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Lego star wars castaways review12/14/2023 Overall, I think this is a very charming GWP. Here’s a look at his face beneath the beard. I love his mismatched clothes and red shorts. Here’s a look at the Ray the Castaway minifigure, who has unkempt hair and a grumpy expression. On the side, there’s a small makeshift raft, matching the original design. There’s a small beach section, with a bottle (presumably with a message in it), and a really clever SOS sigh fashioned out of dead grey eels and a yellow Life Preserver, spelling it out. We have Ray, stranded on a deserted island, with a makeshift hut (or throne depending on you look at it), and his various efforts to be rescued. Here’s a look at the completed model, which is quite a charming, densely packed build for just over 200 pieces. The instruction manual is really cool, and I love the “portrait” style instructions manual.Īnd here’s the profile on the fan designers inside! Ray the Castaway is a fan design submitted by DadiTwins, and as you can see from the original design, has mostly kept the aesthetics and overall look, with a few small tweaks. That said, Ray the Castaway is a bit of an exception, as it didn’t go through the typical 10,000 votes and review round process, as it was the winning entry in the Do You Want To Go To The Seaside LEGO Ideas competition, following in the footsteps of recent LEGO Ideas GWPs like 40533 Cosmic Cardboard Adventures, 40448 Vintage Car and 40487 Sailboat Adventures, Special thanks to LEGO for sending this set for this review! 40566 Ray the Castaway Set DetailsĪs I’ve demonstrated (with math and graphs) – LEGO Ideas is no longer an accessible theme, partly because sets have gotten larger, and pricier, but also because the smaller builds seem to have been funnelled into the gift with purchase category. Oh, and MASSIVE shoutout to my wife for building and photographing the set while I’m away in Billund! Here’s a very quick review so you know what to expect from the set! The October 2022 release window is absolutely STACKED at this stage, with many heavyweight releases like The Mighty Bowser, Black Panther Bust, The Office, LEGO Avatar and the UCS Razor Crest, among other things, so if there’s something on your list, it should be pretty easy to qualify for Ray the Castaway.Ĥ0566 Ray the Castaway will be available from 1-13 October 2022, and will be free with purchases of US$120 / €120 / £120 from or your local LEGO store, while stocks last. I’m very honoured to be one of the first to reveal and unveil the upcoming LEGO Ideas set for 2022 – 40566 Ray the Castaway, a new LEGO gift with purchase (GWP) that will be available from 1-13 October!
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