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A fun set that fits perfectly my gaming nostalgia as I'm one of the 'Adults Welcome!' Seniors who grew up with a Game Boy and Pokémon Red in hand. So of course I spend some time during my childhood catching pocket monster. And Eevee was always one of my favorites, so it was really enjoyable to build this little fellow here.

The facial features including the mouth, eyes, and nose are also printed on, and the set doesn’t include any stickers. That’s a big plus for me and not a given for all LEGO sets. The legs, tail, head, and ears are all movable and adjustable, so you can pose Eevee however you like. There are also some little Easter eggs hidden inside: A colorful strip with eight differently colored plates, which are probably meant to represent Eevee’s various evolutions. At least, that’s my most obvious theory; I can’t think of what else they might be supposed to represent. But oh well, you won’t see them once it’s finished anyway.

In any case, the finished Pokémon is really cute, feels extremely sturdy in the hand, and looks great too.

I think they’ve really captured Eevee very well here (pun intended!)

Set is from Pantasy, got the Custom Minifigs from Joy Bricks. I was surprised that most of the details you see are prints as I knew the big header under the roof is a sticker, so I thought there may be more. But in the end only the mentioned big header and a few small details on the walls are stickers. You can see the sticker sheet on the last picture, they even included replacement sticker if something goes wrong. But the tiles on the destroyed arena, the logo, the wood-marks on the roof and the Dragonball Plate are all prints.

There are also a lot of shiny gold bricks in the set around the arena which look really great.

Nothing much is going on behind the wall but there are basically the changing/waiting rooms for the fighters. You can store minifigs there, I also put the Dragon Balls I got there (not included in the set, they came with the minifigs).

LEGO hat sich ja jetzt die Dragon Ball Rechte gesichert und wir bekommen bald ein paar Sets. Bevor LEGO das jedoch tat hat auch Pantasy Sets der Lizenz rausgebracht, u.A. die Tenkaichi-Budōkai-Turnierarena. Natürlich ohne Figuren, also habe ich mir noch ein paar Custom Figures von Joy Bricks dazu bestellt.

Ich dachte ursprünglich das wären alles Aufkleber, aber der Stickerbogen (letztes Bild) war dann überraschend klein und dazu sind die Sticker darauf auch noch mehrfach als Ersatz vorhanden. Beklebt ist also nur das große Schild am Dach und ein paar Mauerdetails, alles andere sind Prints: Die goldene Plakette vor der Arena, das Logo am Entrance, die Holzdetails am Dach, auch die ganzen Bodenfließen: Alles sehr schöne Drucke.

Die Bauelemente der Arena sind dazu bei der Umrandung auch in glänzendem Gold gehalten. Das sieht wirklich großartig aus. Die Brickbuild-Verzierungen im Hintergrund sind ebenfalls ganz nette Builds, auch wenn man diesen Kopf da drei mal baut.

Hinten ist die Arena dann offen und zeigt quasi die Umkleidekabinen und Warteräume. Die kann man dann natürlich füllen, z.B. die Dragon Balls verstauen (sind allerdings nicht im Set enthalten, die kamen mit den Figuren).

Set is from Pantasy, got the Minifigs from Joy Bricks. I was surprised that most of the details you see are prints, only the big header under the roof is a sticker. The tiles on the destroyed arena, the logo and the Dragonball Plate are all prints.
There are also a lot of shiny gold bricks in the set.

Yesterday I presented the Never Witch's Midnight Raven, next up for me is the the Fox Guardian Mech.

The Fox Guardian set also comes in a pretty cool color scheme; here, the design features semi-transparent neon-green blades instead of the purple ones found on the Midnight Raven. With 883 pieces, it’s much quicker to build, and depending on the version some pieces may even be left over. That’s because here, too, we once again have two different builds to choose from, and we have to decide which one to go with partway through: either the upright-walking mech fox with a sword and claw weapon, or the four-legged flying fox with wings.

The starting point is the same at first: We build a "base fox" and then make our selection at this point in the instructions (see Picture 2 and 3).

Of course, you can check out both builds on the box beforehand. I thought the Mecha-Fox was cooler, so that’s the version I went with, but it’s definitely got something going for it as a flying mount, too.

Let's talk about Minifigures: (Picture 4)

A lot of effort has clearly gone into these again. The minifigures in Dreamzzz are truly high-quality compared to other series. Mateo is back again, but this time in armor with a transparent neon-green sword and shoulder pads. The legs are once again dual-molded and intricately printed; the hairstyle is slightly different, but the face is identical.

Izzie also comes with a swap face, shoulder pads, and a sword (in her case, blue-transparent), as well as a very cool crystal-like hairstyle, similar to the one we’ve already seen in a different color scheme on her clone, Dizzy.

The Nightmare Emperor is probably the highlight in terms of figure design: Although he doesn’t has an interchangeable face, he also comes with a mighty sword, sports a long beard, a shaggy cape made of shadow beasts, and an impressive hairpiece with a crown and six extra eyes.

Then there are two small nightmare critters; they don’t have proper minifigure bodies, but at least they come with printed heads. One wears a black hood over his head, the other a knight’s helmet with a crystallized feather, and each holds a weapon in his hand.

Z-Blob is back as well, along with a small fox mold. There’s also a side build for this one - the scene where the fox is originally found (Picture 5).

Bonus Content: I also got a polybag with my sets for Zoey (Picture 6).

People often accuse LEGO of relying too heavily on licensed products while neglecting its own creative output, but every now and then, its own brands get a chance to shine. One of LEGO’s newer original series is Dreamzzz, a sort of family-friendly version of Freddy Krueger: The story goes that children are kidnapped by the Nightmare King while they sleep, and the Dream Guardians / Dream Chasers step up to fight him. There’s also an animated series spanning several seasons that you can watch while building.

As a series, Dreamzzz is probably a creative set developer’s wet dream. Since it’s set in a dream world, virtually anything is possible: from tiger shark tanks to plush bunnies that transform into gigantic mechs or flying gamepads, as well as numerous nightmare creatures. Many sets are also 2-in-1 or 3-in-1, offering different building methods and options. For example, the tiger shark tank can transform into an airship, or Zoey’s Time Owl can become a sort of raft.

Since the series is now basically over I picked up a few sets that really caught my eye before they went EOT. And on the villains’ side I got the Never Witch’s Midnight Raven.

Dreamzzz introduces many interesting pieces and colors that you don’t normally find in sets: light blue brick, green flames, and plenty of purple accents. The large crystallized blades that serve as feathers on the raven’s wings are particularly striking.

Perched on the raven itself is a little witch’s cottage, along with the Never Witch’s bubbling cauldron. There’s also a trapdoor on the raven and purple spiderwebs on the sides that you can open and close to access the raven’s interior. These two chambers can be used either as storage space or as prison cells.

On picture two we see the Minifigs:

The star of the set here is the Never Witch, who is also perched on a demonic pedestal, making it seem as though she’s floating in the air on magic and shadows. In the series, she stole the Dreamers’ memories, which are also imprisoned here in glass vessels - including one inside her staff. These are printed, transparent tiles, and more of them can be found on her raven as well. The witch also features an elaborate headpiece with a crown and long, salmon-colored hair.

Standing by the Never Witch’s side are Dizzy and Dogan/Bogan, the evil nightmare doppelgängers of the heroes Lizzie and Logan. Both have heads with interchangeable faces and elaborate hairstyles; Dizzy in particular stands out here with her crystal-like, sparkling hair. Dogan comes with a shoulder piece, as does Dizzy, but she also includes a skirt. The chest, back, and legs are each printed.

On the side of the good guys, we have Mateo holding his green slime buddy Z-Blob in his hand and sporting a sort of launcher on his back as well as wearing a vest. The figure also has a modern hairstyle, an interchangeable face, and even dual-molded legs, which are printed on the sides as well.

Astrid Schönbauer is also an important character in the series. In reality as well as in the dream world, she uses a wheelchair, though in the latter she can at least fly using rocket propulsion. The figure isn't quite as elaborate and comes with a standard (not that fitting) hairstyle, but it does at least have a torso printed on both the front and back, as well as printed pants (including printed shoes with a metallic sheen). The figure itself is also unique and isn't included in any other Dreamzzz set.

Also included in the package is a raven figure with outstretched wings in black and semi-transparent purple. As far as I can tell, this is the same bird in alternate colors as the phoenix from the Harry Potter sets.

Oh, and the Midnight Raven also has an alternate build, though it’s a scaled-down version because the parts are used for side builds. The manual just splits of at some point as you can see in the fourth picture. But I found the “ultimate housing raven” much more interesting than the standard raven with the additional builds.

There are also stickers. I haven’t applied them yet, but there are only four relatively small ones - two on the house and two on the cauldron.

Ich habe dieses Set in den letzten Tagen zusammengebaut: 3232 Teile in 13 Bauabschnitten mit einem fantastischen Beleuchtungsset. Außerdem bekommen wir noch 7 Figuren, vom König zur Prinzessin und deren Verlobten. Es ist zwar nicht mein erstes Lumibricks-/Funwhole-Set, aber sicherlich das größte und beeindruckendste.

Das Set unterteilt sich in drei Anleitungen, wie von Lumibricks gewohnt bleiben dabei auch keine Fragen offen und es kam zu keinerlei Problemen. Das erste Dach zu befestigen ist vielleicht ein bisschen tricky, aber die Anleitungen gehören neben LEGO zweifelsfrei zu den Besten und leicht verständlichsten auf dem Markt: Vor allem die Verkabelung wird auch immer schön und ausführlich erklärt, wie man die Kabel legen muss etc. - dafür gibt es auch die gewohnten "Verkabelungsstein", die speziell dafür gedacht sind die Kabel nicht abzudrücken und Hohlräume für eben diese zu lassen.

Das Schloss ist ansich komplett geschlossen und sieht in dem Zustand fantastisch aus, kann aber auch an mehreren Stellen geöffnet und dadurch bespielt werden. Hinten gibt es kleinere Öffnungen, aber man kann auch die rechte Seite komplett abnehmen, diese wird nicht eingeschoben. Offen sieht es dann wie in Bild 1 aus

Unten neben dem Keller ist die Beleuchtungsbox versteckt (3 AAA Batterien oder man schließt den USB Stecker eben woanders an). Der Keller selbst lässt sich auch noch herausziehen und ist bespielbar, genau wie sich auch der Tisch einfach entnehmen lässt, falls man den Saal lieber frei haben möchte um ihn bspw. als Ballroom zu nutzen. Die Anleitung schlägt hier ein paar Szenen vor und erzählt auch die Geschichte, wer die Figuren sind, etc.

Um es kurz zu machen: Die Tochter des Königs Arthur, die Prinzessin Annie, heiratet den Prinzen des Nachbarreiches, Edric. Die Königin Sarah, der beste Freund des Verlobten Edwin, sowie eine Zofe namens Hermione sind auch vor Ort und irgendwo im Schloss treibt sich auch eine Diebin herum, die die Gunst der Stunde nutzen möchte.

Anyway. Alle Teile sind natürlich auch bedruckt, von den Teppichen zu den Wimpeln und insbesondere die wunderschönen Fenster. Sticker gibt es hier keine, Klemmkraft ist auch auf LEGO-Niveau. Falsch macht man mit dem Set sicherlich nichts, wenn man Lust auf ein schönes Schloss und Mittelalter-Set hat.

Happily build this set over the last few days, 3232 pieces with an amazing lighting kit. It's not my first Lumibricks/Funwhole set but surely the biggest and most impressive one.

The set comes with 7 figures and three sets of instructions; as is typical for Lumibricks the manuals leave no questions unanswered, and I didn’t run into any problems. Attaching the first roof might be a bit tricky, but the instructions are undoubtedly among the best and easiest to understand on the market. In particular, the wiring is always explained clearly and in detail, but you're probably used to it if you've ever build a Lumibricks set.

The castle is completely enclosed and looks fantastic as is, but it can also be opened in several places to play inside. There are smaller openings at the back, but you can also remove the right side entirely. When open, it looks like the image shown in the first picture.

The lighting box is hidden at the bottom next to the cellar (it runs on 3 AAA batteries, or you can simply plug the USB cable into another port). The cellar itself can also be pulled out and is playable, just as the table can be easily removed if you’d prefer to have the hall clear to use it as a ballroom, for example. The instructions suggest a few scenes here and also tell the story of who the characters are, etc.

To make a long story short: King Arthur’s daughter, Princess Annie, is marrying Edric, the prince of the neighboring kingdom. Queen Sarah, Edric's best friend Edwin, and a maid named Hermione are also there... and somewhere in the castle, a thief is lurking, hoping to seize the moment!

Anyway. Of course, all the pieces are printed - from the carpets to the pennants, and especially the beautiful windows. There are no stickers here. You certainly can’t go wrong with this set if you’re in the mood for a beautiful castle and a medieval-themed set.

Es ist mittlerweile echt unglaublich wieviel Schwachsinn da erzählt wird. "LEGO interessiert Deutschland nicht, die interessiert nicht was hier passiert" "Europa ist nicht relevant, nur die USA zählt, eure Verkaufszahlen waren auch vorher schon Scheiße".

Deutschland ist der wichtigste Markt in Europa für LEGO mit 800 Mio € Umsatz. Die deutsche LEGO-Community ist weltweit eine der aktivsten. Ja, LEGO macht bei den Amis den vierfachen Umsatz von Deutschland, hat aber auch die vierfache Einwohnerzahl. Der Umsatz in Europa gleicht dagegen den Umsatzahlen der USA. Europa 'hinkt' hier nicht deutlich hinterher.

Erzählt dann was von 'wir können uns die gute Laune hier bewahren' und ist NUR am herumheulen und lästern: "Lego ist viel zu schlecht, jeder weiß wie schlecht Lego ist", "Lego machts mir ja so schwer die Sets zu bekommen..." - wo ist da noch die gute Laune geblieben? Ist die auch in der Papiertüte vom Set hängen geblieben?

Ich kann das echt nicht mehr. Früher war das mal so entspannt ihm einfach beim Klemmen zuzuschauen, aber bei dem dummen Gelaber muss ich nach ein paar Minuten direkt wieder wegschalten weil er echt nur am Meckern und Lästern ist.

Made sure I got my set on Insiders Days before it goes EOT and it was really a fun build... mostly. There are some parts that are less fun, but we come to that.

The set comes with a big manual, a big sticker sheet and 2651 pcs in 14 numbered steps. If you open the manual you also find 6 pages full of information about Pac-Man. I really like it when they give us some trivia first about what we're actually building instead of jumping right to the first steps.. which is the 'side build' you see on picture 1 and two: Pac-Man with two ghosts. There is some technic inside the black box, so if you push the pin on the back inside the ghosts flips and Pac-Man becomes the hunter instead of the hunted. You can also notice the printed round 1x1 on the front with Pac-Man and four ghosts.

Afterwards you continue with the base of the arcade which also includes a light-brick that can be switched on by pressing a button (picture 3), lighting up the coin case and simulating the start of the game.

Now the game is simulated with a board you build and this part is a bit tricky and sliiiiightly annoying. What you see on picture 4 are the pins you stick into the board later to simulate the dots Pac-Man needs to eat. Of course, it's very repetitive to go through the same steps 64 times. Then you also build the chain that moves the ghosts (and Pac-Man of course) around the board, which is also made from a lot of (I mean 55) chain links and then fiddled in between the wheels. You also need to be very careful with it, I later realized that the chain wasn't running smoothly, so I had to take everything apart again to get back to the chain. That wasn't much fun - but it was my own fault so I can't really complain.

Once you finish the gameboard and hooked it in, you finish building the arcade machine around it. On the top is a wheel you can turn to change the score. Those are stickers, but the three big "PAC-MAN" panels on white ground are actually prints. Those are really nice prints... but then again the huge logos on the side (last picture) are stickers again.

There is also another side build / mini build of the pac-man arcade machine you can put inside the machine or display outside. It also comes with a nice minifig who wears a fitting pac-man shirt and is ready to play the game herself.

On the last picture you also see the crank that makes the chain turning and move the figures around on the board. Of course you can't really play the game, just move the chain along - the joystic is just decoration.

LEGO: Saving the environment one plastic brick at a time

I know we're playing bots, but c'mon. At least give us the 4-0 advantage win to save some time. This could have been two wins instead of one.

Dieses Wochenende kam bei mir der 75435 Separatisten MTT aus Clone Wars auf den Tisch, bestehend aus 976 Teile. Ich wollte das Ding noch haben bevor es Ende des Jahres wohl EOL geht und aus den Regalen verschwindet und hatte es im Angebot mit etwa 35% Rabatt geschossen (wer Interesse hat, Amazon hat das Set aktuell auch wieder für ca. 31% weniger im Angebot).

Das Set kommt mit 6 normalen Kampfdroiden daher, die alle auf dem Lade-Rack des MTT verstaut werden und ein- bzw. ausgefahren werden können über den Drehknopf auf dem Dach. Die Funktion ist sicherlich das Highlight, wie hier die Droiden ausgefahren und dann abgesetzt werden. Dabei öffnet sich vorne auch die große Luke, die schön bedruckt ist.
Ansonsten lässt sich auch an den Seiten, am Cockpit oben und auch hinten alles aufklappen um Zugriff aufs Innere zu gewähren, wo bspw. die Gewehre aufbewahrt sind. Bewaffnet ist der MTT zusätzlich noch mit zwei Stud-Shootern weiter oben sowie drehbaren Schussanlagen auf Bodenhöhe. Ein kleines Minibuild, eine Single Trooper Aerial Platform für einen Droiden, ist ebenfalls noch mit dabei.

Zusätzlich zu den 6 Kampfdroiden auf der Laderampe des Truppentransporters sind auch noch ein spezieller Droide mit blauem Mittelteil, sowie drei schwarze Kommando-Droids enthalten. Also insgesamt 10 Droids. Dazu bekommen wir auf Seiten der Republik noch die begehrten Minifiguren von Commander Bly und Aayla Secura, die in dem Set exklusiv sind.

Im Gegensatz zu seinem viel kritisierten Kollegen, dem Turbo-Tank, ist der MTT sehr stabil gebaut und leicht zu handlen. Die Mechaniken funktionieren einwandfrei, nichts klemmt und er fällt beim Anfassen auch nicht auseinander. Die Minifiguren sind natürlich hauptsächlich Droids, aber die Jedi Secura und Commander Bly lohnen sich. Beide kommen mit bedrucktem Torso und bedruckten Beinen daher, der Commander hat einen Schulterschutz und einen bedruckten Helm mit Visier, die Twi'lek Jedi Meisterin hat natürlich ihr besonderes Kopfteil.

Sticker gibt es leider auch, die beiden Logos an den Seiten sowie vorne über der großen Klappe sind beklebt. Im Cockpit oben ist ebenfalls noch ein Sticker drin, der Monitor, den sieht man normal aber nicht sofern man das nicht aufklappt bzw. abnimmt.

Die Kritik selbst bleibt natürlich trotzdem bestehen: Auch im Angebot von über 30% Rabatt zahlt ihr hier noch immer über 10 Cent pro Teil und der MTT kommt in seiner Größe nicht an die Vorgängermodelle heran (allerdings gab es den bisher auch nicht in diesem Farbschema). Im UVP ist der Teilepreis sogar bei 15,37 Cent. Dafür bekommt ihr nicht nur einen eher kleinen MTT, sondern auch lediglich nur 2 'richtige', wenn auch in der Form exklusive, Figuren. Als Clone Wars Fan greife ich hier zwar trotzdem in den Geldbeutel, komme aber nicht umhin das Teil als etwas überteuert bezeichnen zu müssen.

Niemand informiert sich mehr, man kauft einfach alles was nach KI klingt.

Build the set today, 10 packs with 1,182 pieces. There are also two sticker sheets as shown in the last picture. Not a big fan of those, personally I would have preferred printed parts, but it is as it is.

In the third picture I put it "into action" on my bookshelf, but it's actually a little too long for it and sticks out a bit. Personally, I don't have any books that are as long as the Book Nook right now. It would fit better if turned sideway but the sides are rather ugly and also the 'books' in Dumbledore's office are 'shining through' it.

So yeah, overall I think it's fine if you put it on display as in picture 1 or use it like that as a playset, but I don't think it's a good book nook (unless you have different books that fit the measurements better).