Lego's Biggest Build Ever Is Here and It's $800

How much time do you have? Because Lego's biggest set ever has arrived, and it has more than 12,000 pieces.

The Danish toymaker is releasing a model of Antoni Gaudí's Sagrada Familia, a 12,060-piece set, for $800. Lego said in Thursday's announcement that it's the largest set it has ever released. The one that comes closest, and is still available, is the Eiffel Tower, which has more than 10,000 pieces.

Gaudí, an influential Catalan architect, died 100 years ago this month, and the unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona is considered his masterpiece. Lego's design of the Sagrada Familia incorporates a few special touches we don't usually see in Lego sets, like the stained-glass window effect that mimics how light moves through what you'd see in Barcelona.

The set includes known parts of the Sagrada Familia, including the apse, crypt, Gaudí's Nativity facade and the Passion facade. It includes the...

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