Light Kit for Mandrake #76433

Do not pull it out of the pot 

A plant that cannot be overwatered

The mandrake is the only houseplant in the range that survives neglect, direct sun, a dark corner and a radiator. It needs no soil, no water and no attention, and it will not drop leaves on the carpet. For anyone who has killed a real fern, that is the correct trade.

A mandrake is a plant with a root shaped like a person, and in the wizarding world its scream is fatal to anyone who hears it unprepared. Second-year Herbology students repot them wearing earmuffs, and the scene in Chamber of Secrets is played for comedy — a room full of children in gardening gloves wrestling with something that is trying to bite them. The plant is also, in the older folklore Rowling drew on, a real thing: a root sold as a cure-all, dug up at night, said to shriek when it left the ground.

The 579-piece Lego Mandrake #76433 build is a single mandrake at display scale, root and all, sitting in a terracotta pot with a soil surface and a fan of leaves. The face is built rather than printed, the arms and legs are poseable, and the whole plant lifts out of the pot on a stem so it can be shown either planted or held up. The leaves are the largest part of the model and the part that gives it its silhouette.

The pot is lit from below the soil line, throwing a warm glow up through the root and leaving the face half in shadow, so it looks dug up rather than potted. A ZENE Bricks interior light kit also puts a cooler source behind the leaves, separating them, and a narrow light on the rim makes the terracotta read as a real object. The plant seems to be looking back, which is a unique trick for a shelf piece.

Wiring runs down the stem and out through a gap in the base, so the mandrake still lifts out. On a shelf with the herbology sets, the lego lights make it the one piece that improves when the room goes dark.

• Supports already built LEGO® sets with a little refitting required.
• No circuit experience needed, just follow our simple step-by-step instructions for guidance.
• Twisted pair design balances robustness and installation concealment.
• Have your LEGO® sets be exciting and soul-filled even in the daytime.

What's Included

• The Led Light Kit includes Connecting Cables, Lights, Expansion Boards, etc.
• Battery Box( without Batteries).
• Instructions in PDF format provided.

Type: Compatible with LEGO® sets
Material: Eco-friendly ABS plastic