Wednesday

Thing's Apartment

A plain trunk that folds open into the most charming little world.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 76785 · 2025

Pieces828

Minifigs2

Year2025

Set number76785

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The verdict

This is one of those sets where the box completely undersells it.

It looks like a plain steamer trunk on the shelf, then you flip the switch at the bottom and it blooms open into a two-room apartment built for a disembodied hand, and I grinned like a kid. The engineering is genuinely clever for a set aimed at ages 10 and up, and the little gags (a nail varnish bottle that opens to a brush) are worth the sticker price of admission on their own. The RRP is a touch steep, so it lands as excellent-with-a-caveat rather than a must-own, but Wednesday fans will adore it.

Best for: Wednesday fans and anyone who loves a small set with a big transforming reveal

The full review

What it is

The first time Thing's Apartment folds open, it stops you. On the shelf it is a plain, sturdy steamer trunk, nothing to write home about. Then you flip the switch at the bottom and the whole thing unlatches into a two-story apartment with a bed, a chair, a hat, a watch, and a stack of tiny fashion accessories, all sized for a hand that lives its best life. It is based on the scene where Wednesday's roommate Enid Sinclair builds Thing a home of its own, and LEGO leaned all the way into the whimsy. The hull of the trunk is what got me: it feels solid and boring in your hands right up until it becomes the opposite.

The catch

I'll be straight with you about the money, though. At 89.99 USD (74.99 GBP, 79.99 EUR) for 828 pieces, you are paying the licensed-theme tax, and the price-per-part is higher than you would want on an unlicensed set of this size. The build techniques are also fairly simple. This is a set aimed at ages 10 and up, and the assembly reflects that, so if you live for gnarly engineering puzzles the actual putting-together will be gentler than the finished product implies. Most of the wow is loaded into the reveal and the little functions rather than the building journey. And because the closed trunk is intentionally plain, the set does very little for you sitting shut on a shelf. It wants to be open and played with.

Who it's for

So here is who I would send it to. If you love Wednesday, or you love a small set that hides a big transforming secret, this is an easy yes and you will keep flipping it open to show people. It is a lovely play-or-display piece with real personality. If you are strictly a value shopper counting pieces per dollar, or you want a meaty technical build to sink an evening into, this one will feel slight for the price and you might want to wait for a discount. For me the charm wins. It is very good with a real caveat on cost, and I have zero regrets about the smile it pulled out of me.

What works

The trunk transforms from a plain chest into a full two-room apartment via a switch at the base, and side walls that hinge open for access
Includes a posable Thing figure plus an Enid Sinclair minidoll (Enid is unique to this set)
Full of clever little functions: a nail varnish bottle that opens to reveal a brush, a turning-handle shower mechanism, and hidden storage in the lid

Worth knowing

At 89.99 USD for 828 pieces the price-per-part is on the high side, which is the licensed-theme tax
The build itself uses fairly simple techniques, so seasoned builders may find the assembly quicker and plainer than the finished model suggests
The exterior trunk is deliberately plain, so the magic only really lands once it is open

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The parts story

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

Building it takes somewhere around 90 minutes to two hours, and it is a pleasant, low-stress assembly. The trunk goes together as a sturdily built shell first, then you layer in the mechanisms that make it fold and hinge. Nothing here will fight you, and that is the point: the cleverness lives in how ordinary parts get repurposed into apartment furniture and gadgets. My favorite moment is the nail varnish bottle that actually opens to reveal a brush, which is really a minifigure broom hiding in plain sight. There is also a turning handle that drives a little shower mechanism, and hidden storage tucked into the lid.

The standout part for collectors is a genuinely new mould: the Plate 1x2 with Handle, appearing here in tan (five of them). It is the big brother to the Plate 1x1 Rounded with Handle that has been kicking around since 2016, and parts people flagged it right away as the highlight of the box. Beyond that new element, the appeal is the accessory density rather than rare printed pieces. The BrickLink part-out value sits around 236 USD, which softens the RRP sting a little if you think in parts terms, though of course nobody buys this set to break it down. You buy it for the hand's tiny wonderful home.

Fun facts

01The set recreates the moment from the Wednesday series when Enid Sinclair builds Thing an apartment of its own, complete with a bed, a chair, and its own fashion accessories.
02It debuted a brand-new element, the Plate 1x2 with Handle, which arrived in tan and is an enlarged version of the 1x1 rounded plate with bar first seen back in 2016.
03The nail varnish bottle opens up to reveal a brush inside, cleverly built from a reused minifigure broom piece.
04Closed, it measures about 13cm high, 23cm wide, and 11cm deep, small enough to look like an unassuming trunk until you flip the hidden switch at the base.