Murdoch17 Posted June 8 Posted June 8 So back on May 5th I managed to digitally reverse engineer and expand upon the upcoming Creator set 31167 - Haunted Mansion. I gave it a back half, some furniture, a removable modular base with a pine tree, and a ghostly inhabitant: Dr. Henry Pepper. Who was that you ask? Stay tuned to find out! The house in all it's spooky glory. The base with the house removed. The house removed from it's base. This is the front side. The rear portion of the house. The inside of the house in the front features a dining room and drawing room on the lower floor, with a large music room upstairs. The inside of the back half features a living room on the lower floor, with a bedroom and library on the second floor. Harold Pepper, PhD, was a professor of geology at the University of Chicago. I say 'was', as his mysterious death at his family home in St. Louis in 1894 was most puzzling for police, as no signs of foul play were discovered, and no suicide note was ever found. Even his cause of death was undetermined, he just simply dropped dead after eating breakfast. Suspicion focused first on the breakfast and later, on a mysterious, odd-looking doll found in the garbage pail that no one in his family has recollected seeing before. After the funeral, it appears the late Dr. Pepper refused to leave the premises and move on. His spirit has occasionally haunted the house ever since, with most sightings being around his date of his death. However, in the family is it generally said that if he is seen outside that date, someone in the family's death is near. As of 2025, the house has been abandoned for ten years, with the windows boarded up and doors locked. Urban explorers have entered the premises illegally, and have reported the ghost of Dr. Pepper to be quite agitated at the intruders and or the state of the house's decay. He might even be considered a poltergeist, chasing one group of vandals from the house by throwing things at them as they ran away. The mysterious doll. (NOTE: The above story is totally fictional. Any relation to any real persons, living or dead, is unintentional and completely coincidental. The ghostly Dr. Pepper mini-fig is named after two things: my favorite soda and the Pepper's Ghost illusion technique.) Thoughts? Quote
Karalora Posted June 8 Posted June 8 Great design! I would totally buy the instructions if they were posted to Rebrickable! Quote
Murdoch17 Posted June 8 Author Posted June 8 On 6/8/2025 at 4:36 PM, Karalora said: Great design! I would totally buy the instructions if they were posted to Rebrickable! Expand Thanks @Karalora! I don't have any instructions for this MOC - all i have is a LDD file that' is missing a bunch of parts. Sorry to disappoint you if I did! Quote
Karalora Posted June 8 Posted June 8 Eh, it was worth a shot! I'm planning to get the new Haunted House this year and (probably) finally retire the Monster Fighters Haunted House I put up every Halloween. Every year, it seems a few more parts crack and have to be replaced. Quote
Feuer Zug Posted June 9 Posted June 9 Nice haunted mansion. Small, but it has the right feel for the late 1800s. The fence is neat, but maybe in too perfect of condition. I really like the mixture of minifig pieces to create the deceased Dr. Pepper. On 6/8/2025 at 8:20 PM, Karalora said: Eh, it was worth a shot! I'm planning to get the new Haunted House this year and (probably) finally retire the Monster Fighters Haunted House I put up every Halloween. Every year, it seems a few more parts crack and have to be replaced. Expand I would think the cracked parts would add to the ambiance of the haunted house. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted June 10 Author Posted June 10 On 6/9/2025 at 3:28 PM, Feuer Zug said: Nice haunted mansion. Small, but it has the right feel for the late 1800s. The fence is neat, but maybe in too perfect of condition. I really like the mixture of minifig pieces to create the deceased Dr. Pepper. Expand Thanks for the compliments @Feuer Zug! My OCD and perfectionism would not let me randomize the fence. (apologies!) I also needed it to be easy to build , cheap, and sturdy with this design checking all the boxes. Quote
Karalora Posted June 10 Posted June 10 On 6/9/2025 at 3:28 PM, Feuer Zug said: I would think the cracked parts would add to the ambiance of the haunted house. Expand You would think, but then they don't clutch. That set came out right at the peak of the "brittle brown" problem. Quote
LEGO Train 12 Volts Posted June 18 Posted June 18 Very cool haunted house ...I like this kind of architecture! The mysterious doll is amazing! Quote
Murdoch17 Posted June 19 Author Posted June 19 On 6/18/2025 at 9:45 PM, LEGO Train 12 Volts said: Very cool haunted house ...I like this kind of architecture! The mysterious doll is amazing! Expand On 6/19/2025 at 1:01 AM, Shiva said: Nice :) Expand Thank you both for your kind words @LEGO Train 12 Volts and @Shiva! Quote
Lion King Posted June 19 Posted June 19 This is what I want to see from Lego’s Modular building collection! A run-down, haunted manison in middle of city and it’s populated by ghosts? Yes please! Great work. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted June 19 Author Posted June 19 On 6/19/2025 at 1:19 PM, Lion King said: This is what I want to see from Lego’s Modular building collection! A run-down, haunted manison in middle of city and it’s populated by ghosts? Yes please! Great work. Expand Thank you @Lion King! Quote
Elysiumfountain Posted June 20 Posted June 20 Very spooky! I really like the fence, I like that you had a shot with the house removed. Quote
Murdoch17 Posted June 20 Author Posted June 20 On 6/20/2025 at 12:19 AM, Elysiumfountain said: Very spooky! I really like the fence, I like that you had a shot with the house removed. Expand Thank you @Elysiumfountain - this comment means a lot, as your builds have astounded me for years! I'm super glad to hear you like it! Quote
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