Avatar: The Last Airbender has been enjoying a resurgence of popularity in recent months following Netflix re-adding Nickelodeon's beloved 15-year-old animated series to its programming library in the U.S. - where it quickly became the platform's number-one title, and even smashed the record for being on Netflix’s daily Top 10 lists the most amount of times in a row.
And now, fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender may soon be able to bring the world of the iconic series into the real world thanks to talented LEGO set designer!
Fan designer StudioTRico, who also runs the YouTube channel of the same name unveiled his latest project, a LEGO set inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender, titled Avatar: The Last Airbender - YIP YIP!, in August 2020.
LEGO Ideas (formally Cuusoo) is a platform where fans can submit their own custom projects, and if a project gets 10,000 supporters - a target which the project smashed in under two weeks (!), making it the fifth fastest draft in the history of Ideas - it could become an actual LEGO set!
Now StudioTRico has reached it's goal of 10,000 supporters in just 86 days, it'll now be reviewed by LEGO to see if it can become an actual LEGO set!
The official description for the project is:
"Avatar: The Last Airbender is my favorite animated tv show of all time! With the recent resurgence of pop cultural relevance thanks to Netflix, old and new fans are falling in love with the show's amazing characters and world of bending all over again. It really goes beyond saying there is no better time for the return of Avatar in Lego.
And now, fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender may soon be able to bring the world of the iconic series into the real world thanks to talented LEGO set designer!
Fan designer StudioTRico, who also runs the YouTube channel of the same name unveiled his latest project, a LEGO set inspired by Avatar: The Last Airbender, titled Avatar: The Last Airbender - YIP YIP!, in August 2020.
LEGO Ideas (formally Cuusoo) is a platform where fans can submit their own custom projects, and if a project gets 10,000 supporters - a target which the project smashed in under two weeks (!), making it the fifth fastest draft in the history of Ideas - it could become an actual LEGO set!
Now StudioTRico has reached it's goal of 10,000 supporters in just 86 days, it'll now be reviewed by LEGO to see if it can become an actual LEGO set!
The official description for the project is:
"Avatar: The Last Airbender is my favorite animated tv show of all time! With the recent resurgence of pop cultural relevance thanks to Netflix, old and new fans are falling in love with the show's amazing characters and world of bending all over again. It really goes beyond saying there is no better time for the return of Avatar in Lego.
With this set you can saddle up with Team Avatar on the back of Appa, the flying bison, and embark on the epic journey to master all four elements, confront the fire nation, and save the world.
I made this set with Lego fans of all ages in mind, providing a lot of uses for play and display. Not only can you show Appa off on his stand, but with a spin of the lever at the base you can capture the iconic imagery of Team Avatar soaring through the skies! Using an internal gear mechanism, Appa's tail will naturally wave up and down as you spin, making it appear like he's gliding through the clouds. You still have the option to take the big fuzzball off the stand and utilize his wide range of pose-ability and expressiveness for normal play. You'll have fun recreating memorable scenes and battles from the show, as well as creating some of your own with the additional mini-figures and features.
The characters included are:
- Avatar Aang
- Katara
- Zuko
- Sokka
- Toph
- Suki
- Iroh
- Momo
- and Appa (of course!)
Other features include:
- A replaceable saddle (can seat up to six figures)
- accessories for the heroes:
-- Aang's collapsable glider
-- Sokka's boomerang and space sword
-- Zuko's twin blades
-- Toph's space bracelet
-- Iroh's Pai Cho table and tea set
-- a variety of elemental attachments for the benders
-- and finally a cabbage for Appa to munch on.
There is many ways this creation can evolve if LEGO chooses to adapt i, but for now I put a lot of work trying to make Appa very detailed and as close to mini-fig scale as possible. He has articulation in his legs, neck, mouth, ears, toes, and tail and is around 1 ft in length.
Please pledge your support and share with anyone you can and use the tag #LEGOAvatar. Let's get this project to 10,000 and tell Lego that we are all in on The Last Airbender! Be sure to check out the updates. I will be regularly posting things such as additional mini-figures with every milestone we reach!
I haven't lost hope... I believe [your name here] can make Lego Avatar a reality!"
The set will also include a Fire Nation set of minifigs, including antagonists such as Ty Lee, Mai, and Princess Azula.
The number of bricks and minifigures used in the Avatar: The Last Airbender LEGO set is currently unknown, but it is thought that it'll use around 1600 bricks.
Avatar: The Last Airbender isn't new the the world of LEGO. Two Lego Avatar: The Last Airbender sets based on the Air Temple and Fire Nation Ship in the show were released in 2006, however, these were unfortunately short lived.
Earlier this summer, another fan took to LEGO Ideas with their own take on LEGO Avatar: The Last Airbender. That project too also broke the 10,000 supporters goal.
Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and airing between 2005 and 2008, the critically-acclaimed Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in world people can manipulate the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air, and they lived peacefully in different regions until one of the nations started a world war. One master who can manipulate all four elements, dubbed the "Avatar," had been able to prevent this war, but disappeared soon after. 100 years later, a new Avatar named Aang awakens and sets out on a journey to master all the elements in order to bring peace to the land once more by defeating Fire Lord Ozai and ending the destructive war with the Fire Nation.
Fondly remembered for its likable characters and surprisingly deep themes of destiny, prejudice, and war, Avatar: The Last Airbender ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008, spawning a number of tie-in comic books and even the four-season sequel series, The Legend Of Korra. A live-action Netflix adaptation was announced back in 2018, one that will hopefully avoid the mistakes that befell the ill-fated M. Night Shyamalan film of 2010, which notoriously mispronounced key characters’ names and white-washed the source material's ethnically diverse cast.
Check out StudioTRico's LEGO Avatar: The Last Airbender set at bit.ly/LegoATLA!
Below are pictures of the LEGO Avatar: The Last Airbender - YIP YIP!:
Created by Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko and airing between 2005 and 2008, the critically-acclaimed Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in world people can manipulate the elements of Earth, Water, Fire, and Air, and they lived peacefully in different regions until one of the nations started a world war. One master who can manipulate all four elements, dubbed the "Avatar," had been able to prevent this war, but disappeared soon after. 100 years later, a new Avatar named Aang awakens and sets out on a journey to master all the elements in order to bring peace to the land once more by defeating Fire Lord Ozai and ending the destructive war with the Fire Nation.
Fondly remembered for its likable characters and surprisingly deep themes of destiny, prejudice, and war, Avatar: The Last Airbender ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008, spawning a number of tie-in comic books and even the four-season sequel series, The Legend Of Korra. A live-action Netflix adaptation was announced back in 2018, one that will hopefully avoid the mistakes that befell the ill-fated M. Night Shyamalan film of 2010, which notoriously mispronounced key characters’ names and white-washed the source material's ethnically diverse cast.
Check out StudioTRico's LEGO Avatar: The Last Airbender set at bit.ly/LegoATLA!
Below are pictures of the LEGO Avatar: The Last Airbender - YIP YIP!:
