‘E.T.’ Is Getting a Lego to Light Up Your Life

Everybody loves E.T., and next month, you’ll be able to have him in your home without the government hunting you down.

Before the weekend, Lego revealed a new set that lets you build the extraterrestrial from wide head to webbed toes. At 1,226 pieces, the figure is posable enough to allow you to move its head and finger up so it can do as E.T. does in the movies. If that weren’t fun enough, it’s got a switch for you to make its heart light up, and there’s a pot of Lego sunflowers that can be built to put in its hand.

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E.T. released in 1982, which makes the Lego figure a semi-timely gift for the movie’s 45th anniversary. The set’s website listing even highlights it as a perfect gift for fans of ’80s sci-fi movies who are already down with collecting E.T. merch. It can also be a timely buy on account of Disclosure Day—the film may not be lighting the world on fire, but those who love the latest Steven Spielberg pic really dig it, and some consider it up there with some of his best work, which may be equal to or higher than E.T.

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Wherever one falls on that spectrum, the Lego set will ship out starting August 1, reasonably priced at $140.

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