LEGO® Icons recolours and prints review: 10318 Concorde

We've already taken a look at the set's intriguing new moulds in Part 1 of our LEGO® Icons 10318 Concorde review. Today we'll be focusing on the recolours and prints, and gosh, what a stunning selection of prints it is!

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LEGO® Icons 10318 Concorde
US$199.99/ £169.99/ 199.99€/ AU$299.99
2083 parts
4 September 2023
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Recolours

But first, the recolours. Unsurprisingly, there are a number of notable elements in White.

Apologies to anyone with trypophobia! A useful element introduced earlier this year, Plate Special 1 x 3 Rounded with 3 Open Studs in White (6450820 | 77850) is exclusive to the Concorde. A generous 23 are included in the set.

More White recolours next:

• 2x Plate 1 x 1 x 2/3 Half Round with Side Stud ‘D-SNOT’ (6446788 | 3386) - Appears in 3 other sets
• 1x Wheel Arch, Mudguard 2 x 3 x 1 1/3 (6458581 | 49097) - Exclusive
• 6x Tile Special 2 x 4 Inverted (6440438 | 3395) - Appears in 2 other sets
• 2x Slope 45° 2 x 1 Inverted with 2/3 Cut-out (6458097 | 2310) - New colour for August 2023, appears in 1 other set

The exceptional quantity of 1x1 - 1x2 brackets in White (6442358 | 79389) warrants a mention. The part can be found in 4 other sets but an impressive 45 are included here. 

Owing to the colour choice of the planes' tail fin, we get a trio of small, yet exclusive, Earth Blue/ Dark Blue recolours:

• 3x Tile Round 1 x 1 Half Circle (6444941 | 35399)
• 3x Brick Curved 1 x 1 x 2/3 Double Curved Top, No Studs (6403899 | 49307) 
• 1x Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 2 Inverted (6450823 | 73825)

There is a small selection of noteworthy Black recolours too:

• 1x Brick Special 2 x 2 with Grooves and Axle Hole (6052796 | 90258) - Appears in 3 other sets
• 4x Tile Special 2 x 4 Inverted (6442317 | 3395) - Appears in 3 other 2023 sets
• 15x Brick Special 1 x 2 Rounded with Center Bars (6447759 | 77808) - Appears in 3 other 2023 sets
• 2x Slope Curved 2 x 2 Inverted (6458098 | 1750) - Exclusive

As we'll see in part 3 of our review, the 12x exclusively recoloured Technic Panel Fairings 2 x 1 x 1 in Medium Nougat (6450558 | 89679) make excellent little seats. My mind jumped straight to an alternative use, however...

I doubt I'm the first to dream this up, but the shape and colour instantly made me think of roof tiles. The set includes just enough of them to make this tablescrap. On a larger scale you could offset the tiles for greater realism. I tried that here but it just looked messy with only 3 roof tiles per row. 

A trio of lesser seen Bright Red/ Red recolours next:

• 4x Plate Special 1 x 2 with Pin Hole On Side  (6433069 | 3172) - Appears in 2 other sets
• 6x Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 1  (6372478 | 36841) - Appears in 2 other sets
• 8x Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 2 (6435047 | 79389) - Appears in 3 other sets

For a predominantly monochrome set, it's surprising to find even more colourful parts of interest. Also shown are a pair of recent grey recolours and an exclusive Trans-Black one:

• 2x Wedge Plate 12 x 3 Left in Bright Orange/ Orange (6220992 | 47397) - Appears in 2 other sets
• 2x Wedge Plate 12 x 3 Right in Bright Orange/ Orange (6220994 | 47398) - Appears in 2 other sets
• 2x Brick Curved 1 x 1 x 2/3 Double Curved Top, No Studs in Bright Yellow/ Yellow (6394524 | 49307) - Appears in 3 other sets
• 4x Technic Beam 1 x 2 Thick with Pin Hole and Axle Hole in Bright Blue/ Blue (6392955 | 40147) - Appears in 2 other sets
• 2x Technic Pin Connector Hub with 2 Axles in Bright Blue/ Blue (6336378 | 27940) - Appears in 3 other sets
• 1x Plate 2 x 3 with 1 x 1 Cut-out in Medium Stone Grey/ Light Bluish Gray (6421522 | 73831) - appears in 4 other 2023 sets
• 2x Plate Special 1 x 2 with Pin Hole On Side in Medium Stone Grey/ Light Bluish Gray (6438836 | 3172) - appears in 8 other 2023 sets
• 1x Brick 1 x 4 without Bottom Tubes in Trans-Black (6446985 | 35256) - Exclusive

Mould Updates

Elspeth already took a look at the new style of Exo-Force clip in her Ninjago City Markets review. 10318 Concorde is the first set to introduce the new mould in red and has a decent quantity in White too:

• 2x Bar 1L with Clip [Cut Edges and One Side Hole] [Full Clip] in Bright Red/ Red (6439048 | 3484) - Exclusive
• 10x Bar 1L with Clip [Cut Edges and One Side Hole] [Full Clip] in White (6439046 | 3484) - Appears in 1 other set

New versions of 1x6x5 slopes are also included. Formerly ID 30249, the new mould (2937) features a reinforced interior with nail rail providing greater clutch power. It would seem the change-over is well underway as the updated version has appeared in numerous sets and colours throughout 2023. 

Prints

10318 Concorde's lack of sticker sheet must come as a relief to those who prefer printed details. Ten unique printed elements are included along with some duplicates making 18 in total.

The largest are these 7x Slope Curved 8 x 6 x 2 Double in White with 7 Light Bluish Gray Airplane Windows print (6440033 | 103904). I doubt many folks would've appreciated having to carefully align several rows of teeny tiny windows so its great to see the decision was made to go for a repeated printed element.

The remaining prints are much more varied and, unsurprisingly, all are exclusive to the set: 

• 2x Tile 1 x 6 with Triangular Red Stripe print in White (6459442 | 105187)
• 1x Slope Brick Curved 2 x 4 x 2/3 No Studs with Black/Red Air Intakes print in White (6440037 | 103908)
• 1x Slope Brick Curved 2 x 4 x 2/3 No Studs with Black/Red Air Intakes print in White (6440036 | 103907)
• 1x  Tile Special 4 x 8 Inverted with Gold 'Concorde', Stats on Black Background print in Reddish Brown (6459443 | 105188)
• 1x Wedge Curved 10 x 3 Left with Red Stripe, Black 'Concorde' print in White (6459440 | 105185)
• 1x Wedge Curved 10 x 3 Right with Red Stripe, Black 'Concorde' print in White (6440038 | 103909)
• 1x Windscreen 2 x 4 x 1 Curved with white frame print in Trans-Black (6440035 | 103906)
• 2x Tile 2 x 4 with Red Stripe print in White (6459441 | 105186)
• 1x  Brick 1 x 8 with White 'Concorde' print in Earth Blue/ Dark Blue (6440034 | 103905)

The info plaque looks very classy with its gold on brown design. I'm excited to see what MOCing potential the generic ones could have. I'm itching to use the pointy red print on a spaceship at any rate. Alternatively, for the morbid builders out there, they could represent some... misplaced claret liquid - It's the month for spooky builds after all! 

With my track record of fainting at paper-cuts however, I'll steer well clear of such subject matter and instead focus on building this beauty of an aircraft. Part 3 of our review will follow soon.

READ MORE: LEGO® ICONS™ new moulds review: 10318 Concorde

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