Wednesday

Wednesday & Enid's Dorm Room

Two roommates who agree on nothing, and one wall that proves it.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 76781 · 2024

Pieces751

Minifigs4

Year2024

Set number76781

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The verdict

The whole set hangs on one idea, a room split straight down the middle between Wednesday's cold gothic gloom and Enid's bright werewolf clutter, and honestly that idea carries it.

The printed window sold me before anything else did, one half spider-webbed and grey, one half glowing stained glass. I only wish the ninety dollar price matched the piece count a little more gracefully. If you loved the Netflix show, this is an easy yes. If you are shopping purely on parts per dollar, you will feel the squeeze.

Best for: Fans of the Netflix Wednesday show who want the two roommates on a shelf

The full review

What it is

This is Wednesday and Enid's shared dorm at Nevermore, and the entire build leans into the joke that these two could not be more different. One side is Wednesday: dead grey, monochrome, a stuffed raven, that clacking typewriter, everything drained of color on purpose. The other side is Enid: pinks and turquoise, a phone, a bright mess of personality. The window in the middle is where it all comes together, a single printed element that runs spider-webbed monochrome on Wednesday's half and colorful stained glass on Enid's. The first time I set the roof on and looked through it, the contrast just clicked, and I understood exactly why the designers built the whole model around that one pane.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the money, because it is the thing builders keep raising. Around ninety US dollars gets you 751 pieces, and that ratio runs high for a licensed set. Part of the sting is that you are paying for four minidolls that are really two characters in two outfits each, plus Thing, rather than four distinct figures. The build has a few fussy stretches too. The lower roof panels attach with clips and bars in a way that fights you a little, and the balcony assembly takes some patience. None of it is dealbreaking, but it does mean this is a set you buy for the subject, not for the engineering.

Who it's for

So who does this reward? Anyone who fell for the show and wants Wednesday and Enid together on a shelf, because the likenesses and the split-room concept nail the tone. Younger builders around the age 10 mark will love the hidden drawers and the button-press play features. If you are a hardcore technique builder chasing clever part usage or a big value haul, this is not your set, and I would not blame you for waiting on a discount. But as a display piece that tells you a whole story in one glance, it earns its spot.

The parts story

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

Building it is a mostly relaxed sit-down, with the fun coming from watching the two color worlds grow side by side out of the same base. There is real play engineering underneath: the base has buttons that pop open hidden drawers, and those drawers store two of the minidolls plus accessories like the cat-ear headpiece and Enid's phone, held with a clip-and-hinge that stays put. The fiddliest moment is those clip-and-bar roof panels near the end, but the payoff of the finished silhouette makes it worth pushing through.

For parts people there is more here than the price tag suggests. The standout is a brand new gargoyle mold in light bluish grey that sits on a single stud yet spreads across a 2x3 footprint, and you get four of them along the balcony. There are useful recolors too: a dark turquoise sitting bunny, a plain orange hamster, a trans-yellow 2x2 dome, and a white tassel. The nerdiest treat is a Sand Blue 2x2 brick, a color that had not turned up in that shape since 2003. Add the freshly printed dual window and the new torso and head prints for both girls, and the parts sheet is quietly more interesting than the model looks.

Fun facts

01The central window is a single printed element that shows colorful stained glass on Enid's side and monochrome spider webbing on Wednesday's, capturing the whole split-personality concept in one piece.
02The set includes a brand new gargoyle mold in light bluish grey that perches on just one stud while covering a 2x3 footprint, and four of them line the balcony.
03It brought back a Sand Blue 2x2 brick, a recolor that had not appeared in that shape since roughly 2003.
04You get four minidolls, two versions each of Wednesday and Enid in different outfits, plus the character Thing, with the alternate dolls tucked into the base's hidden drawers.