As per tradition since 2005, Lego holds an annual special event known as the Lego Inside Tour and at the end of these if you were one of the lucky few to attend then an exclusive set would be given as a gift commemorating the tour. Here is this year's Inside Tour exclusive. Also, The New Elementary has a review up for your curious perusal.

via The Brick Fan

 

I want!  How does one get to be one of the special 80 that get this set?  I need to start plotting...

I followed the links from the review above and realized I can't afford the Lego Inside Tour.  Put it on the list of things to do when I've sold enough Lego/won the lottery...

looks fantastic!

Sounds like a great vacation for $2,400!  Not as bad as I was expecting.

It must be such a treat for anyone who goes on the tour. The free set that they give to all the participants could easily make up for $300-400 of the price. Of course if I went, I'd keep it for sentimental value.

 

Is a picture of all the participants on the back of the box? Wow, that would be a treat in itself!

I followed the links from the review above and realized I can't afford the Lego Inside Tour.  Put it on the list of things to do when I've sold enough Lego/won the lottery...

It's very simple. Every time you sell Lego, save 1% of that sale and keep on saving that 1% until you get to the amount you need to get a Lego Inside Tour. If you do that, you would need to sell a lot of Lego. Winning the lottery would a lot easier.

Yeah, I want this. Give me the pets list, and give me the instructions. I'll Bricklink this. It would look great as a small train in a smaller Christmas Village.

That is so cool i want it i love trains especially steam!

Here is the model constructed in LDD in case anyone would like to build it themselves. It may not be 100% accurate but fairly close.

I own this! There's actually 400 of these. 80 per tour and there were 5 (I think?) tours. Okay, I'm done bragging now.

I own this! There's actually 400 of these. 80 per tour and there were 5 (I think?) tours. Okay, I'm done bragging now.

Care to share some pictures?

Care to share some pictures?

 

Like maybe the instructions and parts list?  

Sorry, I have no plans to open either one yet! Attached is my wife's copy. Top is signed by Mads Nipper and bottom is signed by the designer. I, being the huge and great lego fan I am, have forgot his name.

That is way more baller than joyowhatever's post. I am slightly more jealous of yours. Although I told my wife about this tonight, and she agreed maybe when my son is closer to 10, so hey, only 4 more years. :-)

Four more years, but you'll get three sets if you all go!

Man wonder what these would go for on the open market.

Sorry, I have no plans to open either one yet! Attached is my wife's copy. Top is signed by Mads Nipper and bottom is signed by the designer. I, being the huge and great lego fan I am, have forgot his name.

Did the same people sign every copy ? Or did they differ amongst the 5 tour groups ?

Duh just compared your picture and 1st post. Did you have to ask the person to sign or did it come like that ?

Did the same people sign every copy ? Or did they differ amongst the 5 tour groups ?

Duh just compared your picture and 1st post. Did you have to ask the person to sign or did it come like that ?

Had to ask, but everyone basically formed a line immediately. Most got his signature on the outer sleeve, but some just got his signature on the white inner box. My wife opted to have Mads sign hers, I didn't. He's just a VP of something, not the designer.

The pictures in the first post were from CK...a guy from Hong Kong. He wisely brought a few padded containers (based on size of previous insider sets) to protect the set on the way back home. I was literally just carrying a Lego bag with the sets onto the plane with no other protection (a bit nerve wracking).

Had to ask, but everyone basically formed a line immediately. Most got his signature on the outer sleeve, but some just got his signature on the white inner box. My wife opted to have Mads sign hers, I didn't. He's just a VP of something, not the designer.

The pictures in the first post were from CK...a guy from Hong Kong. He wisely brought a few padded containers (based on size of previous insider sets) to protect the set on the way back home. I was literally just carrying a Lego bag with the sets onto the plane with no other protection (a bit nerve wracking).

So the signatures were "optional". Not that I am planning on a tour anytime soon

I know what you meant about carrying sets without protections. I found a couple of the Zombies sets during layover and had them in shopping bag the entire flights home. I had to put them in the overhead compartments since they were too long for under the seats and too big for me to hold. I stuffed the bag with T-shirts to lessen any potential damage from any shifting luggages.

Were instructions for this ever posted online? Had a look around but couldn't find anything except for an unconfirmed LDD file.

On April 18, 2015 at 1:03 PM, tractorboy said:

Were instructions for this ever posted online? Had a look around but couldn't find anything except for an unconfirmed LDD file.

A little late in reply, but yes, instructions are up on Lego's servers:

4000014 Instructions

One of these sold on ebay last month for $1465