Disney

Maleficent's and Cruella de Vil's Dresses

Two brick-built gowns that let the villains finally have the best-dressed moment.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 43262 · 2025

Pieces524

Minifigs2

Year2025

Set number43262

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The verdict

This is one of LEGO's new buildable-dress sets, and it commits fully to the villain fantasy.

Maleficent's mermaid silhouette with room for those bat wings is the piece that got me, all sweeping black and pearl gold. It leans display gimmick more than deep build, and at 69.99 you are paying partly for the licence and the two lovely minidolls. If you love Sleeping Beauty or 101 Dalmatians and want something sculptural on a shelf, it earns its place. If you want hours of engineering, this is not that.

Best for: Disney villain fans who want a sculptural display piece rather than a long build

The full review

What it is

Maleficent's dress is the reason to look twice at this one. It is a sweeping black mermaid silhouette in pearl gold trim, cut to leave room for those bat-like wings arching up behind her, and finished with a stand you spin to show it off. Cruella gets the contrast: a shorter, sharper skater shape in her signature black and white, dramatic in a completely different way. Sitting side by side they make a proper little villain wardrobe, and the whole thing is built around a display base with a hidden compartment underneath for the minidolls, their pets, and the swappable accessories. I came in expecting a novelty and left genuinely charmed by how different the two silhouettes feel in the hand.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where the money goes. At 69.99 for 524 pieces, a chunk of what you are paying for is the Disney licence, the two premium minidolls, and the fabric capes rather than a dense, engineering-heavy build. A lot of the time is spent on the base, and once the dresses are done the play is mostly spinning them around. The wings are the sorest point: they clip on and flop freely, so Maleficent never quite holds the pose you want. And because the base only lifts one dress onto its pedestal at a time, the other always sits looking a little sidelined, which is a strange choice for a set built entirely around showing off two outfits equally.

Who it's for

So here is who I would send toward it. If you love Maleficent or Cruella, or you are drawn to the whole buildable-fashion idea LEGO is testing with these dress sets, this is a lovely, sculptural thing to have on a shelf and it photographs beautifully. It also suits anyone who wants a display model over a marathon build. If you are chasing complex techniques, hidden functions, or a set your hands will remember for hours, I would gently steer you elsewhere, because the charm here is all in the finished look rather than the journey to it.

The parts story

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

The build splits cleanly into three jobs: Maleficent's dress, Cruella's dress, and the display base, and honestly the base eats more of your time than you expect thanks to that hidden storage drawer for the dolls and accessories. The dresses themselves lean on angled plates and curved slopes to fake the flow of fabric, and it is clever in a quiet way, but it is not a taxing build. This is a relaxed evening rather than a challenge, which is exactly right for what the set is trying to be.

The parts, though, are where collectors will perk up. There are four recolors worth flagging: magenta wedge plates (eight of them), pearl gold curved corner bricks, black quarter-round panels, and a black tail-with-pin element. On top of that you get fresh prints, including a big Maleficent print on a 4x4 black tile and printed 2x4 tiles in white, plus two familiar animal moulds wearing brand-new prints. The two fabric capes ship in their own protective cardboard box, and Cruella's fluffy fur coat matches the animation surprisingly well. For anyone who parts-out sets, that magenta and pearl gold alone make it tempting.

Fun facts

01This is the first time Cruella de Vil has ever appeared as a LEGO minidoll.
02It launched on 1 March 2025 as one of a new wave of buildable-dress sets, alongside Cinderella's Dress (43266).
03Maleficent comes with her pet raven Diablo, while Cruella arrives with a dalmatian puppy.
04The two fabric capes come packed in their own small cardboard box inside the set to keep them from creasing.