LEGO has taken the wraps off the next set based on a television series, 10291 Queer Eye – The Fab 5 Loft. Featuring the iconic team of “more than a makeover” experts from the hit Netflix series, the set pays homage to the unique personalities and talents of each member. Join Tan, Karamo, Jonathan, Antoni, and Bobby in a tour of their Atlanta apartment! The 974-piece set also showcases one of their most beloved heroes, Kathi Dooley, and their favorite pupperoni, Bruley the dog. The set will be available starting Oct. 1 for US $99.99 | CAN $139.99 | UK £89.99
10291 Queer Eye – The Fab 5 Loft | Available Oct. 1 | US $99.99 | CAN $139.99 | UK £89.99
The Queer Eye set follows the style developed with 21302 The Big Bang Theory, 21319 Friends: Central Perk, and 10292 Friends: The Apartments in creating a studio-type layout, though this set eschews the studio lights at the corners and just shows the primary areas and floor of the Fab 5’s loft. As with the other sets, there are plenty of easter eggs for fans to find.
The back of the set is relatively sparse, though there is some storage for extra makeover materials. If you’ve been waiting for white masonry bricks, here they are!
The set includes the Fab 5: Jonathan Van Ness (Grooming), Antoni Porowski (Food and Wine), Tan France (Fashion), Bobby Berk (Design), and Karamo Brown (Culture), as well as various accessories that showcase their roles.
There are even a few costume changes! Overall, the outfits seem to be spot on, especially Tan’s signature hairstyle.
Of course, you can’t have a makeover show without a hero to spruce up, so fan-favorite Kathi Dooley is also included. Her special relationship with Jonathan as his music teacher, as well as her championing for young people and total selfless nature made her a shoe-in for this set.
Stay tuned for our review of this set, which will be dropping soon. In the meantime, check out more photos in the gallery below.
Calling all fans of the Queer Eye TV show on Netflix! Get ready to be your true self as you join the Fab 5 for a rewarding building project with this LEGO® Queer Eye – The Fab 5 Loft (10291) set. As you recreate all the details that make up the interior of the Fab 5’s original Atlanta loft, you’ll discover lots of features from the show with tributes to each of the Fab 5’s special talents. There’s a kitchen island for Antoni, a clothing rack for Tan, Jonathan’s swivel salon chair and Karamo’s couch and scrap book. And this space is Bobby-approved as he helped design this very special LEGO interior.
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No episode of Queer Eye would be complete without a makeover. So, as well as including minifigure versions of each of the Fab 5 (plus Bruley the dog), this buildable model includes 2 Kathi Dooley (a very special guest from a very special episode!) minifigures. There’s also a transformation chamber feature to recreate Kathi’s emotional ‘before and ‘after’ reveals.
- Age: 18+
- Pieces: 974
- Measures over 3.5 in. (9 cm) high, 13.5 in. (35 cm) wide and 8.5 in. (21 cm) deep.
- Includes minifigures of Tan, Jonathan, Karamo, Antoni, and Bobby, as well as three outfit changes, and Bruley the dog.
- Also includes 2 Kathi Dooley (a very special guest from a very special episode!) minifiures and a transformation chamber to recreate the ‘before and after’ reveals.
- Uncover a host of details reflecting each of the Fab 5’s talents, including a kitchen island for Antoni, a clothing rack for Tan, Jonathan’s salon chair, Karamo’s couch and Bobby’s interior scheme.
- This set is the result of a close collaboration between the LEGO® designers and the Fab 5 themselves. The coffee-table-style instructions give an inspiring insight into the collaborative process.
Can we get away from TV shows and the like? Where is the true play ability here? Maybe I am missing it, but it would seem this type of set is better suited if it were a line of “make your own TV show or Movie”. Have the kids make their own and use these as a guide? Seems like a missed opportunity here? I don’t know? I am failing to see the appeal beyond sitting on a shelf as display.
I am getting very tired of all these “Apartment” sets, as they all seem very similar.
Why? First, I did not even know there was a new queer eye. Second, how much overlap with the lego fanbase is there? Lego complains about how much money it costs to develop this or that set and then they come out with things like this?
Sometimes you just have to ask, “Is anyone going to build this from their own pre-existing parts?” I can’t think of anyone who is so enamored with a show like this that they rush to their lego hoard and have to build it.
What’s next? Lego say yes to the dress? Lego my big fat fabulous life’s mom’s house? Lego what not to wear?
Holy shit, this rules!