Italy Postcard

Italy is the newest entry in the Postcard series and takes the most ambitious geographic approach — covering three distinct Italian landmarks rather than one city: Venice (canal with gondola), Rome (Colosseum ruins), and Pisa (the Leaning Tower). The trade-off is piece count — at 189 pieces it's the smallest of the four Postcards reviewed here — but LEGO has used the reduced canvas intelligently.

189 pieces means a quicker build than the others — closer to 15 minutes. The three landmark vignettes each snap into the shared baseplate: the Venice canal section with a tiny gondola, a Colosseum arch section in tan, and the Leaning Tower in white with its characteristic lean built into the construction angle. The leaning tower angle is achieved with a wedge plate offset — a simple but satisfying build moment when it clicks into place.

The Leaning Tower angle is the key technique moment: using a 1×2 wedge plate under the tower base to create the lean, then building straight up from the angled base so the lean is structurally honest rather than cosmetic. It's a principle directly applicable to any LEGO build that requires an off-vertical element — lean the base, not the individual bricks.

189 pieces — the smallest haul of the four, but Italy-appropriate colors make up for it: tan (Colosseum), white (Leaning Tower), terracotta red, and canal blue for Venice. The tan and white elements are useful for Mediterranean-style architectural work. A nanofig (nano-scale figure) is included in the gondola, which is a delightful micro-detail.

Three distinct landmarks in one frame gives Italy a diorama quality that single-city postcards don't achieve. The green-white-red color read is distinctly Italian and the Leaning Tower silhouette is immediately recognizable. At 189 pieces it feels slightly less substantial than the others when held, but displays with the same impact. The gondolier nanofig on close inspection is charming.

189 pieces — higher cost per piece than the earlier Postcards in the series, reflecting the 2025 pricing reality. But the three-landmark ambition and the Leaning Tower technique keep the value case strong. The series completion value (buying all four) also applies — Italy rounds out the set beautifully.