LEGO Horizon
Aloy's World, Built From Bricks
Horizon is one of the great modern PlayStation worlds — a sun-bleached, post-collapse Earth where tribal hunters take down robot dinosaurs the size of buildings — so LEGO had a genuinely interesting brief: how do you turn organic, machine-creature design into rectangular bricks without losing the menace? The answer, across the small range we have built, is "better than you would expect." The curves and plating that make the Horizon machines so distinctive translate into some of the more creative shaping in licensed LEGO, and the included minifigures finally put Aloy on a shelf where she belongs.
Our Horizon corner pulls in two very different sets. The Tallneck (76989) is the display-first showpiece — the game's iconic giraffe-necked machine rendered as a relaxing adult build with a cinematic base, the Aloy minifigure and a Watcher. Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth (77037) is the playset counterpart: a machine-versus-hunter battle scene aimed squarely at younger fans, with poseable machines and the figures to stage the fight. One is for the shelf; one is for the floor — together they cover both halves of what a Horizon fan actually wants.
The honest Horizon truth: this is a niche licence, so the range is small and gaming-themed sets do not always stay in production forever — if you love Aloy's world, grab these when you see them. Below you will find every LEGO Horizon set we have built and graded, scored on how well the machine design survives the brick translation, build satisfaction, and whether it lands as a genuine love letter to one of PlayStation's best worlds.
Thematic Pillars
LEGO Horizon Forbidden West: Tallneck (76989) Review
The game's iconic machine as a relaxing adult display build, with a cinematic base, Aloy and a Watcher. The shelf showpiece.
View Series →LEGO Horizon Adventures Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth (77037) Review
The machine-versus-hunter battle playset — poseable machines and the figures to stage Horizon's signature fight. The play pick.
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A LEGO Horizon set earns its place when it captures what makes the machines special — the menace, the scale, the strange beauty of organic shapes rendered in metal. The Tallneck nails it as a display piece; the Aloy & Varl playset nails it as a battle you can stage on the carpet. We grade these on how well the machine design survives the brick translation and whether the set works as a genuine tribute to one of PlayStation's best worlds, not just a logo on a box.
★ Featured Picks
LEGO Horizon Forbidden West: Tallneck (76989)
The iconic machine as a relaxing adult display build with a cinematic base, the Aloy minifigure and a Watcher. The shelf showpiece.
LEGO Horizon Adventures Aloy & Varl vs. Shell-Walker & Sawtooth (77037)
The machine-versus-hunter battle playset — poseable machines and the figures to stage Horizon's signature fight. The play pick for younger fans.
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