Do you like Up-Scaled minifigures? Did you like set #76393-1: Harry Potter™ and Hermione Granger™? Well, you’ll be pleased to see more of these Up-Scaled minifigures coming back. Set #40649-1: Up-Scaled LEGO Minifigure was released on 1 June 2023. It retails for $54.99 and contains 654 pieces which works out to $0.084 per piece. This one is fairly basic in that it is just a standard minifigure with little detail. Blue pants, red torso, old style yellow head, and then a blue hat. The box shows the set on the front and some of the details on the back.
The set contains eight numbered parts bags with three labeled number one, two labeled number two and then one each for three through five. There is also a blue half circle for the hat top and then the instruction booklet. Bag one contains an orange piece separator.
Bag one starts the torso with some Technic pieces internally for the arm attachments and then Technic pieces for the leg attachments. It also adds the spinning brick that will allow the head to turn later on. The outer part of the torso is fairly easy to build, but internally it is a number of Technic and SNOT techniques.
Bag two adds the legs. It’s great how they set up the legs to move with the same angles as a normal minifigure. The only odd part is on top of what would be feet/toes are studs versus a plate. I guess you can add on some blue tiles if you want.
Bag three adds both arms and hands. The arms and hands move like a minifigure and overall, it’s a decent design considering the angles in a normal arm. The hands rotate too and you can fit in bricks in the hands, but they do come apart fairly easy so not something large.
Bag four adds the head and keeps the shape (mostly). The neck isn’t completely round, but it’s close enough. The printed smile face is a nice addition to the set.
Bag five wraps up the build with a hat on top. The hat is not removeable like on a regular minifigure. It also doesn’t have the the same shape with a bit of a brim behind the head. This rear brim might be part of making sure the top can rotate up and you can have the awesome addition of a minifigure command center. There is a minifigure of the same look at the controls making it seem as if he is moving the Up-Scaled figure around like a mech. This is great and LEGO should incorporate the regular minifigures into sets like these into the future in some way.
Here’s the final set. I asked my kiddos to help be build it and then they added in a pose to take a picture of for this blog post. At $55, this set is a little pricy, but the price per piece isn’t too bad. Watch to see if it goes on sale before it retires, but given the exclusivity of this set (so far only at LEGO), it might not be discounted. Double insider points or with a cool GWP works too. It’s a good build with some different techniques and is a fun display or play piece in the end. I recommend it!
Happy building!
