Chinese Traditional Festivals

Fortune Firecracker

The Fortune Firecracker is a festival model from LEGO's Chinese Traditional Festivals range, depicting an oversized, richly decorated firecracker of the kind associated with good fortune at Lunar New Year. With 1,039 pieces and six minifigures, it is one of the more figure-rich sets in the range.

Set number
80118
Year
2025
Pieces
1,039
Minifigures
6
Different parts
192
What can I build with it?

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Parts list 192

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Minifigures 6

Description

A symbol of luck and new beginnings

Firecrackers are traditionally seen in Chinese culture as a way to ward off bad spirits and welcome good fortune for the year ahead. The set translates that symbolism into a tall standing display model, its gold ornamentation and red colour blocks capturing the festive mood of the New Year celebrations. As a decorative piece, it fits especially well around Lunar New Year, though it works as a year-round display model too. Anyone familiar with the festival will recognise several of its details straight away.

192 unique parts for rich decoration

With 192 unique parts among 1,039 pieces overall, the focus sits on decorative detail rather than mechanical function. The parts list on this page shows plenty of tiles, ornamental pieces and specialised elements used to recreate the firecracker's elaborate patterning. Builders who enjoy working with gold and pearlescent elements will find plenty of material here for their own festival or decoration projects, and the fine patterning shows how much detail fits into a fairly compact set.

Pearl gold, red and dark turquoise

The choice of Pearl Gold and Red follows the classic colour symbolism of Lunar New Year, where gold represents prosperity and red represents luck, rounded out by Black and Dark Turquoise as contrasting accents. That combination gives the model a festive, upmarket look that stands apart from the more everyday colour palettes found in many other LEGO® themes, and adds a distinctive piece to any themed collection. With 1,039 pieces in total, this Chinese Traditional Festivals set shows how much construction fits into a single model.

Six minifigures for festival scenes

With six minifigures included, builders can recreate a whole gathering, from family members to figures representing typical New Year customs. That makes the set interesting for play scenes around the festival, not just as a static display. The parts list is also useful for spotting individual colour and decoration elements worth reusing in other festival builds or collection extensions. Compared with other Chinese Traditional Festivals sets, this model has a clearly distinct character of its own.

FAQ

How many pieces and minifigures does the Fortune Firecracker include?
Set 80118 contains 1,039 pieces and comes with 6 minifigures.
What does the model represent?
It depicts a richly decorated firecracker, a traditional symbol of good fortune at Lunar New Year.
Is this set only suitable for Lunar New Year?
It fits the season particularly well, but as a display model it also works as a year-round decorative piece.

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