Tapsy

"Ten minutes into their opening Mixopolis gig, Mixies drummer Tapsy ventured into a drum solo that lasted five hours, three minutes and thirteen seconds. The solo saw the other Mixies band members leave the stage after twenty minutes and go to the movies to watch The Mixels Movie I and II before returning to stage and rejoining the concert four and a half hours later."

- LEGO website, Mixopolis Breaking News

Tapsy is a Mixie Mixel.

Personality
This quiet Mixel doesn’t say much—it’s only when it’s time for a drum solo that Tapsy truly comes alive. Move Tapsy’s arms with drumsticks and pretend to beat out a rhythm for the rest of The Mixies band.

Physical Appearance
Tapsy mainly resembles a living drum set with "The Mixies" on his bass drum. His body is mainly square-shaped. He has four crab-like purple legs. He also has four arms, to which all of them begin with a yellow accent and end with a purple color halfway with yellow hands each holding brown drumsticks. He has four grey cymbals; one set is attached next to his drum set body and his eyes are under two of them. He also has two sharp teeth acting as an underbite.

Early life
Little is known about Tapsy's past.

First adventures
One day, during a music session, Tapsy and his brothers had a noise complaint send to the MCPD by the Medivals over them not playing their music loud enough. After being threatened with arrest, the Mixies started to play louder, and all the tribes started to dance, closing the case. (“Mixopolis Music Mix-Up!”)

Set Information
Tapsy was released as part of the Series 7 Mixels sets in the February 2016 product wave. His set number is 41561 and he contains 57 pieces.

41561 Tapsy can be combined with 41560 Jamzy and 41562 Trumpsy to create the Mixies Max.

LEGO Shop product description
Live by the beat of the drums with Tapsy!

''This quiet Mixel doesn’t say much—it’s only when it’s time for a drum solo that Tapsy truly comes alive. Move Tapsy’s arms with drumsticks and pretend to beat out a rhythm for the rest of The Mixies band.''


 * Play a drum solo with living drum kit Tapsy of the LEGO® MIXELS™ Mixies!
 * Drum-kit-shaped Tapsy features 4 posable arms with drumsticks, minifigure-head-shaped eyes, drum-cymbal ‘hats’, 2 other cymbals and ‘The Mixies’ band logo on the kick drum.
 * Collect all 3 Mixies in LEGO® MIXELS™ Series 7 to build the MAX!
 * Combine with 41557 Camillot from the Medivals to create a fun new MIX!
 * Go to LEGO.com/MIXELS for exclusive building instructions, games, animations and much more.
 * Watch allyour (sic) favorite MIXELS™ characters on Cartoon Network.
 * Stands over 1” (4cm) tall.

Trivia

 * His arms are all the same length in his animated form, but in his LEGO model, his two front arms are shorter than his two back arms.

Name and basis
Tapsy's name is a pun of the word "tap", the sound of a drum. He also resembles a drum.

The design of his drum skin is a reference to Ringo Starr's drumset from The Beatles.

Voice
In the TV series, and where sound clips are used, Tapsy's voice is currently unknown.

Reveals
Tapsy was first revealed as a character in the Mixels franchise when the Series 7 set list was leaked online on August 10, 2015.

On October 11, 2015, official images of the sets of Tapsy and the rest of Series 7 and 8 were leaked in LEGO's online server.

Tapsy reappeared with the rest of Series 7 through 9 at Toy Fairs in late January and early February 2016.

Content
Tapsy will debut in the TV series on March 5, 2016 in Every Knight Has Its Day, while his LEGO set officially became available on February 1 with the rest of Series 7.

Season 3

 * Every Knight Has Its Day

Games

 * Mix Your Neighbour

Other

 * Mixels Websites
 * Breaking News
 * Mixies Drummer in Five-Hour Marathon Solo
 * Trumpeter Blows Eyes Off Band Members in Solo
 * LEGO Club Magazines
 * Schoolhouse Mix-Up!
 * Mixopolis Music Mix-Up!