Customer Reviews for LEGO - Ideas Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragons Tale Build and Display Set 21348
Customer Rating
5
Most fun I've had building a set in a while!
on April 11, 2024
Posted by: LeeCastlebuilding.inc
My main lego purchases are for castles and Star wars Legos and this set was the most fun I've had building a lego since the lion knights castle. The methods used were intelligently thought out and fun to construct. My kids and I enjoy playing with this set along with the other new castle lego sets. I've read the dnd campaign book and while I've never played dnd it looks like a ton of fun! Highly recommend to anyone who enjoys castle Legos or dnd.
I had so much fun building this set. I’m huge into D&D, but even if I wasn’t, this would be a worthy purchase as all the parts are just so fun to build. And the dragon?? Hello?? I want to build it again.
Lots of folks don't think the set is worth the money; the price per piece of this set alone knocks a lot of other sets out of the water, let alone the level of detail, the specialty printed spell scrolls and monster eyes, and the alternate gendered Lego head pieces (which any collector would love to have for their collection; they're great heads to use for any MOC setting where you're not using generic Lego yellow, and you get heads in most every skin tone Lego has to offer). The different builds for potions, desks, weapons, and all the generic hidden pieces and tricks make building this feel like building a D&D dungeon. I've written and run campaigns most of my adult life, and this set felt like someone did that, and then engineered this.
So that's the good; the build is mega fun, the details are amazing. There's so many techniques and piece interactions I picked up from this set that have me stoked for my own MOCs.
Here's the bad: the dragon is FINNICKY. If you're posing, and you have a collection, you can build supports or otherwise, and it's not a huge deal, but if you're PLAYING with the dragon, or anything but gentle in posing it, a significant amount of the pieces aren't supported well. I'm not sure how to fix this issue but the biggest one is the dragon's mouth. I can't pose it without it falling off like 7 out of 10 times.
That being said, I'm a builder and collector, so this isn't a huge issue for me, and the rest of the build is much less finnicky.
It's rare for me to come across a perfect set, and this one is no exception, but with a few minor fixes, it could be, and that's saying a lot. I'm usually a pretty harsh critic.
Awesome set! However, the Dragon's head droops and its face falls off easily. I refuse to use the kragle.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from LEGOBy Haeun, LEGO® Customer Service, April 12, 2024
We're sorry you're having trouble keeping the dragon's head together. If you'd like a hand troubleshooting the build or if you find that any pieces aren't holding together as they should, feel free to give us a shout at LEGO.build/Service-BV so we can help!
This is an awesome set, and fun to build for both D&D fans and people that know nothing about D&D. As someone who has been playing D&D for about 15 years there were many fun little secrets and things to bring that D&D side to life. It is an amazing build and a perfect corner piece for my D&D game room.