Owen & Blue

"Owen & Blue scores a middling BrickScore of 50 — buoyed by genuine enthusiasm for Blue's historic status as the first animal BrickHeadz, but weighed down by a divisive execution and an uninspiring Owen figure that even fans acknowledge is unremarkable."

Owen & Blue lands as a middling BrickHeadz entry that generates more excitement for Blue's novelty than for the execution. The set's biggest selling point — Blue being the first non-humanoid BrickHeadz — is appreciated across reviews, but opinion splits sharply on whether the concept was pulled off successfully. Fan reviewers on LEGO.com are enthusiastic, while the critical expert at Brick Fanatics argues neither figure truly delivers: Owen is too bland to be recognizable and Blue's square-headed format fails to capture a raptor's distinctive features.

Where they split: The sharpest split is between casual/fan reviewers (who rate it highly and recommend it to any Jurassic World or BrickHeadz fan) and the critical expert reviewer at Brick Fanatics (who recommends skipping it, citing poor character likeness for both figures). Brickset takes a middle ground, praising Blue's novelty while conceding Owen is "competent but nothing special." Agreement on the concept's interest is broad; agreement on the execution is not.