Star Wars

Yoda Bust

Beautiful robes, brilliant lightsaber, and eyes that broke the internet.

Brick Rated Score

3.4/5

Set 75438 · 2026

Pieces399

Minifigsn/a

Year2026

Set number75438

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The verdict

I built this one hoping the eyes were being unfairly picked on online, and I'll be straight with you, they're not.

The rectangular sockets around Yoda's face genuinely throw off the whole sculpt, and no amount of tilting the eyebrow tiles fixes it. Everything below the neck, though, the folded robe, the textured hair, the glowing lightsaber blade, is some of the nicest brick sculpting LEGO has done on a small bust. It's a set for Star Wars completists and display shelf builders who can look past one rough patch of geometry, not for someone hunting a showstopper centerpiece.

Best for: Star Wars collectors who already own the other LEGO busts and want the set to complete the shelf

The full review

What it is

This is the smaller half of LEGO's 2026 Star Wars bust pair, standing about 21 centimeters tall with the lightsaber raised. The shape of the head is honestly clever, curved slopes and hinged plates stack up to mimic the wrinkles and folds of Yoda's face, and the transition from the ears down into the robe collar is some of the most thoughtful small-scale sculpting I've seen in this bust line.

The catch

Then you get to the eyes. LEGO used a new element here, essentially an existing eye piece reworked with a flat 1x1 dome instead of the usual ball shape, and the result is two straight-edged, boxy sockets sitting where soft, expressive eyes should be. It's the one part of the model where the LEGO geometry stops disappearing and starts announcing itself, and it's loud enough that it colored a lot of the early reception. Combine that with a $39.99 to $49.99 price tag for 399 pieces, plenty of them small, and value-per-dollar isn't this set's strong suit either.

Who it's for

Get this one if you already love the LEGO bust format, you're chasing the full Star Wars busts lineup, or you just want a small glowing lightsaber prop on your desk and can live with an imperfect face. Skip it if you want your shelf centerpiece to be flawless up close, or if $40 for a set this size feels steep to you, because you're not wrong to think that.

The parts story

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

The build leans on lots of small connections at unusual angles rather than big flat panels, so you spend most of the set nudging plates and slopes into place a stud or a click at a time to get the curvature of the head right. It's fiddly in a good way, the kind of build where you can feel the shape emerging piece by piece instead of snapping together in big obvious chunks, and the robe and collar sections toward the end are the most satisfying part of the whole thing.

The standout new part is that reworked eye element with the flat dome end, made specifically for this set and its Darth Vader companion. The hair texture on the back of the head uses a nice mix of curved slopes and bar pieces to fake individual strands, and the small lightsaber blade with its printed hilt detail is a genuinely good rendition in miniature. For 399 pieces you're paying for sculpting cleverness and a handful of new molds more than raw part-count value.

Fun facts

01The Yoda Bust launched alongside a companion Darth Vader Bust (75439) as part of LEGO's new Star Wars busts collection for 2026.
02The set introduced a new eye element with a flat 1x1 dome end, a variant built specifically for this bust and its Vader counterpart.
03The bust and lightsaber together stand about 21 centimeters (8 inches) tall and 10 centimeters (4 inches) wide when fully assembled.
04Swappable eyebrow pieces let builders pose Yoda with a calmer or angrier expression, though fan reaction to the eye sockets stayed mixed either way.