Disney

Stitch

The toothy grin alone makes this little blue troublemaker worth the shelf space.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 43249 · 2024

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Year2024

Set number43249

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The verdict

The face is the whole reason to build this one, and it delivers.

Those two big Dark Azure eye pieces catch the light in a way that made me grin back at him the second the head came together. It runs about an hour, it looks fantastic on a shelf, and if you love Stitch you will forgive its quirks in a heartbeat. Just know going in that he barely moves and the pink flower and Hawaiian shirt are a love-it-or-leave-it choice.

Best for: Lilo and Stitch fans who want a charming display figure, not a poseable toy

The full review

What it is

The first time I clicked Stitch's second eye into place I actually laughed out loud, because suddenly this pile of blue bricks was looking right back at me with that cheeky, slightly unhinged grin. That is the magic of this set. It is a 730 piece figure of Experiment 626 that stands about eight inches tall, released in March 2024 at a 64.99 dollar price, and almost everything good about it lives in the head. The two enormous quarter-dome eye pieces are new molds in Dark Azure with fresh prints, and the pupils have a pure white reflection that gives him real life. He comes with a little brick-built ice cream cone for one hand and a bright pink hibiscus flower tucked behind an ear, plus that turning head and pair of poseable ears that let you nudge his mood from curious to mischievous.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the caveats, because there are a few worth knowing. For 64.99 dollars you are getting a lovely face and a body that mostly just holds it up. The arms and legs do not move at all, so despite the friendly Disney branding this is not something a kid will play with for long once the ears have been wiggled a dozen times. The torso build is where my attention drifted too, a fair stretch of stacking bricks to fill out his round belly that does not teach you much. And then there is the styling. Stitch here wears a light orange Hawaiian shirt and a pink flower, neither of which he actually wears in the film, and plenty of builders online were not shy about disliking it. The real frustration is that when you pop the flower off for a cleaner look, you are left staring at an exposed stud on top of his head, and LEGO did not include a simple blue tile to cap it. That is a five cent fix they skipped.

Who it's for

So who ends up happy here? If you grew up quoting Ohana means family and you want a charming, instantly recognizable Stitch to sit on a desk or shelf, this is an easy yes and you will not overthink the shirt for a second. It is also a friendly build for a newer builder who wants something more rewarding than a basic set without hitting Icons-level difficulty. Who should skip it? Anyone chasing articulation and playability, or a purist who cannot make peace with the Hawaiian shirt and flower, because there is no plain-Stitch display option built in. For everyone else, the grin wins.

The parts story

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

Building Stitch is a game of two halves. The body is honest, slightly repetitive work, a lot of bricks stacked and rounded off to shape that pot belly, and if you are an experienced builder your mind may wander through it. Then you reach the head and it wakes up. The techniques for the curved skull, the ears, and the way the eyes and nose sit into that broad face are noticeably cleverer than the box price hints at, closer to Icons-line thinking than a standard Disney set. It took me around an hour, bags are numbered, and the payoff moment when the face finally reads as Stitch is genuinely satisfying.

The headline parts are those two 5x5x3 1/3 quarter-dome pieces, new in Dark Azure and carrying brand new eye prints, and they are the soul of the model. You also get a healthy pile of Dark Azure and Dark Blue rounded elements, plus some Bright Light Orange for the shirt, which makes this a nice donor set for anyone building their own creatures. The little extras are charming too, the ice cream is a neat six-piece assembly and the hibiscus flower uses a Sonic ring for the petals with ice cream scoops and a sausage element for the stamen. For 730 parts at 64.99 dollars the value is fair rather than generous, but you are partly paying for that unrepeatable printed face.

Fun facts

01Stitch's official name in the films is Experiment 626, and this set captures him in his classic blue four-armed-free, two-armed pose rather than his six-limbed alien form.
02The two big eyes are printed 5x5 quarter-dome pieces that debuted in Dark Azure for this set, complete with new eye prints, making them the standout collectible parts.
03The pink hibiscus flower and orange Hawaiian shirt are LEGO's own additions, they are not what Stitch wears in the original movie, which sparked plenty of debate among fans.
04LEGO later followed Stitch with a buildable Angel figure (43257), his pink love interest, giving the pair a matching shelf presence.