One Piece

Buggy the Clown's Circus Tent

A loud, red-and-blue big top that finally gives Buggy the ridiculous stage he deserves.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 75637 · 2025

Pieces576

Minifigs4

Year2025

Set number75637

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The verdict

This is the rare One Piece set that steps away from ships and gives you a proper circus big top, and I fell for how gleefully silly it is.

Buggy's exclusive minifig alone, with that dual-moulded pirate hat and the trick where his head pops onto a little separate body, is worth a chunk of the price. It is playful more than it is a display centerpiece, so if you want a shelf model you may feel the pull toward buying two and combining them. For a fan of the theme who actually wants to play, though, it is a genuine good time.

Best for: One Piece fans aged 8 and up who want a chaotic, hands-on playset over a static display piece

The full review

What it is

I did not expect a circus tent to win me over, but this one did almost immediately. Buggy the Clown's Circus Tent leans into the sillier, live-action side of One Piece and just commits, giving you a bold red-and-blue big top built for chaos rather than quiet display. At 576 pieces it hands you four minifigs (Luffy, Zoro, Nami, and Buggy himself) and a stage packed with things that spin, drop, and pop open. The star is Buggy, captured with a dual-moulded pirate hat covered in skull-and-bones detail, and the clever touch that his head lifts off onto a little separate body to mimic his devil fruit power. That single figure is the kind of thing that makes you grin the first time you try it.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where it wobbles. There is only one exclusive minifig here, so the value case rests heavily on Buggy while the crew are faces you have likely met before. The alternate small-body sticker is genuinely annoying, small enough that placing it cleanly takes patience you did not expect a fun clown set to demand. And the roof build leans on a repetitive, parts-heavy method that a few builders found dull to work through. At an RRP around $55 it is priced fairly for what it does, but this is a play set at heart, not a display piece, and the sides carry Technic connection points that quietly suggest buying a second copy to make one full tent.

Who it's for

So who is this for? If you love One Piece and you actually want to stage escapes, spin the wheel of death, and reset the cage over and over, this is a joyful pick, especially for younger fans in that 8-plus range. If you are chasing a clean shelf model or a deep engineering challenge, this is not really aiming at you, and the repetition may wear thin. But for the right person, a fan who wants personality and playability over polish, it delivers exactly the loud, ridiculous fun Buggy is supposed to bring.

The parts story

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

Building it is a fast, breezy afternoon rather than a marathon, and it swings between genuinely clever and slightly repetitive. The gimmicks are the fun part: the hanging cage, the vertical spinning table, and the water tank that bursts open all come together with satisfying little mechanisms, and there are eight chairs plus Buggy's throne to arrange around the ring. The one stretch that drags is the roof, which uses a parts-intensive solution to get that striped big-top shape, so you place a lot of similar elements in a row before it pays off.

For part hunters there is more here than you would guess from a kids' playset. New Elementary counted seven new molds, including a lime pear, a white katana with a neck bracket, and Buggy's exclusive dual-moulded pirate hat with dark azure ponytails. There are recolors too, notably dark azure tiles and white minifig hands appearing outside the Wednesday theme for the first time, along with bright green hair pieces. It is a genuinely useful little parts haul, and the value per piece feels honest for the price.

Fun facts

01The set is styled after Buggy's over-the-top look from the Netflix live-action One Piece series, which is why it leans circus big-top rather than pirate ship.
02Buggy's minifig head can be removed and placed on a separate small body, a build nod to his Chop-Chop devil fruit ability to split his body apart.
03The sides of the tent include Technic axle connection points so you can join multiple copies into one larger, complete tent.
04White minifig hands, used here for Buggy, had previously only appeared in LEGO's Wednesday theme before showing up in this set.