Creator

Cute Hamster with a Flower

A ten dollar hamster that tilts its head at you and somehow wins

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 31376 · 2026

Pieces166

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number31376

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The verdict

I picked this up expecting a cute filler set and ended up sitting there turning the little guy's head side to side longer than I want to admit.

That hinged neck and the front legs that rotate in to hold the flower stem give this hamster real personality for something built from 166 pieces. I will be honest that the two alternate builds, a hedgehog and an eagle with its egg, use up barely half the parts and feel like an afterthought next to the hamster. If you love small expressive animal builds or you want an easy win for a young builder, this earns its ten dollars and then some.

Best for: animal-lovers and young builders who want a confident quick build with real charm, plus anyone topping up an order to free shipping

The full review

What it is

The hamster is the whole reason to buy this set, and it delivers. It is about 9cm long with a hinged head on a friction pin so it can tilt at an angle like it just noticed you, and the front legs rotate inward to actually grip the stem of the little purple flower it holds. For a set this small that is a lot of charm packed into a simple mechanism, and it is the kind of detail that makes a cheap set feel designed rather than assembled.

The catch

Where I have to be honest with you is the rebuild options. The hedgehog with its own flower and the posable eagle with an egg in a nest are fun ideas, but they lean on maybe half the pieces the hamster uses, so they read as smaller, simpler builds tacked onto a stronger main model rather than three equally satisfying versions of the same set. That is a pattern in a lot of small Creator 3-in-1 sets, so it is not unique to this one, but it is worth knowing going in.

Who it's for

If you are after a quick confidence-building project for a young builder, a cute animal for a desk or shelf, or an easy add-on to round out an order, this is a genuinely good pick. If you want three equally meaty builds for your money, look at a larger 3-in-1 set instead, because the real value here lives almost entirely in the hamster.

The parts story

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

This is a short, relaxed build, the kind you can finish over a coffee, and it moves fast because there are no stickers to fuss with and the instructions are clean. The satisfaction comes from watching a handful of curved and rounded pieces click together into something that actually looks alive rather than blocky, which is not something I expect from a sub-200-piece set.

The parts that do the heavy lifting are small but smart: the 1x1x2/3 rounded plate with a side stud and the matching dome piece work as the hamster's eyes, quarter dome pieces build out soft looking cheeks, and there is a new medium nougat recolor of the 2x2x1 2/3 dome that gives the body its rounded, plush feel. Add in some SNOT building and a couple of technic connections for the posable joints, and you get more engineering variety than the piece count suggests, all wrapped around a fun new color palette of medium nougat, tan, and lilac.

Fun facts

01The set can be rebuilt three ways from the same box: a posable hamster, a hedgehog with a flower, or an eagle guarding an egg in its nest
02It introduces a new recolor of the 2x2x1 2/3 dome piece in medium nougat, made specifically for the hamster's rounded body
03At $9.99 for 166 pieces it works out to roughly 6 cents a piece, unusually good value for a Creator set
04Creator 3-in-1 designer Lennart DuPont Cort, who has led the subtheme since 2020, said the hidden alternate builds are meant to give kids play value beyond just the main model