New LEGO set: Neuschwanstein Castle with 3455 pieces
4.7.2025
Translation: machine translated
Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria attracts around 1.5 million tourists every year. No wonder LEGO is now including the building known as the fairytale castle in its "Architecture" series.
Neuschwanstein Castle is one of the most popular sights in Germany. If you want to save yourself the trip to Füssen, you will soon be able to build the famous castle out of LEGO bricks. This will also save you the frustration of other onlookers constantly walking through the picture when taking photos.
About the Neuschwanstein set
The new set «Neuschwanstein Castle» (#21063) for adult fans contains 3455 pieces and will be available from 1 August for 270 euros or 280 francs - at least that's the list price LEGO is charging. It is not yet known when it will be added to the Galaxus range. When fully assembled, the fairytale castle is 46 centimetres wide and 31 centimetres high, with a depth of 20 centimetres. This means it also fits on narrow shelves. The designer of the LEGO set is Rok Žgalin Kob from Slovenia, who visited the original himself and worked on his design for more than six months.
Unlike some other LEGO builds, this is not a «half» set. You can view and display it from all sides. A nameplate can be attached to the base. Whether this is necessary given the popularity of the castle is another question.
Even after completion of the building, the tinkering doesn't stop: The green leaves on the trees around the castle can be replaced with orange-coloured ones. This is how autumn arrives at your private Neuschwanstein.
The castle is part of LEGO's «Architecture» series, which features famous monuments from around the world, including Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Trevi Fountain in Rome and Himeji Castle in Japan.
Neuschwanstein also exists among the competition
With a famous architectural monument like Neuschwanstein Castle, it is no surprise that other manufacturers are also interested in it. The castle is available in different set sizes. With 1969 parts, the set from the Wange brand is rather small. The set from Xingbao with 7437 components offers significantly more detail. Both are available from Bluebrixx, among others. Now in stock, the castle is available as a set from Diamond Blocks with 11,810 bricks.
And if that's not enough for you: Lesdiy offers Neuschwanstein Castle as a much larger set with 57,602 elements. Also very impressive is a project by LEGO fan Felix Mezei, who built the castle himself from 57,640 LEGO bricks. According to him, it took him around two and a half years and more than ten hours a day to build. He offers a manual with 6280 pages for the replica.
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