LEGO Stranger Things Rumours Discussion

[BrickBob Studpants]

The set allegedly really is the Creel House!  Steve, Robin, and Vecna are also rumoured to be included!

It’s rare when a set releasing on Jan 1st already has set of the year potential

Edit: Ninja’d!

Edited Monday at 09:38 PM by BrickBob Studpants

[Roebuck]

8 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

It’s rare when a set releasing on Jan 1st already has set of the year potential

Rare?! We get the modular then and that is always a contender for the number one spot  

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

Rare?! We get the modular then and that is always a contender for the number one spot  

Objectively, yes, but I don’t collect the modulars, sadly! I had no space for them when they started in 2007 and now it’s too late with the absurd aftermarket prices  And I still wouldn’t have space given how many there are

So I should’ve said among the themes and subthemes that I personally collect ^^

But yeah, getting the rest of the main cast is a dream come true!  Hopefully we get a lot of new faceprints! The ones in the Goonies Ideas set, which provides a nice comparison with a similar character constellation, are all fitting, but they did recycle a few too, so hopefully that can be avoided here. I’d hate for Steve for instance to be blemished by another reuse of the Henry faceprint from PotC they keep using for Spidey, Ant-Man, and now Brand from the Goonies set  Nancy getting the Jyn Erso / Black Widow faceprint is unavoidable I’m afraid.

[strangely]

Set pictures leaked.

It's the Creel house with r adio station van and red car. The house has trees on each side that act as handles and allow you to pull the house apart like the S4 finale.

Minifigures from left to right are: 

Spoiler

Henry Creel

, Holly Wheeler, Max, Lucas, Mike, Eleven, Steve, Robin, Dustin, Nancy, Jonathon, Will and Vecna

Edited Tuesday at 07:06 PM by strangely

[icm]

I'm not interested in the house, but the car and the van are great! Hope I can get them separately on eBay or something now that Pick a Brick is dead.

[Blazej_Holen]

Just now, icm said:

I'm not interested in the house, but the car and the van are great! Hope I can get them separately on eBay or something now that Pick a Brick is dead.

What a relief. Now I can sleep well without FOMO. I dont like the set not one bit. Easy pass… I am sglad that I get Upside down years ago, and thats enough for me :)

[BrickBob Studpants]

Wow, what a neat surprise!! Looks great!  Quite a few new hairpieces and faceprints! Poor Jonathan got the short end of the stick with that overused bland faceprint. Quite funny that they all have normal legs now!

Who are the guy in the fedora and the girl next to him tho?

[strangely]

Just now, BrickBob Studpants said:

Who are the guy in the fedora and the girl next to him tho?

Spoiler

Henry Creel

And Holly Wheeler

[BrickBob Studpants]

7 minutes ago, strangely said:

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Henry Creel

And Holly Wheeler

Holly makes sense! Looks like she might get a bigger role in S5? But when does the spoiler character ever wear a fedora?

[strangely]

3 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Holly makes sense! Looks like she might get a bigger role in S5? But when does the spoiler character ever wear a fedora?

When I googled Holly in in ST5 I immediately came across an image of her with this character in this costume. So in ST5.

[BrickBob Studpants]

Interesting! So this set does have a spoiler for S5, namely that

Spoiler

Henry shows up in human form!

The minifig selection is even better than expected! I’d rather have this character and Holly over another Joyce and Hopper ^^

[strangely]

6 minutes ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

Interesting! So this set does have a spoiler for S5, namely that

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Henry shows up in human form!

The minifig selection is even better than expected! I’d rather have this character and Holly over another Joyce and Hopper ^^

Apparently the top of the box calls him Mr. Whatsit.

[BrickBob Studpants]

1 minute ago, strangely said:

Apparently the top of the box calls him Mr. Whatsit.

I thought that was a joke on Discord because they didn’t know his actual name  So they avoid the spoiler by calling him Mr Whatshisface?  Or will that be his codename in the show too?

[strangely]

1 minute ago, BrickBob Studpants said:

I thought that was a joke on Discord because they didn’t know his actual name  So they avoid the spoiler by calling him Mr Whatshisface?  Or will that be his codename in the show too?

As far i can tell they got the name from zooming in on the names on top of the box. They recognized the Mr. W and thought it was Mr. Wheeler, but then they examined it again and came to the conclusion that it says Mr. Whatsit.

Spoiler

I believe this is a form he's taking to trick Holly.

 

[BrickBob Studpants]

Just now, strangely said:

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I believe this is a form he's taking to trick Holly.

Sounds like it. We’ve known for a while that one of the episodes is titled “The Disappearance of [blank]”, so I think we now know who that blank will be! Getting Pennywise vibes here!

[THELEGOBATMAN]

Frankly... this set is quite a disappointment. 

The house itself is really good. It has a more striking colour scheme than the actual one, but that's not a problem. It definitely has all the right features, and the trees are super well built. The van and the car are nice too.

Now, the main feature where you can pull it apart is awesome. Really creative, and definitely well executed. It doesn't really scream 300€ to me, but that would be acceptable if the minifigures were stellar...

...and they aren't. In fact, nearly all of them vary from mediocre to actually bad.

Steve is one of the worst character minifigures I've ever seen. Looks absolutely nothing like him—the face is awful, and the hair doesn't work at all.

Robin looks bad, the hairpiece doesn't work. Jonathan is even worse—the hair sucks, amd the face looks off. Nancy's faceprint isn't too good either.

Will is fine, the hair isn't too good though. Dustin's faceprint seems too generic. Mike and Lucas are okay, but not great or anything. Max barely looks like her real self.

Vecna looks horrible in dark red, they really should've went for a paler skin tone. Creel and Holly look good, although I've no idea how they actually look in the series.

Eleven is actually amaizng, no notes—but one amazing minifigure out of thirteen is genuinely bad, especially since the previous set had amazing minifigures!

[Sucram]

I wish this was based off S4 instead of S5. I think everyones outfits in the new season are pretty lame compared to last time which had some of the characters’ best looks. 

1 hour ago, icm said:

I'm not interested in the house, but the car and the van are great! Hope I can get them separately on eBay or something now that Pick a Brick is dead.

Also what do you mean Pick a Brick is dead?

[icm]

11 minutes ago, Sucram said:

Also what do you mean Pick a Brick is dead?

Pick a Brick Standard is "paused" in the United States due to tariffs and the end of de minimis international shipping to the United States. The Pick a Brick Bestseller selection is very small, only about a thousand common parts.

[THELEGOBATMAN]

When we heard about this set for the first time a week ago, I immediately added it to my must-buy list, because... duh, how could I not. I adore Stranger Things, and the previous set is my favourite set of all time!

But after seeing this, I actually actively do not want it. It doesn't scream Stranger Things, like the previous one; it's just an abandoned house with two cars. If the minifigures were great, then maybe I'd buy it—but they are horrible.

Already my biggest disappointment of 2026. Really unfortunate.

[Tariq j]

Mixed thoughts on the set. I think the way it can come apart to replicate the gate splitting it in half is really cool. But I agree with the above that it doesn’t feel like a 300$ set. Some of the figures are really good but Jonathan, Steve, Robin and to an extent Nancy, just look way too generic. Jonathan and Robin especially look a little fan made? 

2 minutes ago, THELEGOBATMAN said:

When we heard about this set for the first time a week ago, I immediately added it to my must-buy list, because... duh, how could I not. I adore Stranger Things, and the previous set is my favourite set of all time!

But after seeing this, I actually actively do not want it. It doesn't scream Stranger Things, like the previous one; it's just an abandoned house with two cars. If the minifigures were great, then maybe I'd buy it—but they are horrible.

Already my biggest disappointment of 2026. Really unfortunate.

Agreed. Aside from the splitting apart feature there’s nothing truly special about this set. Nothing that says I have to buy it on Day 1. 

[Borex]

Something that irks me is that the brown plates for the windows don’t have wood grain on them. I mean lego does have them, right? Maybe not in all sizes, but maybe stickers? 
 

[Murdoch17]

I'm not in Stranger Things, but I really hope somebody remakes the house with a back and / or removes the pull apart feature. It's too cool of a house to not to, and I'd love to see how they would do it! (plus, I'm a sucker for a good old-fashioned Victorian house!) Maybe I'll do these suggestions myself by buying the set, even though I don't like the show. (I don't do spooky) Who knows what the future holds? Stranger Things have happened....  

[zoth33]

5 hours ago, icm said:

Pick a Brick Standard is "paused" in the United States due to tariffs and the end of de minimis international shipping to the United States. The Pick a Brick Bestseller selection is very small, only about a thousand common parts.

Has been for some time now

[icm]

@zoth33 I know, I was replying to @Sucram.

[Sucram]

7 hours ago, icm said:

Pick a Brick Standard is "paused" in the United States due to tariffs and the end of de minimis international shipping to the United States. The Pick a Brick Bestseller selection is very small, only about a thousand common parts.

Is that a worldwide thing? Im in Australia and I placed an order last month and it's still 'in warehouse.' I just attributed that to them being slow