Review: 77080 Supply Drop
Posted by SetToBuild,
The symbol of a balloon-suspended box of goodies long predates Fortnite, but the recognisable style and colour scheme of this supply drop makes for a bold display model.
First appearing in the pre-season of Fortnite: Battle Royale, supply drops are a source of extra goods and materials to assist you on your journey. In LEGO Fortnite Odyssey, it’s the same idea—it’s a drop-in loot container filled with assorted items to help out in a pinch.
Their occurrences are normally rare and random, but LEGO has made it easy on us and created this adorable half-display-half-playset model to pick up—sadly not dropped from the sky, but in return for £35/$45.
Summary
77080 Supply Drop, 314 pieces.
£34.99 / $44.99 / €39.99 | 11.1p, 14.3c, 12.7c per piece.
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A compact display piece doubles as a small playset
- Fun display model
- New characters
- Recoloured elements
- A bit pricey
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Box & Contents
The box art shows where you might come across such a supply drop—smack dab in the middle of nowhere! It also shows that the crate opens, and suggests a couple of ways it can be posed or played with.
The set holds three paper bags and one plastic bag containing the balloon elements. There are no stickers.
Bonus Items
Resembling 77079 Tomatohead, this set also includes a lofty decor pack. At first glance, it seems like you get just one item, but there are six adorable items to spruce up your base!
Directions on how to redeem the bonus digital items can be found in our review of 77079 Tomatohead, here.
This pack grants you a decor pack to use in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. If you have the materials, or play in a creative world, you’ll be able to build the Solo Seat, Supply Crate Coffee Table, Balloon Floor Lamp, Duo Sofa, Smoke Plume Rug, and Supply Drop Sculpture.
In terms of interaction, characters can only sit on the seats. Everything else is purely for decoration. The lamp cannot be switched on or off, but it does glow during the game’s night cycle.
One of the best things about LEGO Odyssey is that many of the structures and furniture look like they could easily be made with real bricks.
Minifigures
We’ve seen a fair few gingerbread figures in LEGO form before, and I’ve always maintained that they should have had normal minifigure heads. This one shows that it would have looked just fine! Dating from the early days of the game, Ginger Gunner has been around since December 2017, released with a series of festive gingerbread in-game cosmetics.
In its original appearance, the face looks to be a baked slice of gingerbread tied on to the character’s head with a string near the eyebrows. This detail is missing from the LEGO version, which (particularly from a distance) looks more like face paint as the white icing edge disappears into the pale flesh. As usual, the physical minifigure is missing the leg and arm side printing present on the virtual LEGO minifigure.
High on the list of popular Fortnite characters alongside the likes of Peely Bone, Fishstick is another beloved friendly face. The moulded heads are still sometimes hard to get used to for those with LEGO purist tendencies, but they're essential to properly represent these bespoke non-human forms.
Our other maritime friend, Leviathan, is a creative and unusual character, released in 2018 alongside other alien and space exploration-themed cosmetics. The character is essentially a mech suit piloted by a fish in a fishbowl cockpit ‘head’.
I’m curious about the choice of the axe as Leviathan’s accessory. This appears to be the “Leviathan Axe” from the game’s item store, but that was made to accompany Kratos from the God of War games and doesn’t relate to this character in anything but name. At the time of release, the matching weapon was the Squid Striker.
Completed Model
After completion, the striking colour palette of this display was the first thing to draw me in. It is still astonishing how well the established LEGO colours match the subject matter within this theme.
To locate a supply drop in the game, either look to the skies for the balloon, or keep your eyes peeled for the trailing blue smoke rising from the ground.
The last part of the model to be assembled after the base and supply drop is an assortment of round and domed elements which creates a lively column of smoke.
The smallest bits of smoke seemingly hover over the main column with some transparent elements. Apparently it’s been in production since 2025, but I’m glad to have finally run into the clip/stud piece in trans-clear!
While the base may have worked structurally with just a few plates as a clump of dirt, the small rounded stand is a nice addition that cleans up the display. It follows a similar aesthetic to the Peely Bone or Kit character bases, adding to the finesse of the display experience, especially if you have the other sets.
If you’d rather play with this set, however, just open the hatch and collect your loot! Within you’ll find a banana, some wool, a Slurp Juice, and a raspberry seed. We’ve got various minifigure-scale items in the other LEGO Fortnite sets, so many different things can be stored inside. Kids will surely stash something precious in here—I know I tucked away all sorts of treasures in little hiding places like this as a youth.
From 2015 in 41097 Heartlake Hot Air Balloon to now, other than one slight mould change in the tapered shell element, the balloon’s design hasn’t changed much. The transparent orange brick inside which holds the connecting axle in place is a nice touch, hinting at a heat source to keep the balloon afloat.
Again, it’s great to see those stud/clips in trans-clear. I’m going to need more of those!
Conclusion
Even without the figures, this is a cool display piece, but it was a good excuse to add three new Fortnite characters. I do wonder how much the figures added to the price since it is a bit high, but I’m happy to finally get Fishstick, and it would be hypocritical to disapprove of their inclusion as it feels we always clamour for figures when they feel like they’re missing.
With its bold colours, modest scale and playful features, this set will sit well on the shelves of LEGO, Fortnite and LEGO Fortnite fans of all ages.
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18 comments on this article
Looks nice, but the base being too small for all three figures to comfortably find a place on it seems like an oversight.
Thought this was Animal Crossing-related.
I'm sad now.
oh, the grumpy fish guy looks pretty nice.
@Wavelength said:
"Looks nice, but the base being too small for all three figures to comfortably find a place on it seems like an oversight."
I would clip a minifig by its hand to the handle of the crate, it even keeps the studholes on the legs intact for the precious resale value.
@Wavelength said:
"Looks nice, but the base being too small for all three figures to comfortably find a place on it seems like an oversight."
Yeah instead of a base it should have been just few plates Would make this set cheaper as well this way.
A supply drop as a display doesn't really work for me with Lego. An accessory assortment would be ideal, IMHO, such as a "battle pack" or any themed accessories for minifigure uses.
Not this.
This is a nice idea for a set but I feel like it's £10 too much for what it is. The Fortnite sets have generally been really good value for money and this isn't.
I do want the Fishstick though.
I've still never touched any kind of Fortnite. Am I missing out?
Though I've never played this game, I'm really liking most of the sets being released including the Insiders Brickheadz. $45 is too high as an impulse buy for me but I would maybe reconsider around $30.
@Modeltrainman said:
"I've still never touched any kind of Fortnite. Am I missing out?"
Depends what kind of games you like. If you like building stuff in Minecraft, you will like this to a degree - there are many posts showing the incredible stuff people have built; you can start with that as inspiration.
I haven't played in a while because I got tired of the game. Unless they changed things quite a bit, this became repetitive quite fast. Back in the days, the pizza was the most expensive dish to create. I had 5 camps (I think the maximum back then was 6) and they were all stuffed to the brim with pizzas, each camps also had all the best quality swords, pickaxes and bows you could want back then. I had build "monorail" lines all over the place and could go anywhere I wanted rather quickly. I defeated all the hardest enemies and was looking for stuff to do. Also Fortnite did some sort of upgrade that did not go well and did not recognize my account anymore - I could not be bothered and stopped playing. Since then, they might have improved the game play (I suppose current players can add on this view) and it may be more interesting. Again, if you just want to build stuff around that should do just fine once you learn the mechanic of it.
I am not sure how far a banana and ice-cream are going to get you in the game.
For anyone that’s not played it’s free to play, excellent, fun and in a really good place atm. Avoid the microtransactions etc at all costs obviously because that’s a slippery slope. Battle Royale is the mode you want you can play single player vs another 99 players or in a small group. There’s a ‘no build’ version available if you find the building aspect too tricky to start with.
I'm not really sure what it is about this set but as a non-player it just looks like a neat and fun set that I kinda want.
@BlackFalconBirdman said:"oh, the grumpy fish guy looks pretty nice."
Yeah, that's the best of the three, AFAIC.
@Anonym said:
" @Wavelength said:
"Looks nice, but the base being too small for all three figures to comfortably find a place on it seems like an oversight."
I would clip a minifig by its hand to the handle of the crate, it even keeps the studholes on the legs intact for the precious resale value."
Studholes on the legs intact? I don't think I've ever had Lego legs break on me, except maybe for one or two of the old Chinese manufactured CMFs,
@TheOtherMike said:
" @BlackFalconBirdman said:"oh, the grumpy fish guy looks pretty nice."
Yeah, that's the best of the three, AFAIC.
@Anonym said:
" @Wavelength said:
"Looks nice, but the base being too small for all three figures to comfortably find a place on it seems like an oversight."
I would clip a minifig by its hand to the handle of the crate, it even keeps the studholes on the legs intact for the precious resale value."
Studholes on the legs intact? I don't think I've ever had Lego legs break on me, except maybe for one or two of the old Chinese manufactured CMFs,"
The grumpy fish head from 3830 (BOB015) makes a really great sith if you put it on another body.
It’s a gingerbread, so I must have one, but it looks creepy as hell with what basically looks like a human wearing “gingerface”. I like the CMF gingerbread head a lot better, but I prefer the Crazybricks gingerbread head even more, because the cream filling in the head makes no sense when there’s nothing equivalent in the body.
@TheOtherMike said:
"Studholes on the legs intact? I don't think I've ever had Lego legs break on me, except maybe for one or two of the old Chinese manufactured CMFs,"
If you attached legs to a “super-jumper”, that pretty much destroyed the heels right there. And if you pried the legs loose from one, instead of carefully cutting bits of the latter away to save the legs, you would absolutely wreck the hell out of the heels. And if you got a minifig made in dark-red, reddish-brown, or dark-brown, from the wrong year, and simply whispered “super-jumper” in its direction from the next room, forget selling that minifig as New.
I did need a very specific Ironman minifig to make Iron Squirrel and Iron Tippy, and when I bought one I forgot to inspect it carefully. Turns out the heels were cracked already. Fortunately I noticed right away when I got home, so I was able to call and they agreed to set another one aside so I was able to swap the legs (the other torso was damaged). Unfortunately, the entire thing is still at risk of crumbling to dust someday.
@PurpleDave said:
"It’s a gingerbread, so I must have one, but it looks creepy as hell with what basically looks like a human wearing “gingerface”. I like the CMF gingerbread head a lot better, but I prefer the Crazybricks gingerbread head even more, because the cream filling in the head makes no sense when there’s nothing equivalent in the body.
@TheOtherMike said:
"Studholes on the legs intact? I don't think I've ever had Lego legs break on me, except maybe for one or two of the old Chinese manufactured CMFs,"
If you attached legs to a “super-jumper”, that pretty much destroyed the heels right there. And if you pried the legs loose from one, instead of carefully cutting bits of the latter away to save the legs, you would absolutely wreck the hell out of the heels. And if you got a minifig made in dark-red, reddish-brown, or dark-brown, from the wrong year, and simply whispered “super-jumper” in its direction from the next room, forget selling that minifig as New.
I did need a very specific Ironman minifig to make Iron Squirrel and Iron Tippy, and when I bought one I forgot to inspect it carefully. Turns out the heels were cracked already. Fortunately I noticed right away when I got home, so I was able to call and they agreed to set another one aside so I was able to swap the legs (the other torso was damaged). Unfortunately, the entire thing is still at risk of crumbling to dust someday."
I was aware of the Super Jumper problem, but @Anonym's post seemed to suggest that simply attaching minifigure legs to studs would damage them.
@TheOtherMike said:
"I was aware of the Super Jumper problem, but @Anonym's post seemed to suggest that simply attaching minifigure legs to studs would damage them."
I know that you can tell if a 1x1 square plate has ever been attached to a stud because it gets little dents in the center of each edge on the bottom. I don't really remember that being an issue for minifig feet, though, and the thinner walls should be less rigid.