The newest Lego Ideas set , which went on sale this week, was designed by a Portland teenager.

A 2023 Grant High School graduate, Alex Sahli, created The Italian Riviera , a colorful, intricate tribute to Italy’s coastal villages.

The set includes nearly 3,300 pieces, three detailed buildings with removable roofs, and scenes from daily life — including a gelato shop and fish market. The set retails for $299.99 .

Sahli held a signing event Thursday at the Washington Square Mall Lego Store to celebrate the launch.

“It was pretty unexpected,” he said. “I thought this would make a good set, but I had some doubts about whether they’d actually pick it. It’s very, very rare to get a set approved. It’s a long process, and it usually doesn’t work out.”

Sahli, now 20, originally designed

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