LEGO Minions’ Music Party Bus (75581) Review By Brick_Shed

Michael from the Brick Shed here, back with another review!

With the new Despicable Me 4 film out now in Cinemas, LEGO released a small wave of sets to coincide with it. Having seen the movie a couple of weeks ago with my two boys, I was able to recognise some of the sets from the movies. I am sure the Party Bus is featured briefly in the movie, when the Minions are taken to the Anti Villain League HQ and the usual mayhem ensues on route. This set doesn’t quite resemble the film version, but I am hoping in the future we get a couple more sets based off the film, particularly some of the flying vehicles.

The Build:

Having just built and reviewed the Barad-dûr set, this isn’t a difficult set to build when compared as it’s intended audience is 7+, although if you want to make it a challenge I’d suggest building with a very excitable 4 year old, who kept walking off with pieces and Minifigure!

There are four bags and with no printed pieces and the set relies on stickers. One really cool feature with one sticker is that it has a QR code on it that if scanned takes you to a short on the Lego Website for the bus.

The base of the bus is a mixture of technic and inverted pieces, together with green and pink tiles used to make the dance floor. A technic lift arm is used to assist structural stability to the middle of bus that allows it to be fully open, as well as the lights for the disco.

Within the bus we have a small swimming pool area with a cute little rubber duck and a sparsely filled drivers section with just a seat and steering wheel. As mentioned just now the bus can be fully opened up to reveal the inside, clips to lock these sections in place when you want to close it up and have it as a regular bus. There are also a couple of little side builds such as a guitar stand and keyboard.

The Minifigures:

For those of you that haven’t seen the movies there are 5 Mega Minions and this set has one of them in the form of Gus. There are also three regular Minions, one of which is included in the smaller set of this wave, the Banana Car. As with all Minion Minifigures, the torso and legs are all one piece with the head joining onto them in keeping with the “party theme” the Minions have various party headwear.

Gus is easily the best minifigure from this set, the head and torso are printed and come in a slightly different shade of yellow compared to the other Minifigures. The cape is molded into the head piece and isn’t a sperate piece. The other Minions have a variety of different head pieces to tell them apart with different hair styles and eyes.

There is a seat for the driver and I think one should have been included as the front of the bus looks empty with no driver.

The Price:

The price of this set is £34.99, which does feel a little overpriced to me as the build itself reminds me of the smaller LEGO City vehicle sets. When you compare against the recent Sightseeing Bus (60407) you’re paying £10 more but get the same number of Minifigures. I feel like a couple of extra Minions should have been included.

The Playability:

The bus opens up on one side so that you can see the dance floor and the disco area. The roof opens up too, giving access to the TV screens which have some cool stickers of Minion in various music poses.

I hope you enjoyed my review of LEGO Minions’ Music Party Bus (75581). To follow my LEGO journey please consider following me on Instagram. Below are my ratings for the different aspects of the set, do you agree? Leave a comment below.

• Build – 6
• Minifigures – 7
• Price – 5
• Playability – 6
• Total – 6