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Lego Unveils Fan-Designed X-Files and Wallace & Gromit Sets

Winning designs from Lego’s ’90s Throwback contest have entered production review ahead of forthcoming release details.

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Wallace & Gromit and The X-Files
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Overview

  • Lego officially confirmed two fan-designed sets based on The X-Files and Wallace & Gromit after they won the Build Your Nostalgia: ’90s Throwback competition.
  • The X-Files: The Truth Is Out There set, by WetWired, recreates Mulder’s basement office in two stacked vignettes and a UFO encounter with six minifigures across approximately 2,020 pieces.
  • Pidelium’s Wallace & Gromit set depicts the duo on their iconic motorbike and sidecar from A Close Shave as a brick-built display within a 200–1,000-piece range.
  • Both sets beat 268 other entries in Lego’s Ideas competition and will proceed through the company’s production review, which may bring adjustments to their final designs.
  • Release dates and pricing remain unannounced pending completion of Lego’s production review.