Designer reveal: 21354 Twilight – The Cullen House from LEGO® Ideas

LEGO® Ideas set 21354 Twilight – The Cullen House has just been revealed! Designed by California-based LEGO fan Nick Micheels, and developed into a product by the LEGO Ideas team with designer Laura Perron, it is available to pre-order today and will be released on 4 February 2025.

At Fan Media Days in Denmark in September 2024 we were treated to a reveal of the set by Laura Perron – so who better to reveal it to you than her?  

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21354 Twilight – The Cullen House 

• Release date: 4 February 2025; pre-order available now
• Pieces: 2001
• Price: US$219.99/ 219.99€ / £189.99/ AU$349.99/ 1899 CNY/ 89990 HUF/ 2199.99 BRL/ CA$279.99/ 5399 MXN

Pre-order the Twilight LEGO Ideas set here

 

The official LEGO description says, "The 2001-piece set includes seven minifigures, including Bella Swan, Edward Cullen and Jacob Black, who also appears in his wolf form. Builders can enhance the drama with Bella’s iconic red truck and a towering tree perfect for Edward and Bella’s unforgettable treetop moments. The model house has familiar features for fans to delight in, such as a grand piano in the living room and planters on the balcony."

The set keeps to the movies for its reference points, rather than the books. 

Laura Perron: "I had read the books growing up. I was in high school when the final film came out so I was just the prime target for this franchise. I was always a Team Edward girl, I can't lie.

"It was very nostalgic to revisit the films. They have a really strong 'meme culture' around them: they're campy, they're dramatic, they're romantic, they're just so much fun to watch over and over again."

The house

Laura Perron: "It is a wonderfully minimalist house where the vampires of The Twilight Saga reside. It's filled with windows because this is the one place where they don't have to hide.

"This was an interesting challenge to design, because the house is based on a real house in Portland. It's a beautiful piece of architecture, and so that's the house we know and love. But in the second film, the production team used the same exterior shots, but they used a completely different interior built on a soundstage.

"And then in the third movie, they're like, 'Okay, we're not gonna use that house anymore, but we're gonna rebuild in a soundstage the first two floors, with the ability to pack it up into a truck to move and film in Baton Rouge'. Long story short, the movie changes ever-so-slightly in every single film, including the layout. So it was an interesting challenge to capture the essence in the details, while remaining faithful to the film franchise, but making a cohesive design within the space."

Laura Perron: "Our top floor is Edward's bedroom. We have the chaise longue, some CDs on the bookshelf, as well as the graduation cap mural along the stairs – very important, because they graduate from high school a lot."

Laura Perron: "Next we have the living room and a full kitchen. There is a salad bowl for Rosalie to hold. There's a nod to baseball, which is the Cullen's favorite pastime. There's lots of Easter eggs in here!"

Laura Perron: "This floor was definitely the hardest challenge, because there's a lot of thin elements like this window cutout here, which is beautiful, but we had to make sure it was strong and a good building experience. So it took a lot of iterations. The angle as well – just getting it as clean as possible – and particularly the fence corner; I spent a fair bit of time on that. I think a few strategic angles keeps it engaging so it's not just a box.

Laura Perron: "Then we have the ground floor. We have a beautiful grand piano for Edward to play Bella's Lullaby. We also have a table referencing Bella's birthday scene in the second film. There's so many details in here, I don't want to spoil it all for you. Make sure you watch the movies!"

Minifigures

Seven minifigures are included, all with alternative face printing on the rear, and (except for Charlie) new torso printing. All of the Cullens (the vampires, the four on the right above) have golden eyes on their alternative face, for when they are not in their human form. 

One of them, Edward, has little specks of metallic ink on his alternative face: he sparkles!

Laura Perron: "In this universe, the vampires' skin is in such a way that when they enter sunlight, their skin sparkles. That's why they live in Washington, where it's very cloudy and rainy, because they're trying to live normal lives in high school and to be part of the community."

"We did a neck bracket so that Tim and Bella can hang on to the treetop, reenacting that scene." 

Jacob has two wigs to depict his long and short hairstyles... as well as his wolf form of course!

Decorations 

Laura Perron: "There are stickers. The decoration that is not a sticker is the eyes on the wolf, which is one symmetrical print, which I think is quite useful."

That single piece is Slope, Curved 1 x 1 x 1 1/3 Corner Round (1871), which is not new in Reddish Brown, but of course new with this exclusive print.

Recolours

Laura Perron: "No new elements are used in this but there are a few recolours, primarily in the dark orange colour – a 1x12 plate and the hinge plate come to mind."

The New Elementary team took a close look at the PR images and found a few more of those recolours! We're sure you can spot them too in the images on this page:

• Window 1 x 2 x 3 Flat Front (60593) new in Dark Orange
• Window 1 x 4 x 3 (60594) new in Dark Orange 
• Door, Frame 1 x 4 x 6 (60596) new in Dark Orange
• Brick, Modified 1 x 2 with Studs on 1 Side (11211) new in Dark Orange
• 7x4x6 stairs (30134) new in White (always surprising to see this piece recoloured in basic colors)

The next couple were harder to spot!

• Wedge, Plate 12 x 3 Left (47397) new in Dark Orange
• Possibly Bracket 1 x 1 - 1 x 2 Inverted (73825) new in Dark Orange?

What other recolours have you spotted? Let us know in the comments!

 

21354 Twilight – The Cullen House 

• Release date: 4 February 2025; pre-order available now
• Pieces: 2001
• Price: US$219.99/ 219.99€ / £189.99/ AU$349.99/ 1899 CNY/ 89990 HUF/ 2199.99 BRL/ CA$279.99/ 5399 MXN

Pre-order the Twilight LEGO Ideas set here

 

 

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