Four sets are based on players Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Lionel Messi, and Vini Jr., featuring highly detailed, dual-moulded minifigures. Each player's set has a unique design with a base shaped like the first letter of their name, featuring colors from their national team, their shirt number, and a collectible plaque with stats. Ronaldo's set features Portugal's colors and his iconic CR7, with Easter eggs about his life and rise to fame in Portugal. Mbappé's set recreates Paris with a subtle nod to how many times France has won the World Cup. Messi's set is built on an M-shaped brick with Argentina's colors. Vini Jr.'s set can be put in a goal-scoring pose with exaggerated, comic book-style effects made out of Lego.
There are two Football Legends sets showing Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in brick-built form. The sets can be built in two ways: for Ronaldo, in his famous Siuuu pose or performing his signature bicycle kick; for Messi, in his victory pose pointing at the sky or a running design showing him dribbling. There is a larger Lionel Messi – Celebration set with 1,427 pieces designed as 3D wall art, showing Messi in his victory pose with references to his life and career.
I'm from the Lego Editions team, which is what these sets are coming out of, and I'm a huge football fan. They actually brought me from another team just to do these sets. So this is like a dream come true for me.
Lego designer Luka Grković worked on the sets for Ronaldo and Mbappé. According to Metro - Main, Luka Grković described being brought from another team to work on these sets as a dream come true. According to Metro - Main, Luka Grković described the idea as creating the ultimate collectible football highlight for each player, showcasing their history and capturing dynamic football kicks. The release date and prices for these Lego sets have not been confirmed, and it is unknown if there are plans for sets featuring other football players beyond the four mentioned.
The idea of these is to make the ultimate collectible football highlight for each player, showcasing a bit of their history as a footballer, capturing a very dynamic football kick, and having this really cool minifigure that’s highly detailed.