Wednesday is a spin-off TV series, following the daughter from The Addams Family as she’s sent to a special school for outcasts. She’s a girl who sees the world with a healthy dose of sarcasm and speaks her mind with a love for the macabre. The second season is expected to premier on Netflix in 2025 and, to prepare us, LEGO is releasing 3 sets based on the show in October 2024.
I’ve already had a quick look at the LEGO® BrickHeadz™ set 40750 Wednesday & Enid, and today we’re taking a look at 76780 Wednesday Addams Figure. Snap your fingers twice and enter Nevermore Academy with me.
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76780 Wednesday Addams Figure
- Price: US$49.99/ £44.99/ 49.99€/ AU$79.99
- Pieces: 702
- Release date: 1 October 2024; pre-order available now:
LEGO 76780 Wednesday Addams Figure on LEGO.com
The set depicts Wednesday in a new style of buildable figure, which we’ll call maxifigure for now. Wednesday comes with two outfits: her daily dress and the dress she wears to the Rave'N ball in season 1 of the show. She’s standing on a box with scenery showing the gates of her school along, with references to the show, all dripping in Gothic romanticism style.
New molds
Face brick (LEGO part 5787)
Firstly, we are faced with a new curved brick: Brick Curved 3 x 4 with Curved Side (5787), which is used for the two Wednesday faces provided in warm tan: looking straight forward (6492567) and giving the iconic side-eye (6501567)
The top surface and footprint of the face brick are mostly identical to the triple curved slope 3 x 4 x 2/3 with 2 studs (93604), seen here in dark tan. The recessed studs are eliminated meaning no 1 x 2 tile is needed, and the full surface is available for her face prints.
The face brick sits 2 plates higher, reaching 1 module in height. As with 93604 and similar curved slopes, the curve fits nicely underneath a 1 x 6 arch (92950).
The front curve – her lower jaw, I suppose – is identical to 4 x 1 double curved slope (93273), seen below in yellowish orange. However, 93273 is half a plate wider (or in this orientation: higher) than needed. This small difference prevents the new mold from being a part you can make out of other parts:
Most of the shape can be recreated out of existing parts, but were I to fill up the gap in the assembly shown above with a 93273, it would stick out half a plate at the bottom.
Hand with arm (LEGO part 109866)
The element fits nicely into the LEGO System, with the hand being able to hold a standard 3.18mm bar.
Pairs of the arm comes in 2 variations in this set; all warm tan (6510331), and warm tan with black arm (6516048).
When the first images for the set were leaked, there was speculation about this mould. I can answer the two commonest queries: no, the hands cannot rotate, and the arm is not glued on. This seems to be a completely new dual mold.
It’s unclear if the original plan was for the hands to rotate, and whether the element designers ran into issues such as stability, or wether the version we have today was the plan all along. We’ll keep our ear out for any information on this.
Thing (LEGO part 5786)
Thing is protective creature resembling a severed and scarred hand, instructed to keep an eye on Wednesday during her stay at Nevermore Academy. The character comes with its own new mold, featuring a hand with an anti–stud connection at the bottom and a bar set at a 45 degree angle on top. The hand comes in light nougat with scars printed on (6501591).
The bar on top seems familiar; the placing and angle line up perfectly with the bar of the orange hermit crab (69945), although the crustacean’s bar is a bit longer. The top curve of the hand section shows the same curve and height as the 1x1 stadium brick (49307), but the lower sides curve inwards.
The bar and the anti-stud underneath the hand are the only connection points, as the inside curve of the hand is unfortunately too small to hold a bar. I’m certain this wasn’t an oversight by the element designers, so I’m curious as to the reason.
You’ve got to hand it to Wednesday, she brings in a lot of new elements that could come in handy. So many in fact, we can’t count even them on one hand.
Okay, enough puns.
Rose (LEGO part 5904)
A very welcome new mold is rose in black (6500395 | 5904). The flower is wider than the standard flower (24866, shown in magenta) and features 2 layers with 6 petals each. The hollow stud in the center can fit round plates (or flowers), and the small 1.5mm hole at the center fits on flower stems. We've spotted the same mold in different colors in other sets released in October.
Recolors
We’re treated to a nice amount of recolors; most are in-keeping with the show's darker themes, starting with plants and animals, where we find leaves to complement the new black roses along with cuddly animals.
- Scorpion in Light Bluish Gray (6501466 | 30169)
- Bird, Small in Black (6501467 | 41835)
- Plant, Plate 1 x 1 Round with 3 Leaves in Trans-Black (6504014 | 32607)
- Plant, Plate 1 x 1 Round with 3 Leaves in Pearl Titanium (6515320 | 32607)
- Brick Special Arch 1½ x 1½ Corner in Light Bluish Gray (6506830 | 38585)
- Brick Curved 2 x 1 with Inverted Cutout in Dark Bluish Gray (6501468 | 78666)
- Cone 4 x 4 x 3 with Axle Hole in Black (6516527 | 3569), also appearing in LEGO Wicked set 75682 Elphaba & Glinda Figures.
- Wedge Plate 2 x 2 Left in Dark Brown (6480379 | 24299) and Wedge Plate 2 x 2 Right in Dark Brown (6480362 | 24307), also appearing in 31213 Mona Lisa, as reviewed by Jonas recently
- Hockey Stick in Black (6473449 | 64000)
- Bar 1L with Clip in Warm Tan (6502791 | 3484)
- Plate Round 1 x 1 with Open Stud in Warm Tan (6502795 | 85861)
- Bar Holder with Hole and Bar Handle in Warm Tan (6502792 | 23443)
Decorations
- Plate Round 2 x 2 with Rounded Bottom with print in Dark Bluish Gray (6501568)
Rare elements
- 2x Plate Special 2 x 2 x 2/3 with Two Studs On Side and Two Raised - Updated Version in Sand Blue (6470178 | 4304) has been around since June 2024
- 1x Brick Round 2 x 2 with Axle Hole in Sand Blue (6492724 | 6143)
- 5x Brick Special 1 x 2 with Masonry Brick Profile in Sand Blue (6417947 | 98283)
- 10x 93273 Slope Curved 4 x 1 Double with No Studs in Sand Blue (6475223 | 93273)
- 4x Tile 2 x 2 Curved, Macaroni in Sand Blue (6480465 | 27925)
and rare elements in other colors:
- Minifig Head Skeleton, Dark Bluish Skull Face Print in Medium Stone Grey/ Light Bluish Gray (6440384 | 103937) was introduced in 21341 Hocus Pocus, and is great for creating statues or petrified skeletons
- Plate 2 x 2 with Double Inverted Curve, 1 Stud in Dark Stone Grey / Dark Bluish Gray (6447212 | 4190) has appeared in 2 sets so far.
The build
The display contains some nice mini-builds with references to the show: the typewriter Wednesday writes her book on, the crystal ball for communicating with her family, and a gravestone for her pet scorpion.
The gate pillars are skewed. It gives a good effect, but the connection to the straight section could use something to fill the gap.
Underneath the display we find two storage boxes, held in place by the axle sticking out in the front.
Next up is Wednesday. Unfortunately it’s not possible to build both versions simultaneously, as some parts are reused.
When the set is released, I’ll add the individual inventories as sub-sets to Rebrickable so you can see which parts you need to complete them.
Both figures use the same legs. The standard outfit uses a recolor of the cone introduced in 10318 Concorde (see our reviews by Tom), and is it stickered not printed.
The ball gown uses a 2 x 2 plate with octagonal bar frame to clip the dress pieces onto. I like the use of the recolored trans-black leaves to represent ruffles in the shoulders.
The arms are built using clips and bars, allowing for a decent amount of movement despite the static hands. The base of the head is the same for both figures, but the hair styles are different.
Conclusion
The set is packed with some interesting new molds. The new face brick and arms will add new options for large figure builders. The maxifigure has been introduced in LEGO Wicked and LEGO Wednesday, both themes that also include mini-dolls. This makes me curious to know if we’ll see LEGO® Disney or LEGO® Friends maxifigures too?
If the maxifigure style is not to your liking, you’ll still be treated to some very welcome recolors.
In closing, I want to show this photo of the alternate face of Wednesday stored in the drawer. It reminds me how I often need to mask in public to appear ‘normal’, storing the mask away when I can be myself in my safe home.
LEGO 76780 Wednesday Addams Figure on LEGO.com
US$49.99/ £44.99/ 49.99€/ AU$79.99
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Nice review! I've probably mentioned it here before but I've been hoping to see sets like this for a while—as a longtime fan of both buildable action figure themes like Bionicle and of mini-doll themes, I've long wanted to see Lego combine those concepts into their own take on buildable "fashion dolls". This set with its two alternate outfits is a great showcase of the variety buildable Lego clothing can potentially offer. And I love the choice to give the base of this set storage for the parts used for the alternate build—one of the issues I sometimes have with alternate builds in themes like Dreamzzz is having to keep unused parts handy and in one place if I ever want to switch the build up, something the designers of this set took into account.
ReplyDeleteRegarding the reason for Thing's hand size, I think one of the pictures of the set of Wednesday's and Enid's dorm room showed Thing gripped to Wednesday's arm/shoulder (or at least resting on it). Mini-doll arms are smaller than 3.2 mm bars so perhaps the size for the hand's grip was chosen with that functionality in mind.
Haven't tried that yet, still building the set. But I will now, thanks for the tip!
DeleteHave you tried to put Thing on a minidoll arm, I think that's the reason for the smaller "bar connector" as Thing will also be in the Wednesday minidoll set.
ReplyDeleteI will now, still building that set.
DeleteActually I think the new molds are so dissapointing !
ReplyDeleteThe fact that the hand with arm is dual molded sucks because you can't rotate the hand and also for the hand thing that can't hold a bar.
Great review! There are definitely a lot of exciting new molds and recolors here. I hadn't realized in the official set images or videos that the solid-colored leaves are Titanium Metallic rather than Black! Black would maybe have been somewhat more versatile since it would be easier to match to larger builds, but Titanium Metallic might actually be more useful for plant models since plants with "black" leaves are usually not jet-black.
ReplyDeleteThe new flower mold seems extremely useful, especially since various 1x1 parts can easily be attached in the center to create different flower designs. If it ever comes in Reddish Brown, I could imagine it being used with a matching spiral in the center as a pinecone!
I suspect the Animal Crossing theme could also get a lot of use out of this mold, since there are so many types and colors of flowers in that game (even though so far it only appears in Medium Lavender in the "Stargazing with Celeste" set, seemingly as a windflower rather than a rose). And for Legend of Zelda sets and MOCs, it could also be a good match for the Muddle Bud from "Tears of the Kingdom".
The figure build itself is very nice, and stylized enough that the blockier parts of the build don't seem too jarring. Like my brother I've been eager to see LEGO's take on a buildable doll for quite some time, and while the articulation of the legs here is understandably quite limited, I imagine there will be a lot of possibilities for different outfits at this scale.
I also particularly like that multiple outfits are included, which I feel helps to showcase the figure's creative rebuilding potential compared to the Wicked two-doll set (which only has one outfit per character). Hopefully there will be many more sets like this in the future with a variety of outfits included — and plenty of useful recolors, of course!
I hadn't realized that leaves didn't even exist in black yet. But they kinda do exist in ALL colors (and even non-Lego ones) if you know where to look
Delete93604 has always been a pain when MOCing, because of those 2 studs that can't really be filled with anything that futs the curve. Glad to see that we finally hav... aaaaaand it's a brick :(
ReplyDeleteThe arm is the biggest let-down. Why dual mold something that would be perfectly fine and so much more useful as 2 parts? And why is Thing not even the same hand?
I feel like the choice to mold the hand and forearm together may have been a consideration for play—if an accessory were clipped into the hand but the hand were only slotted into the forearm with a 3.2mm bar, there would be more resistance to pull out the accessory than there would be to pull the hand out of the arm, making it easy to remove the hand accidentally. That's not to say the combination isn't a little disappointing in terms of customization, since instead of being able to pair any hand color with any forearm color these will be limited to specific pairings.
Delete"which we’ll call maxifigure for now"
ReplyDeleteThe sheer disrespect to Homemaker maxifigs (1974 - 1982), smh
Well, "maxidolls", perhaps...
DeleteHave to second this more accurate revision! “Maxidoll” feels much more accurate.
DeleteAlong with the Harry Potter ones these make a welcome (if not entirely to my personal taste) change from the Brickheadz which were so obviously based off the Funko Pop fad and to their detriment. Instead they do make good use of actual Lego design, I'm pretty impressed by the new hand mould would be nice to see it in use in other sets.
ReplyDeleteWhile I feel the term 'POOP' carries an unfairly negative connotation, I really appreciate the lengths you went to to prove that the face brick is not that. Also, it is always heart-warming to see a recolored scorpion.
ReplyDelete"It reminds me how I often need to mask in public to appear ‘normal’, storing the mask away when I can be myself in my safe home."
ReplyDeleteI'm sending you an understanding virtual hug.