A few weeks ago, images of a new LEGO exclusive Birthday Table Decoration (40153) set surfaced and it is now available for purchase at LEGO Brand Stores and on Shop@Home. The set consists of 120 pieces and retails for $9.99. The contents of the box include 3 unnumbered bags, an instruction booklet, and a loose brown round plate.
Minifigure
When images of the Birthday Table Decoration set came out, it showed that the set would include the Jester minifigure which was first released in 2010 with the Court Jester (7953) set. But as you see from the image below, you only get the torso and head piece for the Jester. You do not get the legs for him which is really disappointing. You would think that if you’re getting a minifigure, you would be getting a whole one and not half. For those who want legs for the Jester, you can get find them on BrickLink which I might have to do because I would have liked a complete one.
Build
The build for the cake is pretty simple two-tiered one. It starts off on 4 rounded green plates and parts are layered on with the rounded 4×4 pieces to give the cake it’s shape. In the middle is a modified 2×2 plate with pin holes to pop the Jester up from the cake. The round plate cake topper is attached to a rubber TECHNIC axle connector and just sits on the top of the cake. Around the outside of the cake are some candles and decorations.
In front of the cake is a blue TECHNIC rotor which allows you to put the age on. LEGO does provide you with enough pieces to create ages up to 99.
Results
The LEGO Birthday Table Decoration (40153) set is a really cute set that is perfect for birthday celebrations. I do like the simplicity of how the minifigure pops up with a lever. The only thing that I didn’t like about the set, and it’s a major one, is that the Jester minifigure isn’t complete. Everyone loves the minifigures and to have one that is missing the legs is a bummer. It’s not a total loss since you can purchase it on the secondary market but I feel it should have been already included with this set.
As I mentioned earlier, the set can be purchased at LEGO Brand Stores, if you can find it, or on Shop@Home. I would like to thank a fellow reader and friend, John, for getting me this set. It was totally unexpected because I was about to purchase it online since my store didn’t have it but he surprised me with it.
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Good review. Thanks. I find it especially weird that this set has half a minifig because you would think that when it popped up they would immediately want to pull it out and play with it. It’s like they are trolling the person who receives it. What is the point of having a minifig pop out if it’s not really a minifig? I feel this was a real misstep by LEGO.
I agree. He’s a great minifig but it’s bummer that there’s only half of him.
Although it is unfortunate that legs were not included, LEGO probably decided it was too expensive to include them. According to Bricklink, White hips with one white leg and one red leg haven’t appeared in a set since 2011. That part is not currently in production and many D2C sets such as these don’t contain new or rare parts.
Wouldn’t it just be cheaper to make your own legs by buying a pair of red legs and a pair of white legs? I used to swap legs on minifigs all the time when I was kid.
Good points, but it really begs the question why they didn’t use a different whole minifig for which they do have parts on hand. I guess the Jester is most suitable.
But also, if you think about it, the left and right leg and hips are individual pieces and they would be making all of those at present so it shouldn’t be hard to feed one of each colour into the machine that joins them into the finished assembly.
The answer is probably that they don’t store individual legs and hips, only whole assemblies. That would then land us where you suggest and in that case all of your points are valid and likely to be the cause. Thanks for pointing that out.