‘The Office’ and Lego Release Dunder Mifflin-Inspired Building Set – The Hollywood Reporter

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Lego turns Dunder Mifflin’s barely-working paper pushers into, well, working with a new building set inspired by The office.

The 1164-piece building set, which hits shelves on October 1, can be pre-ordered exclusively online starting today for $120 at walmart in the US and Canada. Created by members of the Lego Ideas community of fan designers, the kit includes an illustrated booklet on: The office and the makers of the set, as well as step-by-step instructions.

Show buffs can build Michael Scott’s office (played by Steve Carrell in the cult-favorite comedy series), meeting room and sales area, and set up 15 minifigures inspired by show characters, including Dunder Mifflin Stanton’s head honcho. as Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, Pam Beesly, Ryan Howard, Angela Martin and her cat Garbage, Oscar Martinez, Kevin Malone, Stanley Hudson, Kelly Kapoor, Phyllis Lapin Vance, Meredith Palmer, Creed Bratton, Toby Flenderson and Darryl Philbin. Builders can also turn the heads of two figures to change their facial expressions.

Fans will notice the faithful reproduction of the kit of the Stanton branch of the fictional conglomerate, from Jim and Dwight’s office layout and desk island to Phyllis and Stanley’s workstation. There are also Easter egg accessories, such as Michael’s screenplay, Dwight’s hidden weapons, Jim’s teapot, Pam’s engagement ring, Kevin’s jar of chili, a stapler encased in gelatin, and even Michael’s “World’s Best Boss” coffee mug.

Based on the first seven seasons of the NBC show (which is streaming now) Peacock), the Lego set is the brainchild of superfan and Lego Ideas community member Jaijai Lewis, who submitted his first The office model in 2014, followed by another version in 2019. Both sets earned the 10,000 votes needed to qualify for production, and previous builds include the kitchen, outbuilding, and accounting and quality assurance departments. The third iteration (a more “reasonable size” that was eventually approved) was created in collaboration with other Lego Ideas designers — and husband-and-wife builders — Laura and Chris Perron.

“For me, it’s a show that I go to for my comfort. It’s hilarious, recognizable and heartwarming. I have heard from thousands of supporters over the years that they will look at it during difficult moments to cheer,” Lewis said in a statement. “In total, I worked on this project for almost seven years. I used photos from behind screens, created blueprints and revisited the show as a reference for my designs.It was a lot of fun recreating classic moments from the show over the years.Even after getting 10,000 votes, I kept adding new features to make the model One of my biggest changes was resizing to make the set smaller and still keep so many characters I’m so grateful to the fans who came out to promote and vote for my latest designs it really means a lot to me .”

Laura Perron adds: “This project allows me to combine three things that I love: my husband (Chris), The office and Lego bricks! We are big fans of the show and worked out many of the references and jokes in the model during dinner conversations at home. I’m really happy with how the reception has turned out – the curve is very iconic and we wanted to get it just right.”

“Jaijai did a great job refining the scope and scale of the model, and we crafted the final layout and structure to capture as many iconic angles as possible,” explains Chris Perron. “It was special to be able to design this set together with my wife Laura; we felt we could play the Jim and Pam dynamics. We didn’t want to hold back with references, so there are extra stickers and accessories to recreate your favorite moments.”

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