Brickheadz

Captain America & Red Hulk Figures

Two chunky Marvel heads for the shelf, and the villain steals the show.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 40668 · 2024

Pieces202

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number40668

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The verdict

I built Cap first and enjoyed the classic star-spangled shield click into his arm stud, but it was Red Hulk who made me grin.

He is bigger, meaner looking, and the muddy red brick color is one you barely see anywhere else in the LEGO palette. For 202 pieces split across two figures, this is a quick, satisfying evening build rather than a weekend project, and that is exactly the point of BrickHeadz. Get it if you love the movie tie-in angle or want a Hulk variant that is not the usual green, skip it if you already have a shelf full of these blocky heads and need something more demanding.

Best for: Marvel fans who want a shelf-friendly display piece rather than a posable action figure

The full review

What it is

This is a two-figure BrickHeadz set built around the Captain America: Brave New World movie release, pairing Sam Wilson's Captain America with Red Hulk, the transformed General Thaddeus Ross. I like BrickHeadz for exactly this reason: they let LEGO give you a character who would never get a full minifig or a big detailed build, in a format that takes an hour instead of a weekend. Snapping Cap's round shield onto his arm and lining up the star on his chest felt satisfying in a way that oversells how simple the piece count actually is.

The catch

I will be honest about the caveats. 202 pieces sounds reasonable until you remember that is split between two entirely separate figures, so neither build has much meat to it. There is no articulation, no minifigs, and no play value beyond posing them on a shelf, which is the deal with every BrickHeadz set but is worth saying plainly if you are new to the format. And because this one is pegged to a specific movie release, it does not have the evergreen appeal of a Star Wars or Marvel classic-comics BrickHeadz pairing.

Who it's for

Grab this if you are collecting Marvel BrickHeadz, if you specifically want a Red Hulk piece since he almost never gets brick-built treatment, or if you want a low-stakes gift for a young builder who wants to finish something fast. Skip it if you already own several BrickHeadz two-packs and are looking for a build that actually challenges you, or if your interest in Marvel starts and stops with the core Avengers lineup.

The parts story

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

Both figures go together fast, using the standard BrickHeadz recipe of a blocky two-stud head, a short torso brick, and stubby cylindrical legs. Cap's build leans on his round shield piece and the alternating red, white, and blue color blocking to sell the character, while Red Hulk's build is mostly about bulking up the torso and arms to look suitably oversized next to a normal-scale BrickHeadz figure.

The standout here is the muddy dark red used for Red Hulk. It is a color you rarely see this concentrated in a single figure, and it makes him pop next to the more familiar red-white-blue Cap. Neither figure carries a rare or highly printed piece, this is a set that sells itself on character choice and color rather than parts you will want to raid for other builds, so judge it on the shelf display appeal rather than part-count value.

Fun facts

01Red Hulk is the alter ego of General Thaddeus Ross, previously played in live-action by William Hurt and later Harrison Ford before the character's transformation on screen
02BrickHeadz figures use a fixed proportion format, a large square head on a small body, first introduced by LEGO in 2016 and since used across Marvel, Star Wars, Disney, and pop culture licenses
03This set released alongside a wave of Captain America: Brave New World tie-in LEGO sets in 2024 and 2025, timed to the film's theatrical run