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In the movies we see the character depicted with frizzy curly hair, border-lining on a small afro. Kevin's space upstairs gives us a cutely made sofa bed, which I'm a huge fan of, as well as a gumball machine and a small desk for Kevin to make his "Battle Plan". The rear window also connects up to the treehouse via a cable for Kevin to hang-glide his way to safety. Quaintly tucked away to the side is the McCallister bathroom, using a small bit of SNOT technique to spin a car hood upside down for a basin. I do like the toothbrush sticker as a reference to Kevin accidentally stealing it in the film.
The Boiler Room is part of the rear attachment of the building, but you actually have to remove the whole section on to access it, due to the way the top floor interacts with the building. A great sneaky play feature was LEGO's incorporation of the laundry chute, where Marv simply pulls on a light chain to turn on the light, and gets met with a falling iron. The dining table is of course a reference to Kevin's 'last meal' before the goons show up, giving us a plate of his mac and cheese. You'll also see above that there is a knob on the back of the staircase. This is a play feature for Kevin and his sled to be gently pushed down the stairs and out the door! Add aftershave to your shopping list, set reminders, and fend off bandits, hands-free.
First Floor and Hallway
During the 'paint can booby trap' scene, both Harry and Marv are inside the home where they spot Kevin at the top of the stair case. Another hard choice that was made was relative to the kitchen and basement. Both are scenery of some traps so it was almost mandatory to include them in the build. Building the house is fun except for the choice of filling the interior after the walls.
I found some difficulties placing the objects and sometimes I’ve even removed part of the wall to do it, which, by the way, are made with brand new masonry bricks recolored in reddish-brown. Moving to upstairs, there isn't much to show outside of family photos and setting up traps. The classic paint can swing can be launch from here, built actually in to the bannister, as well as an exposed stud on the wall for Buzz's spider. It's worth noting that fans who want to display their McCallister house on a shelf might have to remove this section from the build completely. The Kitchen is one of the most detailed rooms, tied with the Living Room. We have multiple references strewn throughout the room, but better yet is the new door mould, used to recreate an iconic scene of Kevin using Buzz's BB gun.
Review: LEGO 21330 Home Alone
It was fun to recognize all the rooms while I was building them and think about the scenes of the movie that happened there. What is not acceptable to me is the absence of the inner basement stair. That scene where Marv stings his foot is iconic in my opinion and putting a sticker with his sock on the floor is not doing it any justice. This is, at best, challenging to transport in LEGO form, especially when all your main building is at ground level. The designers chose to elevate the kitchen and build the stairs to the door, then removed the ones to the basement which, of course, is totally inaccurate but understandable. When opening the door, Harry sets off a fire trap and has top dive head-first in to some snow.
LEGO's Dick Grayson/Obi-Wan Kenobi hair piece comes to mind as a possible alternative, in grey of course. Other than his hair pieces, his attire and facial expression is true to character. The most important note about Kevin's Minifigure is that he comes with midi-legs!
Here's a list of every reference we can find and remember. And yes, there is a LOT of them!
Film executives, many of whom would open to debate, but that the negotiations between Macaulay represented 20th Century Fox star in the 1990 Hit "Home Alone".
It’s noticeable the presence of two pairs of articulated short legs (YAY!). Actually, the expression is perfect with the ironed face, but I was expecting a second one also on Harry, maybe alarmed or without the gold tooth. I know, is impossible to hide it under that cap, but I would have tried to change it or even put a totally new head inside the set. Well, this LEGO Ideas set is something that we can see the amount of effort and passion went behind. The designers clearly know what's what, and were given the opportunity to cram as many references as they could as possible, and did it.
The exterior of the attic is as ironically snowy and snowy can get, but I did run in to an odd problem, my rooftop won't sit flat. The 6x12 panels used on the room have the tiniest bit of a natural warp in them that they create a hairline gap that frustrates me. The attic space of the McCallister's home is quite narrow on the inside, and otherwise overwhelmed in white.
The small ones placed on the bottom are not enough to give that “i-can-see-you-from-space” look that is one of the first things that jump in my mind when I think about the movie. The exterior of the house resembles perfectly what we saw in the movie. The iconic design is immediately recognizable in the facade with the big windows. Every room is super-detailed, you can scam the burglars using Brick Jordan’s poster or fight them with paint cans. The other minifigures include Kevin with his famous screaming face, his mom Kate and the old Marley.
O'Hare told Kevin Wong with Motherboard that the flames cooking Harry's scalp would cause second or third degree burns. As soon as Harry opens the door, flames come blowing out of the device and set Harry's head on fire. In one scene, Harry attempts to sneak into the house through a side door.
We can even reproduce the scene where Kevin explores Buzz’s room and falls from the shelves. The house is filled with a lot of mini-build like an awesome fireplace or a pendulum clock. In the basement you can find the furnace with a light brick, to scare the poor kid.
From swinging paint cans to falling bricks and an exploding toilet, the two burglars in the Home Alone films ran through a viscous obstacle of booby traps. It also has a brand new door with a pet door which is one of the highlights of the set. These bumbling thieves are met with their worst nightmare, as Kevin stages numerous traps throughout the house that inflict third degree burns, painful bumps and nasty bruises. The iconic scene of Kevin using aftershave is referenced, as well as the red bricks having a toothbrush print on it to reference the toothbrush Kevin accidentally stole. The last scenario given to O'Hara is the 'exploding toilet booby trap.
Kevin McCallister threw four of these at Marv Murchins while luring him and Harry Lyme to Rob McCallister's brownstone house. Bricks are a type of block used to build walls, pavements, and other structures. Has 27-year-old Macaulay Culkin flexed his considerable muscle with 20th Century Fox over the sequel to the Holiday hit "Home Alone"?
The building is photo-friendly with all those apertures but I needed more space, so it has not been unusual for me to tear down some walls. In the back of the house, we can see the kitchen and the basement doors and we can place here the treehouse where Kevin escapes from the burglars. There’s also Kevin’s parent’s bedroom with the big red bed to jump on. It’s even possible to play with some action features, like moving Brick Jordan, pushing Kevin down the stairs with the sled.
The connection point for the wall panel that swings open isn't quite as well hidden on the record player as it is in the Living Room. LEGO Ideas has always been an entertaining game to watch, as AFOLs and media personalities always bet on what makes the next cut. Home Alone however, was quite the opposite and was met with great excitement from many fans. Remembering the bandits, Kevin lures them back to his uncle's townhouse where he has been staying and rigs the place with numerous traps.
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