Review: LEGO DREAMZzz 71461 Fantastical Tree House

Today we are very quickly interested in the content of the LEGO DREAMZzz set 71461 Fantastic Tree House, a box of 1257 pieces sold since the beginning of August 2023 at the public price of €104.99.

The product clearly rides on the popularity at LEGO of the “tree house” concept, largely confirmed since the marketing in 2019 of the LEGO Ideas set 21318 Treehouse which has since become a bestseller and also included in the Friends range in 2022 with the set 41703 Friendship Tree House.

Here, the tree is therefore adapted to the LEGO DREAMZzz universe: the trunk with its blue foliage becomes the headquarters of the heroes of the range and is found dressed in various constructions and other scales which allow movement between the levels.

It's pretty well executed and the tree doesn't deteriorate even when the additional sections are not yet installed. The structure is solid, the branches benefit from a very acceptable finish for a product intended for a very young audience and all that is missing is a little more foliage to give a little volume to the whole.

There is in reality only half of the bark of the trunk, one side remaining bare to facilitate access to the different playable areas with a tiled kitchen, a living room with its sofa and two bedrooms logically equipped with beds and tables bedside.

So much the better for young fans of the LEGO DREAMZzz universe, even if the interior fittings are not at the level of a Structure, here they have on hand a "real" home with its different spaces easily identifiable and really accessible by the minifigs provided via the series of integrated ladders.

LEGO is also not short of fun little details with a mailbox on legs, a pretty carnivorous plant and a handful of mushrooms which bring a little density to the base of the tree. We feel the care taken in the product even if it is not an ultra-detailed model.

As with the rest of the range, the set offers two variants documented throughout the pages of the instruction booklet but the modifications here are rather modest and discreet and only concern the three housing blocks which must be fixed on the trunk using clips in the three locations provided.

In the basic configuration, the tree is in "peaceful living" mode, it becomes a fortress with weapons on all floors in the proposed variant. Both variants make good use of the set's inventory, with only a few small pieces left on the tile. You know if you follow, it is also possible to integrate the three modules of the set 40657 Dream Village on the branches of the tree, the three constructions, more detailed than those delivered by default in the set in question here, will then give a more opulent and undoubtedly more magical look to the tree.

Upon arrival, the construction still looks great without using the contents of another box and it offers different playable and easy-to-access spaces. But the tree alone would ultimately only be a somewhat sad playset and LEGO provides a little opposition to the young (and not so young) heroes with a very simplified version of the Grimkeeper also available in the form of a more detailed interpretation in the and 71455 Grimkeeper the Cage Monster and two villain figurines in the pay of the King of Nightmares including the Night Hunter.

The supply of figurines is also consistent and sufficient for a set of this size with a large part of the main cast and a few attackers who guarantee real playability to the set.

I won't go into the level of finish of these different figurines, you already know that LEGO has gone all out on this range with a riot of pad printing that will make fans of the Star Wars or Marvel universes jealous. We obviously cannot escape a large sheet of stickers which adorn the signs, furniture, flags and other street signs present on the tree, there remains on arrival a small series of stickers available to personalize the decoration a little. construction.

We could necessarily discuss the public price of this product, set at €104.99 by the manufacturer, which may seem very high given the content offered even if the whole thing seems rather convincing to me, but the debate is already closed with a substantial reduction proposed by various brands including Amazon which currently sells this box for a little less than €80, which immediately makes it much more attractive:

Discount -33%

LEGO 71461 DREAMZzz The Fantasy Treehouse, 2-Way Buildable Toy, Featuring Mrs. Castillo, Izzie, Mateo and the Huntsman Minifigures

104.99 € 70.61 €

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