 LEGO® pieces.
• The Disney Castle measures over 29” (74cm) high, 17” (44cm) wide and 12” (31cm) deep.
• Available for sale directly through LEGO® beginning September 1, 2016
When you make a purchase or, sometimes, carry out some other action as direct result of clicking on a link at The Brick Fan, we will receive a small commission.
The Brick Fan is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
We partner with Rakuten Advertising, who may collect personal information when you interact with our site. The collection and use of this information is subject to the privacy policy located here: https://rakutenadvertising.com/legal-notices/services-privacy-policy/
I find it odd that Cinderella is absent.
Right? Isn’t it technically her castle?
The Cinderella castle is at Disneyland in Anaheim. It looks like this one is based on the castle at Disney World in Orlando.
hopefully this means she’ll be in series 2 of Disney CMF!
No, it’s not really her castle. While it’s called Cinderella Castle (note that the actual name is not possessive) in the parks, it’s merely meant to be a representation of a fairy tale castle, not necessarily hers. So it’s not surprising that a minifig of her isn’t included.
What is weird is that it’s just called “Disney Castle” on the front of the box while it’s called “Cinderella Castle” on the back.
Better question, where is Rey?
That looks great!
Is that version of Daisy exclusive? I know Mickey and Minnie are, not sure if Donald is different.
Also, which film is the chest full of Trans-Clear 1X1 referencing?
The glass slippers from Cinderella, methinks.
Donald appears to be identical to the CMF version, Daisy’s printing here is different.
http://jaysbrickblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/LEGO-Disney-Minifigures-Character-Names.jpg
Actually, Donald is different, as he has slight old printing on his arms and torso.
So sorry. Typos… I meant to say “he has slight gold printing on his arms and torso.”
Frozen
Wow, this is FANTASTIC!
I think it’s really crappy to include minifigures in this set. If you have an extra $400 laying around then great. The castle looks awesome. But for everyone else trying to have a complete collection of Disney figures, this was not what they thought they were getting into when they decided to spend the $64 for the 16 figure set.
Could’ve been worse, it could’ve been the Batcave.
You’ll be able to buy those minifigs on ebay or Bricklink. Mickey looks pretty cool, but Donald looks pretty much exactly the same as the one in the Disney CMFs. Minnie is OK, I guess, and who even cares about Daisy? She’s the worst.
Tinkerbell is pretty cool. Again, you’ll be able to buy these…just not for $3.99.
also, how is it “crappy” that LEGO included minifigs in a set? that’s a really odd complaint.
It is? Most collectors don’t like holes in their collection. Lego has basically said “here is a reasonably priced CMF line to collect. Oh, you like these? Well get ready to pay $400 to complete the collection”. (yes, I consider that crappy)
Grown man complaining about the price of toys = awesome/mature!
Geez, do you insult everyone you disagree with like this or is it just me?
Grown man freaking out over a Tinkerbell minifigure – no. You’re a sad, special case.
That’s a lot of hate for someone you don’t even know.
I don’t hate you. Not at all. I just recognise that you’re pathetic. Big difference, buddy. 🙂
But somehow you don’t recognize that digressing a conversation into name calling, and then calling the other person immature, is ironic.
Name calling? You’re the one who calling LEGO’s actions “crappy”. Please let us know at what point Lego Steve called you a name. Grow some skin for Christ’s sake. The irony here is that anyone who points out flaws in your logic is apparently “immature”.
Have Patience. The holes in your CMF line will be filled. Tinkerbell is to popular of a character to not include in a future CMF series. I’m sure it will be a slight variation but you will be able to get one to complete your set. If you are a true LEGO collector you should know how they work.
yeah, try $20 per figure. Maybe more. I’d say the over/under for Tinkerbell is $45.
Yeah. LEGO should have considered your budget and opinion exclusively during the design process. News flash: there are plenty of people who can easily afford this, so if you’re not one of them, too bad. It’s unfortunate for you, but that doesn’t make the inclusion of these figures crappy. I’ll be picking up two of these come September 1st. So tired of “adults” crying like children over their little LEGO ticks. Be grateful this company still cares enough to put together amazing sets like this.
Sorry, I didn’t realize I was the only one who can’t spend $400 (or $800) and not think twice about it. Lego could have easily made this set with no figures and put out an affordable set ($24) with the four figures in it.
And what’s a ‘Lego tick’?
A set this big, and at this price point, should have a couple of exclusive figures in it. Why should something be less exclusive and les rewarding for the people who can afford it just because the people who can’t complain about it?
“Affordable” is a relative term. And especially when you consider all that you get with this set, it’s priced appropriately – even if it’s out of some people’s price range.
By the way, if you’re an adult who can’t save $350 between now and September, then you should probably be worried about more pressing issues than holes in your Disney minifigure collection. Sad.
First. No need to get insulting. Second, like yours, my Lego collection is not limited to Disney, and it’s certainly not limited to $350. I also never questioned the value of the set. The set looks great and is reasonable priced for what you get. For me personally, it’s also matter of room as it’s a large set.
I simply don’t think it’s fair to sell Peter Pan for $4, and then say two months later that if I want Tinkerbell to go with him, it’s going to be nearly 100x times as much.
See all Lego cares about is money i mean thats the goal! Now you HAVE to get this to get Tinkerbell. They always do stuff like this.
If you don’t have the room for it, don’t get it. The LEGO Company isn’t forcing you to buy this castle. They already came out with 18 Disney collectible minifigures. If you want more, I’m sure there will be a Series 2.
Don’t really see what this has to do with the Disney CMFs at all. You can certainly get one or the other. The minimal overlap means I’ll be getting the castle. I still got way more minifigs from the Disney series than you will ever find in this set.
So wait, Peter Pan is in the CMF series, and Tinkerbell is in this set, but you don’t see a correlation? That’s more than a slight overlap.
Tinkerbell isn’t in the Disney CMFs (at least not yet), and Peter Pan isn’t in 71040. Do I need to draw a Venn diagram for you?
huh? you lost me. Last time I checked Peter Pan, Hook, and Tinker Bell were all from the same story. That makes the characters related.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Pan
And yes, I really don’t understand how these characters are unrelated in any way, shape or form.
Yeah, they’re from the same story. Both the 71040 and Disney CMF comprise Disney properties. I never said they weren’t related. I said there is minimal overlap between the two sets. You can get both the Disney CMFs and 71040.
my point was only that there is a large price differential between the two sets, that’s all. It’s a nice set, no doubt. But they didn’t need to include the third Peter Pan figure here.
Of course there is a price differential, one is a minifigure and one is a 4,000+ piece castle. Tinkerbell is included because she is a de facto mascot for Disney parks. You’re complaining that LEGO is giving us a new minifigure? I don’t think you realize how ridiculous you sound right now.
You may not understand my comment then. I was not complaining about the price. $400 for a set of this size is reasonable. I was complaining that 2 of the 3 Peter Pan figures are easily obtainable, and the 3rd is now in a set that is somewhat exclusive. I don’t consider that ‘giving’ us a new figure. Yeah, if you’re getting this set (and I admit it’s nice) then obviously it’s not a problem. But I think there are a lot of people who can’t afford it who will now have 2/3rds of a Peter Pan collection. (Again, not complaining about the price of the set) Maybe I’m wrong, maybe this figure shows up on Bricklink (for a reasonable price) and everyone who wants one can get one; but I don’t think I am. I think for people looking to complete their Peter Pan collection the price for that figure will be ‘ridiculous’. I just think that’s a shame. We’ll see. I obviously hope I’m wrong.
And of course I would have made this comment had they included the any number of characters.
LEGO/Disney will be putting out another series of Disney CMF. Tinkerbell will most likely be in series 2 or a future series. Thats the reason Goofy/pluto and some other popular characters weren’t in Series 1. If you are thinking you need to purchase the Castle just to get a Tinkerbell minifigure you just need to give it time.
What do you mean “2/3rds of a Peter Pan collection? Three figures hardly constitutes a collection. I don’t think completionists have a problem forking out $349.99 for this set. If minifigures are all you care about, you can easily Bricklink Tinkerbell after the set comes out. Again, no one is forcing you to buy this set, and you won’t be any less of a man if you don’t have a Tinkerbell minifigure. Are you even listening to yourself right now?
First, you are not being very classy. At all.
Second, yes two or more things that are related can be a collection. It’s the very nature of collecting. It doesn’t matter if its 2 or 1,000. If you have a Bert then getting an Ernie makes it a collection.
Third. I don’t know how old you are and I’m not going to guess. But all through the 60’s to the 80’s traditional action figures didn’t come with sets. They were sold separately. If you wanted the Death Star but no Stormtroopers, that was fine. If you wanted a 1,000 Stormtroopers but no Death Star that was fine too. Everyone got what they wanted and were happy with it.
If you think the notion of selling playsets and figures separately is “ridiculous” then you don’t know the history of the toy market place. And
look, even if you don’t know this stuff, that’s fine, the concept is not so outlandish that you should feel the need to throw around personal insults just
because you don’t agree.
I didn’t say I was being classy. I’m concerned with the difference between right and wrong.
You can’t compare LEGO sets now to the Kenner Star Wars action figures of the 70s and 80s. They’re called action figures for a reason: because the main point is the figures. LEGO has always been about the sets. The product consists of interlocking bricks. In fact, LEGO is LEGALLY prohibited from selling Star Wars minifigures individually because Lucasfilm and Hasbro consider those to constitute “action figures”, which Hasbro has an exclusive license to manufacture.
It looks like you’re the one who needs to learn about the “history of the toy market place”. Looking at the other comments on this thread, it seems I’m not the only one who believes you are behaving childishly.
If Lego Steve is your measure of maturity, then good luck to you.
You are a very sad troll. They are defined as “action figures” by Hasbro, in the same vein that certain firearms are considered “assault weapons” by the government. No consumer would ever call a LEGO minifigure an “action figure” just as no sane gun owner would ever call any of their firearms an “assault weapon”. And the fact that LEGO does not sell any Star Wars minifigures by themselves means they are not in that business.
Lego Steve is not the only other person who realizes how immature and petty you are being. OhioBricker also doesn’t see any logic to your statements either. You are either a pathetic troll, or have just completely missed the point of LEGO. This set, like all other sets of this calibre, are about the build. The minifigures are secondary. If it’s your objective to collect them, then you are suffering the consequences of using a product for a purpose for which it was intended. You’re no different from the people complaining about how “expensive” Dimensions “minifigures” are, while completely ignoring the fact that you’re paying for the ability to use the characters in a video game.
If you’re not ready to have a mature discussion with the rest of us, get off the Internet.
I called Lego’s marketing choice crappy, that’s far
different from personally insulting other posters. Lego Steve doesn’t make a single counterpoint, but instead calls me ‘pathetic’, ‘sad’, and immature.
These are grade school bullying tactics. Imploring grade school bullying tactics is the very embodiment of pathetic, sad and immature. You haven’t been any better. You’ve been classless by your own admission. Being classless is not
normally the way most people would define a ‘mature conversation’.
As for making points, unlike LegoSteve, you’re at least trying. The problem is you’re supporting my ideas more than your own. Do you really think Lego lets Hasbro dictate how they market mini-figures? Lego agrees with them and has been trying to circumvent the action figure licensing
agreement for years (see planet sets, battle
packs, racers, magnets, fun packs, the list goes on and on). They didn’t stop selling planets and start gluing magnets because they wanted to. They had to. LEGALLY. You don’t think Lego wants to sell minifigures separately? For real? What do
you think the whole collectable minifigure line is about? It’s all about putting the minifigure first and foremost. And it gets better. Do you know what the
last CMF line was? It’s the one intellectual property that to date has only been sold separately ‘as action figures’ (as you put it). The Disney figures.
I never said the castle shouldn’t have figures, I said it shouldn’t have exclusive figures. By saying the build is first and foremost, you are undermining your own claim the figures need to be exclusive.
Your argument is solely that because you’re buying an expensive set, that you want your kids to have mini-figures that other kids don’t have.
But go on, keep calling me sad, pathetic and immature.
As far as I’m concerned, he made several counterpoints. 1. LEGO put together an amazing set 2. A set of this caliber should have exclusive figures 3. You need to prioritize your spending if $349.99 is too much to get Tinkerbell 4. You’re a grown man freaking out over a Tinkerbell minifigure. If anyone is a bully here, it’s you.
How have I supported any of your ideas? LEGO absolutely lets Hasbro dictate how minifigures are marketed. Why do you think there are no Star Wars minifigures sold as standalone products? I did not say that the CMFs are action figures, I said that Hasbro believes standalone LEGO Star Wars minifigures would constitute “action figures”. That’s no different than urinating in a jar and calling it grannie’s peach tea. Just because you call something by a name doesn’t make it so. I don’t think any person in their right mind would call a Disney CMF an “action figure”.
If you haven’t noticed, you’re practically the only person here who believes the Disney Castle shouldn’t have exclusive minifigures. I’m sure you’re the kind of person who would have complained that at $349.99, you’re not getting any minifigures, or that there are no new minifigures. How am I undermining my own claim? A product can (and should) have more than one objective. The build can come first, and still include exclusive elements.
No, I don’t see how that relates to my argument at all. That is a complete non sequitur. This has nothing to do with buying toys for children, and nothing to do with the sole purpose of a product.
You are all those things. Because in an age where it’s so easy to use the Internet to obtain parted out LEGO pieces and figures, and when LEGO hasn’t even released a Series 2 of Disney CMFs, you are freaking out over LEGO including a Tinkerbell minifigure in a set, a set that everyone else is admiring because it’s a great product.
I never claimed it was not a nice set. If you go back and look, I have said just the opposite twice. And I’m not sure saying ‘it’s a nice set’ is really making a counterpoint, or simple just saying ‘it needs exclusives’ is making a counterpoint either. #3 If you’re going to tell me I should buy castles just to complete collections of minifigures, then that is an obscene use of money. #4 Where have I said I was freaking out about it; I made a statement and the two of you both lost your cool and turned it ugly. I really feel like my tone has been calm and civil throughout. You’d be hard pressed to say the same.
Your second paragraph makes no sense. You can’t say Hasbro and TLG, (and the law?) considers them similar to action figures and then two seconds later say they’re not similar. I’m saying the marketing is similar and you are mostly saying the same thing (but somehow making an argument of it at the same time). The marketing is similar, and it’s been that way for about 10 years or so. To your point, they just can’t market Star Wars like other licenses because of the Lucas film contract. So we agree on that too. I just wish they’d take a page out of the 70’s, 80’s marketing which they can do with Disney (unlike Star Wars). And that sentiment, to my earlier point, should not be so outlandish for you to lose your cool over.
If you think that sets are all about the build, then why do you need exclusive figures? And exclusives is the whole point of my original statement. If you don’t need the figures to be exclusives, then why are you arguing with me? But you are arguing with me. So I’m questioning your need for exclusive figures. Is a figure that much more valuable to you strictly because someone else can’t get it, (or at least can’t get it for a price that isn’t extremely high for something with a relative low production cost)?
And again, I don’t know why you keep saying I’m freaking out. I’m resourceful. If I want a figure I’ll get it in the one of the various ways you mentioned. There are a lot of other people who are not in the same boat though. I have heard other parents say ‘My kid really wanted a ‘Kylo Ren’ figure but I thought $20 on Ebay was ridiculous, so I bought a Chinese knock off instead. I hate to see that
happening, and the Kylo Ren isn’t going to be nearly as hard to get on the secondary markets as these will be.
Anyway, we’re just running around in circles at this point. We will just have to agree to disagree.
Honest to God: I went on vacation, came back, and Gomek is STILL trying to argue his point. Sheesh.
That’s Lego company started created a Lego Disney Castle 71040) has 4080 pes.
Good for Lego Disney fan
Don’t look now, but a yellow Blacktron robot body has been refashioned into a still un-animated Lumiere. Everything about this set is bloody brilliant.
Not sure, who is the target group. Parents or small ladies?
All Disney fans. Those guys are crazy. I’ll get this though, simply because it’s an amazing set.
I will buy it, because I’m collector. And it is fine, that LEGO is trying to create “editions” like architecture, cars, … It looks, that it was a Lego answer for missing Simpsons buildings (and contract with Disney)
Definitely both, and I think it has to be both to support this. Also to be fair I think Lego has done a good job at keeping this set pretty gender neutral.
why not release 1 disney set per season ? like the space mountain , splash , pirates of the caribbean, haunted mansion…can you imagine ? theyre missing the possibilities
My wallet isn’t!
Nice will pick up a couple, looks like a nice element selection, nice price per piece especially for a licensed set. Not to mention it probably won’t be around too long and will double 6 months after retirement. I do think it will probably top out fairly compared to the caurasel or effiel tower. It kinda Falls into a strange category in it is almost holiday/creator/advanced model meets classic old school disney. It will be interesting to see how it sells.
You know right.
I wanted to see Walt Disney as a figure think of it it would be such a remembrance to the man himself anyone else thinking what I’m posting
So when is the next double VIP points promotion? 🙂
This cannot be Disney without the usual hidden phalli. I think I will pass on this one anyways. Yech.