Brickheadz

Manchester United Go Brick Me

Build a little brick version of yourself in the Man United kit, hairstyle and all.

Brick Rated Score

3.4/5

Set 40541 · 2022

Pieces530

Minifigsn/a

Year2022

Set number40541

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The verdict

The whole idea here is that you build a tiny you in a Manchester United shirt, and honestly the customization is where the charm lives.

You get to pick the skin tone, the hair colour, the hairstyle, and slap your number on the back, and the finished BrickHeadz genuinely looks like a fan made it their own. It is not the tidiest value in the world, and the little goal is more decoration than anything, but for a Red Devils supporter it is a warm, personal desk piece. Casual builders after clever engineering should look elsewhere.

Best for: Manchester United supporters who want a personalised BrickHeadz of themselves

The full review

What it is

This is one of LEGO's Go Brick Me sets, which means the box is less a fixed model and more a kit of choices. The point is that you build a BrickHeadz version of yourself wearing the Manchester United kit, and you get to decide who that little brick person is. You pick from three skin tones, four hair colours, and a genuinely fun spread of hairstyles including spikes, a ponytail, a mohawk, or a shaved look. The hull of the thing, that chunky BrickHeadz body, is standard stuff, but the moment you start choosing hair and settling on a face, it stops feeling generic. What got me is how quickly it turns into your figure rather than just a figure. Add your favourite squad number to the back and it lands somewhere personal.

The catch

I'll be straight with you about the value, though, because it is the honest catch. Because this is a choose-your-own kit, LEGO packs in every hairstyle and every skin tone option, and you only ever use one set of them. That leaves you with a noticeably large handful of leftover parts when you are done, which stings a little on a 530 piece box and reads as wasteful if you are counting bricks against dollars. The mini goal that comes in the last bag is the other soft spot. It is too small for the figure to stand inside, and there is no clean way to mount the BrickHeadz onto it, so it ends up sitting beside your figure looking slightly lost rather than pulling the display together. The shirt number relying on a sticker sheet also nags at me when the crest itself is so nicely printed.

Who it's for

So who lands well here. If you support Manchester United, this is a sweet, low-commitment way to put a personalised you on a shelf, and the appreciation since retirement is a nice bonus if you kept it sealed. It is also a gentle, forgiving build at one to two hours, so a younger fan can manage it happily. If you are chasing tight, clever engineering or the best possible parts-per-dollar, though, the leftover pieces and the fiddly goal will bug you, and this is not the set to win you over. It is a fan piece first and a building experience second, and it is completely comfortable being exactly that.

The parts story

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

The build itself is relaxed and quick, the kind you can finish in an afternoon without ever getting stuck. Callie's Bricks noted that the trickiest part is not the technique at all, it is just hunting down the right pieces among all the customization options crammed into the bags. Bags two and three are your hairstyle parts, and bag four holds the mini goal and the display stand. Because it is a Go Brick Me kit, you are effectively sorting through several figures worth of hair and heads to assemble the one you want, which is oddly satisfying if you like a bit of choosing.

The headline element is that printed Manchester United crest tile on the chest, which looks crisp and does a lot of heavy lifting for the whole figure. The rest of the standout value is really in the variety pack: a spread of hair moulds in multiple colours and a couple of head options in different skin tones, most of which you will bank as spares. There are no rare new moulds hiding here and the number goes on via stickers, so this is not a parts-pack darling for MOC builders. It is a themed BrickHeadz kit, and the crest print plus the sheer choice of hair is what you are really paying for.

Fun facts

01The set was designed by LEGO's Dan Squirrell and released in August 2022 as part of the personalised Go Brick Me BrickHeadz line.
02It retired in December 2023 and has since climbed well above its 19.99 dollar RRP, with a market value of roughly 40 dollars.
03Despite the 530 piece count, only a fraction goes into your finished figure, since the box includes every hairstyle and skin tone option so you can build your own version.