I'm both a D&D gamer and an AFOL (Adult Fan Of LEGO). I agree this is a great set. It's fun to build and looks great on display. Not only does it include one of the most impressive dragons LEGO has ever done and some very cool other monsters (the beholder, owlbear and awakened tree in particular), it also spans more settings than practically any other LEGO set: a tavern, outdoors, dock, dungeon, cavern and ruined castle. The dragon does have a flaw beyond the loose lower jaw however: its head and tail droop. One of the ball joints in the neck and the tail where it meets the body lack the friction needed to keep those body parts up. That's an unfortunate design error that LEGO really should have fixed. It illustrates the danger of relying too heavily (no pun intended) on computer modelling vs real world testing.
Agreed all around. I'd have thought they would have either a QA team that would play with the set or at least know what parts won't hold up the weight. My son wouldn't have built a neck like this with his own MOCs. But this is amazing. I'm not a big fan of building sets. Maybe because they didn't exist when I was a kid. But this is so good I kept trying to get a chance to build some of this.
I'm both a D&D gamer and an AFOL (Adult Fan Of LEGO). I agree this is a great set. It's fun to build and looks great on display. Not only does it include one of the most impressive dragons LEGO has ever done and some very cool other monsters (the beholder, owlbear and awakened tree in particular), it also spans more settings than practically any other LEGO set: a tavern, outdoors, dock, dungeon, cavern and ruined castle.
The dragon does have a flaw beyond the loose lower jaw however: its head and tail droop. One of the ball joints in the neck and the tail where it meets the body lack the friction needed to keep those body parts up. That's an unfortunate design error that LEGO really should have fixed. It illustrates the danger of relying too heavily (no pun intended) on computer modelling vs real world testing.
Agreed all around. I'd have thought they would have either a QA team that would play with the set or at least know what parts won't hold up the weight. My son wouldn't have built a neck like this with his own MOCs.
But this is amazing. I'm not a big fan of building sets. Maybe because they didn't exist when I was a kid.
But this is so good I kept trying to get a chance to build some of this.