Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO ICONS set The Legend of Zelda 77092 Great Deku Tree 2-in-1, a box of 2500 pieces currently available for pre-order on the official store at the public price of €299,99 and which will be available from September 1, 2024.

As you already know, this is a product presented by LEGO as "2-in-1" with the possibility of building the Mojo tree of your choice in the version Ocarina of Time ou Breath of the Wild. I will come back to this detail later, there is a lot to say about this concept which may seem attractive on paper but which is much less so in reality.

The assembly of the product is shipped in less than 3h30 and still taking your time. Nothing complicated here, we build Link's house which will remain an independent module, we add Hestu with his maracas, we assemble the base in two sections, we install vegetation, we start building the tree trunk, we add the branches then the foliage and it's finished.

I won't spoil the assembly process of these different modules too much for you, it is important that those who spend €300 on this box keep the privilege of discovering the techniques used, in particular for the mechanism that sets the mouth and eyebrows of the tree in motion on version B.death of the wild, as well as references to the video games that LEGO has scattered throughout the product. I should point out that there are no stickers in this box, everything is pad printed.

The tree remains relatively crude upon arrival, in my opinion there is nothing to shout about in terms of the finishing of the place, especially if we look at the price asked by LEGO. We all know here that many fans would have happily settled for the four minifigs provided, the luxury display associated with them perhaps deserved a little more care to convince those who will have the impression of paying a high price for their figurines to go to the checkout.

Link's independent "house" doesn't add much to the whole, the foliage is generally very symbolic and lacks density in places, the tree itself is a bit messy with its coarse roots and its approximate adjustments in places, the surface of the base, covered with visible tenons, would in my opinion have deserved more Tiles to reinforce the qualitative side of the model and we are looking a little for the 2500 pieces announced and the justification of the 300 € spent on this construction of around thirty centimeters high.

I will be told that this is ultimately just a LEGO-style interpretation of the subject concerned, but I remain convinced that the finish of the set does not live up to the manufacturer's claims, who identifies this product as a high-end set for adults right from the packaging. Too many large pieces for the tree, whose facial expression is nevertheless acceptable, not enough greenery for my taste.

I have read many reviews of this product already posted here and there, the ambient enthusiasm makes me wonder if I am not ultimately too demanding. We are still talking about a high-end set with the 18+ label and intended for an audience that can afford a derivative product of this caliber, LEGO nevertheless knows how to offer us more accomplished and less expensive constructions in other universes or ranges and this product does not seem to me to be up to par. It is very personal, everyone will have an opinion on the matter.

The tree does indeed take on the main attributes of its digital version but in my opinion it is much too caricatured to make this construction anything other than a luxury playset for spoiled children despite the plethora of references and other winks which are fortunately present to satisfy the most demanding fans of the license.

The Korogus are there, Hestu is an acceptable brick assembly, the mushrooms of the Spore Store are there, the bed on which Link can regain his strength too. The designer has done his homework and the fan service is brilliantly provided.
It should also be noted that both variants are designed to be displayed from the front, with the back of the main construction benefiting from a more than basic finish.

To return to the 2-in-1 concept promised by LEGO on the packaging of the set, you have to choose between the two versions provided after having assembled the part common to both proposals: the one inspired by the video game Ocarina of Time released in 1998 on Nintendo 64 or that of the game Breath of the Wild released in 2017 on Nintendo Switch. It is obviously a question here of making the big gap between all generations of fans by trying to please everyone.

The idea is relevant if we admit that the initial choice will seal the fate of the set: it will then be really very laborious to try to assemble the other variant, LEGO having not really designed this product as an easy construction to modify to switch from one version to another. The disassembly necessary to return to the "fork" which occurs very early in the instruction booklet (page 156 of 414) is not documented and the exercise promises to be laborious.

And that's without taking into account the fact that even if the subject matter is the same for both variants, there are still too many unused parts, three complete bags in the case of the version Breath of the Wild that I put together. Considering that this product is sold for €300, it would have been nice if the entire inventory had been used optimally in both cases, just to feel like you were really taking advantage of all the plastic you paid for at full price.

Worse, I read here and there that the most motivated fans would almost be forced to buy two copies of the product to take advantage of the two variants offered. However, I am not sure that those who will spend €600 to get two trees, a very large handful of unused parts and all the duplicate minifigs are currently jostling to validate their pre-orders.

I don't think that LEGO is trying to sell us twice as many boxes through any kind of marketing manipulation, in my opinion it's just a matter of ensuring, in a somewhat clumsy and probably somewhat sloppy way, that all generations will pay for the same product by promising to satisfy everyone.

Regarding the four figurines provided, it is very well executed with a wealth of very well done pad printing, two-color injected parts and new molds even if we have to make do with a single version of Princess Zelda and accumulate three variants of Link.

The wink to Ocarina of Time with both playable versions of the character will probably be appreciated even if the figurines are a bit redundant. The versions Breath of the Wild Link and Zelda are simply magnificent, LEGO has mastered its subject to perfection here. Overall, the pad printing is successful, the accessories are numerous and LEGO does not disappoint on this part of the product, including a magnificent Hylian shield and the legendary sword.

It's a shame that these few figurines are only accessible through the purchase of such an expensive box, many fans will undoubtedly remain on the sidelines, especially among the youngest who were probably hoping to be able to get their hands on these minifigs at a lower cost.

I am old enough to have played the game Ocarina of Time on Nintendo 64 and I have fond memories of it. I later quickly skimmed Breath of the Wild, just to check if the magic of my youth was still working, it was less obvious but the pleasure was still there. However, I don't see myself spending €300 today on a derivative product that only really tempts me because of the minifigs and accessories it offers.

The tree doesn't seem convincing enough to me to justify the expense, but it will obviously be up to each person to decide whether this box deserves the honors of their wallet. I'm not saying that I won't crack if one day this box benefits from a significant reduction in its usual price, but I'm not one of those who will be going to the checkout on September 1st.

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LEGO today unveils the set The Legend of Zelda 77092 Great Deku Tree 2-in-1, a box of 2500 pieces that pays homage to cult video games The Legend of Zelda : Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and which is available for pre-order today on the official online store at the public price of €299,99 for members of the Insiders program before global availability announced for September 1, 2024.

The officially licensed product developed in collaboration with Nintendo combines references to the two opuses of The Legend of Zelda saga and even offers some refinements with a Deku Tree with a movable face in the variant Breath of the Wild of the set or even Link's house present in the two variants of the set. Four minifigs are delivered in the box with three versions of Link and Princess Zelda in outfits corresponding to the video games concerned. Some additional characters can be assembled using the parts provided: Noia the Korogus, several other Korogus, Mojo Babas, the fairy Navi, the bud of the Mojo tree as well as a Skulltula.

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