Disney

Cruella De Vil's Car

A wicked little roadster with more attitude than any 378 piece set has a right to have.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 43277 · 2025

Pieces378

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number43277

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The verdict

I love a build that commits to a character, and this one commits hard.

That long, sneering hood and the two tone black and white paint job read as Cruella from across the room, before you even clock the minifigure behind the wheel. It is not a technical build and it will not test your engineering brain, but it nails the personality, and the Cruella figure herself is the real prize here. If you or your kid has any soft spot for 101 Dalmatians, this one earns its shelf space.

Best for: 101 Dalmatians fans and Disney villain collectors who want a display piece, not a puzzle

The full review

What it is

I will admit I picked this one up expecting a cute throwaway car and ended up genuinely charmed. Cruella De Vil's Car does what the best small licensed builds do, it picks one or two details from the character and builds the whole model around them. Here that is the black and white color split running the length of the car and that long, arrogant hood line. It is instantly readable as her car even before you notice the little touches tucked into the cabin.

The catch

I do want to be honest about what this is and is not. At 378 pieces this is not a weekend engineering project, it is an afternoon build, and the chassis underneath is fairly straightforward stud built work rather than anything technic driven. If you are the kind of builder who wants gearboxes and suspension geometry, look elsewhere in the LEGO lineup. This is a character piece first and a vehicle second, and once it is built there is not a lot of play pattern beyond rolling it around and posing the minifigure.

Who it's for

Where this set earns its keep is on a shelf next to other Disney villain builds, or in the hands of a kid who has watched 101 Dalmatians on repeat and wants Cruella's actual car in their room. It is a fun, fast, satisfying build for that audience. If you are chasing part count value or a serious construction challenge, save your money for a bigger set in the line.

The parts story

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

The build moves fast. You start with the chassis and work up through the two tone body panels, and the fun part is watching the black and white split come together panel by panel rather than being molded in one piece, it genuinely feels like you are building her wardrobe onto a car. There is no sprawling instruction booklet marathon here, it is the kind of build you can finish over a movie.

The standout piece is the minifigure herself. Cruella's coat print does the heavy lifting, the black and white fur pattern combined with her sculpted hair and expression sell the character better than the car does. The vehicle uses a mix of curved slopes and wedge pieces to get that long predatory hood shape, and there is a nice small detail moment with the wheels and any trim pieces that give the car its finishing touch. Nothing here is a rare or exotic mold, but the color blocking is doing real design work, and that is where the set's charm actually lives.

Fun facts

01Cruella De Vil's car in the original 1961 animated 101 Dalmatians is one of the most recognizable villain vehicles in Disney history, and LEGO designers leaned into that long, sneering silhouette for this build.
02The set is part of LEGO's ongoing Disney licensed line that mixes classic animated era characters with more recent releases, giving older films like 101 Dalmatians a spot next to modern Disney sets.
03At 378 pieces this sits firmly in LEGO's smaller character vehicle bracket, built for a fast, satisfying single session rather than a multi day project.