Lego Snoopy Review

2026 has been pretty uneventful for LEGO Ideas so far. As much as I love the orange cat, it's effectively a rerun of the tuxedo. Still love it, don't get me wrong, but nothing really new there. The lovebirds and otter, as cute as they may be for some, don't really hit me with that LEGO Ideas vibe which has consistently made it my favorite LEGO theme over the last couple of years, and the only home run for me so far has been the Tintin's rocket. Still crossing my fingers that we get Megazord done later this year. But out of all of these, the latest release of the theme has actually been Peanut's Snoopy's doghouse, which genuinely made me smile the first time I saw pictures, so thank you LEGO for sending it and let's go over what's it all about. Immediately what stood out to me from the looks of everything is how close it resembles the original source material in a way that I really like seeing LEGO represented in products, with very clear blocks of color with the green patch of grass and then Snoopy's doghouse above it. The sideways build of it is always nice to put together, with some studs on the floor to allow for these seemingly new pieces to be placed in there to represent a few patches of grass, as well as the red build too. There's yet another trick to learn on how to make tilted roofing, and Snoopy's name in there is thankfully a printed element. Now while by itself this is perhaps my favorite part of the set, the whole scene would not be complete without Snoopy. Due to the nature of the rounded pieces used in its design, the natural holes that some of these elements have take away some of the looks for me personally, which is a shame, because had that not been the case, the character would look much better. It still has its merits, with adjustable arms and head, with its ears sitting on turntables to allow a bit of back and forth movement, which is kinda cute, and I liked how a windscreen element was used for the eye prints. The other character present in this set is Snoopy's best friend, the yellow bird Woodstock, a tiny build that portrays the source quite well, at this scale I wanna say. There's another set of those grass patched pieces for its head's feathers, a yellow minifigure fork for the tail, incredible clever part usage, and a new to me domed element for its face and eye print, that looks really cool, attaches to minifigure heads, that I'm sure we'll get to see done in a few more colors in the future. With all of these elements to the set, the next thing you wanna be doing is recreating some of the iconic comic strip panels in LEGO form, right? For that, you take the tail away, move the placement on the neck to the other available position, and the studs on Snoopy's back allow you to attach him to the anti-studs on the top of the doghouse build. You place Woodstock on his belly, and if you're in any way familiar with the source material, you'll instantly recognize the scene. Another option is the one where Snoopy is typing, and for that, a small build of a typewriter was included, brilliantly designed at this scale I might add, with yet another printed piece that can also be placed on top of the doghouse. Now for a sitting position, this version of Snoopy doesn't quite work since his legs are stuck in place, so you need to take them out and replace them with ones that can bend. The need for this alternate assembly has to do with the fact that Snoopy couldn't stand up otherwise, and while I'm usually against extra builds that are put away to never be used, the parts investment in these is so little and negligible that it wouldn't make that much of a difference on the set's final cost of production. And with that, you can now also recreate yet another iconic Snoopy comic strip. Speaking of extra builds, when you take the doghouse out of the base, there's actually an extra build I haven't shown before with a bit of a Starry Night representation going on when you open the flaps to the sides. With this, and the seated Snoopy version, you have marshmallows on sticks to both characters, a fireplace in the middle, and you have the cute camping scene. Now the Starry Night build and the fireplace are significant when it comes to the piece count, to the point where I now believe not having them included would have made it so that the end product would have been more affordable to the consumer, but I can't even be mad about it. Having all of these different options to display your set and recreate the comic strips does provide people with good value, and every now and then you could be switching things around, which is cool. Had this not been in here, we'd be looking at maybe a 5 to 10 dollar in savings, which isn't nothing, but also not an amount that would break the bank. I'm not extremely close to the source material, yet I still find this to be one of the best releases of the year for LEGO Ideas, alongside the Rocket. It's cute, relatable and affordable at 90 dollars, which for a set with an IP license, prints over stickers, new elements and a piece count closing in on 1000, it's not half bad. Though for an extra 10 dollars you get a lot more LEGO out of your money with the Orange Cat, which does put things in perspective. Are you a fan of Snoopy and bought a copy already? Let me know in the comment section below, and I'll see you all in the next one.