LEGO Icons Retro Radio 10334 official unveiling & my thoughts! 

I am with you on that one, the color disparity between pieces is a problem that keep growing. At least, as you said, they show it more clearly in their official photos, but still, with all the new products being pushed, it clearly show that LEGO is changing their mentality from quality to quantity it seems.

It looks really nice. It really does. But if I was after something that looks like a retro radio, I'd probably get the retro radio 😭🤣

I have a radio 📻 almost identical to this that I got for my 10th Birthday. I’m 69 years old and it still works. Mine is a deeper green color and it is a Westinghouse Radio

i feel like 100$ is just the standard lego set price now unless its a battlepack lol.

another object that's cheaper in real life than in its LEGO version? great, next! :D

If the soundbrick had Bluetooth, I could see this being a game changer. But as is, this is a bit weird. Id much rather display a functional vintage stereo (either authentic or reproduction)

This is the peak of "Literally no one asked for this".

0:59 roast them, Jang. Nothing changed since the Downtown Diner set.

way, way, way too expensive. this would be fine at $50-$60, but anything more than that is insane.

I tend to dislike this type of sets, as you might as well buy the real thing instead of a Lego one that doesn't work, but the fact it has dedicated space to place a phone (or any device that could emit sound if you tinker enough), gives it an extra charm and some usability. Like, I don't care for the source material at all but, as a Lego fan, I can see myself using that function for the fun of it. I'm looking forward to the reviews showing how it would sound, though.

I've already decided I'm putting the sound brick inside the Tuxedo Cat to mess with my other cats.

I personally really enjoy the genre of "real life objects, but Lego". And I'm not a display person, but the more of these they come out with, the more I'm tempted to make a display of misc items but made of Lego. And I think a big part of these is just being a conversation piece. People come over, see this and think "Oh neat, an old radio" but then they get closer and they think "Wait, is this Lego?" and then you get to chatting about Lego. It's a fun icebreaker! I have the botanical sets on display and it never fails to get a comment from any repairman, friend, family member about how real they look and how they were surprised when they got closer and saw it was Lego.

I just bought an MTV branded cassette player and cassette at Walmart for $5 a piece yesterday. They're ok, not amazing...but they were FIVE BUCKS and brand name items (I should mention these are brick builds from a company I've never heard of). It you're looking for fun nostalgia items there are sooo many good options nowadays. Having said all that, I do love the clean lines and color palate of this Lego build 👌

This is now the lego equivalent of "it's actually a cake". Am I supposed to fill my house with random stuff, so guests would say "hey, that's a cool radio, my nan had the same", only for me to cut it in half and serve it with the tea??

This is the kind of set I'd expect in a Gnaj video

Definitely gonna have to bricklink that printed 2x4 Lego tile for other purposes... but aside that I'm just sad it doesn't resemble the radio from the Brave Little Toaster.

I’am a collector of vintage and antique radios, in fact after I faded out of buying Lego is when I started collecting vintage electronics, however I still like to see what new releases are coming out. I may buy this set, more or less as a novelty in my collection, when I saw the announcement for this set I was excited as I always said that if Lego ever came out with an old radio, tv, or stereo set I’d get it, but seeing the price of it I’m not sure. When designing this set Lego must have looked at online antique radio stores like radio barn or radio attic and seen the expensive prices on there, however those are for professionally restored, working examples that are being sold to other collectors and people with money to spend. Antique and vintage radios mainly sell for about $20-$50, way more than they’re selling this set for. This set is also way too narrow, most AM/FM portables of this size and era would be at least an inch or so deeper.

may i say you sound so much like the artist bob ross , very relaxing to listen to

Lego should have added a small easy to manufacture circuit board and made this dummy actually work.

It looks cool, like the Polaroid and the regular camera. My only negative thought would be how much would a real vintage radio cost and why not get that instead.. but yeah, cool looking

I don’t quite get these types of sets.

Yes, L-E-G-O radio! If you're not listening to L-E-G-O, then chances are, you're not listening to a radio!

Why wouldn't they add an actual small bluetooth speaker to it? And then connect to a phone (or etc) install a cute "Lego radio app" and play music that way.

I'm definitely buying this one - place it with the Lego Typewriter and some books, and you've got a great display shelf.

Falls into the same category of the NES for me. The fact it’s made of Lego isn’t exciting because it’s just a box. I never got the love for the NES or ? Block for that reason. Love my Bowser though.

Jang is working overtime because of all the reveals. Thank you!

Looks clever set great preview jang 👍

I like it :)

Looks awesome.

Worth pointing out, even in terms of DAB/digital radio, you can get a retro-styled radio of this fashion for under $100.

So cool I’m getting it !!

To answer your question, no. I would not rather have an old radio, even if it works. I am one of those people that do highly value the build experience, especially of life-scale items. The actual item would have no value for me.

Fans: please do just one set for adventurers or western or blacktron or one of your beloved classic themes Lego: R A D I O

Surely anyone would be better off purchasing a DAB?

This was the Barad-Dur leak I have been hearing people asking about for days now apparently. I think the aqua is ugly. But a vintage radio to play Fallout music would be awesome.

Dang… what a weird thing to make…

Yeah... it's neat, but more than anything it makes me want an actual antique radio. It's also too expensive for what it is, even with the expensive sound brick. Fun fact about the color though, apparently the reason so many things were that color in the 40s was because that color was used for vehicle upholstery during the war, so it was one of the few pigments still being produced in huge quantities before and immediately after the war.

Hey! There’s lots of FM radio in my home city of SF! 😊 I have all twelve preset buttons in my car and listen all the time

Pretty cool. Gut a bluetooth speaker and stick the parts inside this.

I feel this would look much better in red, and honestly could be a bit rounder. As is it's larger than I expected and falls into the same category as I guess The Boombox from Vidyo which also doubled as a playset, and made for a really nice sizable display. The sound brick here though is cool, and like how it swaps between white static, and emulated stations when you turn a dial. It's a neat novelty display, and enclosing the phone a source makes a lot more sense here than the display stand the phonebox tried to pull off. As for this vs a functional radio I really have no use for either as I'm sure most people/myself included already has a near endless supply of assorted music minus the commercials playing through a PC or blue tooth I phone or what have you. This if anything is all about novelty as listening to an actual radio is a thing of the past kinda like satellite dishes vs streaming services.

It would've been so cool if you could open this up and see all the Lego-ified transistors and old school circuitry. But I guess they need that space for structure and the value would be pretty niche

It could be fun to add an actual radio in it

This seems even weirder considering the Creator rollerskate's stereo alt build IN THIS SAME COLOR being 30% of the price. Might look at the instructions and buy whatever pieces are necessary to modify my Vidiyo boom box to have that tuner function though

I think creator could make a relatively similar looking set sans sound brick for like $35, and it would have two alternate builds. This doesn't feel worth it to me, maybe it does to someone else, maybe...

What gets me is that there's a 345 piece difference between this and the Sorting Hat, both of which are $100 and come with a sound brick. At the time, I thought it was that special brick driving the cost of the hat up, but it doesn't seem to be the case, going by this set. Unless it's the sounds themselves that're pricey.

Well it is not Mona Lisa… 😂. Great video as always. Thank you.

aaaah Jang took my words! I wanted to say "another day another LEGO reveal" :D

I agree that this looked like a bland set on reveal, but having seen more details of it, it actually seems like one of the most interesting sets of the year. I’d at least like to add one voice to have you consider reviewing it, because I’m very interested in what you’d think of it!

While I like the idea, not sure about the execution, despite some neat features. I think it would have been better as either a much cheaper and smaller Creator 3-in-1 set, or instead with a (optional?) Bluetooth speaker inside instead of that sound brick. No one is indeed ever gonna put their phone inside for more than one time maybe.

I just think it’s neat

My question is: how hard would it actually be for someone to turn this into an actual radio? Strip a radio of all the main components for sound and tuning the frequency and try and fit it inside the lego model 🤔🤷

I used to have a little Lego radio and put my phone under it and pretend it was playing songs. So with that experience I have to say it's a fun concept, for a $40-50 set. This won't sell well unfortunately

i seriously thought it was gonna be one of those wood looking radios instead of a portable radio. Not really feeling it, but cool colors for other stuff

Lego’s gonna tank in a few years if they keep making ~$100 sets nobody asked for.

I would love to be a fly on the wall on Lego’s internal marketing and product development process. I can’t quite follow their plans, and I can’t tell if they’re exploring the market or confident that they found it.

I'm so tired of everything that doesn't need to be Lego being turned into Lego. Get a real typewriter, get a real globe, get a real ship in a bottle or football table or Black Panther bust statue or Adidias Originals Superstar shoes and so on and so forth. I'm so tired of them turning every product into plastic and making them way less good-looking and functional than it can be just so people can build it once and never touch it again. I'm actually having serious thoughts about how environmentally unfriendly it potentially is to sell barely functional items made out of tons of plastic, instead of functional ones made out of fitting materials. Lego is replacing plastic bags with paper bags to be environmentally friendly, while at the same time turning everything else they can think of into plastic.

It must be fun working in the "what is the dumbest thing Lego customers with pay $100 for" department.

I'm probably one of those few weirdos who actually love to see everything getting lego-ized, even if I'm not buying all of them For some reason I just like things a lot more in Lego form? It's the same for me with Star wars, I tend to collect lego sets more than the model kits or replica with 1:1 details. Might also have to do with the fact that I was introduced to SW because of the lego sets and games, and it seems to carry over to other things

This colour is officially Sea foam green💚

I wonder who their target market is for this set? I’m pushing 60 and I barely remember having a radio like that in our home.

This is one that I might pick up when it eventually goes on sale on Amazon or gets a roll back at Walmart. I like it, but $100 is a bit much for this one, and this is coming from someone who owns the UCS AT-AT.

I think it looks fine, I've just been completely priced out of Lego. I can't justify a hundred dollars for this. Can def see some folks really going for it and loving it tho.

I kinda understood the typewriter as it's appeal is that 'it's made of Lego but it still works! Look how neat that is!', but this radio just doesn't have enough mechanisms to have the same novelty, I think most people would rather just spend the money on a real working radio...

the problem with this set and the typewriter is the people who collect those things as display items or are hardcore fans most of the time dont want a Lego version, and i guess why would you can get the real versions cheaper or for the same price and they hold far more value over a plastic replica

This would be cool if it were an actual working radio.

Thats crazy, I mean you can get a really nice radio for 100$

I could be interested if this actually functioned as a competent radio.

The difference in reaction between here and the Lego Subreddit is astounding. Feels like Reddit refuses to criticize anything Lego and eats it all up.

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should!

i dont know anyone whos a big enough fan of ... 'radio' to drop a benjamin on this

To give credit to Lego I think comparing it to the real world price is a bit unfair, with that logic you could say things like the ucs milenium falcon are stupid and over priced because you can get non lego models that are more accurate for a much cheaper price. While lego is mostly for display the idea of it being built brick by brick and actually building it is a massive point with lego. No lego set will be 100% accurate so they’re not just for accuracy (even though the more accurate the cooler). That being said the price does seem a bit steep and I don’t fully understand the point of legofying retro devices. I still think it’s pretty good though and if someone’s into that kinda thing it definitely isn’t bad quality and doesn’t seem too overpriced for a lego product

Feel like Lego is really getting up they're own when were seriously releasing a Lego representation of a vintage radio for *$100!!!!* that will sit on a shelf and do nothing when, as you said, you could go to a Flea Market and get the ACTUAL thing for like $12 that will also sit somewhere but ACTUALLY work most of the time. I would say these set's will run they're coarse but clearly Lego is seeing that enough people like paying 5x the price for the same plastic thing, but it's buildable, to continue to make these so what do I know.

I think it's a huge miss having the inside be empty to put a phone in. Who's going to use that feature?? It would be so much cooler having Lego circuitry in there.

Nothing says lego adults like building a radio

I get the argument of just buying the real one, now, I don't care for this set at all but if I had to get a retro radio to put on my shelf and the choice was between lego or an actual one I'd go lego and I can't even give you a good reason for that, I just would

Hmmm you can get functional Retros wizh Blutooth from roughly 30$ upwards, even in rougly that colour without Colour disparity. Does somebody feel 70$ building experience?

Looking at the photos this morning, it didn't appeal to me at all. Looking at it again now, I think it would be a fun build and display model. Maybe put a little bluetooth speaker in it, I could enjoy that. Probably not for $130 CAD, though.

I'd rather have the Tuxedo Cat to be honest! That set is a lot more interesting looking and it's the same price as this, which really shows how massively imbalanced this Retro Radio's price is due to having that sound-brick. It doesn't help that I already have a retro-ish radio that's sitting around in the living room on display to begin with.

I like it, cause I loved the Typewriter, and this would be a nice pairing, but they're both the same hue. And this aqua seems ugly for this design. If it was like a 1950s style with the soft curves, or a juke box style, then yeah. But this color+design combo doesn't feel right to me. Maaaaybe I'd make the aqua a different color on my own, but that's a significant added expense for this level of a set. I'm not a forever display person; I build, enjoy, and then disassemble to build again later.

Giligans Island lookin set

looks good, i can appreciate the details but same as the mona lisa, why would i want this displayed in my house lol

What a nice Fallout brick pack.

Pantasy did a Retro TV a long time ago, a little too late I think...

Might be slightly more useful if you could ram an Alexa inside there.

Great set super excited for this one, but not happy with the dump on quality.😔

idk i kinda like it, maybe on sale

for that price they should include real speakers inside

Lego should be ashamed for the color disparity...among other things. One of those things are their insane prices.

Truth in advertising ftw!

PANTASY made Retro TV set that looks way better than this :) BTW. I think that it's possible to buy a very small pocket radio and use this set as case

This would be lovely in some random quirky office space. Apart from that, I do not know what customer base this is aimed at. Very very odd.

I don’t know how these get made. I don’t know anyone who wants a Lego version of random objects for $100 or more.

Looks ok but would just buy radio that works too expensive

Quality control is going down the toilet I feel. They are charging a premium for the toys, not to mention the recent price hikes, so we should expect more and vote with our wallets when we don't get what we pay for. LEGO is a company, they understand money more than anything.

Or I could buy a $100 speaker or Apple Airpods. I do admire the build, though.

This one significantly more so then the camera's feels like you should just buy the real thing lol

First look: oof.....why that colour? Why so slim? Why?

Anyone know of a bluetooth speaker (instead of an iPhone) that can fit inside?

It looks good. It really does, but not 100$ good. My first thoughts were about the same as Jang's I can buy a real one for 20€ or less in a nearby vintage store. And a sound brick...Wow, .at least added a transmittor

If I wanted something like this, I'd probably turn to Pantasy and get their gramophone or projector: more interesting designs, better brick quality, and lower prices. With Lego, it feels like it's $100+ for everything, with stickers and color quality control problems. No thanks.