The Up-Scaled Minifigure came out in June of 2023 along with many other new releases. When looking at the new release options, I felt this set would be fun to build and really fun to have. This up-scaled minifig feels like a large-scale action figure. When I was young I had a couple of larger action figures such as Han Solo and Chewbacca that were about this size. This build makes a giant LEGO brick action figure that is colorful and solid.
The torso, arms, legs and head all have inner structures that give the body parts some weight and feel quite durable. The torso structure particularly was constructed with some technic connectors that created the angles that are needed for the sides and for the rods that the arms would be attached to. Those feel sturdy, yet allow for the arm movement to be as expected.
At the top of the torso is a rotating piece that the head connects too. The only thing I wondered about was a short rod that was simply dropped into the middle of that rotating piece and then covered with a smooth white square. It did not attach at all. Perhaps it is keeping that rotating piece from coming off too easily when turning the head.
The hips again used technic pieces to create strong holders for the rods that the legs would attach to. There were some smart building techniques used here allowing the top side of the pieces (studs up) to be facing both up and down to make things attach as needed to cover all the studs with smooth pieces on the outside.
The legs were a pretty quick, simple section. The only thing I questioned was why they made the feet so close together. They seemed be trying to narrow the gap between the legs, but went a little too far in my opinion. Minifigs have enough of a gap to be placed on a horse or bicycle normally, but this minifig could not be without some modifications. One other thing they could have added would be the holes that are on the back of all minifig’s legs to allow them to attach to studs on a seat or wherever. It may have been considered and probably would have looked a little odd, but it would be more true to the minifig, I think.
The two arms and hands were mirrors of each other and all slipped onto the torso easily. The designers did a very nice job of giving this up-scaled minifigure the same joint movement as a normal minifig.
The head and hat went together pretty quickly thanks to some larger pieces in use here. The inside of the hat has a fun little control booth for the minifig operator to sit in. It is fun to think that this could be a big robot controlled from within the helmet.
It is also fun to consider that this guy is a person of his own, just a giant minifig! As I have had my new not-so-mini minifig sitting on my desk, I like him more and more. When I walk by I like to think he is smiling at me and is content to be a giant.
A normal minifig of the same color scheme and facial expression was also included with this set. He is about as basic as they come, but has the same happy demeanor as his robot / friendly giant brother.