Vestas Wind Turbine
other • 815 pcs
- Set number
- 4999-1
- Availability
- In production
- Pieces
- 815
- Released
- 2008
- Theme
- Other
- Minifigures
- 3
- Barcode
- 5702014520202
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Where it came from
The LEGO Vestas Wind Turbine, set number 4999, was released in 2008 as a corporate promotional item developed in partnership between the LEGO Group and the Danish wind energy company Vestas. The set was created to commemorate the installation of actual wind turbines at the LEGO Group's manufacturing facilities and was initially distributed exclusively to Vestas employees. It reflects a period of increasing corporate focus on sustainability and renewable energy, bringing these themes into the LEGO building experience through an authentic, scaled representation of a modern turbine.
The model was designed to accurately capture the structural engineering of a wind turbine, featuring a tall, slender tower and functional rotor blades that could be turned by hand. Its design aesthetic is clean and industrial, emphasizing technical realism over traditional play features. Upon its release, the set was praised by the adult fan community for its rarity and its sophisticated approach to non-fictional subject matter, eventually leading the company to develop a consumer-facing, commercially available version a decade later in 2018.
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