LEGO Piglet is overshadowed by his own birthday cake

Disney’s Very Small Animal gets the same LEGO treatment as his dear Pooh Bear, but gets overshadowed by a cake hiding a secret playset.

The LEGO Group continues to provide brick-built versions of beloved Disney cartoon characters, and delivers an adorable if somewhat spindly and rigid Piglet from Winnie the Pooh. The larger Piglet included in 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun has a well-constructed head, but is let down somewhat by a lack of posability, while the minifigure-scale scenes hidden inside a birthday cake end up stealing the show.

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun

Release: Mar 1, 2026

Retiring: Dec 31, 2027

Price: £34.99 / $39.99 / €39.99

Pieces: 544

Minifigures: 1

The LEGO Group has taken an interesting approach both with 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun and its larger counterpart 43300 Winnie the Pooh. Both sets contain brick-built Disney characters, but both sets also contain hefty accessories that double as playsets for minifigures.

In the case of 43300 Winnie the Pooh, a large honey pot – wonderfully detailed on the outside, regrettably stickered on the inside – feels like a bit of a distraction from the main build. Brick-built Pooh is the focal point, while minifigure Pooh and his sparsely decorated world inside the pot feel like a bit of a distraction.

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun has a similar problem, but this time around, it feels like the brick-built character is the distraction. The set comes with a small, spindly Piglet – the perfect size to accompany 43300 Winnie the Pooh – but it also comes with a birthday cake that is arguably the better-designed part of the build.

Unlike Pooh’s honey pot, Piglet’s cake is substantial both inside and out. Remove the candle from the top and the cake swings open to reveal a surprisingly detailed interior, complete with both an outdoor scene and a cosy nook by a fireplace.

Presumably, this is Piglet’s ancestral home; the beech tree bequeathed to him by his grandfather, Trespassers William (Trespassers Will or TW for short), although the outer foliage looks more like a willow tree than a beech tree – but that’s a level of pedantry that’s unwelcome in the Hundred Acre Wood. The point is that inside and out, Piglet’s cake is the star of this particular set.

Unfortunately, with such an adorable minifigure-style play area hidden away inside Piglet’s accessory, the brick-built character that by rights should be the meat of a set like 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun ends up feeling a bit superfluous.

This was unavoidable to a certain degree, as Piglet is clearly intended to be to scale with 43300 Winnie the Pooh, and the Very Small Animal therefore needs to be, well, Very Small.

Nevertheless, while Piglet’s head is particularly well done (and a good sight more charming than the brick-built Pooh’s head), his spindly limbs leave something to be desired. This is true primarily of his arms, which are achieved with macaroni elements and ball joint which don’t have quite the range of movement one would hope from a character of this size. Ideally, Piglet should be articulated enough to achieve a few different poses, but in practice, there are limits to how far his arms can move, especially given that he has a large red balloon in one hand that tends to bump against his head if not oriented correctly.

It's also unfortunate that such a relatively large piece count with such a relatively small brick-built Piglet means that the set's price feels unnaturally high. Anyone who's just here for that brick-built character is inevitably going to feel like they're being stung with an oddly expensive set. The price doesn't feel quite so extortionate when taken as a whole, but the selling point for this kind of set is typically the brick-built character, and it's odd to have to pay this much for such a dinky Piglet and his accompanying birthday treat.

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun is by no means a bad model, and it’s lovely that the LEGO Group has found an approach that allows for a nice display set in addition to a minifigure play set. It’s just a bit of a shame that the brick-built Piglet is overshadowed by the minifigure-scale scene hidden inside his own birthday cake.

Our honest opinion: 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun is a charming little set, but of everything included in the box, the cake feels better realised than the brick-built character.

This set was provided for review by the LEGO Group.

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How many minifigures are in LEGO Disney 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun?

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun contains just one minifigure: the eponymous Piglet. This is unfortunate, as it means that the Winnie the Pooh minifigure is still only available in a much larger and more expensive set, and it just doesn’t seem right for Piglet to be without Pooh.

How long does it take to build LEGO Disney 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun?

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun takes around an hour to build, although this time will vary for less-experienced builders. The set comes with separate instruction booklets for the brick-built Piglet and his cake, so multiple builders can work on the set at the same time.

How many pieces are in LEGO Disney 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun?

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun contains 544 pieces, including one minifigure. There is a single sheet of stickers, used for some details around Piglet’s house within the cake.

How much does LEGO Disney 43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun cost?

43305 Piglet’s Birthday Fun costs £34.99 in the UK, $39.99 in the US and €39.99 in parts of the EU.