Mister Rogers Lego prototype a tribute to his ‘deep spiritual resonance’
A sample look at the Lego set inspired by Mister Rogers, including arrows showing how different parts of the Lego kit move. (Courtesy of Matt Smith)
When Matt Smith introduced his toddler to television in 2022, he selected the show that brought him warmth and comfort when he was growing up in the 1990s: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.
Now, the long-running children’s show that once graced the screens of more than 3.5 million televisions a week could again become a household fixture, this time in the form of a Lego set.
Smith, a 31-year-old alumnus of Princeton Theological Seminary currently on sabbatical from his PhD program in American history, built a Mister Rogers Lego prototype that features Mister Rogers’s living room and kitchen on one side and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe on the other.
