Review: The LEGO Movie 2 70826 Rex's Rextreme Offroader

Go ahead for a quick peek at The LEGO Movie 2 set 70826 Rex's Rextreme Offroader (236 pieces - 29.99 €) which on paper (or rather on the packaging) promises us a 3-in-1 product with two alternative assemblies to the main model.

This is not a new concept, several sets in the range based on the first part of The LEGO Movie saga already offered alternative models to build with the inventory provided (70804 Ice Cream Machine, 70805 Trash Chomper, 70806 Castle Cavalry, 70811 The Flying Flusher).

So we will start with Rex Dangervest's all-terrain vehicle which is assembled in a few minutes. We're at the limit of the set "4+"There is nothing very complicated here. A few stickers to stick on the vehicle, the" official "Rex logo on the left rear fender being the only pad printed element.

The four Stud-Shooters are adjustable via a dial placed under the rear of the vehicle, the two seats in the front can accommodate the pilot and a passenger and there is a firing station placed at the rear. It's compact, playable and the vehicle has a good face.

The blue velociraptor is loaded like a camel with enough to knock down anything that moves and accommodate a minifigure. It's funny.

In this box, LEGO provides us with the instructions to assemble two other models using the inventory provided. So I dismantled the Recon Rex-o-saurus to start editing the Quad Rex-os-saurus. Again, nothing very complicated and the hybrid machine obtained is rather nice.

The real problem is that this 3-in-1 set does not allow all or at least a very large part of the 236 parts provided for each of the three models to be reused. Once the quad is assembled there really are a lot of unused parts left and that's a shame.

The designers could have cracked real alternative models using a larger number of parts. And I'm not even telling you about the planned third model, theExecu-Rex-o-saurus, which is in fact a simple velociraptor with a little gear on its back and which is also far from making good use of the entire inventory of the set.

In the box, two minifigs and a buildable creature. Emmet and Rex Dangervest are here accompanied by a rather funny Plantimal figurine.

You already know, Rex Dangervest, voiced in the original version of the film by Chris Pratt who also plays the role of Emmet, is a mash-up of the characters of Owen Grady (Jurassic World) and Star-Lord (Guardians of the Galaxy) that the actor interprets on screen.

His work outfit vaguely echoes Emmet's with the same reflective bands on the chest, just like the spike in the hair that we find on the heads of the two characters.

The Plantimal figurine is an assemblage of more or less improbable elements with colorful foliage, purple glitter pieces and even a pink crab. Why not.

In short, if offering alternative models with the instructions provided in paper format is a real good idea to increase the replayability of a set, I find it unfortunate that the two additional models in question only make very limited use of the inventory of the set.

At 29.99 € the box, it's far too expensive for what it is, even if this box remains the cheapest of the two that allow you to obtain a blue velociraptor, the set 70835 Rex's Rexplorer which contains two copies being marketed at the public price of € 129.99.

But you already know, this set like all the others will sooner or later end up on sale or in clearance somewhere ... Patience will inevitably be rewarded.

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