Product test

Tested by mithyB: LEGO BrickHeadz

9.5.2018

Translation: machine translated

Last month we brought you something new from LEGO. Michael aka mithyB won three LEGO BrickHeadz. Here's what he thought.

What a thrill when I saw the Galaxus email with the subject line "Competition Winner" in my inbox. I don't usually win this kind of competition. And I have to admit that I didn't even remember entering this one. The joy was all the greater when I finally discovered the parcel in my letterbox.

The most fun at LEGO is usually the building, and the more the merrier: so I asked for a little help. Each BrickMe set contains two figures to assemble, so we decided to each build two little figurines. It had been a while since I'd built any LEGOs, so I was eager to get started and super excited when we unpacked the sets.

Iron Man

We opened the Iron Man box first. We were surprised by the large number of pieces spread out on the table after opening the bags, even though the figure looked relatively small on the box. We started by sorting the pieces by colour to get an overview of all the bricks and then opened the instruction booklet to begin assembly.

First stage, Iron Man's torso. All the steps are explained step by step in the instructions, with precise drawings of the parts to be assembled. I immediately felt like I was assembling an Ikea piece of furniture. Despite the clear instructions, we sometimes made mistakes and only noticed a few pages later. The figures are relatively small, but it still took us 40 minutes to build Iron Man. That didn't stop us from being proud of our creation, especially as the resemblance is striking.

Thanos

It was Thanos' turn. Same technique as for Iron Man: we opened all the bags and sorted the pieces by colour. Quickly, we noticed that the principle is the same for all the BrickHeadz, at least at first. First you assemble the torso, then the head and finally you add the details. Even though the instructions were almost identical to those for Iron Man, we had a lot of fun. 40 minutes later, Thanos was assembled and joining Iron Man.

We took a well-deserved break after these two builds. I don't remember finding LEGO building so laborious when I was a kid.

BrickMe

Then we were left with the big LEGO BrickMe box. According to the packaging, you can build a LEGO BrickHeadz in his likeness. This seemed a rather ambitious promise and piqued my interest. The box contains seven bags filled with Lego bricks that can be used for the different versions of the BrickMe figures. As the table wasn't big enough to hold all the pieces, we did things differently. We opened the bags one by one when we needed them. But even with this technique, we found ourselves overwhelmed and mixed up some of the bricks. The instructions first show how to assemble the base of a BrickHeadz figurine. The figure then looks like an all-white zombie, a bit like a mannequin for shop windows.

All that's left is to personalise it! You can take inspiration from the hairstyles and heads shown in the instructions to create your own BrickHeadz with the hair and skin colours you want. There may not be that many different combinations, but there's something for everyone. Creative people can even dispense with the instructions and let their imagination run wild to create something original. Once the head is finished, you can move on to the body. Here again, the instructions suggest different garments that can be personalised with different styles and colours. Then simply assemble the head and body to finish your very own BrickHeadz!

Conclusion

The LEGO BrickHeadz are very similar and fun to build. There's a lot of fun to be had looking for new combinations and it's also a way to keep the fun going. However, they're not really suitable for gaming. They're more for collecting and are designed like miniatures. It certainly won't be my last BrickHeadz.