LEGO Marvel 76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure review

76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure is a LEGO Marvel minifigure delivery system that unfortunately delivers underwhelming minifigures.

Having arrived just in time for the latest Fantastic Four cinematic blockbuster, this set marks the first time that its eponymous heroes have been released as physical minifigures. While the brick-built construction figure is a solid interpretation of the mighty Galactus, 76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure is let down by generic torsos that fail to adequately communicate what make Marvel’s First Family so special.

76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure

Release: Jun 1, 2025

Retiring: Jul 31, 2026

Price: £54.99 / $59.99 / €59.99

Pieces: 427

Minifigures: 4

76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure is an efficient LEGO set. It’s clear that the LEGO Group is aware that the first and most important priority for a set based on the new Fantastic Four: First Steps film is to finally give fans the movie’s heroes in minifigure form, and to provide a large, satisfyingly detailed Galactus for the team to fight.

As nice as it might be for this model to include, say, a Fantasticar, the decision to focus purely on a construction figure and four minifigures pays dividends. Galactus could very easily have ended up feeling slight or scrawny; instead, this feels like the best possible version of the character that fans could expect at this kind of size.

Some LEGO Marvel sets in recent years have gone the diorama route, providing increasingly flat pieces of terrain on which to pose minifigures. It’s a bit of a relief that 76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure has foregone this in an effort to appeal to a wider demographic, as this model works decently well as a display piece without the need for additional plates under Galactus’s feet, and the set is also an ideal playset for anyone wanting to bash their toys together and imagine new adventures for the stars of the latest Marvel movie.

For both play and display purposes, Galactus is decently posable (although, unavoidably, a tad top-heavy), his bright colour scheme pops and contrasts nicely against the baby blue Fantastic Four’s uniform, and his stickers are of a decent quality, even if some of them can be a bit nerve-wracking to put into place.

One of the more genius moves with this build is the way that the four minifigures are spaced out. The set comes with a very appropriate four bags, each one containing a single member of the team, so as Galactus comes together, the Fantastic Four assemble below him, one by one.

Beyond raising or lowering Galactus’s limbs or twisting his head, there aren’t a lot of additional features here, but one inclusion that shines takes the form of a curved transparent bar that slots into the Devourer of Worlds’ back. This can be used to position Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, mid-flight in a circle around the villain. It’s a small touch, but one that calls to mind the covers of some of the Fantastic Four’s oldest comics, as well as the tendency for this team to work together to fight larger-than-life monsters.

Galactus then, especially for a set of this nature, feels well-thought-out and decently crafted. Many fans will baulk at such a high price for a set containing fewer than 500 elements, but when compared with other LEGO Marvel sets, this hardly feels like the most extortionate offering currently on store shelves. That isn’t to excuse the price of this set, but merely to acknowledge that there are far worse offenders within the LEGO Group's current catalogue.

The set’s only real letdown, though, is somewhat difficult to ignore. The minifigures make up a small part of the overall package, but they are, for many, the main draw for this set. As this is the first time the LEGO Group has produced physical Fantastic Four minifigures, there was an opportunity here to do something special, which has unfortunately been lost.

The four minifigures – Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Susan Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ben Grimm (the Ever-Lovin’ Blue-Eyed Thing) – represent each of the core members of the Fantastic Four (Herbie the robot has been left out of this set).

In the comics and the new film, these characters all have unique superpowers that change their physical appearance in some way, whether they turn invisible, stretch their limbs, or literally catch fire. All but the Thing can transform at will, and in all cases, these powers are so visually interesting that their minifigures could have been something special and eye-catching.

Alas, this was not meant to be, as while there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with these minifigures, there’s nothing particularly noteworthy about them either. The colouring of their uniform, a fresh baby blue, is a fun choice. The likenesses are adequate although nothing to write home about – Sue and Johnny look incredibly generic, and while an effort has clearly been made to make the Mr. Fantastic minifigure resemble the internet’s boyfriend Pedro Pascal, the LEGO Din Djarin face feels more accurate.

Ben Grimm draws the shortest straw here, despite being the only minifigure in the box with a unique moulded element, in the form of a rocky ‘hairpiece’ that gives him his iconic eyebrows. While the character’s appearances in video games and animations typically make use of bigfig designs, here the Thing is the same size as his fellow teammates. Perhaps this is accurate to the size of the character in the new film, but an attempt to make this minifigure feel a little bit imposing through the use of a pair of caramel-coloured Infinity Gauntlets instead makes this feel like a Thing cosplayer rather than the real deal.

Johnny and Sue’s powers are hinted at similarly. In a perfect world, these minifigures could have featured some transparent arms or legs to suggest flames or invisibility, but instead they hold accessories. All three of these minifigures feature the same torsos (even Ben, despite the white-gloved hands standing out against his Infinity Gauntlets).

Mr. Fantastic gets a unique torso printing, despite this not really adding a lot to the build, but otherwise, his minifigure is no different. For other heroes with stretching abilities such as Monkey D. Luffy or Ms. Marvel, the LEGO Group has used a torso with incredibly – some might say fantastically – long arms. Instead, Mr. Fantastic’s stretching is achieved using a few bricks that attach to his feet like stilts. The result is not particularly convincing – especially as he has little feet at the bottom of these stilts that look like slippers.

Making these minifigures more diverse and visually unique would no doubt have increased the budget for this set, and it’s likely that keeping things literally uniform across most of these torsos and legs was a deliberate decision. It would have also been nice, though, to get dual-moulded arms or legs to better reflect these characters’ on-screen uniforms, especially given that this set is so heavily built around characters. Such is the case with the Fantastic Four in LEGO Fortnite, which admittedly does make these physical minifigures feel a little lacking in comparison.

In some ways, it’s nice to finally have the Fantastic Four in LEGO form. But it’s difficult to ignore the wasted opportunities here and how this set could have been something really special. There are no doubt logistical reasons for why the LEGO Group didn’t commit to more unique and interesting minifigures for these heroes, but that doesn’t make the set any less underwhelming in this regard.

Our honest opinion: 76316 Fantastic Four vs. Galactus Construction Figure delivers a solid brick-built bad guy, but while it’s exciting to have Marvel’s First Family in minifigure form at last, these characters feel a little too generic to do justice to the source material.

This LEGO set was provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes.

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