Brickheadz

Potted Groot

That little wiggle of a sapling arm gets me every time.

Brick Rated Score

4.2/5

Set 40671 · 2024

Pieces113

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number40671

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The verdict

I put this one together in under an hour and still found myself grinning at the end of it, that tiny potted sapling look is exactly the moment from the movie you want sitting on your desk.

The blocky BrickHeadz head and body shouldn't work for a character this small and delicate, but the designers leaned into it and it reads as unmistakably Groot the second you step back. It is a quick, cheap, low-stakes build, so if you want hours of engineering or a display piece with real presence on a shelf, this is not it. But as a desk companion or a gift for a Marvel fan who already has the bigger Guardians sets, it earns its spot.

Best for: Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy fans who want a small, cheerful desk build rather than a display centerpiece

The full review

What it is

There is something disarming about seeing baby Groot shrunk down into LEGO's blocky BrickHeadz style. He is one of the most recognizable characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe precisely because he barely moves and barely talks, so translating that stillness into a chunky, big-headed brick figure could have gone wrong in a dozen ways. It does not. The set leans on a soft brown and tan color mix for the bark texture, a simple green pot, and just enough asymmetry in the little branch arms to sell the character without a single printed face piece doing all the work.

The catch

I will be upfront that this is not a set that will challenge you. At 113 pieces it is built for a single relaxed sitting, and most of that time goes into the pot and the layered trunk rather than anything mechanically interesting. If you are the kind of builder who wants greebling, hidden connections, or a real technique to learn, you will finish this one and immediately want something bigger. It is also priced and sized like exactly what it is, a small licensed collectible, so do not expect the presence on a shelf that the larger Guardians sets deliver.

Who it's for

Where this set earns its keep is as a cheerful, low-commitment pickup. It is a great one for a younger builder working through their first BrickHeadz, a nice gift add-on for a Marvel fan, or a fun quick build to pair with a bigger Guardians of the Galaxy display. If you already own several BrickHeadz and are looking for something that pushes the format forward, this is a pass, but if you just want a smiling little Groot on your desk, it does exactly that job.

The parts story

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

The build itself is straightforward BrickHeadz construction, you stack the boxy head and body core first, then dress it in bark-colored plates and slopes to build up the trunk and root texture before slotting in the little branch arms and topping it off with the leafy sprout. There is no minifigure and no separate stand beyond the usual BrickHeadz base, so the whole experience is about texture and silhouette rather than mechanisms.

The pot itself is the most useful piece for parts hunters, a rounded terracotta-style container that shows up across several BrickHeadz plant and character sets and is handy for anyone building custom greenery MOCs. The bark and root pieces use common brown and dark tan elements rather than any new molds, so this is not a set to buy purely for rare parts, its value is entirely in the finished look rather than what is inside the box.

Fun facts

01Potted Groot is based on the now-iconic closing scene of the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, where a regrown sapling Groot dances in a flowerpot on the Milano.
02BrickHeadz figures use the same big-head, small-body proportions across the whole line, so Groot sits alongside dozens of other movie, game, and holiday characters built on the same core shape.
03The set released in 2024 as part of a wider wave of Marvel-licensed BrickHeadz, keeping the line's tradition of pairing blockbuster characters with quick, affordable builds.