LEGO is expanding the buildable characters that are less than a foot tall and about 6 to 8 inches wide. We had them with Star Wars and here we have it with Disney. #43249-1: Stitch was released on 1 March 2024 for $64.99. It contains 730 pieces which comes out to $0.089 per piece. This isn’t a bad deal, but I suspect if you wait until maybe closer to Christmas time, this set will be discounted 10% or 20%.
I took pictures during the build and somehow they got messed up when I transferred them to my computer so this won’t be the normal review (sorry).
Here’s the box. The front has the LEGO and Disney logos. It has the full set and then a cartoon drawing of Stitch on the bottom. The back shows how you can move some of the parts like his ears.
The set contains 7 parts bags, a small sticker sheet, and the instructions. The sticker sheet is the flowers for his Hawaiian shirt so it’s not a ton of stickers to place on the set.
Here’s a close up of the small instruction booklet and then I took a picture of the stickers and my computer messed it up somehow so it’s tiny. You get 12 full flowers and then 2 half flowers for the shirt.
The build starts with his torso and then adds his legs, arms, and then his head. The head comes off (as you can see). It’s attached by a Technic pin and you can rotate it as desired for display. The arms and legs don’t really move, but you can adjust his claws. As shown on the box, the ears can move and his mouth moves very slightly, but not by much.
The eye pieces are printed (thankfully) and you just put them in so it helps to make the build easier versus having brick built eyes.
The flower can be removed. There is a small piece to make a connection on his head as desired.
Here’s the final build. I added the ice cream cone in for this picture. You can take it out of his hand if you want. This picture also lets you see the stickers on his Hawaiian shirt. I’m guessing they didn’t print them on as it’s a curved piece. Maybe?
Overall it’s a fun set with some interesting SNOT techniques to get the shaping. My 6 year old helped me build it and we had a good time putting it together. It wasn’t too hard if you have experience building. The set has some playability, but is mostly a display piece. If you are a MOC builder, you get a bunch of brightly colored pieces if you just wanted to assemble this once and then take it apart. The price isn’t bad, but wait for a sale and you can get it at an even better price.
Happy building!
