The Addams Family Mansion hits 10k on Ideas

07/06/201607/06/2016 Rich 2785 Views 1 Comment 2016, Ideas, LEGO, LEGO Ideas

A 3rd project has hit 10,000 supporters and qualifies for the Second 2016 Review Stage, now joining Voltron – Defender of the Universe and Spaceballs – Eagle 5. The project by afol777 is The Addams Family Mansion and is based on the mansion from the original 60s show. It’s a massive project and we all know what generally happens to big Ideas…..

Anyway here is the project’s description:

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

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