Belle Bottom, Kevin and Bob

"Belle Bottom, Kevin and Bob lands in Mixed Reviews territory with a BrickScore of 66.7: two of three expert reviewers praised the afro engineering and printed parts while one found the non-iconic Minion costumes and unfamiliar villain a significant barrier, and owners echo the ambivalence with a below-average 75% recommendation rate."

Expert reviewers were split on Belle Bottom, Kevin and Bob: Brickset and The Brothers Brick found it a solid, character-faithful BrickHeadz with a standout afro construction and interesting base design for Belle Bottom's bellbottom pants, while Jay's Brick Blog gave it a cautious mixed verdict, arguing the set suffers from lack of emotional connection to an unfamiliar villain and loses appeal compared to the sibling set 40420 because the Minions appear in non-iconic orange martial arts gear rather than their classic blue and yellow. Owner sentiment sits noticeably higher than the expert score: 4.69 out of 5 across 101 buyers, with LEGO.com's own value signal at 4.1 and only 75% recommending, suggesting even owners are somewhat less enthusiastic than the pure star average implies. The BrickScore of 66.7 (Mixed Reviews) reflects this honest split.

Where they split: The clearest split is between Jay's Brick Blog (verdict 40, mixed) and the other two reviewers (Brickset 80, Brothers Brick 75, both positive). Jay's critique centered on emotional disconnection from unfamiliar characters and the Minions' non-canonical orange costumes, whereas Brickset and Brothers Brick judged the set on its design execution and found it satisfying. Owner data (only 75% recommending on LEGO.com despite a 4.69 star average) adds some weight to the more cautious read.