DREAMZZz

A Brief History of Crossing the Themes Part 2: Introducing Max Timebuster

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The Characters in LEGO DREAMZZz travel from Brooklyn, to Fantasy worlds, to Villages to castle, to worlds made entirely out of Candy. But this is not the first time that being able to travel between different LEGO Themes has been used as a framing device for a LEGO narrative. Last time, we looked at the 6000 IDEAs book and followed the adventures of Mary and Bill as they traveled from Town to Space to Castle.

Today, we meet Max Timebuster, a miscreant who jumps between pages of the LEGO Catalog, gathering bits and pieces as he goes.

Joins us for a healthy bit of 90s nostalgia as we continue our survey of ways that LEGO Media have encouraged creative play by having characters Cross the Themes

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A Brief History of Crossing the Themes: Part 1 The Adventures of Bill and Mary/6000 Ideas

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In the run-up to the latest installment of the LEGO DREAMZZz animated series dropping on September 6 2024, I thought we might start a small survey of other ways that books, comics and other media have been used to encourage builders to ‘Cross the Themes’

The Storytelling behind LEGO DREAMZZz provides an interesting mechanic that allows fantasy creations to exist in the otherwise mundane world of LEGO City. Many of the sets in the theme exploit this excuse to mash up fantastical ideas with the mundane. The choices provided for each model also make it a little easier for kids to come up with a different final toy in the set.

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LEGO DREAMZZz Set 71484 Cooper’s Robot Dinosaur C-Rex Review

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There is something about dinosaurs: they capture the imagination of kids from an early age, and rarely let go! We have already taken a look at a most excellent but fairly normal-looking Creator 3in1 T. Rex this year; in the true sense of the DREAMZZz ‘Mash everything up’ philosophy, we have a new dinosaur model in this theme, this time a C. Rex.

Now… just what is a C. Rex? According to the DREAMZZz wiki, it’s a Coopersaurus Rex, and we can expect to see it early on in the next wave of episodes, due to drop on AUGUST 31. In the meantime, let’s take a closer look.

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LEGO DREAMZzz 71479 Zoey’s Cat Motorcycle Review: Features, Minifigures, Builds

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We apologise for interrupting our reviews of recent LEGO DREAMZzz sets. Let’s have a quick look at 71479 Zoey’s Cat Motorcycle. With only 226 pieces and two minifigures, this is the smallest boxed set in the latest wave. It has a recommended retail price of $AUD29.99/£17.99/$USD19.99/€19.99 and went on sale on August 1, 2024. Let’s take a closer look.

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LEGO® DREAMZzz71480: Logan the Mighty Panda

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In the world of LEGO DREAMZzz, wannabee DJ Logan has often been afflicted by a limited ability to dreamcraft. In the first series, he was limited to manifesting in the Dream World as a dreamling type character. In the second series, he is far more likely to appear as a blue version of himself. While his dreamcrafting might be limited, set 71480 Logan the Mighty Panda makes me wonder if this ability is manifest sometime soon.

This set has two minifigures and one raven. It includes 342 pieces. It will be released on August 1 2024 and has a recommended retail price of $AUD49.99/$USD29.99/€29.99/£24.99 This set was provided by the LEGO Group: All opinions are my own.

Let’s take a closer look and see if this set is as much fun as it looks…

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LEGO DREAMZzz 71481: Izzie’s Dream Creatures Set Review

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The first half of the second season of DREAMZzz dropped on Netflix and YouTube a month or so ago, and the next wave of sets will be released on August 1st. I am excited to have been sent these sets by the LEGO Group ahead of their general release. As always, all opinions are my own.

This set will contain minor spoilers for Season 2 regarding the appearances of characters and models in the first 10 episodes.

71481 is the third smallest set of the August 2024 wave of LEGO DREAMZzz sets and one of the more interesting small sets centred on our heroes. It has 328 pieces and a recommended retail price of $AUD59.99/USD39.99/£34.99/€39.99.

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LEGO® DREAMZzz™ Season Two Is Coming – But With a New Threat to the Dream World!

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We have seen the latest sets for LEGO® DREAMZZz revealed over the last few weeks, and as the release date for season 2 (May 17) approaches, NEW Concept art, as well as stills from the new series have been revealed. Here is the trailer…

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Complete August Dreamzzz Range Revealed

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A few weeks ago, we got our first look at three of the sets in August’s Dreamzzz sets via the Mexican Certified Store. Today, the remainder of the August Dreamzzz range has been revealed on LEGO.com. We gain a little bit of an insight into some of the issues facing our heroes in season 2: Night of the Never Witch (due for release on May 17, follow the link to see the trailer) – including increased involvement from the Never Witch, dark doppelgangers of our heroes, Ravens, Puffer Jackets, red pandas and legally-not-Groot.

These sets are due for release on August 1, and I expect you will be able to find them wherever you buy your LEGO sets.

Read on for more details.

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3 DREAMZZz August Releases Revealed

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If you have been watching the series that goes along with LEGO DREAMZZz, you might recognised that all of the sets that have been revealed to date (June last year; January this year), tie- in with the first season. This week, we have had some sets from the June wave revealed by the Mexican Certified Store. I presume these will tie-in to the next series, due to appear online in mid May. read on to see what is coming. There might be some spoilers coming for series one.

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DREAMZZz in Space: 71475 Mr Oz’s Space Car

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The New Year is here, and we are continuing with our reviews of January 1 releases. Today, let’s take a quick look at one of the Dreamzzz sets just released: 71475 Mr Oz’s Space Car

The car a middle school science teacher drives…

71475 Mr Oz’s Space Car has 350 pieces, and is priced at AUD49.99/$USD29.99/€29.99/CAD39.99/£24.99. Mr Oz is passionate about space travel , and this set brings us a car that is about as far from the ‘car that a middle school science teacher drives’ as it could be.

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