Star Wars

The Child

Baby Yoda in brick form, and that face gets you every single time.

Brick Rated Score

4.3/5

Set 75318 · 2020

Pieces1,073

Minifigsn/a

Year2020

Set number75318

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The verdict

This one is all about the face, and honestly the face delivers.

It's a display piece more than a play piece, so if you want articulation and swooshing, look elsewhere. But if you loved The Mandalorian and you want something genuinely charming on your shelf, 1,073 pieces of Grogu for the old $80 was a fair deal. Now that it's retired, grab it if you find it near that price.

Best for: Mandalorian fans who want a shelf-worthy character build with real personality

The full review

What it is

Some LEGO® sets sell you on engineering and some sell you on a feeling, and The Child is firmly in the second camp. It's a roughly 20cm tall brick-built version of Grogu from The Mandalorian, the little green character the entire internet lost its mind over in 2020, and the whole set exists to nail one thing: that big-eyed, ears-out, what-is-this-I-must-eat-it face. The good news is that it absolutely nails it. When you finish the head and set those ears at the right angle, you get a genuine little jolt of recognition, and that's the whole point of a set like this.

The catch

So let's be honest about what you're actually building. This is a display model, not a plaything. The articulation is limited to adjustable ears and a mouth you can nudge to change the expression, and that's it, so nobody is posing this thing in ten dynamic action stances. The build itself splits into eight bags: a Technic-cored interior, then four bags of the robe, then the arms, then the head. Those robe bags are where a few builders start to drift, because you're layering similar curved slopes over and over and it's easy to zone out and miss a small piece. It's pleasant, it's just not the cleverest engineering LEGO has ever put in a box. Price is the other honest note. It launched around $79.99, drifted up toward $89.99 later in its run, and since it retired at the end of 2023 you're now buying it secondhand, so keep an eye on what you pay.

Who it's for

Here's who this one is really for. If you watched The Mandalorian and Grogu melted you, or you just want a character on the shelf that makes people smile when they walk past, this is an easy yes. It looks superb finished, the little companion figure and the printed nameplate are lovely touches, and the value per piece holds up nicely against pricier buildable figures. If you live for tricky techniques and posability, though, you'll find this one a bit gentle and a bit static. Go in wanting a good-looking Grogu on your desk and you'll be delighted. Go in wanting a construction puzzle and you might shrug.

The parts story

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

The build opens with a Technic-cored interior that gives the whole figure its backbone, and from there it's a series of studs-out sub-assemblies that clip onto the frame. Bags two through five are the robe, built up in overlapping curved-slope layers, which is soothing but a touch repetitive if you build in one sitting. Then it picks up again: the arms go on, and the head is the payoff section, using SNOT construction and Technic half-pins for custom attachment points plus a sliding neck joint that gives you a little bit of tilt. Pay attention through the robe or you'll drop a small piece without noticing, because the instructions move quickly.

For parts people, there's real interest here. The single printed element is a round 2x2 plate with a rounded bottom carrying Grogu's black-and-reddish-brown eye pattern, and it's the star of the box. Sand green does a lot of heavy lifting, including a double curved slope 1x1 used for the nose that's genuinely rare, plus a nostalgic callback of sand green parts last seen in 2003's Dragon Fortress. Dark tan brings six of the 45-degree cutout slopes for the robe and some 2020-new SNOT bricks. You also get a 1x1 rounded plate with handle that had only appeared in the 2019 Yoda set before this. At 1,073 pieces for the old $80, plus a bonus minifig-scale Child, the value math works out fine.

Fun facts

01The Child was Grogu's only public name at launch, because his real name wasn't revealed until the Season 2 finale aired weeks after this set went on sale.
02LEGO deliberately released it on October 30, 2020, right as The Mandalorian Season 2 premiered, so fans could build their own Grogu alongside the new episodes.
03The same little minifig-scale Child figure included here also came in the much pricier 75292 Razor Crest, making this set the cheaper way to get that tiny figure.
04The nose uses a sand green double curved slope 1x1 so uncommon that the set includes exactly one of them for that single job.