Wicked

Emerald City Wall Art

A green-drenched skyline you hang on the wall, with six figures hiding inside.

Brick Rated Score

4.1/5

Set 75685 · 2025

Pieces1,518

Minifigs6

Year2025

Set number75685

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The verdict

This is the rare wall art set that actually pulls me in, because the Emerald City skyline has real depth instead of being a flat mosaic.

The layered SNOT towers, the tiny Shiz University, and the secret compartment full of minifigures give you more to love than most pieces in this format. The price stings for the part count, so you have to want it for the display, not the building marathon. If you loved Wicked or you just want green on your wall, this one earns its spot.

Best for: Wicked fans who want a genuine display piece, not another mosaic to grind through

The full review

What it is

Wall art sets and I usually have a distant relationship, so I did not expect this LEGO® set to win me over. The Emerald City skyline is what did it. Instead of a flat mosaic, you get several layers of green towers built with sideways techniques so the whole city has real depth, catching light differently as you move past it. To the left sits a charmingly tiny Shiz University, to the right the Emerald City train, and threading through it all is the Yellow Brick Road with the magic forest and Glinda's pink bubble worked into the scene. It reads beautifully both up close and from across the room, which is exactly what you want from something you are going to stare at every day.

The catch

Now for the part that gives me pause. At 1,518 pieces for 159.99 dollars, you are paying roughly 10.5 cents per piece, and that is on the steep side for a set that is honestly more about the finished look than the journey. Some stretches of laying down green tiles get repetitive, and if you live for clever engineering the whole way through, a few sections will feel like filling in colour rather than solving puzzles. The build is also shorter and lighter than the big box suggests, so temper your expectations if you were hoping for a weekend-long project. None of this ruins it, but it is the honest trade you make with the wall art format.

Who it's for

So who should grab this one? If you fell for Wicked, or you just want a big hit of green art that happens to hide six minifigures, you will be delighted. It hangs ready to go, it needs no stickers, and it has enough hidden details (the secret compartment, the bubble, the forest) to reward a second look. If you are chasing maximum pieces per dollar or a meaty technical build, you will probably feel shortchanged and would be happier elsewhere. For everyone in between who loves the story or the colour, this is an easy set to recommend, especially now that it is on its way out of shops.

The parts story

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

The build starts calm and gets more interesting as it climbs. You lay down the frame first, with curved and straight dark green tiles forming a tidy border, and then the fun begins as multi-directional SNOT (studs not on top) construction stacks the Emerald City skyline in layers. Towers are built sideways and forward at different depths, which is what gives the city its 3D pop, and the Yellow Brick Road plus the pink bubble break up the green nicely. There are quieter repetitive patches where you are placing a lot of similar green tiles, but the skyline sections keep your hands busy with genuinely satisfying angled work.

For parts people, the headline is that first-ever 4x4 round tile with rainbow print, a brand new element whose colours do not match any earlier rainbow tile, so it is one to squirrel away. You also get a generous spread of green tiles in multiple shades, which is a useful haul if you build cities or landscapes, and the whole set is sticker-free so every printed detail stays crisp forever. The six minifigures (Glinda, Elphaba, Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion, plus Toto) are all effectively unique to this release, which sweetens the value even if the raw price per piece runs high.

Fun facts

01This is the first 18+ adult set LEGO released for the Wicked theme, aimed squarely at grown-up fans of the film.
02It introduced the very first 4x4 round tile with rainbow print, and its colours match none of the earlier rainbow round tiles.
03A Munchkinland panel on the front pops off to reveal a hidden compartment storing the minifigures and a display stand.
04The whole model is sticker-free, so every detail including the rainbow tile and skyline accents is factory printed.