You Can Now Preorder Lego’s Biggest Set Ever, The 12,060-Piece Sagrada Família

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If you're the type of Lego builder who's always looking for a bigger and better challenge, Lego's newest set is made for you. The Sagrada Família is a whopping 12,060 pieces, making it Lego's largest and most complex set to date. It's exclusively available at the Lego Store and retails for $800. If you're feeling up to the challenge, you can preorder it now in advance of its release on November 1. And if you want a project to work on in the meantime, check out our list of Lego sets coming out in June.

Sagrada Família was designed by Rok Zgalin Kobe, the Lego architecture designer known for his work on now-retired sets such as the Colosseum and the Taj Mahal, as well as the in-stock Eiffel Tower. Lego chose to release Sagrada Família to commemorate the centennial year of Antoni Gaudí’s passing.

"We felt an immense responsibility to do justice to the Sagrada Família through this design," Kobe said in a press release. "Our goal was to honour Gaudí’s vision with the utmost respect, capturing the rhythm of the basilica’s construction, its extraordinary complexity and ambition, and translating that into an immersive building experience. This is not only the largest Lego set ever, but a model of one of the most ambitious architectural works in the world. Balancing scale and precision, while remaining faithful to a living monument that has been evolving for more than a century, was a unique design challenge--and one we’re incredibly proud of."

While Sagrada Família now holds the honor of being Lego's largest set, there are several others to choose from if you enjoy complex builds, such as the newly released Minas Tirith set from Lord of the Rings. At 8,278 pieces, it still offers plenty of challenge and comes with minifigures as well, including Arwen, Faramir, Gandalf the White, and more. We've listed more options for ambitious builders below, which are all available now at the Lego Store.

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