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BTS Dynamite

The first LEGO K-pop set, and it knows exactly who it's here for.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 21339 · 2023

Pieces749

Minifigs7

Year2023

Set number21339

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The verdict

I went in expecting to shrug at this one, and then the seven minifigures landed on my desk and I completely got it.

This is a candy-colored diorama of the Dynamite music video, and the little turntable that spins all seven members at once made me grin like a kid. The build itself is thin and the sticker sheet is enormous, so if you came for engineering you'll be underwhelmed. But if BTS means something to you, this is a joyful little display piece that nothing else on the shelf can replace.

Best for: BTS Army fans who want the seven members as minifigures on a shelf

The full review

What it is

LEGO 21339 BTS Dynamite is a 749-piece Ideas set that recreates scenes from the Dynamite music video, and it holds the honor of being the first ever LEGO K-pop set. It arrived in March 2023 from fan designers Josh (JBBrickFanatic) and Jacob (BangtanBricks), who submitted the idea back in 2021. What you build is a row of pastel storefronts, a disco, a record store, a donut shop and a little ice-cream truck, and standing among them are the seven members of BTS in their pastel stage outfits from the song's climax. The first time I stood all seven figures on the turntable and gave the wheel a spin, watching them rotate together in one smooth motion, I understood the whole point of the thing. It is pure, uncomplicated happiness.

The catch

I do have to be straight with you about the caveats, because they are real. The RRP was 99.99 dollars for 749 pieces, which works out to roughly 13 cents per piece, and that is on the steep side for LEGO. You are paying for the license and those seven figures, not for a clever or dense model. The build is honestly quite thin. Most of it is a facade, a pretty backdrop rather than a structure with depth, and it goes together fast without ever surprising you. And then there are the stickers. Aside from a few printed record-cover tiles, nearly every decorated surface here is a sticker, and applying a full sheet of them on a set this expensive takes some of the shine off.

Who it's for

So who is this for? If you are BTS Army, or you love someone who is, this is an easy recommendation and probably the only way you will ever get these seven as minifigures. It displays beautifully, the colors are cheerful, and the play function gives it a bit of life. If you are a builder chasing technique, structural cleverness or parts value, I would gently steer you elsewhere, because this set was never really made for you and it won't win you over. It knows its audience precisely, and for that audience it delivers.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this is quick and relaxed rather than challenging. The storefronts are largely flat panels dressed up with color and stickers, so most of your time goes into decorating rather than engineering. The one bright spot in the construction is the detachable stage: underneath sits a small Technic arrangement of axles and gears that links all seven minifigure stands, so a single turn of one wheel spins the whole band together. It is a genuinely satisfying little mechanism and easily the most interesting thing you'll assemble here.

The pull of this set is the printing on the minifigures. All seven members get fresh torso prints and double-sided heads, and LEGO did a careful job capturing each face and outfit. Beyond the figures, the record store hides a handful of nicely printed tiles worth pointing out: pixelated blue and orange squares, a round radar-style display, an elephants-at-sunset silhouette, a vinyl record with a music-note design and a pixelated honeycomb pattern. Those printed tiles are the real parts treasure. Just know that outside of them and a few record covers, the rest of the color you see is stickers, so the printed haul is smaller than the colorful box photo suggests.

Fun facts

01It is the first LEGO K-pop set ever produced, launching on March 1, 2023.
02The concept came from fan designers Josh (JBBrickFanatic) and Jacob (BangtanBricks), who submitted it to LEGO Ideas in 2021.
03A hidden Technic gear system lets one wheel rotate all seven BTS minifigures on the stage at the same time.
04It carried a 99.99 dollar RRP and has since retired, with sealed copies now trading around the original price on the secondary market.