Minecraft

Ghast

A pale, wailing cube of a mob turned into a pocket sized brick sculpture.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 662504 · 2025

Pieces106

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number662504

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The verdict

I love that LEGO gave the Ghast its own little moment, because in the game it is all menace, floating through the Nether and lobbing fireballs, and here it gets to be something you build with your hands in one sitting.

It is not a boxed retail set, it is a magazine gift that came bagged with a LEGO Life issue, and once I accepted that, I stopped judging it against sets three times its size. At 106 pieces it is a snack, not a meal, but it is a genuinely charming one. Get it if you are completing the Minecraft mob lineup or want a five minute build to hand a kid, skip it if you were hoping for a shelf centerpiece.

Best for: Minecraft mob collectors and quick weeknight builds with a kid

The full review

What it is

The Ghast is one of Minecraft's most recognizable Nether mobs, all sad white face and trailing tentacles, and I was curious how LEGO would translate that into brick form at such a tiny piece count. The answer is a squared off, slightly blocky figure that reads as unmistakably Ghast the moment you set it down, which for 106 pieces is a real feat of design economy.

The catch

The honest caveat here is scope. This is not a set you buy off a shelf, it is a bagged gift that came with a 2025 issue of the LEGO Life magazine, so the piece count and price point were never meant to compete with the mainline Minecraft box sets. There is no minifig included, no ground tile, no little scene to build it into, just the figure on its own. If you go in expecting a full playset you will feel shortchanged.

Who it's for

This one is for completionists building out a shelf of Minecraft mobs, or parents who want a five minute build to occupy a kid before dinner. If you want something meatier to actually sink an afternoon into, put your money toward one of the full priced Minecraft sets instead and treat this as a bonus if you happen to come across the magazine.

The parts story

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

Building the Ghast is quick and low stress. There is no instruction booklet drama here, just a short sequence that stacks up the boxy white body first, then attaches the trailing tentacle pieces that give the mob its floating, jellyfish like silhouette. It is the kind of build you can hand to a newer builder without any hovering.

At 106 pieces there is not a hunt for standout rare elements, this is a set built almost entirely from common parts pressed into a clever shape, which is honestly the more impressive trick. The tentacles are the one soft spot, they attach with simple clip joints that can feel a touch wobbly compared to the solidly built head, so it rewards gentle handling once it is on display.

Fun facts

01The Ghast was distributed as a brick built magazine gift bagged with a 2025 issue of LEGO Life, not sold as a standalone boxed retail set.
02In the Minecraft game, Ghasts are the floating, fireball shooting mobs that haunt the Nether, and this set is built as a brick sculpture of the creature rather than a playable minifig.
03Brickset users have rated the set 4.2 out of 5 stars, a strong showing for a small freebie build.
04Secondhand pricing on BrickLink puts the set's value around 11 US dollars, reflecting its status as a limited magazine exclusive rather than a mass retail item.