Daft Punk Goes Digital with LEGO® Fortnite

For years, fans have begged for an official LEGO® Daft Punk set. None have made it past the LEGO Ideas gatekeepers. The robots may never land in a physical box, but starting September 27, they’re going digital.

Fortnite is launching the Daft Punk Experience, a neon playground dedicated to the duo’s music. It’s less brick-in-hand, more brick-in-the-cloud, and it brings Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo into the LEGO Fortnite universe as digital minifigure-style skins.

Skins, Styles, and Sound

At the center is the “Let the music take control” pack, dropping in the Fortnite Item Shop. Inside: Daft Punk character skins, complete with their new LEGO® Styles, making the jump from chrome helmets to blocky heads surprisingly smooth. It’s cosplay for the pixel generation.

More than just skins, the update introduces the Daft Punk LEGO Kit, a pyramid build that reacts to in-game music. Think flashing lights, reactive beats, and a virtual homage to the Alive tour pyramid.

Pyramid Scheme, But Fun

Is this the closest fans will ever get to an official LEGO® Daft Punk set? Ideas projects have failed to pass, and licensing hurdles make a physical set unlikely. But in Fortnite, restrictions disappear. Virtual bricks, virtual helmets, infinite possibilities.

They built a pyramid from beats, now they’ve built one from pixels. Or maybe it’s the same thing, just rendered differently.

Would you log in on September 27 to see Daft Punk’s pyramid light up again, or does it only count if you can step on the LEGO® bricks barefoot?