The LEGO Ideas Tuxedo Cat is a display sculpture of a sitting cat with black-and-white markings, made from 1,710 plastic bricks. The finished model stands 12.5 inches tall and rests on all four paws in an upright alert pose. Every part of the cat is brick, from the whiskers along the muzzle to the tips of the toes. Only the eyes and pink nose are printed. The set is rated 18+ and has a three-to-four-hour build time.
A LEGO cat companion that you can build on your own with LEGO bricks
Tuxedo cats have a specific coat pattern, and the model reproduces it in brick form. Black bricks form the top of the head, back, tail, and outsides of the legs, while white bricks make up the muzzle, chest, belly, and paws. The head is round rather than pointed, with a short muzzle, small triangular ears, and thin whiskers built from bar elements clipped into the face. The eyes take up the center of the face and read as attentive rather than glazed over.
Underneath the sculpted exterior is a rigid Technic beam skeleton that supports the outer brick layers. The build takes about 30 steps in a bottom-up sequence, starting with the paws and working up through the legs, torso, and head. The new element ships in eight pairs total, seven in black for the fur and one in white for the belly.
Customization comes at the end of the build in two forms: eye color and mouth expression. The eye tiles come in the box as two printed 2×2 inverted boat pieces, one in yellow and one in blue. Whichever pair you install stays permanent unless you take the head apart later. The lower lip section works the same way, with two build variants for either an open or closed mouth. The pieces to build the alternate version stay in the box for a future swap.
Andres and McVeigh are the two names printed inside the instruction booklet. Damian Andres created the original design, submitted his cat sculpture to LEGO Ideas in late 2020, and cleared the 10,000-vote threshold required to qualify a project for LEGO review. Chris McVeigh, one of LEGO’s in-house adult set designers, adapted Andres’s submission for retail production. The interview between the two of them at the front of the booklet outlines what changed from the original submission to the final retail set.
At $83, down from $100, the current sale takes $17 off the LEGO Tuxedo Cat’s retail price. Cat owners are the natural audience for this one, along with builders who already like animal sculptures and adult display projects. Once the build is complete, the model stays on display and holds its pose until you rebuild. A birthday gift, a housewarming present, or a personal gift for the shelf all fit.
