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This is a terrific display piece, and if you own and love the LEGO Map, you’re bound to love the set!
The LEGO Globe works best as a display model, and this is one of those rare LEGO models that feel almost ornamental, much like the LEGO Botanical Collection. It’s a fun little piece to display in your home, office or in your study, and it will absolutely make you look cultured, and old-world rich. New Zealand, with the North and South Island is also done well, and I love the two dots representing Fiji, and I guess New Caledonia in Oceania. Creative types are going to have a lot of fun customising the Globe, as you can immediately change its appearance by swapping out the plates, and turning it into different planets. Maybe a Death Star? And last but not least, here’s a look at the printed plaque which has The Earth on it. I love the mini map! Hot off the official reveal, I’m honoured to be able to share an early review of the 2nd LEGO Ideas set of 2022 – 21332 Globe!Some surprising things – the Globe is really sturdy – here’s my holding it up at what you might think is its weakest point, but it holds up its weight impressively well! LEGO Ideas Globe on display Africa is superb, and one of my favourite views on the Globe. The contrast between desert and more tropical sections is done really well here. I think the tan parts are used to represent desert areas, but also elevated mountain ranges. As for the product itself, a very entertaining build. Slightly repetative but thats to be expected when building a geometric shape like a globe, such a unique shape for lego! I enjoyed the build very much and the completed model is a nice addition to my office. Also, my wife is very happy because LEGO represented her home island of Hokkaido, which usually gets glossed over or removed on "simplified" maps like this.
Real Value [3]– The pricetag is quite dear, but thankfully, its size and displayability more than make up for it.I was left really impressed by the build. You first begin constructing the Globe’s stand, which cradles the Globe – it’s quite sturdy, and has little rubber wheels underneath the base for extra stability and grip, to ensure the stand doesn’t wobble, or slide as you spin it around. Australia is one of the continents that look like a fault or massive earthquake has ripped it apart, and that’s one of the downsides of the Globe, certain parts of it look really gappy, so much so that you can sometimes see the insides, and it ends up quite distracting when you’re trying to admire the landmasses.
I am originally from Malaysia, and I think the triangle tile used is quite jarring, as the Malay Peninsula doesn’t jut out that much into the Indian Ocean, so I’ll definitely try to fix it. To calculate the average price, we add up the cheapest daily prices of the last 90 days and divide by 90. It spins beautifully, and it’s a very satisfying to watch it spin. The wheels on the bottom give it a lot of stability, so you can go pretty fast with it if you like, although it’ll wobble quite a bit!
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I’m pretty sure it was intentional, but I really appreciated the use of red and yellow round plates under each pole, to represent the Earth’s magnetic poles! Each hemisphere has 16 of these slices, which you build in sequence, decorating them with landmasses or continents as you go along. As a toy, or model, I think LEGO have done something special here in that they’ve provided the tools for a very competent sphere to be made out of the box. The set was designed as part of the LEGO Ideas® platform, a LEGO initiative that takes new ideas that have been imagined and voted for by fans and turns them into reality. France-based LEGO fan, Guillaume Roussel, was responsible for creating the concept for the LEGO Ideas The Globe – having been inspired by the tales of Jules Verne. Talking about how he approached the design, Guillaume said: “When approaching the design, I asked myself ‘what could be creative, educational and touch most of the world?’ And the answer was just ‘the world itself’”. Next comes the most repetitive section of the build, where you build these slices or wedges for each Hemisphere, beginning with the Northern Hemisphere.
There is a bit of interesting construction on the underside – a number of 1×1 round plates are surrounded by rubber tires. This is the same “grip technique” that LEGO has used in the past on some of their larger builds like the 71720 Ninjago Fire Stone Mech. This design allows the weight of the model to combine with tread of the rubber to help keep the completed set from sliding around. My main criticism would be that some of the pieces seem a little poorly manufactured. Theres noticable bumps on the plates that make up the oceans where it seems there was possibly a flaw in the LEGO mould.There’s a set of wheels inside that act as counterweights, to the opposing landmass, helping the Globe spin better! Thanks to Sam Johnson for the confirmation! North America is okay – the shape is close enough, but the Gulf of Mexico could be a lot curvier. The gaps between the plates also make it look quite distracting here as the landmass is spread out quite a bit. I cannot overstate how fun spinning it around is – it feels so effortless, and satisfying, and I find myself constantly reaching over to it and giving it a twirl for the fun of it.
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