Two brothers made a deal with the Devil, lost everything, and spent the rest of the game shooting finger guns at a giant flower. If that sentence makes perfect sense to you, you already know Cuphead. Fan designer Vaicko has now turned that giant flower into bricks, and the project just crossed the magic 10,000-supporter line on LEGO® Ideas.

At 868 pieces, the build recreates two moments from the 2017 run-and-gun game by Studio MDHR. The first diorama is the Floral Fury boss fight, where Cagney Carnation towers over a tree trunk lobbing seeds and vines at anyone brave enough to challenge him. Vaicko hid a Technic frame inside the flower head to keep the whole thing sturdy and playable, a genuinely clever piece of engineering for a build that big. Behind Cagney sit five separate layers of bricks at different depths, standing in for the hills, sea, clouds, and sky from the game's parallax scenery. That is exactly how classic side-scrollers fake depth on a flat screen, and seeing it rebuilt in physical form is the kind of design touch that makes a project worth a second look.

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The second diorama drops you into Porkrind's shop, the grumpy pig merchant's between-level pitstop, complete with several purchasable items from the game. Cuphead and Mugman arrive as minifigures, extra tiles track Mugman's life counter, and swappable cards let you set the display up for one player or two. Vaicko submitted the project back in February 2024, and the climb to 10,000 supporters shows just how much love this game still gets nearly a decade after launch.

The project now moves into The LEGO® Group's review, where it will be judged on playability, buildability, and licensing before anyone decides whether it reaches shelves. Getting there means a deal with Studio MDHR, and this time the fine print is worth reading. Want to help push it further? Head to LEGO® Ideas and add your support. Would you build the flower, or hold out for a Devil minifigure of your own?