VIDIYO

K-Pawp Concert

A candy-colored pop stage from the theme LEGO would rather forget.

Brick Rated Score

3.2/5

Set 43113 · 2021

Pieces500

Minifigs3

Year2021

Set number43113

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The verdict

I have a real soft spot for this one, and I feel a little guilty about it.

The three animal band members (Bunny on guitar, Kitten on keys, and a Flying Unicorn on vocals) are genuinely adorable, and the coral-and-aqua stage is one of the most photogenic little builds LEGO put out in 2021. The catch is that VIDIYO was built around a phone app that is now gone, so you are buying a pretty stage and three cute figures rather than the music-video toy it was sold as. If you collect quirky minifigs or love a bright shelf piece, grab it. If you want a proper build, look elsewhere.

Best for: Minifig collectors and anyone who loves a bright, photogenic shelf display

The full review

What it is

The K-Pawp Concert is a compact pop-concert stage from VIDIYO, LEGO's short-lived 2021 experiment in mixing physical sets with a music-video app. You get a bright little stage with a backstage area, a pile of printed BeatBit tiles, and three animal band members: Bunny on guitars, Kitten on keys, and a Flying Unicorn out front on vocals. The first thing that got me was the color. Coral, aqua, and light aqua all bouncing off each other, with printing so clean it photographs beautifully. It looks like a slice of a K-pop show shrunk down to fit on a shelf, and honestly it made me smile before I had even opened a bag.

The catch

Here is where I have to be straight with you. VIDIYO was one of LEGO's genuine commercial misfires. The whole theme leaned on a phone app that reviewers hammered from day one for crashing and feeling clunky, and LEGO pulled the physical sets by the end of January 2022, then finally switched off the app support afterward. So the music-video magic this set was built to deliver simply is not there anymore. What you are left with is the physical toy: a nice stage, some groovy figures, and a bag of tiles. The build itself is also very symmetrical and quick, around thirty minutes, and it does not offer much in the way of clever technique. At its original fifty dollars, knowing what you know now, it is a hard sell on building value alone.

Who it's for

So who should still get this one? Minifig collectors, first and foremost. Those three animal-headed figures are exclusive to VIDIYO and they have real charm, especially the Flying Unicorn with its brand new wing mould. It is also a lovely, forgiving little set for a younger builder who just wants something colorful and fast, and it displays like a dream. Skip it if you are after a meaty, engineering-rich build or if you were hoping the app experience still worked, because that ship has sailed. Buy it for the figures and the color, go in with clear eyes, and it is a cheerful little thing to own.

The parts story

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

Building the K-Pawp Concert is a gentle, breezy half hour across a handful of numbered bags. It is a symmetrical stage, so you build one side and then more or less mirror it, which means the process is relaxing but not exactly full of surprises. Younger hands will love how quickly it comes together, and the instructions never trip you up. Just do not expect the sideways-building tricks or fiddly sub-assemblies that make a bigger set feel like a puzzle. This is a set that wants to look good on your shelf more than it wants to challenge you.

The parts are where it earns its keep. The Flying Unicorn comes with a brand new wing mould made just for this theme, and there are fresh recolors worth noting: slopes in aqua and light aqua, plus plates in coral that parts hunters were pleased to see in 2021. The printed BeatBit tiles are crisp and genuinely well done, and the three animal-headed minifigs are the real prize since they exist nowhere outside VIDIYO. For a bright, printed, coral-heavy parts pool, the value is actually decent if you are the sort who buys sets to raid them.

Fun facts

01VIDIYO was a collaboration between LEGO and Universal Music Group, launched in March 2021 and pulled from shelves by the end of January 2022, making it one of LEGO's fastest theme cancellations.
02The set was designed by Astrid Bonfante and includes a new wing mould created specifically for the Flying Unicorn minifig.
03The three band members are Bunny on guitars, Kitten on keys, and a Flying Unicorn on lead vocals, all exclusive to the VIDIYO line.
04LEGO kept the VIDIYO app running for a couple of years after discontinuing the physical sets before finally retiring it, so the toys now stand entirely on their own.