LEGO Avatar: The Last Airbender

Lego Avatar: The Last Airbender was a series of LEGO sets manufactured by the LEGO company, based on the television series of the same name. However, due to competition between Avatar and SpongeBob SquarePants, this LEGO theme had to be discontinued. This made it one of the shortest LEGO theme runnings in history, having only two sets.
== Background ==
The two sets debuted as part of the first wave test run of Nickelodeon-themed LEGO sets following a partnership between the popular kids' network and the Danish toy company in late 2005. In this wave, Nickelodeon decided to include two of its most popular franchises: Avatar: The Last Airbender and SpongeBob SquarePants to see which ones would be more popular. In August 2006, the first five Nickelodeon LEGO sets hit retail shelves: two based on Avatar and the other three on SpongeBob. The two models were only released in the United States and Canada and was shortly discontinued after its release in 2007.
The discontinuation of the theme is partly due to the belief that Avatar: The Last Airbender would become obsolete, as only three seasons were planned and it was originally set to end the year after the first wave. Nevertheless, the sets produced are based only on Book One, and therefore recreate events solely from this time frame. The series had not yet introduced Toph, and Zuko was still bent on capturing Aang. There were only two new piece molds introduced in this theme, those for Momo and the wings of Aang's glider.
Aang is the only individual character from the series that appears in both sets. Sokka and Momo only appear in "3828 Air Temple", and Katara and Zuko only appear in "3829 Fire Nation Ship". Other mini-figures merely portray generic Fire Nation soldiers. Important recurring characters that were already present in Book One and are not represented in any way in this theme are Appa, Iroh, and Zhao.
In 2020, a set named Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Avatar Returns was created by StudioTRico and it reached 10,000 votes on LEGO Ideas in order for Lego to consider to make it into an official set. The set is based on the original Fire Nation Ship set, and features Aang, Katara, Sokka, Prince Zuko, Iroh, and a Fire Nation soldier.
A month later, a set named Avatar: The Last Airbender - YIP YIP! was created by StudioTRico and similarly reached 10,000 votes. The idea included a constructed Appa, and included Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Toph, Suki, Iroh, and Momo. LEGO officially responded to the project, announcing that they "will not produce this project as a set".. 
== Sets ==
Image	No. 	Set 	Pieces	Price 	Minifigures 	Release date
 	3828	Air Temple 	400 	US $29.99 / £24.99	Aang, Momo, Sokka, Fire Nation soldier, Firebender 	2006
 	3829	Fire Nation Ship	722 	US $49.99 / £39.99	Aang, Katara, Zuko, Fire Nation soldier, Firebender	2006
== Gallery ==
LEGO Katara.png|LEGO Katara minifigure.
LEGO Sokka.png|LEGO Sokka minifigure.
LEGO Zuko.png|LEGO Zuko minifigure.
LEGO Momo.png|LEGO Momo minifigure.
LEGO firebender.png|LEGO firebender minifigure.
LEGO Fire Nation soldier.png|LEGO Fire Nation soldier minifigure.
Bryan Konietzko's LEGO Fire Nation ship.jpg|Bryan Konietzko's LEGO Fire Nation Ship.
==Trivia==
* Bryan Konietzko, whose favorite toys while growing up were LEGOs, has claimed that there were other two Avatar LEGO sets "for a brief time". These however, were never released.
** He also revealed that he and his team sent in a note to LEGO while they were manufacturing the Fire Nation ship to make Katara's skin tone darker for her LEGO figure.
== References ==
== See also ==
* Merchandise
== External links ==
* Article on Brickipedia, the LEGO Wiki
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