Issue #4: Free builds for Halloween week
It's Halloween week, so this issue comes with a free horror build!
- Freebie of the Week: the Obsession dinner date, in LEGO
- MOC of the Week: H.E.R.B.I.E. in just 23 pieces
- Clayface wins the weekend, and LEGO teams up with Daft Punk
- Movie Review of the Week: You Can See Everything, the Elizabeth Holmes documentary
- The 10 characters most of you think won't survive Doomsday
- My top 5 nerdy picks for Halloween
- And more!
Freebie of the Week
A free build you can make this week. Instructions on me.
The Obsession Dinner Date, in LEGO
Last issue I called Obsession the best horror movie of the year, and maybe the decade. So for Halloween week, I built its most uncomfortable scene: Nikki and Bear's dinner date.
It's 281 pieces and 83 steps: red diner booths, the stained-glass window wall, and the whole table spread. Every part links to BrickLink, and you can download the full parts list to buy it all at once.
The full instructions are free for Pull List readers. Tap below and they're unlocked for you.
Also free on the Freebies tab: a Batman minifigure display builder (pick a Gotham style and 3 to 7 figures, get instructions for your exact build) and 15 custom Doomsday figures LEGO never made, with the parts to build each one.
Nerd News
The biggest LEGO, comics, and movie stories this week.
Clayface Wins the Weekend, but It's One of DC's Smallest Openings
Clayface opened at #1 this weekend with $24 million in the US and $43 million worldwide. That sounds great until you look closer: among DC's shared-universe movies since 2013, only Wonder Woman 1984, a pandemic release that was also streaming on day one, opened lower.
But here's why I'm not worried. Clayface reportedly cost somewhere between $30 and $44 million, way less than a normal superhero movie, and audiences loved it, giving it an A- CinemaScore. A cheap, well-liked horror movie about a Batman villain is very likely to turn a profit, and that's great news for anyone who wants more weird, villain-led DC movies (and the LEGO sets that could come with them). Source
LEGO x Daft Punk Is Official
LEGO announced a long-term partnership with Daft Punk on October 22, and the first set is a fan design. Patrick Harboun's LEGO Ideas project recreating the famous Alive 2007 pyramid stage has been approved and is now in development.
There's no price, piece count, or release date yet, just a promise of "more to come in 2027." Still, it's a huge win for LEGO Ideas: a single fan project turned into a full brand partnership. Source
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