The LEGO tribute collection just got bigger, adding a historical figure who was paid homage to in other sets, but now as part of the official tribute range.
This year's LEGO tribute gift-with-purchase has been officially revealed, as 40902 Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci joins the growing range of gift-with-purchase sets. We don't know precisely when and how 40902 Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci will be available, but typically such listings are made live shortly before their offers are due to begin.
40902 Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci is the 10th tribute set in this collection, or at least it is when you include the earliest entry into the range, before it properly started. While we wait for more details regarding 40902 Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci, here's how it stacks up next to every other tribute gift-with-purchase released so far.
40291 Creative Personalities
Pieces: 307 Year: 2018
40291 Creative Personalities from 2018 was released before the collection properly began, but it's right at home in the range for paying tribute to Hans Christian Andersen. It features an open-book design with a reference to The Ugly Duckling. It would go on to inspire several other LEGO tribute sets.
40410 Charles Dickens Tribute
Pieces: 333 Year: 2020
The first official LEGO tribute gift-with-purchase would be 2020's 40410 Charles Dickens Tribute. It has the most minifigures of any model in this collection, but no minifigure of Dickens himself. It instead depicts a scene from the titular story.
40450 Amelia Earhart Tribute
Pieces: 200 Year: 2021
Amelia Earhart's 2021 tribute model remains one of the most unique in the entire range. The model recreates the iconic Lockheed Vega 5B that she flew across the Atlantic Ocean alone on a display stand.
40579 Eiffel's Apartment
Pieces: 228 Year: 2022
2022's 40579 Eiffel's Apartment is by far the most challenging of the tribute gifts-with-purchase to pick up, as it was only exclusively available with purchases of the huge and expensive 10307 Eiffel Tower from launch for a limited time. Since it doesn't follow the traditional naming convention for the range, it's not an essential addition for collectors who missed out during 10307 Eiffel Tower's launch window.
40530 Jane Goodall Tribute
Pieces: 275 Year: 2022
2022 was an unusual year for this collection, with the release of two tribute gifts-with-purchase. In addition to the more elusive Eiffel tribute, 40530 Jane Goodall Tribute was made available to celebrate the famed Ethologist. This model depicts a jungle with a river and a trio of chimpanzees.
40595 Tribute to Galileo Galilei
Pieces: 307 Year: 2023
LEGO Ideas joined the range in 2023 with 40595 Tribute to Galileo Galilei, as inspired by a fan design. The set depicts Galileo's study, complete with one of the few functions in the entire collection – an orrery. It also looks notably similar to the most recent entry into the range.
40690 Tribute to Jules Verne's Books
Pieces: 351 Year: 2024
2024's 40690 Tribute to Jules Verne's Books is one of the biggest LEGO tribute gifts-with-purchase, paying homage to three of Jules Verne's titles. The Nautilus submarine represents Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, the train is a reference to Around the World in Eighty Days, and the balloon pays homage to Five Weeks in a Balloon.
40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat
Pieces: 232 Year: 2024
40729 Shackleton's Lifeboat is as a part of the collection as 40579 Eiffel's Apartment is, with minifigures of Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Hurley, camera equipment and an upscaled lifeboat build from the larger LEGO Icons set. It was originally available during the launch window of 10335 The Endurance, exclusively with the pricey set.
40766 Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books
Pieces: 361 Year: 2025
Last year's LEGO tribute set would be 40766 Tribute to Jane Austen’s Books, which pays tribute to the English novelist, who wrote books including Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Pride and Prejudice. The build flips the usual open-book build on its side to form Austen's study with several references to her novels.
40902 Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci
Pieces: 251 Year: 2026
40902 Tribute to Leonardo da Vinci is the latest addition to the tribute range, featuring 251 elements and depicting the titular figure's study. It comes with a small model of his Ornithopter design, an exclusive minifigure-scale Mona Lisa, and a near-identical minifigure to that of 10363 Leonardo da Vinci’s Flying Machine.
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