LEGO Evaluation Board Assessing Daft Punk’s “Alive” Pyramid Design for Official Manufacturing

5 years after being initially rejected, a LEGO tribute to digital music icons Daft Punk created by a father-son duo has developed into a possible official LEGO set that might be available in shops worldwide.

The pyramid stage from Daft Punk’s revolutionary “Alive 2007” tour might quickly be produced as an official LEGO set because of the persistence of Patrick Harboun and his son. Their intricate design, an in depth reproduction of the stage made up of over 2,000 LEGO bricks, received the Grand Prize in LEGO’s international “Music To Our Ears!” competitors in 2020 however was not chosen for business manufacturing. Nevertheless, it has now obtained a second probability after garnering the required 10,000 public votes on LEGO’s Concepts platform to progress to the corporate’s Evaluation Board.

The inspiration for Harboun’s venture emerged throughout the lockdown interval when creativity was at an all-time excessive. Whereas many had been baking bread or exploring new hobbies, Harboun and his son selected to channel their love for Daft Punk into constructing with LEGO bricks. Initially, his eight-year-old son created a prototype utilizing present bricks, which Harboun then digitally enhanced utilizing his engineering background.

At its core, the design incorporates a rotating transparent-brick field housed inside the iconic pyramid, powered by a motor with hanging lights that recreate the dynamic mild present accompanying Daft Punk’s hit songs like “One Extra Time” and “Across the World” throughout their career-defining tour. The design pays homage to the duo’s distinctive aesthetic that blends retrofuturism with meticulous consideration to element, a philosophy that LEGO additionally embodies in its design ideas.

If the venture efficiently navigates LEGO’s thorough evaluation course of, which evaluates components akin to playability, security, and model match, it can advance to the event stage later this yr. Each potential LEGO product should meet the identical rigorous requirements and endure the identical course of.

If authorised, the set will transfer into the Growth section, the lengthiest a part of the method. Throughout this section, LEGO’s mannequin designers will refine the idea, create supporting supplies like packaging, directions, and advertising property in preparation for launch.

Harboun knowledgeable EDM.com that the ultimate determination is predicted by the tip of 2025. As Daft Punk would say, he and his son are “doin’ it proper” this time round.

The LEGO evaluation course of is about to begin in Could 2025. Additional particulars in regards to the venture will be discovered right here.