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• The LEGO Group reveals fan-designed set based on the house from the all-time festive classic movie, Home Alone
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• The Build

He can’t really hold on well to the handlebars here, but his frightened face does work very well to capture the moment. The last in-home trap I wanted to mention is the swinging paint can. This is probably the least successful of the recreations, but at least we get a purple 2×2 round brick out of the deal. You can, however, see the basketball player rotate by if you shine a light directly at the window. The windows at the rear and side of this room are too obscured by the room’s contents to provide much  of any illumination. The finishing touches on the house are adding some snow-covered greenery and Christmas lights to the front yard.

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At almost 4,000 pieces you can be assured of a really involved build experience. The plunger at the top of the stairs can send Kevin and his sled flying out of the house. I captured the moment earlier in the build so you could see it more clearly.

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The second floor is built on a much more modest bed of overlapping plate. The landing at the top of the stairs is built next to the stairwell that will lead to the attic. The rear has a variety of windows, and another play feature plunger-knob. When they say you “will be moved” through the space, they mean it — a lot of the time you are being grabbed by someone from behind and forced through an area, several times while a hood is held down over your head.

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Something about the space encourages you to explore things that make you uncomfortable, so I spent a lot of time trying to make eye contact with the actors. “Alone” is a fear-oriented maze, built out of what I’m guessing was some vacant office/loft space above some storefronts in the Santee Alley area of downtown Los Angeles. Like the more well-known extreme haunted house “Blackout,” there is an extensive release form you sign that says you are willing to be touched, get wet, have face paint put on you, and all manner of invasive interaction. Unlike Blackout (from what I understand — I have never been to Blackout), none of these interactions has much to do with typical horror tropes, and the moments where Alone skirts that line are its weaker spots.

Every nook and cranny of the set is crammed with movie references and Easter eggs, and the selection of five exclusive minifigures is spot-on. At $250 US for 3957 pieces, the cost-per-part ratio is a shockingly low 6 cents, almost unheard of for a licensed property. The unusual colors, broad range of shapes, and unique prints make this an excellent parts pack for those who aren’t into ultra-violent slapstick Christmas movies. This set is sure to be a popular pick for LEGO fans this holiday season, so if you’re temped you might want to grab one sooner rather than later.

This Ideas set was designed and submitted by fan Alex Storozhuk. Obviously a big fan of the Home Alone movie, Alex used an online blueprint for the McCallister’s house, as well as the film itself, to build the initial model in LEGO Digital Designer and Studio 2.0. He focused on keeping things as close to the original plan as possible, while also keeping things to scale. 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. Where the set truly shines is its immaculately detailed interiors, and play features baked in, which are allowed to shine with its dollhouse design.

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It would have been nice to see a printed beard here, as the bushy beard accessory is a bit too hairy to match his movie appearance. It still seems amazing that LEGO decided to go with an alternate expression Marv that showcases his post-ironing state. I am really curious if a creative builder somewhere will be able to repurpose this face for anything but a Home Alone parody/tribute. ” take on an alternate reality where Marley is indeed a serial killer and Kevin has a much rougher couple of days.

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It’s a quick build without too much complexity, but once again it a solidly-designed model with some fun techniques. The ladder build is nice, and the treehouse itself is roomy while still maintaining a tiny footprint. This is a new door element for LEGO, and one  that I suspect we’ll see pop up in a lot of future sets. The Technic gears are solid and didn’t seem prone to jamming while I was testing things. The front edge of the house has the windows to the basement, a bit of Hollywood magic, as we’ll see that the “actual” basement is build separately. I instinctively backed toward the other end of the couch and started to feel something crawl across my arm.

The texture on the wall is well done, making use of those new reddish-brown masonry bricks. Other interesting pieces include a clear dome/astronaut helmet,  stop-shafts (only the second appearance in white for this new element), and curved corner slopes and windows. Another important recolor is the introduction of masonry bricks in reddish brown. The instructions are packaged in their own bag, along with the two sticker sheets. There’s no cardboard backer or other reinforcing material, but it appears to be packed into the sub-box before the part bags, so it’s pretty well braced against the sides. The bags are split into two groups, with steps 1-11 and the instructions packaged in a separate white box.

There’s also a LOT of focus on the interiors and furniture, which may delight some people, or bore others – it depends what you like to build. There aren’t that many innovative techniques employed here, but I did really like the mechanical functions used to bring some of the booby traps to life. I took about 9 hours building it on and off, and it was a pretty fun and varied build.

There’s also a gumball machine that I spotted in the background of the movie set, and a fold-out bed. In the film this had a more tacky 70’s plaid pattern, but I don’t object to the upgrade to a more glorious teal coloration. It’s fun to note that while all three bed builds all feature pulled back covers, each has a slightly different building style.

It’s fan service done right, and the accuracy, and comprehensive Home Alone in LEGO form experience will undoubtedly appeal to fans of the Macaulay Culkin classic. In the basement, there’s also a tar trap, which sees Marv’s sock get stuck to the floor. There’s a personal nod to fan designer Alex Storozhuk, whose nickname is Adwind – immortalised by the Adwind Airlines ticket. Outside the steps to the basement and kitchen are icy steps, which cleverly use opalescent blue tiles to foil Harry and Marv as they come in. In the living room as well is a cool little Easter Egg – a box of the LEGO Home Alone set beneath the Christmas Tree, alongside the Christmas baubels, and skates which represent the toy cars that are used for trip Harry and Marv. So one of the best things about the set is just how many movie scenes, and references from Home Alone they managed to squeeze into the final model.

The portraits scattered across the house are a clever way to weave in the McCallister clan and those that didn’t have the privilege to be turned into LEGO minifigures. Without further ado, here’s a non-exhaustive list of all the references, booby traps and notable scenes you can re-create from the movie. With the walls open, it gives you a great view of the detailed interior and rooms. This is arguably, my preferred way of displaying the set as it allows the interiors (which are the highlight of the set) to truly shine. The ingenious design of the McCallister House lies in its ability to open up the front walls, swinging outwards and, transforming the set into a Home Alone dollhouse.

He had such a quiet voice that I could barely hear him, but I caught something about it not actually being a suicide, and something about “all the egg sacs” they found in his face. I listened and nodded politely in the way you do when you’re at a noisy bar and can’t really hear what the other person is saying. Then he started to sing his friend’s favorite song — Kyu Sakamoto’s “Sukiyaki,” to which I happen to know the words. The second time was when I pushed through the wrong curtain and accidentally arrived at the decompression lounge (sponsored by Dos Equis) a few rooms early. I was quickly redirected by an attendant, but due to my getting lost, and the aforementioned knee injury, I was a little out of the proper existential mind-set in the final leg of the maze.

The seams for the opening walls are all very well hidden, making for a great display piece. From the rear things look a little more solid, as there’s isn’t as much overlap with the other sub-models. The control knobs are just subtle enough to be easy to spot for play, but not so obvious they wreck the look of the walls. Putting the two levels together already makes for a good looking building. The modular design means customizers could easily duplicate the build to add even more floors, or change out the roof for a more urban feel. The exterior of Buzz’s door has a “keep out sticker.”  You can also see another movie reference in Buzz’s spider hanging out in the stairwell.

But for some reason, I always worry about what the house might look like through their eyes and what opinions they might be forming about me if things are a bit chaotic. Kevin’s sled is also present here, and there’s a cool play feature baked in to re-create the iconic scene of him sliding down the stairs. The roofs are pretty simple, made out of white bricks, punctuated by dormer windows. The white roof gives it a heavily snowed under look, but isn’t completely accurate as the roof is meant to be grey. One of the highlights of the set is that it’s the first set to introduce these masonry bricks in brown – there are 143 in total scattered across the walls of the McCallister House.