Over the past sixteen years, Eero Okkonen has created hundreds of incredible brick-built characters that utilize the full range of LEGO elements in bold and surprising ways. (If you’re not following Eero’s review+moc features on New Elementary, you’re missing out!) The Finnish superstar’s latest is a tribute to 2025’s breakout music and movie sensation, K-Pop Demon Hunters, as Rumi, Mira, and Zoey all get the Eero treatment. The ladies of Huntr/x have never looked better!
The trio of figures are built from a combined ~1,600 pieces. The characters also mark the first time that Eero is bringing his signature style of poseable character to the LEGO Ideas platform (you can vote for it here). As a constraint to improve the chances of a successful Ideas review, Eero limits the build almost entirely to elements currently in production.
As usual with the builder’s characters, the models look great from every angle and are highly poseable. Remarkably, Eero sticks to all “legal” connection techniques, with the possible exception of the eyes, which use minifig hands – a trick found in many of his character designs.
Half-demon lead singer Rumi stuns with her yellow jacket and long braid. It is also a more technically complex build, as Eero explains on his Cyclopic Bricks blog:
“To make the posing natural, I added some joints in the middle of the torso – using design I initially designed for Mira. The hip joint can also slide slightly upwards to enable movement of the upper leg. I’m quite happy with the hair, which uses T-bar joints to carry its own weight. The neck has extra additional joint, too; in total, Rumi has more joints than my usual figures.”
“Rumi is defined by her detailed yellow jacket, which creates a square-shouldered silhouette – fitting for a band leader. Metallic silver zipper and jewelry detail add extra bling, while hidden mixel joints add flexibility to the torso. The long braid is fully adjustable.”
Choreographer Mira poses design challenges unique to her stylish look. “Mira’s knee joints are somewhat superficial as the tight skirt doesn’t allow much leg movement backwards or forwards.”
“Mira’s flowing hair uses hot air balloon panel pieces, which debuted in magenta in 2015. The details on the shirt are brick-built, but printed detail is a possible alternative. The Gok-Do polearm is connected to Mira’s back for extra stability in the main pose. The chain on the belt is, of course, a regular LEGO chain. Exquisite detail of Mira’s gloves is made of Friends sunglasses and minifigure skates, and the shaping of the tall boots is captured with a mix of System and Technic pieces.”
Lyricist and rapper Zoey
Zoey’s baggy trousers create a distinct silhouette, highlighting the streetwise of her attire. A turning joint on the waist allows dynamic posing, while the dark turquoise braces add extra flow to the composition. Zoey’s buns and bangs are made with black robot arms and cattle horns, and her top features authentic zipper detail, utilising a horn, fork and pair of roller skates.
Even though the character’s streetwear would seem to be less contstricting, in brick they posed their own challenges for Eero:
“The bare arms were difficult without illegal techniques, but I managed quite well …The braces (suspenders) cause some issues with posing; alternative would have been some cloth elements, or even Dots bracelets, but I preferred this brick-built design as more interesting.”
LEGO has released some great buildable characters lately, from K-2S0 to the latest Iron Man Mk3, but never a detailed figure with the articulation of an Eero original. If these Demon Hunters make it to the 10k club, it could happen!
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