We have finally gotten our hands on building Mickey & Minnie Buildable Characters [Lego 43179]! Happy Boy had previously blogged about the Lego set here 👇
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There are 1739 pieces for this set of lego and in my opinion, it was quite an enjoyable build because of all the vibrant colours used by Lego. I like how Lego always uses bright colour blocks for the "interior" of Lego display. It makes it much easier to identify the blocks to use and the bright colours puts Lego builders in a happier mood 😊 The black colour design of the Lego box and instruction booklets make the Lego set looks classy and attractive to adult Lego collectors.
[Lego box design of Lego #43179]
[Contents in the Lego box - 15 packs of Lego bricks and 2 instructions booklets]
As this set of Lego is quite a massive build, we will post the building experience of Mickey and Minnie separately. In this post, we will post about Mickey building experience first!
There are 4 packs of Lego to use for building Mickey (including the smaller packs with numbering 1 and 4). The first section of building Mickey display will be the "stage" that Mickey is standing on. Lego has put in a lot of details into building the stage. It is not just an empty platform but a platform that is stable and heavy enough to let Mickey stand on. The triangular piece shown a below is the piece that helps to angle and support Mickey's pointing foot while the circular turquoise piece is where the other foot will rest. The stage is designed to be like the movie film frame with shinning blue pieces that reflect light, making it look more like a real stage design.
[Inside of Mickey's stage]
[Completed Mickey's stage]
The next section of the build will be for Mickey's feet, where many round and cute parts were used and they are the colours of MacDonald's 😛
[Spot the M amongst the Lego pieces]
Lego Mickey's feet are really cute and tiny like baby's shoes. Look how they compare to Happy Boy's feet 😝
[Life size comparison and Happy Boy needs to moisturise his nails hehe]
Once the feet are settled, building of the body frame will be next! This is what I meant by using colourful parts for the "interior" of Lego displays. All made up of bright colours! And it looks like Mickey has a spine lol. Take note that the joints of the arms are incorrect in the photo below. Ends with a + should be facing outside instead of the ends with the hollow bits as shown below. The + shape is needed to fix the arms in later on.
[Colourful interior of Mickey's body]
The 3rd and 4th Lego packs will be used for the building of Mickey's pants, arms and hands and finally the head. Each pack actually took me around 30 minutes to complete.
[3rd and 4th packs of the Lego set]
[Colourful interior of Mickey's head]
[Scary Mickey trying to catch naughty kids. Looks like ET 👻]
Overall, this build was a happy build! Do take note of the pieces of odd shapes that were used to construct the different body parts, especially the pants. There are many pieces with similar shapes and and sizes but they serve different purposes. Always pay attention to the instruction booklet and you will get a smiley Mickey at the end!
