He’s got plenty of articulation in his limbs, and can even swivel at the waist. Twigs, leaves, and whips acting as vines decorate the body to emphasize Groot’s plant-based anatomy. Brackets and ball joints work together with a lot of curved slopes to create the shape of his body, in a manner similar to many of LEGO’s recent mech-style sets from themes like Ninjago and Marvel. Groot himself is the bulk of the build, and his body and limbs are a familiar affair. The tape is about as close to a 1:1 scale cassette as you can achieve with LEGO, although the final model is too thick to slide into a cassette case, and definitely won’t fit any tape players you might happen to have held onto over the years. You’ll know which side of the cassette is the front, because it uses a 1×6 tile on the back to hold the spools of tape (made by a couple of tires) onto the frame. 2, depending on which sticker you have face-front. Next up is the included cassette tape, which can stand in for Peter Quill’s Awesome Mix Vol. The sticker includes plenty of info about Groot, but you’ll need to be able to decipher his language to understand it. It’s just the familiar black ramp piece, propped up with a bracket on the back. Unusual for sets that contain an info placard, this element is the first thing the instructions have you build. There are numerous parts of interest in this set, including a ton of old parts in dark tan for the first time, such as droid arms, inverted curved slopes, and a vehicle mudguard.īesides the dark tan pieces, there are also some old parts now available in reddish-brown and olive green, as well as a minifigure shield in black with an eye lens printing. Inside the box, you’ll find three numbered bags of pieces, a sticker sheet, and an instruction book. On the back of the box, Groot and the tape are joined by the included info placard. Groot is shown in a dancing pose beside his included cassette tape accessory. Providing TBB with products for review guarantees neither coverage nor positive reviews.īaby Groot arrives in a rectangular thumb-punch style box with the “Infinity Saga” branding on it. The LEGO Group provided The Brothers Brick with an early copy of this set for review. 76217 I Am Groot is a 476-piece set releasing June 1st in the UK and worldwide August 1st for US $54.99 | CAN $69.99 | UK £44.99 Now LEGO is releasing a 1:1 scale build of this extraterrestrial Ent in his youthful form so you can have a Baby Groot of your very own. As Rocket Raccoon’s loyal partner in crime, he steals scenes by just repeating the words “I am Groot” for all of his dialogue (and, let me tell you, the urge to turn in this review with “I am Groot” repeated over and over was strong). Groot, the lovable living tree from the Guardians of the Galaxy series, was making baby versions of characters cool long before Grogu introduced the term “Baby Yoda” to the pop culture lexicon.

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