Sonic The Hedgehog

Tails' Adventure Boat

A goofy little pleasure cruiser with a karaoke machine, of all things

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 76997 · 2024

Pieces393

Minifigs3

Year2024

Set number76997

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The verdict

I built this expecting a throwaway boat set and came away charmed by the details, the karaoke deck and dance floor are such a weirdly specific touch that I couldn't help but grin.

Sonic and Tails both look great, and there's genuinely not a single sticker anywhere, every graphic on this boat is printed. Where it stumbles is value, at fifty five dollars for 393 pieces and a boat that isn't tied to any actual Sonic game or movie, it feels like you're paying for the license more than the model. If you collect the Sonic line or love a good minifig boat, get it, if you're pricing purely on parts per dollar, wait for a sale.

Best for: Sonic the Hedgehog collectors and kids who want a fun boat to sail their minifigs around

The full review

What it is

I'll be honest, I didn't expect much walking into this one. It's a boat, it's Sonic themed, and on paper that sounds like a licensing checkbox more than a real build. Then I got to the karaoke machine and dance floor built into the deck, and the little details won me over. It's silly in the best way, the kind of thing that tells you a designer had fun with this rather than just phoning in a hull shape.

The catch

Where I have to be straight with you is the price. Fifty five dollars for 393 pieces and a boat with no direct scene from any Sonic game or movie is a tough sell next to sets that give you a recognizable moment to recreate. Sonic's face also still has that slightly too wide, bug eyed print that fans hoped LEGO would fix after nailing it on Shadow and Super Sonic. And with Jawz along as the third figure, there's no one left to actually pilot the boat once Tails hops off to explore the island.

Who it's for

If you're building out a Sonic the Hedgehog shelf or you've got a kid who loves the games, this earns its spot, the printed detail and play features are genuinely well done. If you're shopping strictly by price per piece or want a set tied to a specific game level, this isn't the one, and it's already retired so secondhand prices are the only way in now.

The parts story

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

The build itself is a fairly substantial pleasure boat paired with a mid sized island landscape, nothing technically demanding but paced well enough that it doesn't feel like a rush job. You get a real sense of the boat coming together piece by piece, from the hull shape up through the deck features, and the island half gives you a nice change of pace with its rings, arch, and beach chair details.

The standout for me is how much of the boat's personality comes from printed 1x1 tiles, there's a yellow tile printed to look like an old Winamp visualizer and a genuinely nostalgic nod to Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine tucked into the onboard entertainment. Tails carries his soft plastic twin tailed piece from the 2023 wave but now winks, and there isn't a sticker in sight, every single graphic on this thing is printed plastic, which for a fan collecting spare parts is a real treat.

Fun facts

01The karaoke machine and dance floor built into the boat's deck reference the Mean Bean Machine minigame from the classic Sonic games
02There isn't a single sticker in the entire set, every printed detail is molded directly onto the pieces
03Tails reuses his soft plastic twin tailed piece introduced in 2023 but gets a brand new winking facial expression for this set
04The set retired in December 2025 and has already dropped about 30 percent from its original retail price on the secondhand market