The holidays are coming: borders are opening up, family gatherings back on the agenda and it’s time to start rolling out the holiday season movies. While it is unlikely that Die Hard II will ever be immortalised in LEGO form, another holiday film from 1990 has been, thanks to the LEGO Ideas submission Home Alone. Not based on the slightly pretty reasonable Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and not the lack lustre Home Alone 3(1997). Especially not the direct to video Home Alone 4 (2002) or Home Alone: Holiday Heist(2012). For Goodness sake, it is not even based on the new version – Home Sweet Home Alone, coming to Disney+ in November 2021.
No – this set is based on the original, 1990, Macauley Culkin stranded at home, written by John Hughes and directed by Chris Colombus.
The way it should be.
Based on the LEGO Ideas Submission from 28-year-old Alex Storozhuk, this 3955 piece set is the largest LEGO Ideas set to date. With 3955 pieces, and priced at €249.99 / $USD249.99 / £249.99/ $AUD399.99/$CAD349.99, the set will be released on November 1st, 2021.
Presenting us with a house laden with fitting, fixtures and traps, the house is designed to have a removable roof, as well as front doors that open up, to reveal all of the internal details. The roof opens up to reveal the attic, and lifts off to allow access to the top floor.
We also get a van, along with Harry and Marv- the Wet Bandits.
Of course, not everything will go the Wet Bandits’ way…
With 24 bags, the set gives us an advent calendar-like build – if you can hold yourself back – the build takes us you through the story as you build, with Kevins mother returning home in time for the final part of the build.
The LEGO Group has revealed the new LEGO® Ideas Home Alone set, an incredibly detailed recreation of the McCallister family residence from the much-loved Home Alone movie, where mayhem ensued as Kevin was left to his own devices and the bumbling burglars Harry and Marv descended.
Now in brick form for the first time, the LEGO Ideas Home Alone set is based on a design submitted to the LEGO Ideas platform by 28-year-old Alex Storozhuk from Ukraine. At an impressive 3,955 pieces, it is also the largest set created from a LEGO Ideas concept.
The LEGO Ideas Home Alone set is instantly recognisable, perfectly capturing the grand McCallister family home, and is also packed with features that tell the story of Kevin’s holiday antics. As well as the exterior, the interior layout is true to the movie and includes the ground and first floor, kitchen, basement and attic. A new opening mechanism opens up the house for full enjoyment; the walls separate in the middle to open sideways and fully reveal the interior, while the roof also opens upwards. In addition, the set comes complete with the main characters of the movie in LEGO minifigure form, including; Kevin, robbers Harry and Marv, the old man Marley – and Kevin’s mum Kate.
Every room is packed with details from the movie, such as the after-shave lotion from “The Scream” bathroom scene, Buzz’s pet tarantula, the robbers’ van, the paint cans used to knock them down, and the treehouse with zipline. Other features include the fireplace, Christmas tree, a toy train, grandfather clock, dining table and record player.
As the festive season draws in, the LEGO Ideas Home Alone set is designed to provide the ultimate holiday at home together and a unique building experience. Split into an Advent Calendar-like 24 build bags, you can build the iconic house in sequence with the movie, starting with meeting the robbers and their van and ending with Kevin’s reunion with his mum, Kate.
Talking about his inspiration for the set, the LEGO fan designer Alex Storozhuk, commented: “Just like every 90s kid, I grew up watching Home Alone and it takes a very special place in my heart. I can’t even imagine holidays without it. This movie is very nostalgic and makes those warm childhood memories come up every time.”
Taking Alex’s original design and creating the final set was the job of Antica Bracanov, LEGO Designer. Talking about the task, Antica commented: “Bringing Alex’s Home Alone house to life has been brilliant fun. He’d thought about every aspect, from the layout of the rooms to the use of colour and of course the details from the movie to make it instantly recognisable.
“Following the themes of the film, we wanted to make the experience as immersive as possible for fans of LEGO building and the movie. The step-by-step build which mirrors the movie, and the ability to open up the set and see inside lends itself well to hours of joyful focus this holiday season – just add a festive backdrop and a certain Christmas movie!”
This is another big set… not far from 4000 pieces, and priced at $250USD/$400AUD, this set will be popular for some, but coming so soon after the Winter Village set, and with the annual modular building lurking just around the corner, I see this set attracting a lot of new adult builders to LEGO – reliving that 90’s nostalgia – and having rediscovered the joy of LEGO Building, going striaght to the Janury 1 rush for the modular. [Based on the last 10 years habits, I believe this is probably a safe bet for the 2022 modular.
What do you think of this new Ideas Set? Will it influence you holiday building this year? Will you put it together like an advent calendar? One day/One Bag? or just let it be… there’s too much LEGO shopping to do at this time of the year as it is? why not leave your comments below, and until next time…
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Oh my goodness – this looks like a cracker of a set. There seems to be something happening everywhere & it looks to be a ‘large’ build. At our house, our Christmas celebrations include setting up the ‘annual Christmas Lego’ display & even though we already have the latest Winter Village set, ‘this’ set is going to be a must have. Seems a tad expensive at $400, but that seems to be the trend from Lego of late, they’ve twigged that the adults are the ones with the money.