What is the creepiest LEGO set?
Posted by CapnRex101,
There are plenty of horror-based LEGO sets and even whole themes, such as Monster Fighters and Hidden Side. I am not convinced the sets can actually be considered scary, however.
Nonetheless, there have definitely been some creepy LEGO sets, though unintentionally so! Brickset commenters often identify sets they consider creepy and we are going to look at a few of them to celebrate Hallowe'en...
40763 Children's Day Teddy Bear
The most recent entry on our list is one I do not personally consider creepy, although others do and I understand why. The design of the teddy bear's brow creates an angry expression when viewed from higher angles, with gaps along the edge of the 3x3x2 curved bricks positioned to resemble angry eyebrows!
40085 LEGO Valentine
40763 Children's Day Teddy Bear is not the only questionable LEGO bear, as the unfortunate 40085 LEGO Valentine has seemingly been eviscerated. The idea of a cute bear clinging to a love heart sounds lovely, but between the arms not actually wrapping around the heart and the beady eyes, it looks more like a Ghostface victim to me.
30565 Birthday Clown
Clowns are low-hanging fruit where horror is concerned, but I am fairly certain 30565 Birthday Clown is not designed to frighten. Mission failed, in that case, as there is something disturbing about that sausage smile and the eyes, not to mention the blood-soaked club hastily disguised as a balloon. 2040 Brickset members own this clown, myself included. We are all in danger...
6337009 Summer Clown
I am unsure whether the Summer Clown is more or less alarming than its birthday counterpart. While the Birthday Clown looks capable of personally committing atrocities, 6337009 Summer Clown possesses hypnotising eyes, doubtless capable of bending anybody to its evil will. This model is particularly remarkable because I would genuinely have thought it was intended to be scary, but the name and distribution in August 2020 suggests otherwise.
40228 Geoffrey & Friends
Geoffrey the Giraffe has been the Toys R Us mascot since 1948, albeit only named Geoffrey in 1965. There have been three LEGO versions of the mascot and while the disembodied head of 40077 Geoffrey is concerning, 40228 Geoffrey & Friends is a true symbol of fear! The figure has a bizarre beak-like mouth and crazed eyes, which makes its proximity to children on the box all the more unsettling.
75255 Yoda
Lots of large-scale renditions of organic characters have been produced in recent years. Some are quite successful and I think 75255 Yoda has certain qualities, though the eyes are probably not among them. In fact, a combination of the hollow eye sockets and adjustable eyelids can be rather menacing, depending on the pose.
75582 Brick-Built Gru and Minions
Gru is a peculiar-looking character at the best of times, but 75582 Brick-Built Gru and Minions turns peculiar into petrifying! The blocky head is truly nightmarish, made worse by the crooked smile and sinister eyes. Gru's crimes are normally fun, but this model envisages a more serious version of Despicable Me, in which Gru is surely a serial killer.
76443 Hagrid & Harry's Motorcycle Ride
Frightening though Gru's face is in LEGO form, the lack of a face can be ever creepier. 76443 Hagrid & Harry's Motorcycle Ride illustrates this perfectly, as Harry's blank face in particular is disconcerting, featuring only his trademark scar and glasses. It reminds me of 21042 Statue of Liberty, but feels worse on a living character, as opposed to a statue.
Belville Babies Bonus
I cannot discuss the selection of unintentionally creepy LEGO products without mentioning the infamous Belville babies! These insidious infants should not be left unattended at any time, nor should you stare into their eyes. Like the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, it is not the Belville baby directly ahead you need to worry about, but the two more approaching from behind...
I have doubtless forgotten many other unintentionally creepy LEGO sets, so which ones come to mind for you? Let us know in the comments.
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Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220
Dude, that Summer Clown looks *sooo* much worse IRL than in illustrated form.
I think the 2013 Geoffrey is much more unsettling
Definitely Yoda for me. I used to own 7194 and the newer version was a very creepy downgrade.
I was not aware of the Belville Babies. Now I can’t unsee them. They win the award for creepiest by a landslide!
Bro, that's nothing. Look at the https://brickset.com/sets/5009206-1/Elephant-Pencil-Holder I could NOT believe its 2025 set.
Essentially a collection of thigs that are creepy because of their unnatural eyes or things that are creepy because they don't have eyes at all
@DragonLord56 said:
"Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220"
I mean, that’s half the reason I even clicked on the article.
I don't know about creepy, but those recent Star Wars prices sure are pretty scarry
The creepiest set is the recent police one about training dogs to viciously attack people.
I absolutely LOVE this article. The thumbnail of the yoda on red lightning did it for me.
I would nominate the true face of the bunny fron 4049 Nesquick Bunny and 4299 Nesquick Racer.
And 71004-7 Scribble Cop. I know the context but he looks demented.
I'd also recommend the recent 31213 Mona Lisa.
40204 Pilgrim's Feast is another classic cursed set.
The buildable chewbacca isn't far behind on yoda too.
Somewhere in the back of my mind I also recall a recent Icons-sized set that just looked plain off and they demanded hundreds of euros for it. I must have repressed the exact one. Maybe the basketball one? Maybe it was another one.
@PurpleDave said:
" @DragonLord56 said:
"Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220"
I mean, that’s half the reason I even clicked on the article."
I just reread the comments on https://brickset.com/article/57248. Peak Brickset humor.
2023 Chewbacca?
I propose 75201.
You'll have to do a lot of convincing to make me believe that 40085 is a bear. May be a hamster or a guinea pig...
@lordofdragonss said:
"Bro, that's nothing. Look at the https://brickset.com/sets/5009206-1/Elephant-Pencil-Holder I could NOT believe its 2025 set."
The 'Pink elephants' song from Dumbo (the 1940s animated one) comes to mind upon seeing that set...
Belville babies is terrifying. I won't be able to sleep now
I always thought that Hagrid in 76443 (Hagrid & Harry's Motorcycle Ride) looked like British comic book artist Alan Moore. Don't know if that makes it more or less creepy but it is still unnerving.
@DekoPuma said:
"The creepiest set is the recent police one about training dogs to viciously attack people."
Tbf in Denmark all police dogs are family pets when off duty. They will subdue a person if given the order, but the rest of the time, they are basically a big bunch of snuggle bugs.
My first thought was also My Dad!
Delightful article!
For me it's 10018 It's almost too real, despite the bricky texture.
That Yoda is the thing of nightmares.
76282
And every Brickheadz ever.
@lordofdragonss said:
"Bro, that's nothing. Look at the https://brickset.com/sets/5009206-1/Elephant-Pencil-Holder I could NOT believe its 2025 set."
That elephant seriously looks like it's about to devour my soul.
@DragonLord56 said:
"Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220"
lol!
Yep! Far and away the creepiest and dorkiest LEGO set!
Pretty sure the black-suited clown in 321-1 has a machine gun in his violin case. Or his own face and those of his companions.
@ricecake said:
" @lordofdragonss said:
"Bro, that's nothing. Look at the https://brickset.com/sets/5009206-1/Elephant-Pencil-Holder I could NOT believe its 2025 set."
That elephant seriously looks like it's about to devour my soul."
This looks more like some sort of pokemon. Never knew elephants had claws.
You shouldn't have forgotten about 3220 My Dad in this article... He'll remember your error from within his hollow prison...
I don't think 40763 is remotely creepy... everyone's entitled to one bad picture!
21352, on the other hand, should have been glorious, but ended up really creepy!
Unlike real life, 3220 actually stays in the box like I told him to.
@HOBBES said:
"I propose 75201.
You'll have to do a lot of convincing to make me believe that 40085 is a bear. May be a hamster or a guinea pig..."
Clearly it’s a quokka!
I expected to see more of the big buildable SW figures, like Chewy (75371) and Wicket (75430), and maybe the CCBS figures with human heads, but I guess those aren't so much "scary" as just bad.
And I'm in the minority, no doubt, but I don't find 75255 Yoda all that creepy. Now, I did try to MOC my friend's copy of that set into a Grogu (before 75318 was revealed), and THAT was a scary gremlin to behold....
Also, if we're going to bring up My Dad, we can't really forget about that recent Fabuland RSotD with the rodent staring out from the door the Void, 3663 ....
And speaking of voids, one final nomination from me; it's not a full set, but it's definitely one of the scariest products to come from LEGO in recent times: https://brickset.com/parts/design-49242 Demon Mario will find you, and he WILL jump on your head....
76282 Five Nights At Rocket's
Surely Fabuland needed a mention!
The photorealistic eyes on 8510 used to creep me out.
Packaging wise, a recent RSotD 3663 ’s packaging could strike fear into some. I think the recent 77071 is pretty creepy… the eyes. However, right now, 8319 has to be one of the absolute creepiest. The arm on the ground cinches it.
There are so many more, and I’ll edit this again. The whole Ben 10 line creeps me out.
I remember back in the day some people were unsettled by 75110 with Luke's expressionless face.
The thing is, Yoda is kind of creepy, especially the non-smoothed out, non-CGI original.
@HOBBES said:
"I propose 75201."
Not the creepiest but definitely one of the crappest.
everyone knows the scariest lego set of all time is 40013
I nominate 4040 "Nick" and 8325 "Tager" from Galidor! Because that's some body horror if you ask me!
Funniest Halloween article in a while, between "...the blood-soaked club hastily disguised as a balloon, and "Like the Velociraptors in Jurassic Park, it is not the Belville baby directly ahead you need to worry about, but the two more approaching from behind..." Not to mention the comments! Speaking of which, everyone's forgetting 41706. May not *seem* scary, but it's the set that gave us dreadflipper.
@Binnekamp said:
"I would nominate the true face of the bunny fron 4049 Nesquick Bunny and 4299 Nesquick Racer. "
Yes, how can we forget the creepiest minifig of all?
77014 it did scare the lego review team
Brick built chewie by far
I came here to suggest “My Dad” and I’m glad it was literally the first comment.
How about this set? https://brickset.com/sets/805-2/3-Little-Indians
Also these:
3121 No thanks.
2122 WTF?
5437 Look at the kid screaming "SAVE ME!"
028 "Get in your coffin, Billy."
297 Minifigures as babies? Creepy!
5962 Again, WTF?!
It's a bit of a crossover but 30692 from this year is creeping me out a bit. There are a few other Santas from previous years that give off a similar vibe. It's like they want to put kids on the naughty list just to punish them!
I had to move Yoda from the living room to the garage because my daughter was terrified of him.
We also had to leave the Lego aisle in Smyths Toys because the brick built Rocket Raccoon freaked her out
@DragonLord56 said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @DragonLord56 said:
"Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220 "
I mean, that’s half the reason I even clicked on the article."
I just reread the comments on https://brickset.com/article/57248 . Peak Brickset humor."
My Dad a.k.a. FrankenScala
Why is Geoffrey armed?
When I was younger, I thought set 4766 Graveyard Duel was scary. Now I want the set.
@ThunderCracker81 said:
"Dude, that Summer Clown looks *sooo* much worse IRL than in illustrated form."
Why did I google it?! 8(
@kyrodes said:
"Why is Geoffrey armed?"
Better safe than sorry.
These are hilarious! I'd also submit the giant Mickey in 21352. Between the lack of a mouth, the poorly positioned ears, and the ominous way he looms over the little vignettes, he's a perfectly magical dose of unintentional nightmare fuel!
@Wallace_Brick_Designs said: " I think the recent 77071 is pretty creepy…"
*Both* 77071's are high-octane nightmare fuel. On one side you have the neurotic pinata, on the other a headless elephant/dementor hybrid ready to devour your soul - truly something from a Hellraiser movie based on Savador Dali's paintings.
@TheOtherMike said: "everyone's forgetting 41706. May not *seem* scary, but it's the set that gave us dreadflipper"
Not to mention KGB Santa!
OMG, I haven't even read the article or comments but this might be the best article idea ever. That Hagrid/Harry nightmare.....
Any Monster Fighter set.
Obviously
And in the future...
https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/a2526d20-ae33-4e23-ac8d-a4fdb6e4fb28
@Schmopiesdad said:
" @DragonLord56 said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @DragonLord56 said:
"Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220 "
I mean, that’s half the reason I even clicked on the article."
I just reread the comments on https://brickset.com/article/57248 . Peak Brickset humor."
My Dad a.k.a. FrankenScala"
Came for my dad. Stayed for the clowns... all of them!!!
Happy Halloween Brickset!
May your pumpkins be filled with delightful tinkling plastic and your zombie Lego stafe heads be filled with delicious sugar!
Oh boy, I thought 40228 had guns in his hands...
@PDelahanty said:
"I came here to suggest “My Dad” and I’m glad it was literally the first comment.
How about this set? https://brickset.com/sets/805-2/3-Little-Indians
Also these:
3121 No thanks.
2122 WTF?
5437 Look at the kid screaming "SAVE ME!"
028 "Get in your coffin, Billy."
297 Minifigures as babies? Creepy!
5962 Again, WTF?!"
3121 Summer Day Out is brilliant. You are first drawn to the baby with its demonic eyes and the dog, which is presumably a hell hound of some kind under the baby's control. All the while we really needed to focus on the pink bear clambering out of its basket and hunting for fresh victims!
@dimc said:
"Unlike real life, 3220 actually stays in the box like I told him to. "
Only while you're looking, though...
@PDelahanty said: "5962 Again, WTF?!"
I *think* this is based on some H.C. Andersen story. I don't remember the specifics, but it involved meeting three increasingly larger dogs - one with eyes the size of tinplates, one with eyes the size of millwheels, and one with eyes the size of Rundetårn (old circular-base tower in Copenhagen). Luckily they have pretty small tinplates, making this dog look *relatively* normal, I don't dare thinking about how the other two would look.
The dog is one thing, but I dare you to look at the "minifigs" entry on the set page - without the skirt and hat she looks *almost* like something from a modern-day set, except she still has that face...
76434 my scariest set, I couldn't take it out of the shipping box. I would have thought I'd see 76421 in the comments. The Belville babies aren't that bad, the Belville witch was scary. 9464 & 9468 are my creepy sets in a good way.
Missed opportunity for a voting option :D
I'm for Geoffrey.
EDIT: Scrap that, it's the first bear.
To be honest that 40085 looks sort of cute (in an "ugly cute" way) to me.
Yoda looks more derpy than creepy, but I guess that's because I have the eyes in a more "friendly" look and see him almost daily...
And um, the Hagrid motorcycle... I guess it can be creepy - faceless, emotionless people or something? But I'm too much used looking at Protofigs and Modulex figures :P
Thinking about it, there was that "toy worker" minifig from Toy Story 3 or something with a very weird face too. Seeing that head in a casual town setting, hmm...
@gunther_schnitzel said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I propose 75201."
Not the creepiest but definitely one of the crappest.
"
The kind of stuff that gives nightmares...
@Brickalili said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I propose 75201 .
You'll have to do a lot of convincing to make me believe that 40085 is a bear. May be a hamster or a guinea pig..."
Clearly it’s a quokka!
"
Never heard about that one - I checked it out - cute!
(In truth, I had seen it before but did not know it was a quokka)
You learn something everyday, neat!
This kid grew up to be a super villain. 510-3
I'm surprised no one (that I saw) mentioned 4527. It's up there, IMO. It's a tough call with My Dad and the Babies in the mix. And brick-built Rocket.
Also a poll would nice. With so many contenders, maybe multiple polls.
@kwickbrick said: "...the Belville witch was scary"
yes, I just realized that. Especially without the typical "witch accessories" $h!t just becomes too real.
"9464 & 9468 are my creepy sets in a good way"
9464 reminds me of the Bone Wagon from "Grim Fandango".
@Atuin said: "And um, the Hagrid motorcycle... I guess it can be creepy - faceless, emotionless people or something? But I'm too much used looking at Protofigs and Modulex figures"
Yeah, figures without a face were just figures without a face. I've always found the beloved "classic smiley" to be much creepier - everyone has the same empty, brain-washed expression, it's like they would march the streets of my city at night going "I-mo-teph... I-mo-teph... I-mo-teph..."
"Thinking about it, there was that "toy worker" minifig from Toy Story 3 or something with a very weird face too. Seeing that head in a casual town setting, hmm..."
You mean the driver from the 7789 Dump Truck? Weird by itself (guess it's supposed to look like a simple wooden figure with eyes and a nose), but not so much compared to the other figures in that set - the Pill-Pusher Bear, the Hallucination Octopus and the Good Trip/Bad Trip monster (oddly, only the latter is listed as a minifig on the set page).
The Duplo baby from c. 2010. Think it came in a caravan set.
Edit: found it! 5655
@RaiderOfTheLostBrick said: "The Duplo baby from c. 2010. Think it came in a caravan set. found it! 5655"
Honestly, I found all Duplo figures from that era pretty creepy. It's something about the eyes, they're supposed to look cute but comes across as cold, calculating and menacing - compare with Bowser from 72039 and 71431.
@DragonLord56 said:
"Don't forget about the creepiest of them all... MY DAD! 3220"
Long time Bricksetters to newer visitors:
“You just had to be THERE MAN! You wouldn’t understand!”
The scariest minifigure by a country mile has to be TNT030 Mutated Dr O'Neil. How this was ever allowed in a kids' toy I'll never know!
https://brickset.com/minifigs/tnt030/mutated-dr-o-neil
@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
"Unlike real life, 3220 actually stays in the box like I told him to. "
Only while you're looking, though..."
Since I never pass up the opportunity for a Doctor Who reference: "Don't blink. Blink and you're dead."
@Lance_McCormick said:"I'm surprised no one (that I saw) mentioned 4527. It's up there, IMO."
To be fair, ithat one's at least *supposed* to be scary.
@Atuin said:
"Thinking about it, there was that "toy worker" minifig from Toy Story 3 or something with a very weird face too. Seeing that head in a casual town setting, hmm..."
If you're referring to the driver in 7789, that's likely based on a Fisher Price Little People character. But the face print on the head does look like it comes from something more...inflatable.
Half built Chewbacca 75371
@PDelahanty said:
"I came here to suggest “My Dad” and I’m glad it was literally the first comment.
How about this set? https://brickset.com/sets/805-2/3-Little-Indians
Also these:
3121 No thanks.
2122 WTF?
5437 Look at the kid screaming "SAVE ME!"
028 "Get in your coffin, Billy."
297 Minifigures as babies? Creepy!
5962 Again, WTF?!"
"Get in your coffin, Billy" had me rolling!
I have no idea how Fabuland didn't wind up with top billing on this list. I mean 341-2 is a cat heading out to pounce on a mouse and bury the body. 347-3 is a "hospital" run by carnivores, sporting an "ambulance" with barred windows, and a lovely outdoor patio serving mutton. 3623 is a cat with murder in her eyes stalking a unwitting lamb in a beauty parlor. 3647 is a classroom of apex predators leering at a cute bunny. 3703 pictures Peter Pig fantasizing about roasting Charlie Crow and serving him in a bed of lettuce. The horror just goes on and on!
"A LEGO Christmas Tale". The poor LEGO employees' exclusive gift set included a snowman with a glowing skull for a head!
Interesting how the more realistic figures trigger this negative feeling, while cartoonish figures (like minifigures, even the ones designed to look scary) are much more empathetic - this is an example of the uncanny valley effect, although when it comes to LEGO, I think it is more like a cliff followed by a wide shore: the effect takes place at a lower percentage of human likeness (when compared to VFX and robots for example), and it is unlikely that LEGO would manufacture a lifelike figure that overcomes this effect
Red Indians
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@PDelahanty said:
"I came here to suggest “My Dad” and I’m glad it was literally the first comment.
How about this set? https://brickset.com/sets/805-2/3-Little-Indians
Also these:
3121 No thanks.
2122 WTF?
5437 Look at the kid screaming "SAVE ME!"
028 "Get in your coffin, Billy."
297 Minifigures as babies? Creepy!
5962 Again, WTF?!"
Oh. My. God.
Just had the biggest flashback to my childhhod with 028 - I had this set!
363 Hospital
Come get a facelift while your arms and legs are sewn in to your clothes…
Great article :D
@8BrickMario said:
""A LEGO Christmas Tale". The poor LEGO employees' exclusive gift set included a snowman with a glowing skull for a head!"
Ah yes, 4000013. One wonders why they didn't just another blank minifigure head there.
@CamberbrickGreen said:"363 Hospital
Come get a facelift while your arms and legs are sewn in to your clothes…"
Not to mention that the hospital personnel are fused to the stretcher and wheelchair, and the patient has to be bisected to sit in said wheelchair!
76429 creeps me out.
6337009 is Bart Simpson's infant bed.
"Can't sleep, clown will eat me. Can't sleep, clown will eat me..."
@sjr60 said:
"21352, on the other hand, should have been glorious, but ended up really creepy!"
We don't talk about the LEGO set that has Bruno in it.
Some would say the Maul bust but I love it
I get some Squid Game vibes from this little 4 Juniors set 4172, with those unspecified green lights on top of the 'house' ... and a certain Tina apparently lives there! But who is she looking at? At you? At me? Who knows... https://brickset.com/minifigs/cre001
P.S. Where does that door lead to anyway? Is it the -out of proportion?- little bird, waiting to poke your eyes out? Apparently 275 Brickset members have the answers (IF they are still active members since they built the set?!)
It all seems harmless at first glance but those bright colours can be deceiving... You, the 85 Brickset members that actually want this set are warned!
@TheOtherMike said:
" @8BrickMario said:
""A LEGO Christmas Tale". The poor LEGO employees' exclusive gift set included a snowman with a glowing skull for a head!"
Ah yes, 4000013. One wonders why they didn't just another blank minifigure head there.
@CamberbrickGreen said:"363 Hospital
Come get a facelift while your arms and legs are sewn in to your clothes…"
Not to mention that the hospital personnel are fused to the stretcher and wheelchair, and the patient has to be bisected to sit in said wheelchair!"
Oh, you youngsters don't know how good you've had it. My first sets had no figures at all, then came the maxifigs, then the non-poseable "slabbies", then, eventually (actually only five years after my first set), POSEABLE "mini-action figures"- they were called that in the brochures!
I think 76217 deserves to be on this list
@CrutoadGuy10 said:
"I think 76217 deserves to be on this list"
I, at least, think that 76217 is cute.
As well as the article, there are great submissions, I wish we could vote.
Wait until you all find out about 76470…
@Bricklunch said:
"I always thought that Hagrid in 76443 (Hagrid & Harry's Motorcycle Ride) looked like British comic book artist Alan Moore. Don't know if that makes it more or less creepy but it is still unnerving. "
Alan Moore got his writing skills from the devil. No, he didn't sell his soul, he just beat the devil up for his lunch money every day until the devil bribed him with genius writing skills so he'd stay away.