Customer Reviews for LEGO - Disney Princess Maleficents Dragon Form Castle and Horse Toy 43240
Customer Rating
5
Amazing Lego set for children
on September 6, 2024
Posted by: DianaT
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] My daughter loves this set of Lego . It comes with many pieces for her to build or any children you buy it for. The quality is amazing it's not hard to assemble it's a good material it's durable and keeps the kids occupied. I also love that it's colorful .
I am a longtime collector of dragons, especially LEGO dragons. I enjoy LEGO's dragons since they're both poseable and customizable. This dragon, though, didn't need much customization in order to please me. I was worried the wings would feel loose, as has been the case with some other dragons using the rubber edged wings, but I was pleasantly surprised this was not the case. I also didn't realize the small pie slice plates were opalescent, a nice surprise! The tail cannot move much, but can still be expressive when segments are rotated. The only things I wasn't too fond of were the piece on the back to attach a minidoll (which I easily replaced) and the eyes lacking pupils (which seems pretty common with LEGO dragons, so somewhat expected). The legs are constructed similarly to the old Elves dragons, hiding the joints so they feel seamless. This does somewhat limit poseability but I'm not too concerned with whether or not a dragon can do a split.
Can't say anything about the castle or minidolls as I don't focus on those things. The horse is a nice inclusion though, I like how you can move its neck. An improvement from the older minidoll set horses.
Soon as I seen Maleficent in dragon form I added to cart. This was such a cute build. Though Aurora and Prince Philip are already in my Disney castle was worth the purchase getting Samson. I already knew I was adding the dragon to my Disney castle and I love it
I'm a collector and builder of 80s and 90s classic Lego castles. When I saw this set, I was immediately drawn to the dragon. My 5 year old daughter loves Disney princesses. It made perfect sense to buy it for the dragon, and give the minidolls to her. The set ended up being a perfect match for us.
The dragon is really great. The leg joints not only have front and back rotation, but slight side to side articulation. Add on separate for and claw articulation and the dragon can be given some excellent poses. There are a couple downsides to dragon build. The neck has limited forward range of motion. The wings only pivot up and down. They would have been better on ball joints so they could fold back.
The rest of the set is nice. There are three printed alternately colored fairies on round 1x1 tiles with a spare for each. It also comes with three swords and a shield with unique print for the prince. Unfortunately most of the colored bricks used for the castle are too garish for classic castle builds.
For what you get in the set, the price quite reasonable compared to other sets.