Brickheadz

Carl, Russell & Kevin

Three chunky-headed friends from Up who somehow nail the emotion of that movie in blocky plastic.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 40752 · 2024

Pieces308

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number40752

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The verdict

I sat this trio next to my shelf of BrickHeadz and Kevin stole the show immediately, that long-legged, top-heavy stance with the wild rainbow feathers is exactly the silly, lovable energy from Up.

Carl and Russell are the quieter half of the set, built with the same care but working from a much smaller color palette, so they read a little plain on their own. Together as a set of three, though, the story clicks into place in a way single BrickHeadz almost never manage. If you loved Up or you collect Disney and Pixar BrickHeadz, this is an easy yes, if you only want one standout figure for a shelf, Kevin alone might be the better itch to scratch.

Best for: Up fans and Disney/Pixar BrickHeadz collectors who want a themed trio rather than a single centerpiece figure

The full review

What it is

This is a three-in-one BrickHeadz box built around Disney and Pixar's Up, and it is one of those sets where the concept does most of the emotional work before you have even opened the bags. Carl Fredricksen comes through as a stout, glasses-and-cane figure, Russell is done up in his little Wilderness Explorer sash, and Kevin is the reason I would point anyone toward this set first, a tall, ungainly bird with a rainbow of color-blocked feathers that somehow still reads as goofy and endearing the second it is standing on the table.

The catch

The honest caveat is that Carl and Russell are relatively simple builds. They use the standard BrickHeadz cube-head format and a limited number of colors, so if you have built a few sets in this line before, neither figure will surprise you mechanically. The value math is also worth knowing going in, 308 pieces split three ways means each character is a fairly quick sit, and licensed character BrickHeadz have always charged a premium over generic LEGO sets of similar size, so this is a shelf-display purchase more than a pure piece-count value play.

Who it's for

Get this one if you love Up, you collect Disney and Pixar BrickHeadz, or you already have the Up house set and want the family that lives in it standing next to it. Skip it if you are hunting for one impressive centerpiece build, in that case Kevin would need to be sold solo, and he currently is not, so you are buying the trio or nothing.

The parts story

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

Building this one is really building three small, separate figures back to back rather than one long project, which makes it a nice pick-up-and-put-down set rather than a single sitting build. Carl goes together first and fastest, his stocky square body and tuft of white hair are pure classic BrickHeadz vocabulary. Russell follows with his sash and backpack detailing, still simple but with a couple of nice small printed or patterned elements for his badges.

Kevin is where the piece count and the creativity both go. LEGO uses an asymmetric leg build with connected joints to get that gawky, top-heavy bird silhouette right, and the plumage is layered in bands of blue, purple, and red across the body and tail rather than one flat color, which is a more involved recolor and part mix than BrickHeadz figures usually get. For anyone who likes spotting clever part use in a small build, Kevin alone is worth the box.

Fun facts

01This BrickHeadz trio launched in 2024 alongside LEGO's Up house Ideas set, giving fans a way to populate that build with its main characters.
02Kevin is built with an intentionally lopsided leg and neck structure to capture the character's ungainly, flightless-bird design from the film.
03The set brings together the human, child, and animal cast of Up in a single box, a format LEGO has used sparingly for BrickHeadz movie tie-ins.
04BrickHeadz sets in this scale use the signature oversized cube head and small stub body across all three figures, keeping them stylistically consistent despite their very different character designs.