LEGO Reviews Seasonal80111

Lunar New Year Parade

Name: LEGO Lunar New Year Parade 80111
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 80111

82 · HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDINVESTMENT GRADE: A20221,653 pcsHigh agreement · 93%

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112

BrickScore

Highly Recommended

Owners

Synthesized Verdict

"Lunar New Year Parade earns its Highly Recommended BrickScore of 82.0 as a landmark entry in the Chinese Traditional Festival line, delivering more minifigures than any previous Lunar New Year set, innovative push-along floats, and rare purple Classic Space parts that make it a standout for collectors and fans alike."

80111 Lunar New Year Parade earns a BrickScore of 82.0 in the Highly Recommended tier, with both Brickset and Jay's Brick Blog delivering enthusiastic verdicts. The set offers three mechanically functional parade floats, an industry-leading 18 minifigures for a Lunar New Year release, and a parade-float format that is genuinely new territory for LEGO. Owners rate it 4.59 out of 5 across 63 ratings. The one honest caveat: at $129.99 in the US, the value proposition is strong but not the bargain it is at the European price point, and stickers (a surprise return for the Chinese Traditional Festival line) drew some criticism.

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LOVED (9)

0118 minifigures, the most of any LEGO Lunar New Year set
02Three parade floats each with push-along mechanical functions
03Exceptional value per piece at $0.079, particularly in Europe

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CRITICIZED (5)

01Sticker sheet included, a return after earlier CTF sets had avoided them
02Oversized big-head parade mask minifigures described as grotesque by one reviewer
03LEGO-branded float looks drab compared to the traditional-themed floats

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Build Facts what critics report

🧩 Difficulty

intermediate

🎯 Audience

collectors

In Their Words most-used terms across every critic review

floatsmechanicalfunctionsfloattogetherstickersdisplaydesignlayervalueespeciallytotalclevereachmultipleparadevarietyconnectedcolorfulvariedbuildingstickerroundplacementlacksgoldlookcompared

What reviewers are saying

"Exquisite, extravogant, beautiful: I could run out of superlatives to describe it..."

Brickset Reviews

"This set is a certified banger, and a great addition to LEGO's Chinese Traditional Festival/Lunar New Year collection!"

Jay's Brick Blog

Ecosystem

80104 Lion Dance 89 — Looks more interesting and offers better value compared to what 80104 offered for €75 at the time, at least in terms of European pricing.

80108 (previous CTF set with fewer stickers) 82 — The previous year's 80108 had 23 stickers; 80111 introduces stickers again where earlier CTF sets had none or few, marking a slight return to sticker use.

80036 City of Lanterns 80 — Dragon scales are now printed on this set (80111) whereas they were stickers on City of Lanterns, showing improvement in production technique.

80103 Dragon Boat Race 81 — 80111 has more minifigures (18 vs 15), making it 'the Lunar New Year set with the most minifigures, beating out 80103 Dragon Boat Race's 15 minifigures'

🎨 Designer Justin Ramsden (named by critics)

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BUY

"Exquisite, extravogant, beautiful: I could run out of superlatives to describe it..."

Key Pros

✓Exquisite design with layer upon layer of decoration
✓Exceptional value for money, especially at European price point
✓Generous minifigure selection (18 total)

Key Cons

✕Transparent sticker sheet included; CTF sets have typically been devoid of stickers
✕Lack of 3x3 round tile with centre stud for stable flag-waving figure placement

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Jay's Brick Blog 🇦🇺

Editorial Source

BUY

"This set is a certified banger, and a great addition to LEGO's Chinese Traditional Festival/Lunar New Year collection!"

Key Pros

✓Huge number of incredibly well-designed minifigures brings the set to life
✓Incredibly fun and unique build experience with novel mechanical functions
✓Mechanical functions work really well and are not overly technical

Key Cons

✕Quite a lot of stickers, some of which are hard to apply (curved tiles)
✕Found it awkward to connect the floats together

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Minifigures & Standout Parts

In this set (18)

Year of the Rabbit Girl

Lunar New Year Parade Participant

Lunar New Year Parade Spectator

Lunar New Year Parade Participant

Lunar New Year Parade Spectator

Lunar New Year Parade Participant

Standout parts (per reviewers)

New rabbit head design with snout
New design specifically for this CNY set, first of its kind with snout detail
Purple helmet and air tanks (Classic Space)
Purple color previously unused for Classic Space; enables construction of rare all-purple spaceman when combined with existing torsos
Printed Ollie dragon scales (green)
Printed rather than stickers; new treatment compared to earlier similar dragon from City of Lanterns set
New lute design with new print
Variation on lute introduced with series 22 Troubadour; features different print
Red/orange jacket torso
New torso variant for the set
Flexible plastic sheet printed with flags and ribbons
Decorative element used instead of stickers in some CTF sets