This is the real reason why LEGO Star Wars designers hide pink bricks in sets

LEGO designer Henrik Andersen has revealed why the Star Wars team has been hiding pink bricks in their sets. If you've been building LEGO Star Wars sets lately, you may have noticed a strange tendency to hide pink bricks inside them.

Mixing internal set colors is nothing new, of course – it's an easy way for designers to simplify the building process, especially in the sea of ​​gray that Star Wars usually offers. However, the focus on pink is new. And it turns out it's there for a reason. A nice reason....

Speaking to Brickset, Andersen revealed that the LEGO Star Wars crew will be rewarded for every pink brick they successfully hide in a set.

“It all started as a joke about whether we could incorporate pink bricks into a Star Wars model ,” he explained. “ Then my wife Danielle, a quality engineer at LEGO, picked up the idea and promised 'Pink Brick Cake' to the Star Wars project team every time we installed a pink brick in our creations!”

The next time you open a LEGO Star Wars set and find a pink piece, think about the fact that somewhere in Billund a designer is probably eating cake because of it.

If you want to go hunting for pink bricks in LEGO Star Wars sets yourself, the full range is now available from 2TTOYS.

We'll start with an easy one: 75317 The Mandalorian & The Child contains at least two. However, it's a BrickHeadz model, so it probably doesn't count. (Almost all BrickHeadz sets use pink pieces for the characters' "brains.")

The San Diego Comic-Con exclusive 77904 Nebulon-B Frigate also includes a pink 2×2 plate, but you can't buy that.

Your best bet right now is probably the Boba Fett Helmet LEGO 75277, which includes a pink 1×1 round plate. Strangely enough, neither of this year's flagship sets, LEGO 75290 Mos Eisley Cantina and LEGO 75275 A-wing Starfighter, contain any pink parts at all.

Perhaps the pink cake has run out.....