The Disney/LEGO partnership goes back a long way, and encompasses a wide variety of sets. Some of these are meant to appeal mostly for kids. Others are bigger and more complex builds meant for display rather than play, and can easily be appreciated by adults. In any case, here are the 10 best LEGO Disney sets that you can buy in 2024. To make this guide specific and helpful, we are classifying "LEGO Disney" as the sets inspired by the Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Parks.
Moana's Wayfinding Boat
- Set: #43210
- Age Range: 6+
- Piece Count: 321
- Dimensions: 6 in. (17 cm) high, 7 in (19 cm) long and 5 in. (14 cm) wide
- Price: $34.99
Visually, this set stands out, because it uses a lot of warm, tropical colors—the types of colors that serve as visual flair in a larger build rather than the principal building bricks themselves. Moana's Wayfinding Boat looks wooden and ornate. Its sail is covered with evocative Motunui art, and even the blankets for the two beds have tribal designs on them. It comes with two Minifigures—Moana and her mother Sina—and a dolphin animal buddy to keep them company.
Mini Disney Castle
- Set: #40478
- Age Range: 12+
- Piece Count: 567
- Dimensions: 8 in. (21 cm) high, 5.5 in. (14 cm) wide and 5.5 in. (13 cm) deep
- Price: $39.99
If you don't have $400 lying around to buy the big, new castle, you might want to buy its little brother, which costs 1/10 as much. Similar to the new Hogwarts Castle, which is a miniature build of a much bigger, more expensive set, the Mini Disney Castle is impressive for its compactness, and for its ability to suggest a lot with a minimal amount of pieces..
Disney Duos
- Set: #43226
- Age Range: 6+
- Piece Count: 553
- Dimensions: 3.5 in (8 cm) tall
- Price: $44.99
This is a series of small, charming builds—of iconic Disney film duos that serve as comic relief and levity to the main storyline. They are Meeko and Percy (Pocahontas), Pua and Hei Hei (Moana), Squirt and Nemo (Finding Nemo), and Lumiere and Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast).
Peter Pan and Wendy's Flight Over London
- Set: #43232
- Age Range: 10+
- Piece Count: 466
- Dimensions: 4.5 in. (12 cm) high, 5.5 in. (14 cm) wide and 5.5 in. (14 cm) deep
- Price: $59.99
Evocative and beautiful, this diorama of the "You Can Fly" sequence from Peter Pan has a blue color scheme, which gives the illusion that the scene takes place at night. You get a detailed rendition of Big Ben, and the face of the clock (as well as the moon) glows in the dark.
Up House
- Set: #43217
- Age Range: 9+
- Piece Count: 598
- Dimensions: 10.5 in. (27 cm) high, 6 in. (15 cm) wide, 4 in. (11 cm) deep
- Price: $59.99
IGN built this set for its launch, and although it's a bit smaller than you might have hoped, it's got the right price point at $60, and it's got some beautiful details in the living room space. Just manage your expectations—this is more a keepsake than a 'definitive edition'—and you'll be happy with what you get.
Walt Disney Tribute Camera
- Set: #43230
- Age Range: 18+
- Piece Count: 811
- Dimensions: 14.5 in. (37 cm) high, 8.5 in (21 cm) wide and 7 in. (19 cm) deep
- Price: $99.99
You build a vintage movie camera, and it comes with a film reel which contains LEGO-ized stills from Disney's classic and modern canon. It also includes five Minifigures: classic black-and-white Mickey Mouse, classic black-and-white Minnie Mouse, Dumbo, Bambi, and of course, Uncle Walt himself.
Stitch
- Set: #43249
- Age Range: 9+
- Piece Count: 730
- Dimensions: 8 in. (20 cm) tall
- Price: $119.99
Brightly colored and extremely cute, this LEGO Stitch wears a Hawaiian shirt and comes with two accessories: a flower tucked behind its ear and an ice cream cone in its paw. Its ears are articulable, and even though the age range is 9+, an adult would have a great time building and displaying a set like this one.
Villain Icons
- Set: #43227
- Age Range: 18+
- Piece Count: 1540
- Dimensions: 7.5 in. (19 cm) high, 9 in. (23 cm) wide and 7 in. (18 cm) deep
- Price: $129.99
This is a collage of iconic Disney artifacts, including a buildable brick VHS tape of The Little Mermaid, VHS cases of Aladdin and Sleeping Beauty, the pocket watch that the crocodile ate in Peter Pan, a bound book from Beauty and the Beast, and a playing card of Alice in Wonderland's Queen of Hearts. But the best part of the build is the apple from Snow White, freshly dipped in green poison by the Wicked Queen.
Snow White Cottage
- Set: #43242
- Age Range: 18+
- Piece Count: 4837
- Dimensions: 8 in. (20 cm) high, 14 in. (35 cm) wide, 7.5 in. (20 cm) deep
- Price: $219.99
We built and photographed this set for its launch. It is fun to build, and the final result is detailed, colorful, and well-designed, with Minifigures of all seven dwarfs. Thanks to the high piece count, both the exterior and the interior of the cottage remain faithful to the movie that inspired it, and are perfect for staging classic scenes.
Disney Castle
- Set: #43222
- Age Range: 18+
- Piece Count: 4837
- Dimensions: 31.5 in. (80 cm) high, 23 in. (59 cm) wide, 13 in. (33 cm) deep
- Price: $399.99
This is a massive model of Walt Disney World's Cinderella's Castle in Orlando, Florida, and it's been updated from its prior iteration. The latest set uses pink hued bricks, instead of gray or white ones, for its upper spires. This happened to the real castle in 2020, when the Disney Imagineers decided to give the castle a facelift ahead of its 50 anniversary. The set comes with eight Minifigures: Cinderella, Prince Charming, Snow White, Prince Florian, Princess Tiana, Prince Naveen, Rapunzel, and Flynn Ryder.
LEGO and Disney: A Perfect Match
LEGO and Disney are a terrific match, in the sense that both companies cast a wide, welcoming net. Disney is not in the business of making children's entertainment; Disney is in the business of making family entertainment. That distinction is crucial, because the implicit intent is for everyone, regardless of age or maturity, to enjoy Disney at the level they are cognitively able.
A small child might like the bright colors and funny characters. An older kid might like the subversion of expectations. And an adult might enjoy Disney as a piece of nostalgic Americana, through which they can revisit their childhoods. Disney is cross-generational, because it appeals to everyone through common, shared experiences.
And LEGO, meanwhile, has nostalgia built into its very ethos. The "System"—the idea that every new brick fits with the old bricks from 50-60 years ago, ensures that bricks and sets and models can pass down, constituting a hobby that moves from parent to child. And now that LEGO, like Disney, is directly appealing to adults as much as kids, the company is more successful than ever.
In related news, check out our picks for the best LEGO Marvel sets (Disney acquired Marvel in 2009), as well as the best LEGO Star Wars sets (Disney acquired Star Wars in 2012). And in semi-related news, take a look at our picks for the best LEGO sets for kids.
Kevin Wong is a contributing freelancer for IGN, specializing in LEGO. He's also been published in Complex, Engadget, Gamespot, Kotaku, and more. Follow him on Twitter at @kevinjameswong.
