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Up-Scaled Racing Driver Minifigure

A giant Octan racer with a secret hiding under the helmet.

Brick Rated Score

3.6/5

Set 40819 · 2025

Pieces694

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Year2025

Set number40819

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The verdict

I have a soft spot for these up-scaled minifigures, so I came in rooting for this one, and the build charmed me more than the subject did.

Standing 26cm tall in full Octan green and white, it is a genuinely satisfying afternoon of clever brickwork with a lovely little surprise built into the head. That said, of all the figures LEGO could have blown up to nine times the size, a generic racing driver is a curious pick, and reviewers who rank the whole series put this one near the bottom for exactly that reason. If you already collect the line, grab it happily. If you only want one, there are more iconic faces to chase.

Best for: collectors already building the up-scaled minifigure series

The full review

What it is

This is the fifth of LEGO's up-scaled minifigures, the line that takes the little yellow figure and blows it up to about nine times the usual size. This time the subject is an Octan racing driver, the classic green-and-white pit crew look with the branded belt, and it stands roughly 26cm tall once finished. I will be honest, the moment that got me was not the figure standing on the shelf, it was cracking open the head and finding a tiny brick-built motor tucked inside where a real racer's brain presumably lives. It is a daft, joyful detail that tells you the designers were having fun, and it made me grin the way good LEGO always does.

The catch

Here is where I have to be straight with you. The subject matter is the weak link, and it is not just me being fussy. When Brick Fanatics ranked every up-scaled minifigure, this one landed near the bottom of the pile, not because the build is bad but because a generic racing driver is a strange thing to immortalise at this scale. The line has given us Captain Redbeard and the classic smiling minifigure, faces with real history, and an Octan driver, chosen to ride the wave of LEGO's big Formula 1 year, just does not carry the same nostalgic weight. The Octan branding is handled nicely, but reviewers noted the helmet and the zipper detailing feel a touch less polished than what earlier sets managed. And at 54.99 dollars for 694 pieces, you are paying a display-piece premium for a character that will not mean much to a lot of people.

Who it's for

So who should get this. If you are already building the up-scaled series and you want the shelf to stay complete, this is an easy yes, because the actual construction is every bit as fun as the others and you will not feel short-changed on the build itself. If you love the classic Town and Octan era, the green livery will hit a warm spot for you. But if you are only going to buy one up-scaled minifigure ever, I would gently steer you toward one of the more iconic faces first, because this one is a lovely build wrapped around a subject that just does not spark the same joy.

The parts story

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

Building this is a proper study in LEGO engineering rather than a quick snap-together. It arrives in eight numbered bags, and the sequence walks you from a dense, sturdy torso out to the hips, which attach in that slightly unexpected way these up-scaled figures always seem to manage, then the two legs, the two arms, and finally the head and helmet. Nothing here is fiddly for the sake of it. The internal structure has to hold a lot of weight in the right places, and watching the recognisable minifigure shape emerge from what starts as an abstract core is the real pleasure of the set.

The parts palette leans hard into that Octan green and crisp white, so you get a satisfying quantity of both in useful shapes. The standout is not a rare printed tile, it is the cleverness of the hidden motor built into the head, a little assembly you would never see once the helmet is on. Part-count value is fair rather than generous, since a chunk of the 694 pieces goes into internal framing you never look at again, which is the honest trade-off with any big sculptural figure like this. You are paying for the shape and the engineering, not for a treasure chest of exotic elements.

Fun facts

01It is the fifth up-scaled minifigure LEGO has released, following the Harry Potter and Hermione pair, A Minifigure Tribute, and the classic Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure.
02The design closely echoes the Octan racing driver minifigure from back in 2013, giving it a proper nostalgic pedigree.
03There is a hidden Easter egg inside the head, a small brick-built motor you only discover if you look under the helmet.
04It launched on 1 March 2025, timed to ride the wave of LEGO's major Formula 1 partnership year.