Minecraft

The Ghast Balloon Village Attack

A floating Ghast that actually fires, tethered to a village that plays it a little safe.

Brick Rated Score

3.4/5

Set 21273 · 2025

Pieces555

Minifigs6

Year2025

Set number21273

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The verdict

The suspended Ghast is the reason to buy this one, and honestly it earns it.

It is the biggest and best Ghast LEGO Minecraft has made, it fires printed tiles a genuinely silly distance, and the little play features around the village had me grinning. The problem is the village itself, which is mostly quick, simple builds propping up a price that leans hard on the six minifigures. If you or a kid in your life loves the movie and wants that hovering menace on a shelf, it delivers. If you want a meaty build for seventy dollars, look at its cheaper sister set first.

Best for: Minecraft Movie fans who want the big floating Ghast with real play features

The full review

What it is

This is the big centerpiece set from the A Minecraft Movie wave, and the Ghast is what got me. LEGO has done Ghasts before, but never like this. It hangs in the air on chains over the whole scene, pale and puffy and faintly menacing, with a little platform slung underneath where two piglins ride along. The first time I loaded a printed tile into its mouth and gave it a flick, the fireball shot clear across my desk and off the edge. I laughed out loud. That is the feeling this set is chasing, and when it works, it really works.

The catch

Here is where I have to be straight with you. Everything under the Ghast is where the value question creeps in. The village is Steve's Lava Chicken shop, a little crafting workshop, a market stall, and a fountain, and most of them go together in a handful of quick steps. There is variety, and the play features scattered through keep it from feeling like a chore, but you will not find much in the way of clever technique here. At 69.99 dollars for 555 pieces, this set is priced above its slightly cheaper sister in the same wave despite only having sixty more pieces, and most reviewers agreed the extra money is really buying you the minifigures rather than a richer build. If part-count value is your yardstick, this one will nag at you.

Who it's for

So who lands where. If you love the film, or you are building for a kid who does, this is an easy yes, because that floating Ghast with its firing feature is the toy they actually want and it photographs beautifully on a shelf. If you build for the engineering, for the quiet satisfaction of a clever section, this village will leave you a little cold and you would be happier spending elsewhere in the Minecraft line. It is a fun, situational set that knows exactly what its best feature is.

The parts story

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

The box splits into three sections across six numbered bags, each with its own booklet, so it is very friendly for a younger builder to tackle a piece at a time. The village builds are simple and quick, but LEGO breaks up the monotony with the interactive bits: pull the chicken's wattle and it drops an egg, hit the Technic lever under the fountain and the whole thing bursts apart, and the Ghast's firing mechanism is genuinely satisfying to load and trigger. It is not a technical builder's set, but it moves along and never drags.

For parts, the standouts are the movie minifigures, which use LEGO's newer higher-resolution printing and look noticeably sharper than earlier Minecraft faces. Steve has a double-sided head with a great smirk, and the two piglins with their angry snouts and gold weapons are the pick of the litter. The chicken shop roof brings some dark red plate recolors, and the big posable Iron Golem is a chunky brick-built figure that towers over the minifigures. The printed fireball tiles are a fun touch, and yes, LEGO includes a spare because you will lose one under the couch.

Fun facts

01The floating Ghast balloon idea was not invented for the movie. Minecraft players had modded harnessed, balloon-like Ghasts into the game more than a year before the film arrived.
02The set includes six minifigures: Steve, Natalie, Dawn, two piglins, and a villager, plus a separate brick-built posable Iron Golem and a baby chicken.
03The Ghast's mouth is a working shooter that fires printed tiles a surprising distance, and LEGO packs in a spare fireball tile knowing kids will send one flying.
04It launched on March 1, 2025 as one of just two sets in the A Minecraft Movie subtheme, and reviewers generally rated it the weaker value of the pair.