Monkie Kid's Underwater Journey

"With a BrickScore of 72 and both reviewers aligned on a buy recommendation, Monkie Kid's Underwater Journey is one of the stronger promotional polybags LEGO has produced — worth grabbing if you're already hitting the GWP spend threshold, though its disjointed scene and reused minifigure parts keep it from being an outright standout."

Reviewers are in strong agreement that 30562 Monkie Kid's Underwater Journey punches well above its weight as a promotional polybag, earning a BrickScore of 72 across both sources. The set is praised for packing a surprising amount of content — a detailed Monkie Kid minifigure, two skeleton antagonists, crabs, a treasure chest, coral, and an underwater vehicle — into a compact 57-piece format. Both reviewers recommend it as a buy, particularly for fans already shopping in the Monkie Kid or Ninjago ranges to hit the GWP purchase threshold. The main points of tension are around cohesion and minifigure freshness: one reviewer felt the scene was somewhat disjointed, while the other found it coherently staged; and one flagged the minifigure's components as reused from other 2022 sets.

Where they split: The two reviewers split on scene cohesion: Brickset found the layout disjointed and felt like "bits and pieces rather than a cohesive whole," while Hoth Bricks praised it for offering "a real staging" with a clear narrative. They also diverge on the target audience — Brickset pitches it at kids for play value, Hoth Bricks frames it more toward collectors.