If fond memories of The Addams Family flood your frontal lobe every time you hear someone snap their fingers, then you might want to help support a new LEGO set depicting the mansion from 0001 Cemetery Lane.
A project created by LEGO Ideas user afol777, The Addams Family LEGO construction portrays the mansion from the TV series that originally aired from 1964–1966 on ABC.
The project currently features nearly 6,000 supporters with a little under 700 days left in its campaign. By simply clicking the "Support" button on its LEGO Ideas page, you can join the thousands of fans who have already shown interest in this creation.
For those unfamiliar with how LEGO Ideas works, once a project surpasses 10,000 supporters, it is officially reviewed by LEGO and could eventually make it onto store shelves as an official product.
You can tour The Addams Family mansion in the photos below. To learn more and vote for the LEGO creation, visit:
From LEGO Ideas: "From the 1964-66 TV sitcom “The Addams Family”, this is the Mansion and family! The project is an “end of series” anniversary tribute to the last new episode aired on April 8, 1966 - 50 years ago!
The Addams Family was a group of fictional characters created by American cartoonist Charles Addams includes Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Lurch, Grandmama, Wednesday, Pugsley and Thing. They lived in this Mansion at 001 Cemetery Lane.
Construction details:
3 floor Mansion, each floor is a removable segment
Sits on two 15”x10” base plates (for a total of 3,072 studs)
The Mansion separates into two halves through the center
A full glass greenhouse out back
All original Lego pieces with no modifications
All floors are covered in tiles and “carpet” tiles
All ceilings are covered in inverted tiles
The Mansion is 22” high
The entire build is comprised of 7,200 pieces
Look for these special characters and details:Tish relaxing in her large rattan chair, with her black fan
Gomez practicing fencing in the living room
Lurch and his harpsichord
Beware of Thing…delivering mail from his table
Cleopatra, the meat eating plant and others in the greenhouse
Kitty Kat the lion, by the grand staircase
The tall stuffed polar bear watching over all the proceedings
The NYSE stock market ticker tape machine
Call for Lurch… with a black rope noose butler bell call
Suit of Armor - who is hiding inside?
Massive fireplace, with a moose head on the mantle
Have a rest on the bed of nails!
Grandmama and Uncle Fester with his light bulb and dynamite
Cigar Store Indian watching over Pugsley and Wednesday
Back upper porch, with cannon, cannon balls and a catapult
Backyard cemetery, with unknown inhabitants
Attic spider web
Family automobile
Special guests include bats, owls, spiders, snakes, and parrots"
Photos from LEGO Ideas:
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