Wicked

Elphaba & Glinda Figures

Two brick-built witches, one green, one pink, and a backdrop that does most of the heavy lifting.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 75682 · 2024

Pieces558

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number75682

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The verdict

This is LEGO trying something genuinely odd, and I have a soft spot for that.

Elphaba and Glinda are built as upscaled figures rather than minidolls, and the pair actually holds a shelf beautifully thanks to a bigger Emerald City backdrop than the box suggests. The articulation and a few fiddly bits keep it from being a slam dunk, but if you love the show or the film, the personality here is real. Skip it if you want a poseable action figure, because that is not what these are.

Best for: Wicked fans who want a characterful display piece more than a toy

The full review

What it is

I did not expect to be charmed by a set that basically asks you to build two witches and stand them in front of a painted-ish window, but here we are. LEGO calls these buildable figures, and they sit somewhere between a BrickHeadz and a proper action figure, a slightly creepy in-between that grew on me the longer I looked at it. Elphaba is all sharp black angles and green skin with that pointed hat, Glinda is a puff of pink and flowers, and the two of them together tell you exactly which musical this is before you read a single word on the box. The backdrop caught me off guard too. In the promo shots it looks like a flimsy afterthought, but in hand it is a genuinely substantial build split down the middle, one floral pink side for Glinda and one darker side hinting at where Elphaba is headed.

The catch

Now for the honest parts, because there are a few. This is 558 pieces for about 55 dollars, and a decent chunk of those pieces go into that stand rather than the characters, so the value math is only okay rather than great. The figures themselves have limited articulation. The heads rotate and tilt nicely and the arms hinge in two spots, but the single-mould hand and forearm means Elphaba cannot reliably hold her own broom, which stings a little when the broom is right there in the box. Glinda's dress is meant to read as flowing fabric, and from the front it does, but shift your angle and you get gaps you can see clean through. The base gave a few reviewers grief too, with balustrade pieces that do not clutch well and tend to fall off if you look at them wrong. None of this is a dealbreaker, but it is the difference between a very good set and a merely good one.

Who it's for

So who is this really for? If you love Wicked, the show or the movie, this is an easy yes, because the character likenesses land and the finished display genuinely stops people mid-conversation on a shelf. It is also a lovely, low-stress 45 minute build for a younger fan who wants something to both display and gently play with. If you came looking for a poseable, swooshable action figure, or if you judge a set purely on part-count value and engineering cleverness, I would be straight with you and say look elsewhere. This one wins on charm and theme, not on mechanics.

The parts story

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

The build itself is a relaxed 45 minutes and never gets technical, which suits a set aimed at ten-year-old fans. You construct the two-tone backdrop and base first, then work up each figure from the legs, and there are a couple of fiddly moments, pushing bars through 1x1 round plates with a hole is genuinely stiff work, and Elphaba's legs feel a bit flimsy mid-build before everything locks together. It is rewarding rather than challenging, the kind of build you do with a cup of tea and no pressure.

The parts are where the personality hides. Glinda's wand is a Belville snowflake showing up new in transparent clear, a lovely repurpose, and her tiara is actually a printed Nexo Knights shield in trans material. Elphaba's broom is the brown bush element used cleverly as bristles, and the tip of her witch hat is a black dragon horn. The backdrop leans on transparent green leaf pieces for the Emerald City glow, and the whole thing carries a stickered QR code that links to a LEGO video. For parts collectors the clear snowflake and the color choices are the real pulls here.

Fun facts

01These are among LEGO's first brick-built upscaled figures in the Wicked line, a style sitting between BrickHeadz and a true poseable figure rather than the usual minidoll.
02There are no minifigures or minidolls in the box at all, which is unusual, the two title characters are the buildable figures themselves.
03Glinda's transparent tiara is a repurposed printed Nexo Knights shield, and her wand is a Belville snowflake appearing new in transparent clear.
04The set is part of LEGO's Wicked: Part One wave tied to the 2024 film, and is projected to retire during 2026.