One of the most important animated films of all time is getting its own LEGO set, the company announced Tuesday.
Based on Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas," the 2,193-piece set features a number of memorable locations and characters from the beloved 1993 stop-action musical.
The set includes iconic locations such as Spiral Hill, Jack Skellington’s house and the Halloween Town Hall, as well as eight characters, including Jack Skellington, Sally, Santa Claus, Lock, Shock, Barrel, Zero and The Mayor.
According to the company, the set was designed by LEGO fan Simon Scott as part of the LEGO ideas program, which allows individuals to submit designs for potential creation. Scott’s design received 10,000 votes from the LEGO community to be turned into a real set.
The set will retail for $199.99 and release Sept. 6, with early access to LEGO Insiders starting Sept. 3.
Based on a 1981 poem written by Burton parodying “The Night Before Christmas,” the film’s Halloween-meets-Christmas twist was an immediate success and has remained a cult classic in the decades since its release.
“The Nightmare Before Christmas,” which was among the 25 films selected to join the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2023, is the latest in a number of major movie- and TV-related sets released by LEGO in recent months.
A 1,497-piece set for the 1975 blockbuster "Jaws" was released Aug. 3. The much-anticipated 5,471-piece set of Barad-dûr from "The Lord of the Rings" was released June 4.
According to BrickEconomy, a website that tracks prices for LEGO sets, releases with popular movie- and TV-related themes have become extremely collectible with growing secondary-market prices. Sets related to "The Lord of the Rings" have maintained 10.40% annual growth, based on BrickEconomy data, while "Indiana Jones" has grown 9.97% and "Batman" increased 9.70%.
Of the themes tracked by BrickEconomy, hit Netflix show "Stranger Things" has secured the highest annual growth, with 19.63% since the first set release in 2019.
Ben Burrows is a reporter and editor for cllct.