Monkie Kid

Megapolis City 5th Anniversary

A sprawling modular Monkie Kid city stuffed with 16 figs and Easter eggs.

4.1/5

Set 80054 · 2024

Pieces2,330

Minifigs16

Year2024

Set number80054

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The verdict

If you're into Monkie Kid, this one's an easy yes.

It's a big, colourful modular city with a Ferris wheel, a pagoda, shops and 16 minifigures crammed in, and it plays nicely with the older city sets. The layout can feel a bit loose and the price stings a little, but the fig lineup and the sheer density of detail make it worth it for the right fan.

Best for: Monkie Kid fans who want the whole cast plus a big display city

The full review

What it is

So here's the deal with 80054 Megapolis City. After a few seasons of Monkie Kid and his crew chasing quests all over the place, this LEGO® set finally gives them a proper home base to come back to. It's the 5th anniversary celebration for the theme, and LEGO went big: 2,330 pieces, a sprawling urban block with a Ferris wheel, an arcade, a noodle restaurant, a jade shop, a vending machine store and a traditional Chinese pagoda perched on top. The whole thing is loud and colourful in the best way, and if you've followed the show you'll spend ages just spotting characters and callbacks tucked into every corner.

The catch

Now the honest bit. Reviewers pretty much agree the individual buildings look great, but the overall structure doesn't quite hang together as one cohesive city, and you'll notice bits of the Technic frame peeking out where the modules meet. If you built 80036 The City of Lanterns, you might find this one feels a little less densely packed for its size. And at $189.99 (or 159.99 pounds), it lands on the pricey side for the part count, so it's not the value champion of the theme. None of that ruins it, but it's worth knowing before you commit, especially if you were expecting a tight NINJAGO City style tower.

Who it's for

Who should grab it? Monkie Kid fans, full stop. The 16 minifigures alone (12 of them unique to this set) make it a brilliant way to land most of the cast in one box, from Monkie Kid, Mei, Monkey King and Sandy to villains like Spider Queen, the White Bone Demon, Red Son and the Gold and Silver Horn Demons. It's also a genuinely fun display piece that connects to the older city sets if you want to build out a whole district. If you're not into the theme and you're chasing pure value or a picture-perfect skyline, you can probably skip it. But for the fans, it's an outstanding send-off to five years of the show, and it holds a solid 4.1 out of 5 with the Brickset crowd for good reason.

The parts story

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

The build is split across a stack of numbered bags, which makes it a great one to tackle with a mate or a kid since you can each grab a module and go. You'll work through the various shopfronts and street-level details first, then move up to the pagoda and the taller structures. There's plenty of variety in the techniques, from the brick-built animals dotted around to the open-backed modular sections that clip onto the previous Monkie Kid city sets. It never gets grindy, and the sticker sheet is huge, so budget some patience for decals if that's your thing.

On parts, there's real stuff for collectors here. Two brand new moulds debut: a peach fruit in bright pink (a nice nod to Monkey King's peaches of immortality) and a 1x4 Oriental fence with circular openings in pearl gold. The set also launches the new 402 Reddish Orange colour, sitting between red and orange, which went on to show up across several 2024 releases. Add in eight first-time recolours, including a Classic Space helmet in green and trans-bright-green panels, plus a new noodle-print tile in medium nougat and a gold foil coil piece, and there's a lot for MOC builders to raid. The 2,330 pieces don't scream value on their own, but the fig count and the fresh elements do a lot of the heavy lifting.

Fun facts

01The set marks the 5th anniversary of Monkie Kid and its stickers sneak in references to older LEGO themes, both famous and obscure, alongside the show's own callbacks.
02It debuts the 402 Reddish Orange colour, a new shade between red and orange that later turned up across multiple 2024 LEGO sets.
03Two all-new moulds appear here first: a bright pink peach fruit and a pearl gold Oriental fence with circular openings.
04It was designed by Justin Ramsden and Xiaodong Wen, and connects modularly to 80036 The City of Lanterns and 80044 for one big custom cityscape.