LEGO Graduate (8805)

About This Set

The Graduate is the first figure on the checklist of LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 5, released in 2011, and he is dressed for the biggest day of his student life. He wears the full academic outfit: a black mortarboard cap, a flowing black cloth gown, and underneath it a torso printed with a sweater, shirt and tie. In his hand he carries his diploma, a white 2 x 2 tile printed with scrollwork, lines of writing, a red rosette and the words Certificate of Graduation. His face is a single-sided print with a huge grin and creases under the eyes, an expression of pure graduation-day delight.

The details reward a close look. The mortarboard was a new piece created for this figure, moulded with a tassel hanging from one corner and shaped to sit at a jaunty, slanted angle on his head. The gown is a fabric piece rather than plastic, cut with a complete trapezoid shape at the back and an opening at the front so the printed jumper underneath shows through; it arrives folded and benefits from a little gentle flattening before it sits neatly. The legs are plain black, which keeps the focus on the cap, the gown and the diploma. LEGO's character biography for the Graduate describes a student who loved his classes, his teachers and even the homework, and who, diploma in hand, faces his next challenge: finding a job.

Key Features

• Mortarboard cap — a new piece created for this figure, with a moulded tassel, shaped to sit at a slanted angle
• Black cloth gown — a fabric piece with a trapezoid back and a front opening that reveals the printed torso
• Printed diploma tile — a white 2 x 2 tile printed with scrollwork, writing, a red rosette and the words Certificate of Graduation
• Printed torso — a sweater, shirt and tie worn beneath the gown
• Grinning face print — single-sided, with creases under the eyes
• Plain black legs — unprinted, keeping the focus on the academic outfit
• Black 3 x 4 display stand — plus the Series 5 collector leaflet in the bag
• One of 16 Series 5 figures — sold in a sealed light blue mystery bag in 2011, priced at $2.99

Theme Background

Collectable Minifigures Series 5 reached shops in the autumn of 2011, the third series released that year after Series 3 and Series 4. The sixteen figures, sold in light blue mystery bags, mixed history, sport, fantasy and everyday life: a Gladiator, an Egyptian Queen, a Royal Guard, a Zookeeper and a Detective among them. The series introduced twenty new parts, and the Graduate contributed two of the most distinctive, the mortarboard cap and the cloth gown, giving the line its first graduation outfit. As with Series 3 and 4, each bag carried a bump code of raised dots that identified the figure inside.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many pieces are in LEGO 8805 Graduate?

Seven pieces in total, including the minifigure, his mortarboard cap, cloth gown, printed diploma tile and the black 3 x 4 display stand.

What does the Graduate's diploma say?

The white 2 x 2 tile is printed as a certificate, with scrollwork, lines of writing, a red rosette and the words Certificate of Graduation.

Which series is the Graduate from?

He is figure number one on the checklist of Collectable Minifigures Series 5, released in 2011. Series 5 has sixteen figures in total.

Is the Graduate's gown made of plastic?

No. The gown is a fabric piece that folds around the figure's neck and shoulders, with a trapezoid shape at the back and an opening at the front that shows the printed sweater, shirt and tie on the torso.

How was the Graduate sold?

In a sealed Series 5 mystery bag priced at $2.99, with one of sixteen figures inside. Series 5 bags carry a bump code of raised dots that identifies the figure, and the flat mortarboard gives the Graduate a distinctive feel through the packet.