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And speaking of severe violence, the infamous “iron trap” is ready and waiting in the kitchen/basement play area. A turn of the knob drops a brick-built iron onto the unsuspecting, but deserving, Marv minifigure. The memorable moment of Kevin reacting to aftershave is captured thanks to the mirror in the bathroom.
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It told the story of Arthur Morgan, a character in Dutch’s gang alongside RDR1 protag John Marston. And, spoilers for RDR2, the game eventually ends with Arthur dying and Marston leaving the gang as it falls apart due to mistrust and a lunatic leader. Eventually, in an extended epilogue, RDR 2 features you taking on the role of Marston as he builds the home seen later in RDR1, and sets up his life. And it’s that lighthearted homebuilding scene that has been recreated in digital Lego bricks. The interior spaces of the house end up suffering from a common lament for larger LEGO structures – they’re pretty dimly lit. The designers tried to offset this by a liberal use of window elements.
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The area in front of the house will get some shrubs and lights in the final steps, but otherwise this pretty much completes the first floor’s build. The OH-KAY Plumbing & Heating truck is a reasonably faithful reproduction of the movie van, although it lacks any doors on the sides. The logos are sticker-based, which, as you can see, I can never quite align perfectly.
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There are 24 numbered bags in the set, which does suggest an interesting way of building the set – approaching it like an Advent Calendar, building it day by day in December to have it complete on Christmas day. The minifigures are great, and I love the use of the medium legs to depict Harry’s shorter stature, and their outfits are carefully re-created in LEGO form. Their face prints are pretty accurate as well, with Marv’s wispy beard and moustache, as well as Harry’s glinting golden tooth peeking out of his evil smile.
The icy spot in front of the door has been recreated with transparent blue tile with a satin finish. The stair to the kitchen also have an icy spot – not quite movie-accurate as this was actually done to the front steps in the film. The completed roof has a swing-up center to allow access to the play space. It’s a bit of a challenge to get my old-man hands into the corners, but the main areas of the bed and desk are easy to access. The interior spaces here are a lot more constricted as most of the horizontal space gets eaten away by the slope of the roof.
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It does help a bit, and helps match some of the locations seen in the film. The central staircase twists up to the second floor, with a plunger element built into the back wall. The large white Technic connector on the kitchen level is part of a play feature we’ll cover in a bit. On the opposing wall is a foil-sticker picture of the Eiffel Tower, with an anchor point that connects to the base of the record player.
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The 476 page, perfect bound instruction manual is pretty standard fare for these sets. The first few pages go over the theme of the set and play features, introduce the designers, and then jumps into the building instructions. The front cover has a reproduction of Kevin’s battle plan, which also appears as a sticker. It’s printed on a foil sticker, but none of the silver shows through. The desk lamp is a fun build with a black hot dog element serving for the neck.
A long rod runs the length of the base, with two 90 degree splits to provide rotation for the “Christmas Party” play feature later on. We restrict the purchase limit available to a single household to ensure fairness for all of our fans. If you’ve already reached this limit through previous orders, your entire order may be cancelled. I especially love the detail of the Lego nails being hammered into Lego pegs on the plates being installed in Marston’s plastic home. But my favorite detail is actually something extra included by Lego Crow as a nod to one of the funniest video game-related videos ever uploaded to the internet. I was sitting in an empty bar, across a table from an old man who was telling me about his dead friend.
It’s quite a basic looking van, and feels like a van right out of LEGO City. In addition to the house, you also get a treehouse, as well as the Wet Bandit’s van. The colonial Georgian architecture is on full display here, and if you’re American, and this aesthetic appeals to you, whether because you grew up in a neighbourhood with houses like this, you’ll be happy displaying this.
Whether you’re building this Disney Lego set to reenact scenes from the movie or displaying the house on your shelf, it’s a fun build for adults and kids. The controls for the play feature required the big gap in the rear wall, as well as providing a visual join between the kitchen and dining areas. Released in 2018, Red Dead Redemption II is (confusingly) a prequel to the original 2010 game.
The roof of the van pops open, allowing easy access to place Harry and Marv in the front of the van. The Oh-Okay Plumbing and Heating sign is printed on the side, so be sure to not be like me, and align the stickers well so it doesn’t look like crap. The addition of the toy plane stuck on the leaves is also a nice touch, with oars/paddles used to great effect for the wings. The back is quite bare – with that large brown 2 x 8 plate looking quite awkward, giving the trunk a bit of an incomplete look, but I do like the bits of ice hanging.
Due to the cramped quarters and level-spanning staircase, the best you can really do is just drop the paint can into the stairwell. Not quite the movie-ending “thwack” it could have been, but you know the designers had to include this key moment in the set somehow. Having the play feature of the sled-slide is a lot more kid friendly, so it makes sense that it got priority over reenacting even more bodily harm for the robbers. If you’ve been keeping a running total of all the key locations and events from the Home Alone film, you’ve probably noticed a couple of key spots missing from the house. The locations are present – but pulled out into their own sub-building. There are some necessary liberties taken with the house’s layout – the steps down to the basement are gone, with the door now being at “ground level”.
Now there's a new LEGO-themed experience in town, but this one is on wheels, meaning you'll want to see it where and when you can, if building fantastical cities, structures, and entire worlds is one of your favorite pastimes. As an adult, though, unless you’re a die-hard Home Alone fan, the utility of the set is somewhat limited. Because the best parts are hidden on the inside, you’ll rarely get to appreciate it, unless you keep the dollhouse open, and peer into it occasionally, you’re just left with a large, brown, rectangular-shaped McMansion. LEGO have created and delivered the complete Home Alone experience, somehow squeezing in nearly every notable reference, booby trap and scene from the movie into a near 4,000 piece set.
This set has a wide range of elements, including some new prints and molds. I think builders will be very fond of the new quarter-circle train tracks, and a new “pet flap” variation of the standard LEGO door. Yes, in the end, I lost my fucking shit over ET and a stuffed pig.
You get old man Marley, Wet Bandits Harry and Marv, Kevin, and Kate McCallister. The treehouse comes equipped with a pair of scissors, to curtail the Bandit’s attempts to follow. But all good things must come to an end, and it’s time for Kevin to take a zip-line to freedom.
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