How Guerrilla and Lego Collaborated to Create the New Horizon Adventures Set

Lego and video game collaborations have been a big trend for years now. Lego sets have featured the worlds of Super Mario, Animal Crossing, and Sonic the Hedgehog, among others, and soon the next Horizon set will be here.

After years of fan-builds, the official set releases in stores on March 1, but Stephane Varrault, design director at Guerrilla has now given fans a sneak peek as he demonstrated how they look and work.

“Working with Lego bricks and trying to replicate all the machines in this universe forces you to think about abstraction,” he told PlayStation Blog. “Abstraction is good for a designer because you start to think about the essence of fun. It’s about going back to the essentials.”

Keeping that idea in mind, Lego’s senior model designer Joseph Kyde had to figure out the design for the game’s iconic Shell-Walker. Translating the inner workings of the crate with the precious cargo that Shell-Walkers keep on their back to Lego form wasn’t the easiest.

“The hexagonal cargo pod was an extremely challenging build to make out of Lego elements and it was one of my favorite examples of a problem-solving exercise for this set,” Kyde said. After days of trying out multiple ideas, he ended up with a design involving two symmetrical pieces that simulated the in-game design rather well.

The Shell-Walker is not the only machine in the set as the Sawtooth will be included as well.

“They are very detailed, and you can also pose and animate them. Having that ability to make your own storylines from this incredible Lego set is a brilliant opportunity, and I’m so incredibly honored that it’s coming out of Lego Horizon Adventures,” said Kat Woolley, senior producer at Studio Gobo.

Of course, this set includes Aloy and Varl minifigures. What is a set without the game’s champion after all?

“Including Aloy was a no-brainer,” exclaimed Frédéric Andre, Lego Group’s creative lead. “Varl has the same amount of detail as Aloy. He has all the decoration to make him a fantastic minifigure!” Aloy’s minifigure features her in her signature outfit with a set of weapons to take on whatever the world throws at her.

Lego Horizon Adventures, a Lego-style video game adaptation of the mainline entries, was released back in November 2024. The new Lego set is priced at $45.