Super Heroes Marvel

Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure

A genuinely great big purple villain let down by four flat minifigures.

Brick Rated Score

3.5/5

Set 76316 · 2025

Pieces427

Minifigs4

Year2025

Set number76316

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The verdict

Galactus is the reason to buy this set.

He stands eleven inches tall, poses like a proper action figure, and has a printed face with metallic eye lenses that actually reads as menacing on a shelf. Then you open the minifig bags and the air goes out of the room a little, because Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben are their first ever plastic outings and LEGO gave them plain torsos, no boots, and in Ben and Johnny's case not even arm printing. I still like this set. I just don't love it at sixty dollars for four thin minifigures and one very good big guy.

Best for: Marvel fans who want Galactus on the shelf and can live with so-so minifigures

The full review

What it is

The first thing that struck me opening this box was how much presence Galactus has once he's standing on your shelf. He's not some awkward, spindly brick sculpture, he's a proper eleven inch cosmic threat with a serious printed face and metallic lenses over his eyes that catch the light in a way that photos don't do justice. LEGO's construction figure format can feel gimmicky, but here it works because the proportions are right and the articulation lets you actually pose him like he's about to devour a planet, which, fair enough, is the whole point of the character.

The catch

Where I have to be honest with you is the other half of the box. Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben are the first minifigure versions of the Fantastic Four ever made, which should have been a moment. Instead they got the budget treatment: plain torsos that barely hint at their suits, no dual molded legs so there are no boots at all, and Ben and Johnny don't even get arm printing or the white sleeve stripe from their movie costumes. For $59.99, which is close to double what a comparable solo construction figure runs, that's a rough trade. You're paying premium price for a fantastic villain and four figures that feel like they were finished in a hurry.

Who it's for

If you're building this purely for Galactus as a display piece, or you're a completionist who needs the First Steps minifigs regardless of finish quality, go for it, the big guy alone is worth a chunk of the price. If you were hoping for four detailed hero minifigures to go with him, temper your expectations first, or wait to see if a better dressed Fantastic Four wave shows up down the line.

The parts story

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

This is a fast build, around half an hour for anyone with a few sets under their belt, and it's mostly about assembling Galactus's frame piece by piece rather than following a long, twisty instruction booklet. The satisfaction comes from watching a pile of purple and lavender parts turn into something that actually stands up and poses on its own, which construction figures don't always manage.

The standout element is obviously Galactus's printed head piece, a large-scale face print with genuine character and those metallic eye lenses that give him real presence up close. The purple and violet color blocking across his armor is distinctive for the theme too. On the minifig side there just isn't much of a parts story to tell, which is itself the complaint, generic torsos and legs with no new prints or dual molding mean the 427 piece count is doing a lot of its work on Galactus's bulk rather than spread across interesting new elements.

Fun facts

01This set marks the first ever minifigure appearances for Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm (The Thing)
02Galactus stands roughly 28 cm (11 inches) tall, making him one of the larger LEGO Construction Figures released
03The set is tied to the 2025 movie The Fantastic Four: First Steps and released alongside it on June 1, 2025
04At $59.99, it's priced at nearly double the cost of most standard solo LEGO Construction Figure sets