LEGO Godzilla Set Stands 27.5 Inches Tall With Heat Ray

LEGO’s new Godzilla Ideas set makes its biggest impression through height: with its blue Heat Ray attached, the 5,363-piece model stands 27.5 inches tall, topping the 24.4-inch Sagrada Família. That makes Godzilla the tallest LEGO Ideas model launched to date, even though the cathedral still holds LEGO’s all-time piece-count record. The monster’s reach comes from its upright pose and display effect, rather than an unusually high brick count.

Set 21375 is based on a fan design by Matthew Esposito, known on LEGO Ideas as MattE720. LEGO’s version raises Godzilla’s head toward the ceiling as he fires his atomic breath. Remove the Heat Ray and the figure measures about 21.5 inches, a more shelf-friendly height. The original fan design instead showed the MonsterVerse creature crouched forward, ready to stomp through a city.

Designers: Matthew Esposito (MattE720) & LEGO Design Team

From fan submission to 5,363-piece set

Esposito submitted the project in late 2023, drawing on Godzilla’s look in Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs. Kong. It reached 10,000 supporters in fall 2024 and earned approval from LEGO’s review board on June 17, 2025. The finished set is scheduled to arrive 17 months after approval, longer than the roughly one-year path many LEGO Ideas projects take.

Esposito has said the head posed the greatest design challenge. He also described reaching the 10,000-supporter milestone after more than two years as incredible. The final model’s scale reflects a major expansion: Esposito estimated the fan version at 2,500 to 3,000 pieces, while LEGO’s build more than doubles that count. In 2024, I estimated the original might use around 500 pieces—a miss that shows how much complexity its early appearance concealed. Esposito’s original build was developed into the official model by LEGO designers Jim Clayton and Markus Rollbühler, with creative design lead Jordan David Scott.

The set is a licensed collaboration with Legendary Entertainment; Toho holds the Godzilla trademark. Legendary SVP of Consumer Products and Partnerships Amber Sheppo has credited Esposito’s original design as the project’s starting point.

Color, proportions and pose

LEGO has moved away from the fan model’s dark gray body and black dorsal fins. The official build uses a lighter gray torso, vivid blue fins and blue eyes, giving the figure more visual separation across a room. Its smaller head and arms sit against an enlarged torso and powerful legs, shifting the overall silhouette toward the screen version of MonsterVerse Godzilla.

Textured bricks suggest scales, while jagged pieces create the dorsal fins. The shoulders, elbows, wrists and fingers can be posed, and builders can curve the tail to either side. The Heat Ray plugs in where the tongue would sit. It turns the figure’s upward roar into a display scene and adds the height that puts Godzilla above the Sagrada Família.

Price, release date and included bonus

LEGO Ideas Godzilla (21375) goes on sale November 27, 2026, at LEGO.com and LEGO Stores. It’s priced at $449.99 (£349.99 / €399.99) and rated 18+. With the Heat Ray attached, it measures 27.5 inches (70cm) tall, 10.5 inches (27cm) wide and 15.5 inches (40cm) long. LEGO is positioning it as a major licensed Black Friday release, following last year’s Star Trek U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D.

Instructions will be available in the LEGO Builder app, which includes 3D zoom, rotation and progress tracking. LEGO Insiders in select markets can enter a sweepstakes for a signed set and an early look at the Godzilla poster reward.

Buyers who purchase the set from November 27 through 30 will also receive the 359-piece Godzilla Logo and Footprint set (40888), while supplies last. It includes a blue logo against a city skyline, Mothra perched on a building and a brick-built footprint sized to match the large model’s feet. The bundle gives buyers a smaller scene to display alongside the towering figure, while Godzilla’s 27.5-inch height makes shelf space the key practical consideration.

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