![]() ![]() Apart from the angled wings and tail feathers, the chick has very little going on. I also want to point out that the baby, which is normally an interesting scaled down version of the larger parent animal in the other LEGO BrickHeadz Pets sets, is a bit plain here. Honestly, if it wasn’t for the little wooden perches, I’d find the base lackluster. The last time I saw anything like this was with the #40352 LEGO BrickHeadz Scarecrow where the wooden cross-shaped stand was built into the body.Īs for the base for the birds, the panels that rim the edges give the impression of a nest or perhaps the bottom of a birdcage. You also get two perches for the birds to stand on. What you end up with is a rather complex color pattern, suitable mimicking a bird’s plumage. Not only are these bright and colorful, but they utilize the cut section of the tile to let secondary colors show through. One nifty building technique in the larger budgie is the use of quarter round tiles. ![]() On top of that, the budgie presents a whole lot of color, more so than most LEGO BrickHeadz. The body of the larger budgie is rather interesting as it attempts to round out and curve the body. This is a bit more ambitious LEGO BrickHeadz set. It will be available in March at the LEGO BrickHeadz section of the Online LEGO Shop. Now if you are a fish fan and have always wondered why there aren’t more fish in the LEGO universe, then this would be a cute set to pick up. If you’re a LEGO BrickHeadz completionist, I would suggest you wait until this set goes on sale. I can just imagine builders and pet fans wanting more out of the model. It still gives us two fish, which is a novel design in the LEGO BrickHeadz line. You just get a plain rectangular base with some seaweed in the back to perhaps simulate a fish tank? I was hoping when I heard rumors of this set that it would include an aquarium, but that’s unfortunately not the case. Over the years, I’ve come to expect something slightly novel in each of the LEGO BrickHeadz sets in terms of how the characters came together. Additionally, I didn’t feel blown away by any stage of the building experience. ![]() Because you don’t get anything below the head, it sort of feels like half the building experience of a normal BrickHeadz. Having the fish suspended over the base with clear bricks is a nice touch, but it can leave longtime BrickHeadz fans a little underwhelmed. ![]() The most intricate elements are the transparent-orange tombstone-shaped tiles that make up the scales of the fish. This was an interesting way to keep the fish small and proportional and within the familiar BrickHeadz scale.Īs far as the building experience, this is a simple set as you are basically just building BrickHeadz heads without the body. Put it simply, they went straight to building the standard LEGO BrickHeadz head structure and call it the body. Given the fact that fish don’t have much in the way of a vertical body, it was going to be interesting to see how LEGO designers translated fish to BrickHeadz. Below, I will share my thoughts both in writing and video. So, I was looking forward to reviewing them. Given the fact that fish and birds are far from the normal LEGO BrickHeadz humanoid characters, or even the animals we got so far, these two sets promised to be a unique experience. But there is admittedly a bit of bias on my end to look favorably at these sets. I’m always thrilled to see the tweaks and techniques to bring new characters into the collection. Recently, we reviewed the #40466 LEGO BrickHeadz Chinese New Year Pandas the #40440 LEGO BrickHeadz German Shepherds, and #40441 LEGO BrickHeadz Shorthair Cats (see: LEGO BrickHeadz Pets & Pandas Review), and today, we will take a look at two upcoming sets, the #40442 LEGO BrickHeadz Goldfish & Fry, and #40443 LEGO BrickHeadz Budgie & Chick – both available in March. It looks like LEGO continues to expand the LEGO BrickHeadz cute brick-built animals line. ![]()
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