Having already released models of iconic football stadiums such as Manchester United’s Old Trafford and Real Madrid’s Bernabéu, LEGO is now giving everyone the opportunity to build their own version of football’s most valuable artifact: the FIFA World Cup trophy.
The real thing – all 14½ inches and 13½ pounds of its glory in gold and malachite – has become the symbol of the game’s greatest achievement since it officially replaced the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1974.
Only a select group of people – World Cup winners, the FIFA president and heads of state – are allowed to hold the trophy, let alone hoist it triumphantly into a cacophonous stadium full of people and a billion others watching on televisions around the world.
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So for us mere mortals who will never go near one, FIFA has collaborated with LEGO to give fans the chance to get their hands on an extremely cool brick version of sport’s most famous prize.
Ahead of the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States next summer, LEGO has created a brilliant replica of the current trophy. It’s a 1:1 scale model made up of 2,842 individual bricks, including – unsurprisingly – the largest number of gold bricks ever used in a single LEGO set.
It also has a little hidden feature: a compartment in the globe at the top of the trophy opens to reveal the 2026 FIFA World Cup logo and a LEGO minifigure holding a mini version of the trophy.
While it might not be worth as much as the real thing, it’ll still cost a pretty penny: LEGO is now accepting pre-orders for shipping next March for $199.99.
We hope this price doesn’t stop this model from selling well, as we’d love to see LEGO produce a whole range of sets recreating iconic moments from the World Cup. Who wouldn’t want to construct their own version of Diana Ross’ missed penalty in the 1994 opening ceremony, of referee Graham Poll giving Croatian Josip Simunic three yellow cards in 2006, or of Uruguayan Luis Suárez biting the shoulder of Italian Giorgio Chiellini in 2014?
