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The Most Sought-After LEGO Set, Or The Greatest Bus Of All The Buses That Ever Bussed
It’s about as quirky as you’d expect from a game like Fortnite, except it’s made of LEGO bricks, and it’s incredibly difficult to get your hands on…
Seriously? A flying bus? I would have never guessed it would become the most sought-after LEGO set this year. Or any year. But apparently when a flying bus happens to be the Fortnite flying bus called the “Battle Bus”, every kid out there wants it. Even those who never played with LEGO bricks before. Turns out The LEGO Group does know what it’s doing after all, and the strategy is paying off. Licensing deals haven’t just saved LEGO from bankruptcy in 1999, but keep being the bread and butter of the Danish toymaker. But is the Battle Bus really that great of a LEGO set?
You’ll be happy to know that I won’t bring any Fortnite fan bias into my take on the set, partly because that would likely derail my assessment of the LEGO build itself, and partly because I’m not really a Fortnite fan. My familiarity with the game comes from watching my best mate’s son play this game for at least two years now. It’s very colourful, fun and action-packed, just not my thing. I’m more of a Mario or Tetris kind of guy — there’s my age showing. To some…