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Product code: 73230144
The Armadillo Mine Expedition (21269) toy lets Minecraft® players get hands-on with the popular video game. With cool characters and fun features, this LEGO® Minecraft toy is a thrilling gaming set packed with imaginative play possibilities for kids aged 8 and over.
Set in the game’s savanna biome, the model features a mine with a lever-controlled TNT function that blasts away a piece of the terrain to reveal precious ore. There is a cave spider toy and a wolf, plus 2 armadillos, which provide the scutes used to craft wolf armour. At the side of the mine there is a small river and a lava fall. The set easily rearranges to inspire new adventures.
For extra digital fun, the LEGO Builder app lets kids zoom in and rotate models in 3D using their device.
Product specification
- Assembly Required
- Assembly Required
- Brand
- LEGO
- Character
- Minecraft, LEGO
- Composition
- Plastic
- Country of Origin
- Czech Republic
- Development Claims
- Encourages creativity, Develops hand eye coordination
- Made in the UK
- No
- Model name / number
- 21269
- Number of pieces
- 247
- Packaged Dimensions
- H61 x W191 x D262mm
- Range
- LEGO Minecraft
- Skills Development
- Logic, Motor skills
- Suitable From
- 8 years
- Toy type
- Construction Sets
- Warning!
- Warning! Choking hazard - due to small parts that may cause a choking hazard, Warning! Not suitable for children under 8 years
Brand information
The company that was destined to become LEGO started life as being a small workshop that produced wooden toys, run by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932. The name ‘LEGO’ was adopted in 1934, coming from the Danish phrase ‘leg godt’, which means ‘play well’. It wasn’t until 1947 that they started producing plastic toys, with the first version of the now infamous interlocking bricks coming in 1949.
They weren’t quite the bricks that people are used to nowadays, being made from a different material and having a slightly different locking system. It was actually Christiansen’s son Godtfred Kirk that saw the potential for the bricks to become a tool for creative play and in 1958, the modern brick design was born. From this date, despite variation in the design and purpose of individual pieces over the years, each remains compatible in some way with previous pieces. So you could have a LEGO set from 1958 and it would still be completely compatible with a modern set.
Since the 1960, thousands of sets have been released covering everything from Aliens to the Wild West. The only area that the company has never tackled directly is military-themed sets, because Ole Kirk set a policy that they must never make war seem like child’s play. The largest ever LEGO set to date is a scale-model of the Taj Mahal, which was made out of 5922 pieces.
The LEGO Group's motto is ‘det bedste er ikke for godt’, which roughly translates to "only the best is the best". Ole Kirk Christiansen came up with this phrase to encourage workers to always produce the highest quality toys possible.
Nowadays, LEGO makes a vast range of toys for all ages, as well as teaching materials for children, which are distributed in over 130 countries. The company has approximately 10,000 employees and is the world's third largest manufacturer of play materials.
Delivery and returns
Delivery and collection options
- Standard Delivery
- £4.50
- UK delivery within 2 to 5 days, 8am - 8pm, Monday to Saturday. Free on orders over £50, otherwise £4.50.
- Click & Collect
- £2.95
- Free on orders over £40, £2.95 if you spend less. Choose a collection day at checkout, next day available at some locations. Available at Waitrose, selected John Lewis shops, Shell stations and Booths stores.
- Local Collection Network
- £2.95
- Free on orders over £40, £2.95 if you spend less. Collect your delivery from thousands of local convenience shops. Your next available collection day will show at checkout.
- Evening Delivery within London M25
- £9.95
- Order before 10am to get same day evening delivery within London M25. Available 7 days a week, delivery between 6 – 11pm on a day of your choice. We’ll text you a 1-hour delivery window on the day. Delivered by 100% electric vehicles.
- Next or Named Day Delivery
- £7.95
- Delivery on the day of your choice, 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week. You'll receive a text on the morning of delivery with a 1-hour delivery window.
- Morning Delivery
- £10.95
- Delivery on the day of your choice, by 11.30am available 7 days a week.
Returns and refunds
You can return or exchange an unwanted item within 30 days of receiving it.
Please allow up to 14 days from sending the item to receive your refund.
How to return your item
Small items
Return a small item you bought online for free to a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, or one of our return locations. You can also arrange a collection using Evri or Royal Mail.
Large items - items delivered by two people, such as appliances and furniture
We'll collect large items from you. Collections are free if your item is damaged or faulty. If not, we charge a collection fee. To arrange a collection, please contact us.