Nike

Nike Slam Dunk

A brick-built player frozen mid-dunk, and a first date between two very big brands.

Brick Rated Score

3.4/5

Set 43010 · 2025

Pieces809

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number43010

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The verdict

This is one of the first sets from the LEGO and Nike team-up, and the idea got me straight away: a stylized player caught in the air at the exact second the ball goes through the hoop.

I love that swagger. What I don't love is that once you've built it, it just stands there, and 809 pieces at seventy dollars is asking a lot for a static pose with no play features. If you're a sneaker-and-streetwear person who wants something with attitude on the shelf, you'll click with it. If you build for clever engineering or you want the thing to actually do something, this one will leave you a little cold.

Best for: sneakerheads and basketball fans who want display attitude over play features

The full review

What it is

The pitch here is lovely and I fell for it fast. Instead of building a sneaker you'd wear, you're building the dunk you score, a brick-built player stretched out in mid-air with the ball dropping through the net, a scoreboard behind him and a little crowd watching. It's one of the opening sets in the LEGO and Nike collaboration, and you can feel both brands trying to bottle a single electric second of a game. The box art alone is worth a look, all colour and motion, and it sets an expectation that the finished model mostly lives up to as a piece of shelf drama. The player legs are locked in place with Technic, while the arms move on ball joints, so you can tweak the reach and the wrist a touch to find your own version of the pose.

The catch

Here's where I have to be straight with you. Once it's assembled, it does exactly one thing, and that is stand there looking cool. There are no play features, no moving hoop, nothing to fiddle with, which stings a bit when the other two Nike sets in this wave give you something to actually do. Seventy dollars US for 809 pieces works out to a price that feels high for a single posed figure, a backboard and some spectators. Then there are the stickers. Four sheets, 49 of them all told, and a good number are foil or trans-clear, the exact kind that fight you on the way down and tear if you try to lift and reposition. The build itself is pleasant and relaxing but light on memorable technique, with the reflected-triangle work being about the most interesting thing your hands will do.

Who it's for

So who lands on the happy side of this one? If you're into sneaker culture, streetwear and basketball, and you want a display piece with real personality rather than another vehicle or building, this will sit proudly on your shelf and start conversations. Parts collectors get a genuine treat too, which I'll get to. But if you build for the joy of clever mechanisms, or you want a set that plays as well as it poses, or you flinch at the sticker count, I'd steer you toward one of the sibling Nike sets instead. Go in wanting a frozen highlight reel, not a toy, and you'll be happy.

The parts story

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

Building it is a calm, straightforward evening rather than a puzzle. The set is split into seven numbered bags so it moves along at a steady clip, and the standout move is a bit of reflected-triangle geometry that gives the pose its lean. Beyond that, your hands aren't asked to do anything they haven't done before, and the legs being fixed in Technic means the shaping is more about assembly than real bracing challenge. It's the kind of build you put on with a podcast and enjoy without ever being surprised.

The parts, though, are where this set quietly earns its keep. There are 18 recolored elements crammed into a small model, which is a lot, and it's an eclectic spread: dark blue brackets, rotation-joint ball loops, curved bricks in yellowish green, reddish brown Technic pieces, orange dome panels and black round corner bricks that recolour hunters will want to strip out immediately. The single printed part is a 1x6x5 panel in trans-clear for the backboard, so almost all the detail elsewhere comes from those four sticker sheets rather than prints, which is the trade-off you accept.

Fun facts

01The sticker numbers hide Easter eggs: 32 nods to LEGO's founding in 1932, 72 marks Nike's debut in 1972, and 0937 spells LEGO upside-down on a calculator.
02The whole concept flips the other Nike sets on their head. Instead of building a sneaker you wear, you build the dunk you score.
03For a set this size, 18 recolored elements is unusually generous, which is why parts people rate it higher than pure display fans do.
04It launched on September 1, 2025 at US$69.99 as one of the first sets in the LEGO and Nike collaboration.