Monkie Kid

Monkie Kid's Team Power Truck

A big, beefy hero truck with a food stand tucked in the back and a five-strong cast riding along.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 80055 · 2024

Pieces712

Minifigs5

Year2024

Set number80055

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The verdict

The truck is the whole reason to own this, ridiculously chunky in the best way, with a bed that flips open into a little food stand complete with a grill and a serving window.

You get five figures plus baby Mo the cat, which is a generous cast for the price, and the 100-Eyed Demon villain is genuinely new. It is not flawless, but as a play set it earns its keep. I would point families and Monkie Kid fans at it happily, and steer pure display builders somewhere quieter.

Best for: Monkie Kid fans and kids who want a chunky action truck to actually play with

The full review

What it is

This is a Season 5 Monkie Kid set built around one hero object: a truck so over-the-top beefy it looks like it could bulldoze a building. That is meant as a compliment. The color scheme and the little details are exactly right for the theme, and the clever part is the bed, which pops open into a food stand with a flip-down grill and a serving window. Alongside the truck you get a small plane on a turntable, an excavator, a rock build holding a green Color Stone, and a cast of five figures. The first thing that got me was how instantly playable it is. One reviewer handed it to a nine-year-old who had never seen the show, and she just started inventing her own stories with it, no backstory required.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where it wobbles. The bug creature that the villain rides is top heavy and would much rather face-plant than stand upright, and getting it to balance at all is fussier than it should be. The tipper bed is another small letdown: it slides out rather than genuinely tipping, and a couple more Technic beams would have let it drop cargo onto the ground properly. The truck cab interior is tight enough that seating a figure in there is a squeeze. And then there is the value question. At the 79.99 dollar RRP, 712 pieces is not a lot of brick per dollar, so a chunk of what you are paying for is really the five figures and the license rather than sheer part count.

Who it's for

If you follow Monkie Kid, or you are buying for a kid who lives for action trucks and making up their own adventures, this is an easy recommendation. It is sturdy, it survives being thrown around, and there is a lot of story baked into the food stand and the villain chase. If you build mainly to display, or you measure a set purely by piece count and engineering cleverness, this one will not move you much. Know which of those you are, and the answer picks itself.

The parts story

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

The build itself is aimed squarely at younger hands and it moves along quickly, but there is enough going on to keep it from feeling like a chore. The truck is the meat of it, and it comes together solid, which matters because it is clearly designed to be shoved around a carpet. The converting food stand is the standout section to assemble, since watching a plain truck bed turn into a grill counter with a lift-up window is a satisfying little payoff. The plane, the excavator, and the small Color Stone rock are quicker side builds that round out the play scene.

On the figure front there is real reason to look twice. Mei arrives with a brand-new torso print, and the 100-Eyed Demon is an all-new figure covered in eyes (29 of them if you count the alternate face). Baby Mo the cat is an adorable extra toy that sweetens the count to five figures plus the kitty. Pigsy and Sandy carry over from the Megapolis City set and Monkie Kid himself first showed up in Mei's Dragon Mech, so seasoned collectors may already own doubles, but the new demon and the fresh Mei print keep it worth opening. The Monkie Kid color palette also means a handful of nicely themed printed and colored parts for anyone who parts sets out.

Fun facts

01The set belongs to Season 5 of the Monkie Kid TV show, one of four sets LEGO released to tie in with that season.
02The 100-Eyed Demon is a new figure and, counted carefully with its alternate face, wears 29 printed eyes rather than a literal hundred.
03It launched in 2024 at a 79.99 dollar RRP and includes baby Mo the cat as a bonus figure on top of the five minifigures.