LEGO Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas (21351)

The build splits neatly into three sections, which kept it fresh for me instead of grinding through one giant structure. You work through the Spiral Hill, Jack's crooked house, and the Town Hall, and the fun is in getting things to look ramshackle and leaning while staying sturdy enough to display. There is loads of sideways and angled building to sell that off-kilter Burton look, so it stays engaging without ever tipping into frustration. It is pitched as welcoming for newer builders but detailed enough that veterans will not be bored, and uncovering the movie references as you go (the walking bathtub, the chalkboard formula) kept me grinning the whole time.

On the parts front, Jack is the headline and rightly so. His long arms and legs come from the Avatar minifigure moulds, with the tall legs appearing in black for the very first time and printed too, which finally gives you a properly lanky Jack. LEGO even had to re-tool his bowtie element because the old Disney Series 2 mould no longer existed. Sally gets an upgrade as well, with a new dark red hair piece and fresh printing. The big full moon on Spiral Hill is a new large printed disc, and it is the piece that really sells the scene. Between the printed minifig parts, the recolors, and that moon, there is genuine parts-nerd value here even if the raw price per piece runs a little high.