I've never been that big of a fan of Disneys earlier movies and such, but the minifigs look nice and the build seems aight, apart from Mickeys mouth.

I love Disney, but I will only be buying this set because of the minifigures/animals. Also, Bruno is an interesting choice giving he’s the only one from Encanto getting a minifigure. I like Simba, he can be placed with Bambi and Dumbo from 43230, and Gepetto is perfect with Pinocchio from the CMF Disney100 71038-2 . Now I just need the revelation of the Wednesday sets, been looking for those in months.

That's not a bad price, considering what could have been. I love the bucket-carrying mops and how the minifigures represent 'supporting cast' as well as main characters. The Mickey figure sculpture is excellent, but his eyes are crossed upwards and he has no smile, like he's just been punched on the nose!

...is Moana the first minifig with just a 1x2 brick for legs?

Not a huge fan of this. Simba looks weird. Looks like a Friends animal. Not bothered about the other B grade characters

Feels like another shameless cash in set from the house of mouse making things with the widest appeal, while not being anything that anyone particularly wants....

I mean, the giant Mickey looks good only from one angle... straight on. Go to the side even just slightly and he's got a terrible squint and wrong proportions. And as for the minifig selection... Its typical that some highly desired figures are only in this one set.

A cross-eyed, mouthless Mickey, a couple of good minifigs, and some not-so-good B-listers. Easy pass.

I'm glad they didn't just go with reusing the Collectable Minifigure characters, like the original contest entry did; new characters definitely makes this more appealing. That said, while I love a lot of Disney movies, I'm not a big fan of Mickey himself, so I'd never see myself buying this.

The main draw for me is Lilo, to go with my CMF Stitch; so I'd definitely like to Bricklink her at some point! Maybe the tiny Simba, too; actually I might BL all the parts for that tiny Pride Rock to go with him, it's a pretty cute build ^^

Mickey is nightmare fuel.

Geppetto! But Belle without Beast? Meh.

What I like is that nice little Lion King vignette. The rest doesn't trigger enough nostalgia in me to make it enticing enough for me to want this.

Cool idea and all, and overall good choices of movies to use, but if we're throwing in one of their CGI films I feel like maybe they should have gone Toy Story instead of Encanto.

Well, Mickey's been improved from the original submission, but still a little bit strange! Not an urgent buy, but probably if it's on special offer at some point.

Anyone else getting old school Disney Store vibes from this?

Looks a nice enough model.

This looks really nice, but where's Mickey's mouth? And the Encanto section feels very out of place considering it's the only modern Disney film here.

I like the minifigures/characters apart from Simba - too stylized. I prefer the normal rather than ballgown look for Belle as well. Overall, it’s a bit of a mixed bag. I love Sorcerer Mickey, but this…doesn’t quite capture him, yet the broom portion is great! Pride Rock, the raft, and the Encanto vignette look quite nice to me too. Basically, all of the side builds/window dressing are appealing, but the focal point isn’t quite as polished which makes it a tough call. (Note, I’m not sure what more they could do for Mickey, but as is, it’s not a “wow” model)

@GrizBe said:
"Feels like another shameless cash in set from the house of mouse making things with the widest appeal, while not being anything that anyone particularly wants....

I mean, the giant Mickey looks good only from one angle... straight on. Go to the side even just slightly and he's got a terrible squint and wrong proportions. And as for the minifig selection... Its typical that some highly desired figures are only in this one set. "

It also looks bad from that angle to me.
It looks like hes gagged with a flesh color scarf.

If the Mickey build wasn't a part of this, it would be a good set.

As someone who not only loves Lilo & Stitch, but has both Stitch minifigures, I *need* that Lilo. I like the Belle minifig too; shame there's no Beast. As for the set as a whole, I like it, but I'm not a big enough fan of Disney in general to want it. But once the set is released, I'll have to see what Lilo ends up going for on Bricklink.

@fakespacesquid said:
"This came from a contest on Ideas, people voted for this one. This *is* what people particularly wanted"

Except it isn't. The contest entry had completely different characters and set scenes and they are who and what the people voted for, not this selection.

Ergo... cash in.

@Dannygast said:
"Mickey missing mouth."

Thanks, now I can't unseen that.

I love the idea, but the execution definitely falls short. Mickey's face looks so creepy.

But still . . . it's a good selection of minifigs/animals, and some of the little side-builds are really well done!

Very creative layout and nice choices of minifigures but not in my interest. Having said that I WILL be tracking down a Bruno figure for sure!

I don’t know whether it was due to cost or available parts, but scaling Mickey down caused him to lose his mouth and the 3d/rounded aspect of not only his face but also his hands…really takes away from the character. I’d have definitely paid more to have something closer to the first version and may skip this version and just bricklink figs.

I love it, and loved the original concept! My biggest disappointment is that they chose to include Flounder and Sebastian over Ariel.

They are both iconic characters in their own right, but the original submission was referencing a very specific scene from The Little Mermaid, and the set now seems to be referencing only The Little Mermaid generally. It’s a letdown that we won’t be getting a non-CMF, non-mini doll version of such an iconic character!

Fantasia finally, pretty much the only Disney IP I would consider investing in at this point, with a discount of course.

Is this a Halloween set?
The Mickey is as creepy as seen before here 43179.
Woof!

Now all we need is a Beast big fig to complete the duo. Or should I take the one from X-Men? ;)

The vignettes look great! I would love to buy sets from a series of small vignettes like the ones in this set. My favorite is probably Pride Rock, but I think I like all of them.
As others have said, I find Bruno an odd inclusion. Having a minifig of him is great, but he is the only main character missing from the minidoll lineup, and we have no other minifig characters.
It is great to finally have Belle! Maybe one day we will get Megara...
I suppose I should also address the rodent in the room. I think it is a poorer design than the original. The more rounded design looked better. However, the original had printing across multiple pieces that would probably be unrealistic to expect done well.

@Rabrickzel said:
"no Rapunzel minifig."

Rapunzel is already in 43222 with Mr. Fitzherbert. Unless you are saying you want her in a cheaper set...

Where are the never before released Star Wars (Tion Medon) and Marvel (Swamp Thing) minifigures?

@fakespacesquid said:
"The original design was based entirely on existing minifigs, due to the nature of Ideas. Most of the scenes were kept, and the new characters were provided to have some desirability. If they made the original design, you would’ve complained that we’ve seen all those Minifigs before.

It’s pretty funny to say that people voted for the original, so they want a third Stitch instead of Lilo. Obviously they want another Pinochio, and not a Gepetto. Of course they want an empty Pride Rock, true to the original! Why would you want Simba to go with that? C’mon now."

The origional was based on existing figures as thats what the designer wanted. There were plenty of submissions where people used proxie figures to represent none existing ones.

But you know, you go off on another one of your long and delusion rants as you always do, and keep believing what you want to, and I'll stick to believing in reality.

edit: And I'll appologise to everyone else for this comment, but fakespacesquid has a long history on this page of needless nickpicking and trying to cause trouble with people which I'm finally sick of.

Who are these people? I recognize Gepetto and Belle but the rest??? And the animals are out of character - those are Friends animal (as opposed to System animal) - I don't mind too much the fish and the crab but there is a proper small lion in Lego System. If you want to put Lilo put Stitch and if you want to put Belle, put Beast. How hard is that?

For unknown reasons, I really liked this idea but at least on the original submission, I knew all the characters depicted. I am pretty sure I won't be willing to spend that much money for two characters.

Somehow I don't even find Mickey creepy and I like all the rest of it. But the minifig assortment is so bad it hurts. Money saved...

I am pretty sure, if you ask people: name a Disney character, Encanto does not come first or at all.

I like the set overall, it's definitely more cohesive than the original submission, and I probably will be picking it up to complement 43222 and the CMFs I have, though admittedly Bruno and the whole Encanto section feels slightly out of place here; I don't have any personal attachment to it and it feels sorta like an obligatory "put Encanto in everything" instance next to the combined classic and renaissance 2D movies; that said, the original submission did have a random floating Elsa in it, and I like the touch of green this section provides alternatively.

@HOBBES said:
"Who are these people? I recognize Gepetto and Belle but the rest??? And the animals are out of character - those are Friends animal (as opposed to System animal) - I don't mind too much the fish and the crab but there is a proper small lion in Lego System. If you want to put Lilo put Stitch and if you want to put Belle, put Beast. How hard is that? "

I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are... But I like the model, and I'm fairly certain there will be a market out there for the minifigures that I don't want... I can make my own mini dioramas in their place with figures I recognize and sell the ones I don't!!

Nice idea, but end result is so-so.

@GrizBe said:
"Feels like another shameless cash in set from the house of mouse making things with the widest appeal, while not being anything that anyone particularly wants....

I mean, the giant Mickey looks good only from one angle... straight on. Go to the side even just slightly and he's got a terrible squint and wrong proportions. And as for the minifig selection... Its typical that some highly desired figures are only in this one set. "

If not for this set, "some highly desired figures" wouldn't exist at all.

@Joce1275 said:
" @HOBBES said:
"Who are these people? I recognize Gepetto and Belle but the rest??? And the animals are out of character - those are Friends animal (as opposed to System animal) - I don't mind too much the fish and the crab but there is a proper small lion in Lego System. If you want to put Lilo put Stitch and if you want to put Belle, put Beast. How hard is that? "

I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are... But I like the model, and I'm fairly certain there will be a market out there for the minifigures that I don't want... I can make my own mini dioramas in their place with figures I recognize and sell the ones I don't!!"

I get you and we are probably around the same age but if we go with this train of thoughts then why buy any sets at all? I like the idea, I will just build it with my pieces and change what I don't like. The reason why people complain about sets (I think) is because they are not 'sufficiently(key word)' representative. Of course we can modify it, it's Lego and even better we can decide not to buy it at all but that does not solve the issue (for Lego) that the set is subpar. Lego has to juggle with 3 things: (1) pleasing the customer, (2) following Disney guidances, and (3) making something economically viable for them. If 2 is too restrictive and clashes with 1 then 3 will never see the light of day.

@HOBBES said:
" @Joce1275 said:
" @HOBBES said:
"Who are these people? I recognize Gepetto and Belle but the rest??? And the animals are out of character - those are Friends animal (as opposed to System animal) - I don't mind too much the fish and the crab but there is a proper small lion in Lego System. If you want to put Lilo put Stitch and if you want to put Belle, put Beast. How hard is that? "

I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are... But I like the model, and I'm fairly certain there will be a market out there for the minifigures that I don't want... I can make my own mini dioramas in their place with figures I recognize and sell the ones I don't!!"

I get you and we are probably around the same age but if we go with this train of thoughts then why buy any sets at all? I like the idea, I will just build it with my pieces and change what I don't like. The reason why people complain about sets (I think) is because they are not 'sufficiently(key word)' representative. Of course we can modify it, it's Lego and even better we can decide not to buy it at all but that does not solve the issue (for Lego) that the set is subpar. Lego has to juggle with 3 things: (1) pleasing the customer, (2) following Disney guidances, and (3) making something economically viable for them. If 2 is too restrictive and clashes with 1 then 3 will never see the light of day."

You're right of course, but Lego can't please everyone... and deciding whether a set is enough to your liking and justifies the price is always a balancing act.

There are definitely things from the original submission which I liked more (the character selection in particular), but there are also quite a few things in this model that I like more than the original, such as the waves and colours of the mini builds... and those Fantasia broomsticks are brilliant!!

Weird set, nice figs.

Mickey kinda looks like an evil villain with his hands stretched out and his big size!

We 100% need a bigger set of Simba on pride rock!

Mickey looks.......weird.

Not a set for me, but doesn't sem like a bad deal overall. But honestly, the only thing I care about are those brooms!

As I've posted elsewhere when pictures first leaked I'm glad they chose to replace the original minifigs with ones we didn't already have available. The set is interesting & generally represents what it was meant to per the contest. I'm glad we are finally getting a Lilo minifig but I'm not thrilled with the use of the printed 1x2 brick instead of some type of minifig legs. Gepetto is a great choice since we already have most of the other Pinocchio minifigs. I like Bruno but I think Encanto is being crammed down our throats just like Frozen has been. I can only hope that at some point they will make some other Encanto characters in minifig form. Belle was somewhat inevitable. The brooms are interesting and complement the Sorcerer Apprentice Mickey head. As for the Animals, I guess Simba was the most likely choice. I would have prefered something other than Sebastian & Flounder but I don't know what could have been a better choice since we already have Dumbo & Bambi and one of the 101 Dalmations. I wish they had actually picked something from each decade so we would have gotten 10 movies represented.

@HOBBES said:
"Who are these people? I recognize Gepetto and Belle but the rest??? And the animals are out of character - those are Friends animal (as opposed to System animal) - I don't mind too much the fish and the crab but there is a proper small lion in Lego System. If you want to put Lilo put Stitch and if you want to put Belle, put Beast. How hard is that?

For unknown reasons, I really liked this idea but at least on the original submission, I knew all the characters depicted. I am pretty sure I won't be willing to spend that much money for two characters.

Somehow I don't even find Mickey creepy and I like all the rest of it. But the minifig assortment is so bad it hurts. Money saved...

I am pretty sure, if you ask people: name a Disney character, Encanto does not come first or at all."

Well, that’s the definition of being out of touch. Encanto is a recent film that’s well liked, and had the Bruno song actually top the music charts at one point. Many, many people would list Encanto when Disney is mentioned.

@Zordboy said:
"So ... can we talk about Bruno?

It's awfully expensive, but for a Belle minifigure, I think it'd be worth it. "

Yeah the Belle dress and Bruno outfit are the only things I want from this :((

Belle!!! So excited to finally get her! The Bruno and Gepetto figs are fire! Lilo is an excellent pick! Okay enough exclamation marks. Don't really want the set, but may have to track down the figs. Or if this goes on sale, probably will be cheaper than getting the figs separate.

Looks good and I particularly love Disney Princesses as MINIFIGURES and not minidolls.

Brooms, Bruno, and Geppetto. I'll pass on the rest.

@Joce1275 said:"I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are..."

Encanto (where Bruno is from) is only three years old, Lilo & Stitch came out in 2002.

@Zordboy said:
"So ... can we talk about Bruno?

It's awfully expensive, but for a Belle minifigure, I think it'd be worth it. "

It is expensive but likely worth it for fans.

@ThatBionicleGuy:
Lilo is definitely the major draw here. I mean, we got two different Stitch CMFs, and they couldn’t bother to make a single minifig of the other eponymous character? I’ve been putting the red Stitch out with four guns and a frog, standing right in front of a truck. Lilo can pair nicely with the blue Stitch.

@Fan_Of_Bricks:
Gepetto, the brooms, and the giant Mickey are the only characters from classic Disney animation. All the rest range only go as far back as what I’d consider early modern, considering Beauty & the Beast featured a CGI shot of the ballroom. The Little Mermaid only slightly predates that, and was really the first Disney animation in decades that showed Disney could be relevant again.

@emartinez:
Um…Swamp Thing is a DC character, not Marvel. Did you mean Man-Thing?

@HOBBES:
People are always going to gravitate to the characters in movies released when they were kids. This set manages to cover nearly the entire run of Disney animation, from two of the highly regarded original “Golden Age” films to one of their most recent box office hits. I mean, it’s not what I would have personally included (if it had been up to me, this would have consisted entirely of Darkwing Duck characters), but you can’t represent the entire span of Disney animation without representing the entire span of Disney animation.

@karrit:
Legs would have made sense if Lilo wore pants or shorts, but she wears a dress. There’s currently no brick-high skirt element, so it’s either a 1x2 brick or a cloth skirt over short legs. This looks cleaner, given the style of dress involved.

@Maxbricks14 said:
"Mickey kinda looks like an evil villain with his hands stretched out and his big size!"

Vengeance is mine! You are all ants, and I am your destroyer!! Alright now, get out there and make me some *** money! Haha!

@Dannygast said:
"Mickey missing mouth."

Good. That means he can't talk.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Joce1275 said:"I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are..."

Encanto (where Bruno is from) is only three years old, Lilo & Stitch came out in 2002."

Ah... that would explain why I missed it... in 2002 I would have been 27, out of university, and working full time. Disney animation would certainly have been beneath my notice at that point!! I'll have to start going back and watching the ones I missed through the years :-)

@PurpleDave said:
"People are always going to gravitate to the characters in movies released when they were kids."

To some degree....sure. But then again, I was 35 when Frozen came out, I have never seen it nor do I want to (rather let it go....), but I am very much aware of it's existence and would recognize many characters from it. Same with like Big Hero 6, or Tangled, or countless other movies from well beyond my childhood.

The only reason I know Encanto exists is bcause there are Lego sets from it....

Another set ruined by LEGO's supposedly "professional" designers.

@WizardOfOss:
Encanto does take a hit to marketing in that it’s neither Disney Princess nor princess-adjacent (Frozen isn’t technically Disney Princess either, but only because it’s too successful in its own right to roll into the combined theme). It’s also a post-pandemic release, from a period when people were going to theaters, but not really to the point that anything achieved true blockbuster status. Encanto turned in a modest profit at the box office, but strong performance on streaming indicated that they could merchandise the heck out of it.

@Joce1275 said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Joce1275 said:"I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are..."

Encanto (where Bruno is from) is only three years old, Lilo & Stitch came out in 2002."

Ah... that would explain why I missed it... in 2002 I would have been 27, out of university, and working full time. Disney animation would certainly have been beneath my notice at that point!! I'll have to start going back and watching the ones I missed through the years :-)"

You should definitely watch Lilo & Stitch, it's great. And, as I found out when I looked up the release date up on IMDB, there's a live-action remake coming out next year. When I found out, I texted a fried who's a fellow fan of the movie, "I'm both excited and worried." He said he kinda felt the same way.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Joce1275 said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Joce1275 said:"I'm a bit too old to really know who Lilo or Bruno are..."

Encanto (where Bruno is from) is only three years old, Lilo & Stitch came out in 2002."

Ah... that would explain why I missed it... in 2002 I would have been 27, out of university, and working full time. Disney animation would certainly have been beneath my notice at that point!! I'll have to start going back and watching the ones I missed through the years :-)"

You should definitely watch Lilo & Stitch, it's great. And, as I found out when I looked up the release date up on IMDB, there's a live-action remake coming out next year. When I found out, I texted a fried who's a fellow fan of the movie, "I'm both excited and worried." He said he kinda felt the same way."

I've seen some more recent than that in my quest to catch up, I'll have to try that one... Especially before seeing a live action remake, I find those are sometimes a bit hit or miss for me. Thanks!