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Disney Pixar Luxo Jr.

The little lamp that hops onto the P has finally hopped onto my shelf.

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 21357 · 2025

Pieces613

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number21357

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The verdict

This is the desk lamp that squashes the letter I in the Pixar logo, and seeing him rendered life-size in brick did something to my heart.

He bends, he leans, he tips his head over the ball, and the whole thing is white on white with 32 tiny Pixar Easter eggs tucked inside. He is small for the money, and you feel that. But if you grew up on those movies, Luxo Jr. earns his spot in a way piece count cannot measure.

Best for: Pixar-raised adults who want a poseable piece of animation history on the desk

The full review

What it is

The first time I got Luxo Jr. standing on my desk, leaning over his ball with his head tipped down, I actually grinned like a kid. This is the lamp that hops across the screen and flattens the I in the Pixar logo before every single movie, so building him at life size feels less like assembling a set and more like meeting a character you have known your whole life. It is 613 pieces and it is almost entirely white, which sounds dull on paper, and then you start finding the color hidden underneath and inside, and it stops being dull immediately.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the money, because it is the thing everyone flags and they are right to. Sixty-nine ninety-nine for 613 pieces is a rough ratio, and a chunk of that is the Disney license rather than plastic in the box. When you lift the finished lamp it is lighter and smaller than the price primes you to expect, and if you judge sets purely by heft and part count this one will frustrate you. There is also not a ton of ongoing play here. You pose him, you admire him, and then he mostly just stands there being charming.

Who it's for

So who is this actually for. If you were raised on Toy Story and Up and Monsters, Inc., and the sight of that lamp bouncing in still gives you a little flutter, buy it and do not overthink the math. It is a warm, faithful, joy-of-a-thing to have on a shelf, and the hunt for all the references is genuinely fun. If you are here for engineering density or you measure value in pieces per dollar, this is a hard one to defend, and you would be happier putting the money toward a bigger build with more going on.

The parts story

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

The build is short and split into a few clear stages, and each one is more clever than it looks. You start with the ball, which is a satisfying little sphere in its own right, then move on to the base and the arm that holds everything up. The star of the whole thing is the mechanism: light bluish grey rubber bands are fed through pearl grey ribbed hose pieces to act as the springs, and that is what lets Luxo Jr. bend, straighten, and tip his head instead of standing stiff. It turns a static display piece into something you can actually pose into the character's real body language.

For parts nerds there is real treasure here. The bell-shaped lampshade panels are new elements that look purpose-built for this model, and the bulb is a recolored 3x6 hollow half-dome in a soft yellow. There is a Technic ball joint with through axle hole freshly recolored in light bluish grey paired with a green ball socket brick to nail the angled neck. And the thing I most respect: no stickers anywhere. Every decorated element, including the little Easter eggs, is properly printed, which for a display model at this price is exactly right.

Fun facts

01Luxo Jr. starred in Pixar's 1986 short of the same name, and the hopping lamp went on to become the studio's logo mascot, squashing the I in the Pixar wordmark before every film.
02The designer challenged builders to find 32 different Easter eggs hidden in the model, spanning Toy Story, Up, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, and Cars.
03The Pizza Planet van from Toy Story is tucked away inside the light bulb, one of the most hidden references in the whole set.
04The set contains no minifigures at all, which is unusual for a licensed Disney set, because the lamp itself is the entire character.