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Lego Selling 'Home Alone' House Set

The set includes tiny replicas of Kevin McAllister's malevolent traps set for would-be burglars.

Published Oct. 24, 2021

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Construction toy maker Lego has recreated the Chicago home that served as the setting for the 1990 film "Home Alone," and it goes on sale for $250 on Nov. 1, 2021.

The movie, starring Macaulay Culkin, became a holiday classic, although some consider the themes underlying its slapstick comedy to be dark.

In the movie, 8-year-old Kevin McAllister (played by Culkin) is forgotten and left behind by his family as they jet off to Paris for Christmas vacation. While alone in the home, Kevin sadistically torments would-be burglars until his family, realizing they left him behind, returns home on Christmas Day.

The Lego set is built to look like the McAllister home, a brick two-story originally built in 1920, which is located in Winnetka, just north of Chicago. It also has figurines modeled after movie characters and miniature Lego versions of the booby traps Kevin sets for the hapless burglars.


Sources

Hollister, Sean. "Home Alone Is Now a $250 Lego Set, and It Might Be the Most Impressive Fan-Inspired Model Yet." The Verge, 22 Oct. 2021, https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/22/22739574/home-alone-movie-lego-set.

Loveland, Mariel. "Home Alone Is Way, Way More Messed Up Than You Remember." Ranker, 19 September 2019, https://www.ranker.com/list/reasons-home-alone-is-a-messed-up-movie/mariel-loveland.

Sparkes, Daryl. "Home Alone at 30: How One Case of Parental Neglect Led to (Hilariously) Painful Outcomes." The Conversation, 1 December 2020, https://theconversation.com/home-alone-at-30-how-one-case-of-parental-neglect-led-to-hilariously-painful-outcomes-150534.

Bethania Palma is a journalist from the Los Angeles area who has been working in the news industry since 2006.

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