Review: LEGO Disney Princess Beauty & the Beast Castle 43263

43263 LEGO® Disney™ Princess Beauty and the Beast Castle review brick banter April 2025

Let us pull up a chair as the LEGO Group proudly presents… your castle.

LEGO Disney Beauty and the Beast is one of the most well known Disney titles, and one of the first to get remade in live-action. But saving rants about these types of movies for another day. The classic film is filled with wonder, mysticism, curses and fun. So how can a set based on the same film hold up? Read on and find out!

The Facade

The exterior of the LEGO Disney Beast’s Castle is a striking hit of lavender and tan hues. This was an initial shock to Dannii and I, until we discovered that this is based on the choices of the castle in Disneyland. With details all over from bird statues to shield detailing, this is definitely a striking piece of architecture.

Although most of the build on the interior goes up quite quickly, the designers have taken extra care to give plenty of detail to the exterior. Very rarely across the build would you find a flat wall not adorned with some level of colour disparity or masonry bricks to round it out.

And finally, when you reach the very top of the castle you are greeted with a glass artwork of the Prince and Belle. I do feel this is somewhat out of place, and would have preferred the Enchantress’ original glass artwork.

Rear & Ground Level Staircase

AS the first major entryway in to the model, we are greeted with the main hall. The designers here have made very effective use of this space by allowing the main stairwell to rotate around – allowing display from front or back.

We also score the ballroom dance scene, where a subtly hidden gear system hides underneath the floor to allow the to dance. We even get the cell that Belle’s father is trapped in in this area too!

There is a lot going on here to allow for people to recreate scenes from the film – but not to film accuracy. Being limits with LEGO models, inferences to scenes will always outweigh accuracy. And there’s a lot of inferences that the designers have done here – not mad at all!

Level 1 – Dining room

Undeniably the location of the song “Be Our Guest”, the dining hall is filled with drinks, food, and function! Yes, the dishes actually spin and rotate on the table. There’s also the golden chandelier that descends from the ceiling with forks dancing on it, the piano stool that acts like a dog and on the table, the grey stuff! (It’s delicious!)

Hidden away at the back is also Chef Bouche – another animated object in the castle!

Level 2- Library

Level 2 gives us the library – drastically different from the film. Not abound with a ridiculous amount of books, but still with fireside chairs. There is an atlas, picture of a Disney Castle and… the Wardrobe?

Since Belle doesn’t have a bedroom in this set, there is no proper place for the character to go. So in the library she goes! Weird.

Level 3 – Rose and attic

Up on the third and highest level of the model is the attic. In the film, this is located in the West Wing rather than the attic, but it still feels the right place in the model. We ourselves the iconic rose inside, as well as a sneaky little hideaway for Price Adam’s hair. We also get a picture of what he looked like before his transformation, and the iconic torn picture he tears in a rage.

LEGO Disney Minifigures

The set comes with five minifigures, but isn’t short on characters by any means.

We get ourselves Gaston, the same from a previous LEGO Disney set, Le Fou, Maurice, Belle and the Beast. Amongst that, we also get Mrs. Potts, Lumiere, Fifi, Cogsworth, and Chip. This isn’t including the Wardrobe and other characters mentioned earlier.

Le Fou and Maurice are entirely new characters – with unique shirts and face prints exclusive to the set. Belle gets a new rehash of an outfit with a dress piece to join the ensemble. Much alike Rivendell, dress characters seem to be getting sitting dress versions on 2×2 curved tiles, and I’m all for it.

Outside of this, we also get The Beast, otherwise known as Prince Adam. His headpiece is nothing new, but having a detailed minifigure for the character is always a welcome choice.

As far as the brick-built characters go, they are all great – bar Lumiere feeling a little too short. But this is undeniably the best version of Cogsworth we have.

Verdict

This set is a really great adaptation of a film into a LEGO Model. It’s filled with references and takes every opportunity to encompass some part of the movie in one way or another.

Although the model isn’t an accurate depiction of scenes, this is surely something that younger audiences who know the film would love – bar the high price tag that follows. Otherwise, this is a display piece from the outside for all the Disney fans this time around.

It certainly has a high price tag with the set, but we get a lot of exclusives with the set, as well as a lot of firsts too. If it piques your interest, go for it, but maybe keep your ear to the ground for a sale to save some $$$.