Here is a gallery of some adorable Korean life focused LEGO block sets.
Recently I saw
an advertisement for a cute promotional Lego set of a KT (Korea Telecom) phone store.
KT Phone Store
I like the various little phone cases you can choose from hanging there on the wall. Here's a better looking short video that shows off the set:
These aren't "Lego" exactly, but cute knockoffs from
Oxford Blocks (yes, a Korean company). They put out a lot of cheaper sets, though the quality is decent (important when you see the prices of actual Lego here). What I like though is that they put out all sorts of cute Korea-specific block sets.
It got me thinking about some of the others I've seen, and I had the bright idea to show some of them off here. These are some of my favorites. Click the caption links to see more, usually including builds.
CU convenience store set
SK EnClean gas station
Kyobo bookstore
Real Men military barracks set
"
Real Men" (진짜 사나이) was a popular military reality show, which included unofficial White Male Ambassador to Korea
Sam Hammington among its cast.
I like how in this upclose shot you can see that they're watching some kind of K-pop girl performance in the barracks. Talk about authenticity:
Traditional Wedding ceremony (전통혼례)
CJ "Healthy Ham" picnic set with with cherry blossoms
LG Twins baseball team locker room
Jjangu's kindergarten bus
The popular Japanese comic and animation series "Crayon Shin-chan" is known as Jjangu in Korea. This is his 짱구는 못말려 유치원버스. I always thought this meant "Jjangu the Unstopable" but
apparently the official name is "Jjanggu the Unhelpable."
Kakao Friends Ryan bus
Kakao Friends camping set
Korean traditional house "hanok" (전통한옥)
These are just the tip of the iceberg, really. There are lots more out there, many of which were only produced for a short promotional time. But most you can still buy, either direct from Oxford, or the tie-in company, or various online sellers
on G-market for example.
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