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The Office

Fifteen Dunder Mifflin minifigs and a stapler in jello, if you know you know.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 21336 · 2022

Pieces1,165

Minifigs15

Year2022

Set number21336

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The verdict

If you love the show, this set is pure joy from the first bag, because it's less about clever building and more about spotting how many jokes they crammed in.

Fifteen minifigs of the whole Scranton crew, plus Garbage the cat, is a genuinely generous roster. The Jell-O stapler and Andy's fist-hole in the wall made me grin out loud. If you've never watched a single episode, though, a lot of the charm just won't land, and you'll mostly notice the sticker sheet.

Best for: Devoted fans of The Office who want the whole Scranton branch on a shelf

The full review

What it is

The Office is one of those LEGO® sets where the finished thing matters less than everything hiding inside it. It's a cutaway of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch, and the real reward is populating it with the fifteen minifigs LEGO packed in. You get Michael, Dwight, Jim, Pam, Ryan, Angela, Oscar, Kevin, Stanley, Kelly, Phyllis, Meredith, Creed, Toby and Darryl, plus a tiny grey figure of Angela's cat Garbage. That's a lot of faces, and seeing them all lined up at their desks is the moment the whole thing clicks. This is fan service done with real care, and if you know the show, you'll keep finding little jokes for days.

The catch

Now for the honest bits. There are roughly 63 stickers on the sheet, which is a genuinely high count for a set of around 1,165 pieces, and lining them up neatly on grey panels takes patience and a steady hand. The build itself is not going to challenge you either. It's mostly straightforward office walls and desks, so if you build for the engineering and the satisfying techniques, this one will feel flat. At its original 119.99 dollars it was fair value for the piece count and that stack of minifigs, but it retired at the end of 2024 and now tends to sell above retail, so the deal has softened. Go in knowing you're paying partly for nostalgia, not for a demanding build.

Who it's for

So who should grab this one. If The Office is comfort viewing for you, or someone in your house quotes it constantly, this is an easy yes, because the joy is in the details and the character lineup, not the bricks. Display it with the roof off and it becomes a little diorama you'll keep rearranging. If you've never watched it, or you build mainly for clever mechanics and interesting parts, I'd let this one pass, because you'd be paying for jokes you don't have the context for. It won't wow a stranger on a shelf, but for the right person it's one of the most charming pop culture sets LEGO has made. The Brickset community landed it at 4.4 out of 5, and I think that's about right.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this is calm and quick, around three hours, and it flows in clear stages. You lay down the floor and the outer walls first, then work through the reception area, the bullpen of desks, the conference room and the break room, adding each character's little props as you go. That's actually the fun of it. You're constantly stopping to place a specific Easter egg, so the pace stays light even though the technique never gets ambitious. The back wall and roof section lifts cleanly away, which is the smart bit of design here, because it means you can reach in to swap and pose the minifigs without knocking the whole thing apart.

The pieces themselves are more about printing and props than rare molds. The value story is really the fifteen minifigs plus Garbage the cat, a huge character count that would cost a fortune to assemble on the secondary market alone. The joy is in the tiny accessories: Jim's stapler set in translucent yellow Jell-O, the Dundie award, a Schrute buck, the golden ticket, Dwight's megaphone, Stanley's crossword, and the little fist-shaped hole Andy punched in the wall. Set against roughly 1,165 pieces, a big chunk of which are plain grey panels and desk elements, the parts value leans heavily on those printed extras and the sheer number of figures rather than anything a MOC builder will raid the box for.

Fun facts

01The set started life as a fan submission on the LEGO Ideas platform before LEGO turned it into an official product.
02Fifteen minifigs plus Garbage the cat gives it one of the largest single-set character rosters LEGO has ever released.
03The whole back wall and roof section is removable so you can reach in and rearrange the Scranton crew at their desks.
04It retired at the end of 2024 and now typically resells above its original 119.99 dollar price.