Brickheadz

Monkey D. Luffy Figure

A pocket-sized captain with more attitude than his part count has any right to carry.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 40799 · 2025

Pieces136

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number40799

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The verdict

I clicked the straw hat onto Luffy's head and actually laughed out loud, it tips forward at exactly the cocky angle you want.

This is a small, snack-sized build at 136 pieces, so do not go in expecting an afternoon project, it is closer to twenty relaxed minutes. What it gets right is the character reading, the red vest, the scar under his eye, the sandals, they all land, and that matters more than piece count on a BrickHeadz set. If you are a One Piece fan building out a crew on a shelf, this one earns its spot without hesitation.

Best for: One Piece fans starting a BrickHeadz crew shelf, or anyone wanting a quick, cheerful desk build

The full review

What it is

I clicked the straw hat onto Luffy's head and actually laughed out loud, it tips forward at exactly the cocky angle you want. LEGO's BrickHeadz format lives or dies on whether the designers can compress a character into that big blocky head and stubby body and still make you recognize them across a room, and here they clearly had fun with it, the red open vest, the blue shorts, the scar under the left eye, the sandals on the feet, it all reads as Luffy the second it is built.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the size, this is a small, snack sized build at 136 pieces, so do not go in expecting an afternoon project, it is closer to twenty relaxed minutes from box to finished figure. That is true of every BrickHeadz set, but it is worth saying plainly here because the One Piece license carries a certain price expectation that the part count does not always match. You are paying for the character and the display value, not for hours of building.

Who it's for

If you are a One Piece fan building out a crew on a shelf next to your favorite arcs, or you want a cheerful, quick build to do with a kid on a rainy afternoon, this earns its spot without hesitation. If you are shopping purely for build complexity or piece-per-dollar value, look toward the bigger licensed sets instead and treat this one as a display piece, not a project.

The parts story

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

The build itself is classic BrickHeadz choreography, you start with the body block, layer on the printed torso panel for the vest, snap in the stubby arms and legs, then spend the last few minutes on the head, which is where all the personality lives. It is simple enough that a younger builder can do most of it solo, but the sequencing still gives you that small satisfying click at each stage that BrickHeadz fans come back for.

The standout piece is the straw hat itself, molded with the right floppy brim and sitting at a jaunty forward tilt rather than sitting flat and stiff. The scar under the eye and the open vest are handled with printed elements rather than stickers, which keeps the face and torso looking clean on the shelf. It is not a set full of rare or new molds, BrickHeadz sets rarely are, but the standard printed head piece here is doing a lot of the character work on its own.

Fun facts

01BrickHeadz figures use a standardized big-head, small-body proportion system across every licensed theme, from Star Wars to Marvel to anime crossovers, which is why they stack so well together on a shelf.
02Every BrickHeadz set comes with the same style of two-peg baseplate carrying a printed name tile, so a growing One Piece lineup lines up visually with any other BrickHeadz figures already on display.
03One Piece officially crossed into LEGO's licensed lineup in 2025, joining a growing list of anime and manga properties LEGO has picked up as BrickHeadz and larger builds in recent years.
04The straw hat is one of the most recognizable symbols in the One Piece franchise, and LEGO's designers built the whole color palette of this figure, red vest, blue shorts, straw yellow hat, around making that silhouette instantly readable in brick form.