Revealed: 11378 Douglas™ DC-3™ PAN AM® Airliner from LEGO® Icons

Up, up and away! LEGO® Icons have just revealed a new plane, coming in April 2026: Douglas™ DC-3™ PAN AM® Airliner. While it may not have quite the size of the LEGO Icons Concorde (and frankly, who had the shelf space for that?) the DC-3 certainly holds a comparable place in aviation history. You might say it was as common in its day as the Concorde was rare! But what LEGO rarities and novelties lie within this new set?

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11378 Douglas™ DC-3™ PAN AM® Airliner

• Release date: 1 April 2026 for LEGO® Insiders; 4 April for all
• Pieces: 1903
• Age mark: 18+
• Dimensions: over 9.5 in. (24 cm) high, 20 in. (51 cm) long, 30 in. (76 cm) wide
• Price: £199.99/ 219,99 €/ $219.99/ for global pricing and availability click here

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About the DC-3 and the LEGO version

Developed in the US in the mid-1930s, the Douglas DC-3 revolutionised air travel with its greater reliability, range and comfort. It was the plane that popularised civilian air travel, and at the peak of its dominance at the outbreak of World War II, nine out of every ten flights in the world was some sort of DC-3. Military aircraft development during the war meant that the DC-3 was no longer the most commercially viable aircraft to produce, and while civilian production stopped in 1943, the planes remained in commercial and military use – indeed, some are still used for both these purposes today, which is amazing for a plane developed 90 years ago!

PAN AM used DC-3s from 1937 until the mid-1960s, and indeed the version shown here must date from 1963 or later as it features the wonderful blue globe PAN AM logo on the tail.

The LEGO version includes removable roofs to reveal a detailed cockpit, and passenger cabin complete with aisle and seating. 

The DC-3 uses standard retractable landing gear, and this is present in the LEGO version as a function operated by a dial. 

The model has a sturdy display stand with an info plaque and PAN AM-branded minifigure display stand, totally bringing that 1960s camp vibe!

The team here are loving this LEGO plane, and Ben points out LEGO have trod similar territory before in the  2008 LEGO® Indiana Jones set 7628 Peril in Peru. Let's look at the new pieces we can see in it.

Recolours

Tom spotted four useful recolours in the set – all in the nose, actually – can you see any more? 

 

• Slope Curved 3 x 2 Beveled with Stud Notch Left and Right (6822 and 6823) in White
• Windscreen, Curved 4 x 5 (7613) in Black
• Dome 6 x 3 x 3 Half (7202) in Light Bluish Gray

Those black and white curved slopes meet in such a pleasing way! For more on the black "tulip bow" piece, see Tom's analysis of the LEGO 4x5 Triple curved shell.

Minifigures

The model includes four exclusive minifigures: a purser, pilot, stewardess and flight attendant, all wearing outfits inspired by PAN AM historical uniforms. 

They look magnificent and I'm sure will be hugely popular. Their stand looks magnificent too – especially with those pearl gold wedge plates that to date have only appeared in the LEGO Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers set. 

Printed pieces

We don't think there are any stickers, but it can be hard to be sure. 

Most of the newly decorated pieces included in the set are PAN AM branded, limiting their use significantly. 

There are two pairs of 1x8 white tiles that between them read "PAN AMERICAN" (and it's neat that when the pair are separated, one reads "PAN AM"). Then there's the plaque, printed in gold on a reddish-brown 6x6 tile which looks very smart. And of course you can't miss the stunning white 6x6 round tiles with the blue PAN AM globe logo. Thanks to the minifigure stand, you actually get three of these in the set.

There's one new printed piece which will have more use elsewhere, though.

Windscreen 4 x 6 x 1 Round (76796) was introduced for set 10283 NASA Space Shuttle Discovery in 2021, where it came with a black window and white fuselage decoration that is vaguely similar to this new one for the Douglas DC-3. It has since appeared unprinted in two sets.

So what do you think? Will you be catching this plane in April? Let us know in the comments. 

Cost of the set in all countries where it will be sold 

• Australia 379.99 AUD
• Austria 219.99 EUR
• Belgium 219.99 EUR
• Brazil 1999.99 BRL
• Canada 299.99 CAD
• China 1899 CNY
• Croatia 219.99 EUR
• Czech Republic 5599 CZK
• Denmark 1799.95 DKK
• Estonia 229.99 EUR
• Finland 239.95 EUR
• France 219.99 EUR
• Germany 219.99 EUR
• Greece 229.99 EUR
• Hong Kong 1699 HKD
• Hungary 92990 HUF
• India 21999 INR
• Ireland 219.99 EUR
• Israel 255 EUR
• Italy 219.99 EUR
• Japan 33980 JPY
• Latvia 229.99 EUR
• Lithuania 229.99 EUR
• Luxembourg 219.99 EUR
• Malaysia 949.9 MYR
• Mexico 5499 MXN
• New Zealand 429.99 NZD
• Norway 2999.9 NOK
• Poland 949.99 PLN
• Portugal 219.99 EUR
• Romania 1179.99 RON
• Singapore 329.9 SGD
• Slovakia 224.99 EUR
• Slovenia 219.99 EUR
• South Africa 4399 ZAR
• South Korea 319900 KRW
• Spain 219.99 EUR
• Sweden 2799.9 SEK
• Switzerland 249 CHF
• Taiwan 7599 TWD
• The Netherlands 219.99 EUR
• Turkey 12499 TRY
• Ukraine 11299 UAH
• United Kingdom 199.99 GBP
• USA 219.99 USD

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