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Table Football

A brick-built foosball table that actually plays, plus 22 buildable footballers.

Set 21337 · 2022

Pieces2,339

Minifigs22

Year2022

Set number21337

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The verdict

If you want a LEGO set that does something rather than just sits on a shelf, this one delivers a genuinely playable little foosball pitch and 22 customisable players.

The catch is the price, because for what you'd pay you can buy a real full-size table, and the LEGO one is only a 5-a-side. Grab it if you love playable, social sets and the diverse minifigs speak to you. Skip it if you want a big centrepiece display or straight-up value per piece.

Best for: Adult fans who want a playable, social set rather than a shelf display

The full review

What it is

Right, let's talk about the LEGO® set that wants to be played with instead of admired from a distance. Table Football takes the classic pub and rec-room foosball game and rebuilds it entirely out of bricks, and the clever bit is that it actually functions. You get two rods per side, a working little ball, goals at each end, and 22 buildable footballers to slot onto the bars. Up to four people can crowd around and have a proper go at once, which instantly makes it one of the more social sets LEGO has put out in years. It started life as a fan submission by Donat Fehervari for the We Love Sports contest, where it crushed the vote with more than double the support of the runner-up, so this is very much a design the community asked for.

The catch

Now the honest part, because you're my mate and I'm not going to blow smoke. This is a pricey one at $249.99, and that number is the sticking point for a lot of people. For the same money, or often less, you can walk into a shop and buy a real full-size foosball table that plays better and holds up to rowdier games. What you're paying for here is the LEGO of it all, not the foosball performance. On top of that, the original fan design imagined a full-size table, but LEGO scaled it right down to a 5-a-side pitch because the longest Technic axle is only 32 studs long, and that axle length literally set the size of the whole thing. So it's compact, more coffee-table than games-room. The build itself has some genuinely satisfying stretches, but be ready for a chunk of repetition when you're assembling player after player.

Who it's for

So who's this for? If you love sets that do something, that pull people in and start a bit of friendly competition, this is a rare treat in the LEGO lineup and you'll get real mileage out of it. The minifig selection alone is worth a look, because the range of faces, hairstyles and skin tones is the most varied LEGO had ever packed into one non-licensed box at the time. But if you're after a big dramatic display piece, or you judge sets purely on value per brick, this won't win you over and you'll feel the price. It's a niche set that knows exactly what it is. For the right person it's brilliant fun, and now that it's retired the decision is a bit more urgent than it used to be.

The parts story

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

The build splits into two clear jobs, and they feel quite different. The table itself is the meat of it, and most of the techniques here are about strengthening the frame so the spinning rods and the whole structure hold up to actual play rather than falling apart the first time someone gets excited. There's some genuinely satisfying tiling on the outside surfaces too, which dresses the thing up nicely. Then there's the small army of footballers, and this is where the pacing dips, because building 22 minifigs back to back gets a touch samey even with all the variation on offer. Fitting the players onto the rods is easy, and pleasingly they stay put once they're on, so no bits go flying mid-game.

On the parts front, don't come here hunting for exotic new molds, because there aren't any. What you get is a couple of recolors and a couple of new prints. The Tile Round 1x2 Half Circle shows up here in black for the first time, and there's a Technic Ball Joint in dark azure. The two new prints are a goal-area design and a half-circle marking, both on Bright Green 8x16 tiles that form the pitch. The real parts value is that huge minifig haul: 22 figures built from 44 different heads and 43 hair elements, which is a serious pile of head and hair variety to fold into your collection. At over 2,300 pieces, you're also getting a big stack of everyday green, black and white tiles that are handy for future builds.

Fun facts

01The set is based on Donat Fehervari's We Love Sports contest entry, which won the grand prize with 1,244 votes, more than double the next closest design.
02It was the first non-licensed LEGO set to include varied minifigure skin tones, and it features the first-ever minifig representation of the skin condition vitiligo.
03The final size wasn't a styling choice: LEGO scaled it to a 5-a-side pitch because the longest Technic axle is 32 studs, and that axle length set the length of the whole table.
04It packs 22 buildable players, enough for two full 11-figure squads, honoring the original fan design's full-team ambition even at the smaller scale.