Click your heels together, because The Wizard of Oz just skipped down the Yellow Brick Road and onto LEGO® Ideas. Designed by builder Evanhaubner, this roughly 1,200-piece tribute packs the whole 1939 classic into one compact, colourful display. Munchkinland, the Emerald City, the poppy field, the whole cast, it is all here. Toto too!

The journey starts where Dorothy's does, in Munchkinland, with her farmhouse crash-landed squarely on the Wicked Witch of the East (only her striped stockings poke out, which is a lovely bit of dark comedy in brick form). From there the Yellow Brick Road winds past the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion in their own little habitats before reaching the grand green gates of the Emerald City. Tucked behind those gates? The Wizard himself, hiding behind a curtain with gifts ready for Dorothy's new friends.

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Now here is the technique that made me grin. Over on the right sits the Wicked Witch of the West's castle, and it comes with a play feature straight out of the movie's finale. Pull out the floor and the witch melts away. Have you ever seen a cleaner way to turn a story beat into a LEGO® mechanism? Little movable moments like this are what make a display feel alive, and they prove you do not need a giant part count to build something full of personality.

Every one of those 1,200 pieces comes from the existing colour palette, so nothing exotic is needed to bring Oz to life. The set includes eight minifigures, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, Glinda, a Munchkin, the Wicked Witch of the West, and the Wizard, plus a flying monkey that swooped in by popular demand after fans asked for it.

The project currently has 8,782 supporters on its way to the 10,000 goal. If a rainbow, a road, and a very good little dog sound like your kind of build, add your vote to The Wizard of Oz and help Evanhaubner reach the Emerald City. There really is no place like a finished Ideas review, is there?