{"id":26312,"date":"2021-07-31T17:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T07:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/?p=26312"},"modified":"2021-07-31T22:47:51","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T12:47:51","slug":"review-lego-40492-la-catrina-day-of-the-dead-brickheadz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaysbrickblog.com\/reviews\/review-lego-40492-la-catrina-day-of-the-dead-brickheadz\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: LEGO 40492 La Catrina “Day of the Dead” Brickheadz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2021 is shaping up be a renaissance year for the LEGO Brickheadz theme<\/a>, with Pets<\/a>, Minions<\/a>, Harry Potter and more. The newest Brickheadz is a surprising one – 40492 La Catrina<\/a>, which is a delightful celebration of D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/a><\/em> aka the Day of the Dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The La Catrina Brickheadz was a really pleasant surprise – we’ve had Seasonal Brickheadz in the past, mostly celebrating “Western” holidays like Christmas, Easter, and Halloween, but it’s great to see LEGO branching out to other cultures like the Day of the Dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The La Catrina Brickheadz will be released on 1 August 2021, and like all Brickheadz, will be available from LEGO.com<\/a> or your local LEGO store. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special thanks to the LEGO Group for providing this sets for review<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

40492 La Catrina Set Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Name:<\/strong> La Catrina
Set Number:<\/strong> 40492
Pieces<\/strong>: 141
Price:<\/strong> AU$15.99 | US$9.99 | \u00a39.99 – Buy from LEGO.com [AUS<\/a>] [USA<\/a>] [UK<\/a>]
Exclusive to:<\/strong> LEGO.com, LEGO Brand Retail Stores
Theme:<\/strong> Brickheadz \/ Seasonal
Release Date:<\/strong> 1 August 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The La Catrina was a really fun Brickheadz to build. While the shape and aesthetics were mostly humanoid, like most traditional character-based Brickheadz, you divert from the usual build thanks to her dress, hat and hair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The colours, like most of the costumes and outfits from D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/em> celebrations, are bright and colourful, with a distinctive gothic, skeletal look. D\u00eda de los Muertos<\/em> is a celebration of the dead, where communities and families gather to pay respects to those that have passed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The name of the Brickheadz La Catrina<\/em> is a nod to La Calavera Catrina<\/a><\/em>, an iconic artwork from 1910 that has come to symbolise the Mexican Day of the Dead festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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La Catrina makes fantastic use of printed elements for the details of her face, as well as another (on the side) 1 x 4 brick on her torso for her dress’s detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The printed elements really elevate her look, and combined with the bright colours of her dress, and bright magenta hat, make this one of the most distinctive Brickheadz that LEGO have ever produced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of her hat, it gives La Catrina a grand size of scale, and I also like the floral decorations on it, which match the floral aesthetic of the Day of the Dead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another really nice detail on her dress, which also has really aesthetically-pleasing colour blocking, is the “floating” effect of the hem of her dress – which is lifted slightly from the base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What I liked:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n