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Up-Scaled Santa Minifigure

A minifigure Santa grown to giant size, and yes, his arms really swing.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 40820 · 2025

Pieces761

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number40820

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The verdict

This is the classic Santa minifigure blown up to six times his normal size, standing about 27cm tall on a shelf.

What sold me is that he moves like a real minifigure, arms swinging, wrists turning, legs posable, thanks to a clever gear-and-friction trick hidden inside the torso. He is decor first and a puzzle-box build second, so if you want deep engineering across 761 pieces you may find him a touch simple. But for a holiday piece that makes people grin, he is hard to resist.

Best for: minifigure fans who want a poseable Santa centerpiece for the mantel

The full review

What it is

There is something quietly delightful about seeing a minifigure you have held a hundred times suddenly standing 27cm tall. That is the whole idea here: the Up-Scaled Santa is the classic red-suited minifig rebuilt at six times normal size, which works out to 216 times the volume of the little guy you know. He is the newest entry in LEGO's up-scaled minifigure series, which started with a pair of Harry Potter characters and has since grown to include a pirate, a plain classic minifigure, and a race car driver. Santa arrived on the first of October 2025 as part of the holiday lineup. The thing that got me is that he is not a static statue. His arms swing, his wrists rotate, and his legs pose to sit or stand, exactly like the real thing.

The catch

I will be straight with you about where he falls short. This is a display piece, not an engineering marathon, and across 761 pieces the build stays fairly relaxed once you get past the clever torso section. The printing takes a small hit too: reviewers noticed the white detailing on the red front panel looks a little thin, as if it wanted one more pass of paint. And at roughly 60 dollars (54.99 pounds in the UK), you are paying for the charm and the size rather than a dense parts count or a challenging set of techniques. The most common wish I saw from builders was a small one, that LEGO had tucked a normal-size Santa minifigure in the box so you could set the two side by side. It feels like an obvious missed trick.

Who it's for

So who will love him? If you collect the up-scaled series, or you are a minifigure devotee who lights up at the idea of a Santa you can actually pose on the mantel, this is an easy yes. He photographs beautifully and makes a warm centerpiece for the holidays. If your heart lives in complex builds, mechanical puzzles, or getting the most parts for your money, you may find him a little slight for the price and better to catch on a discount. But as a seasonal treat that earns a smile from everyone who walks past it, Santa does his job.

The parts story

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

The build is a friendly one, and the real fun is concentrated in the torso. Rather than a solid block, the body hides a genuinely clever mechanism: inside each shoulder sits a pair of friction pins and small 8-tooth gears, linked by an axle running across the chest, so the arms hold any angle you set them to instead of flopping. That is what makes him pose like an actual minifigure rather than a fixed ornament. The trapezoidal torso shape and the gently bent arms take a bit of thoughtful geometry to pull off, and watching those sections come together is the most satisfying part of the box.

In terms of standout pieces, the headline is the two exclusive printed elements: the torso front and the face, both printed to approximate the updated Santa minifigure decoration from the prior year. Those are the parts collectors will care about, since you cannot get that print elsewhere yet. Beyond them, this is more of a common-parts build in reds, whites and blacks, so it is not a treasure trove for parts hunters the way a big technique set might be. The value here is really the finished object, a chunky, poseable Santa that feels good in the hand, rather than a bag of rare recolors.

Fun facts

01At 6:1 scale the Santa is six times as wide, deep and tall as a normal minifigure, which adds up to 216 times the volume.
02He is the latest in LEGO's up-scaled minifigure line, which began with two Harry Potter characters and grew to include a pirate, a classic minifigure and a race car driver.
03The head and hat are purpose-built for Santa and are not designed to swap onto the other figures in the up-scaled series.
04The set released on October 1, 2025 as a LEGO-exclusive holiday item, standing about 27cm (10.5 inches) tall when finished.