Disney

Winnie the Pooh

A cuddly brick-built Pooh with a honey pot secret, priced a touch cheeky.

Brick Rated Score

3.9/5

Set 43300 · 2026

Pieces1,399

Minifigs2

Year2026

Set number43300

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The verdict

This one has so much charm it almost gets away with the price.

You get a chunky nine-inch Pooh you can pose plus a honey pot that cracks open Polly Pocket style to hide a little scene, so it really does feel like two builds in one box. The catch is that 1,399 pieces for $149.99 is steep, and a lot of them vanish into that pot. If you love the character you'll grin the whole way through. If you want engineering fireworks, this isn't that.

Best for: Winnie the Pooh fans who want a huggable display piece with a hidden surprise

The full review

What it is

There's something disarming about a two-foot-of-personality Pooh Bear made entirely of bricks, and this LEGO® set leans all the way into that. You build a chunky nine-inch Winnie the Pooh in bright light orange, and he isn't a static statue either. His head turns, his ears go up or down, his arms lift and his hands rotate, so you can nudge him from cheerful to sleepy to mid-thought whenever the mood takes you. Then there's the honey pot sitting beside him, complete with oozing drips and two little bees buzzing around, and it hides the best trick in the box.

The catch

That pot opens up Polly Pocket style to reveal two tiny rooms tucked inside, and that's where you find a proper Winnie the Pooh minifigure and an Eeyore figure waiting. It's genuinely delightful the first time you crack it open. Here's where I have to be straight with you though. This is where a big share of your 1,399 pieces goes, and the whole thing ends up feeling like two separate sets bundled into one. The build itself is gentle and quick, around two hours, so nobody's going to be stumped by it, but nobody's going to be wowed by clever technique either.

Who it's for

Then there's the money. At $149.99 for 1,399 pieces you're paying roughly 10.7 cents per part, which is actually more than earlier large brick-built Disney character sets that gave you more bricks for less. You're partly paying for the Disney license and those big specialised orange elements, and partly for the honey pot gimmick. The Brickset community has it sitting at a fair 4.0 out of 5. If Pooh is your comfort character, or you just want a warm, huggable-looking display piece with a surprise built in, grab it and enjoy every minute. If you're chasing dense parts value or engineering you can really sink into, your money stretches a lot further elsewhere in the 18+ lineup.

The parts story

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

The build breaks into two clear halves, and honestly they feel like different projects. Pooh himself goes together as a rounded brick-built figure, lots of curved slopes and round corners layering up his belly and head to get that soft, huggable silhouette, with a bit of Technic tucked inside for the movable head, ears, arms and hands. It's satisfying to watch the shape appear, though the articulation is modest, mostly fixed at the shoulders and hips with just some wrist and ankle play. The honey pot is the more charming half, with detailed drips of honey oozing down the sides and two little bees, and then it opens to reveal the two hidden rooms inside. The pacing stays easy the whole way, roughly two hours, so it's a lovely relaxed evening rather than a workout.

For parts hunters there's real interest here. Two molds make their debut: a Brick Arch 1x4x2 and a third Curved Top in white that neatly fills a gap between existing arch sizes, and a Technic Brick 1x2 with Ball Socket in red, a compact articulation piece with a side pin hole that's already showing up across other 2026 sets. The star recolor story is all that bright light orange, curved slopes, round corners, wedge plates and arch bricks, plus supporting yellow and medium nougat. Some pieces like the reddish-brown arches and red curved slopes have only appeared in one prior set, so they're worth grabbing if those colors sit on your wish list. Pooh's new printed torso with the white neckerchief tied at the back sets him apart from the 2021 minifigure too.

Fun facts

01The set marks Winnie the Pooh's 100th birthday, since the character first appeared in A.A. Milne's writing in 1926.
02The finished Pooh stands over nine inches tall and his face is fully posable, with a head that turns and ears that move up or down to change his expression.
03The 'Hunny' pot doesn't just decorate the display, it opens Polly Pocket style into two rooms that hide a Pooh minifigure and an Eeyore figure inside.
04The new red Technic Brick 1x2 with Ball Socket that debuts here has already turned up in other 2026 LEGO sets in different colors, a sign LEGO is investing in small articulation parts for character builds.