Brickheadz

Disney 100th Celebration

Four little Disney firsts lined up on silver, and Oswald is the one who made me grin.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 40622 · 2023

Pieces501

Minifigsn/a

Year2023

Set number40622

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The verdict

This is a four-pack of BrickHeadz built to mark Disney's 100th, and it picks its characters with real thought: Oswald, Mickey, Snow White, and Tinker Bell, each one a first of some kind in Disney history.

None of them is a jaw-dropper on its own, but together they feel like a proper little tribute, and the silver display bases sell the occasion. If you love Disney you'll want the whole row on a shelf. If you just collect BrickHeadz for the building, this one is pleasant rather than thrilling.

Best for: Disney fans who want a compact commemorative display rather than a big build

The full review

What it is

I have a soft spot for BrickHeadz that actually mean something, and this one earns it. It gathers four Disney characters that each represent a first: Oswald the Lucky Rabbit as Disney's first star character, Mickey Mouse, Snow White from the first animated feature film, and Tinker Bell as the first theme park mascot. That framing is what got me. Plenty of BrickHeadz packs are just a grab bag of whoever is popular this year, but here the picks tell a small story about a hundred years of Disney, and building the four in a row feels like laying out a little timeline.

The catch

I will be honest about where it lands, though. On their own, none of these figures is the best BrickHeadz version of its character. Mickey and Snow White are perfectly charming and instantly readable, but they are the kind of thing you have seen the studio do before. The real caveat is what you are paying for. At the 39.99 launch price you get four fairly small figures and four display bases, and while that is not a bad deal, it is not a steal either, especially since a BrickHeadz build goes quickly and you will not be lost in it for an afternoon. This is a display object first and a building session second.

Who it's for

So who should chase this one down now that it has retired? Disney fans, plainly. If you already keep a BrickHeadz shelf or you light up at the sight of Oswald, this belongs with you, and the silver bases make it look like the anniversary piece it is. Tinker Bell alone, with those little wings, is worth the shelf space for a lot of people. If you are a builder who wants engineering and heft, or you are lukewarm on Disney, I would point you toward a bigger or cleverer BrickHeadz set instead. This is a warm, specific little tribute, and it works best for the people it was clearly made for.

The parts story

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

Building this is exactly what you would expect from BrickHeadz, and I mean that kindly. Each figure is a tidy stack of small plates and tiles that comes together fast, with the fun coming from how the studio suggests a costume or a face using flat colour and a couple of printed pieces. Tinker Bell is the most interesting to assemble, since her wings are built from trans light blue shield elements clipped to her back, which is not something you see on a standard BrickHeadz. The rest go together smoothly enough that they make good company builds if you want to hand one out per person.

The parts that matter most here are the finishing touches. Each figure sits on a 6x6 plate dressed with drum lacquered pearl silver 1x4 tiles rather than the usual black, and that single swap is what makes the whole set read as commemorative rather than ordinary. The printed elements carry the likenesses, Mickey's face and hat, Snow White's bow, Oswald's expression, and that lime green on Tinker Bell's dress is a lovely pop against the silver. At 501 pieces spread across four figures you are working with a lot of small, familiar elements, so the value is in the prints and that silver base rather than any rare bulk parts.

Fun facts

01Released in February 2023 for Disney's 100th anniversary, the set was retired by the end of that same year, making it a fairly short-lived commemorative.
02Oswald the Lucky Rabbit almost never appears in official LEGO form, so his inclusion here is a genuine treat for collectors.
03The display bases use special drum lacquered pearl silver 1x4 tiles instead of the standard black, chosen to give the set its anniversary look.
04Brickset commenters cheerfully pointed out that the box calling Mickey the first ever animated character is debatable, since Oswald himself appeared in Trolley Troubles in 1927, a year before Steamboat Willie.