TL;DR:
- Original Price: $19.99
- Pieces: 252
- Minifigure(s): Izzie, Dreamling Carrot, Cyberling
- Sticker Sheet: Yes/No
- Pros: Great value, creative build and colorful characters, unique pieces
- Cons: Not quite series-accurate, sticker carrot face
Assembly:
Bag #1 - Izzy, Bunchurro head & torso
Bag #2 - Dreamling Carot, Bunchurro limbs
Bag #3 - Cyberling, Skateboard/Rocketpack
- Interesting Steps:
- I appreciate the color coded page borders for the alternate builds.
- Interesting Techniques:
- Step 47 uses Technic ball joints—usually I see these pieces used as decorative elements, but neat that they're actually used as in ball joints here.
- Interesting Pieces:
- I really like the Cyberling helmet (to tell the truth, this was one of the determining factors in choosing this set); it has a flavor of a classic Greco-Roman helmet combined with a Tron-style digitization, which fits with the computerized high school vibe of One (cheerleader) and Zero (football jock) in their Dreamworld forms as they work with D-Shock to do the bidding of the Happy App...as an aside, they both have such great designs, it would have been cool for them to be bigger characters, rather than just top-tier minions. Ah well, that's where imagination comes into play.
- The magenta 8L hose in rubber is an interesting inclusion, and is apparently new this year, appearing in ten sets (both in magenta and medium azure), all of which are in the DREAMZzz line.
- The trans-dark blue gust piece is also new, and appears in 7 DREAMZzz sets, as well as the chibi Toothless build
- Pain Points:
- The four studs (two 2x2 plates with two studs each) in the middle of the skateboard make it hard to position Bunchurro's feet securely, might be better to rotate each of the 2x2 plates 180° so there are two different attachment points, not in the middle of the board
As with the other DREAMZzz sets, creativity, colorfulness, and customization are highlighted: in this case, with the option to build a skateboard or a rocketpack for Bunchurro to use. The built figure of Bunchurro is well-proportioned, and having ball joints of various sizes means it's pretty easy to pose it; its brick-built nature, however, makes it a little easy to fall out of balance.
The colors are pure Izzy, with medium azure, medium lavender, and coral dominating. Fitting for a brick-built character, Bunchurro makes use of a lot of curves and SNOT techniques to round out the form, and it really feels as big as in the series.
The Dreamling Carrot, on the other hand, doesn't appear in the series at all (most Dreamlings having purple mushroom caps or dark blue gumdrop caps, and none of them take the form of carrots that I can remember. I've seen this sort of thing be a problem with other series-related sets (like Monkie Kid and Ninjago), where the set builders do their best to create something that's in the series, but are hamstrung by limitations—for example, size or part count constraints, or deadlines putting the set release before the show release—that result in sets that are almost-but-not-quite show-accurate. This is a little frustrating, but a minor complaint, especially for such a good set.
There's a lot of play functionality with the Bunchurro figure, though the lack of set-pieces (Dream World buildings or landscape elements) means that the minifigs are rather un-anchored. One of the nice things about many Monkie Kid or Star Wars "battle in a box" sets is that not only do you get good and bad guys in a set, but there's grounding elements (structures, vehicles, or little landscape builds) for each side as well, allowing you to make almost a diorama right out of the box. Having a bit of that would have really plussed-up this set, but anyone who really enjoyed the series could probably build something of their own for Izzy, the Dreamling, and the Cyberling to interact with as good battles evil.
My final point is that $19.99 is an excellent price for a set like this, especially given the attention to detail in the build and figures.
Score (out of 5 🧱):
- Price: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
- Process: 🧱🧱🧱🧱
- Presentation: 🧱🧱🧱🧱
- Play: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
- Pieces: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
- Total: 🧱🧱🧱🧱🧱
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