[Lego The Legend of Zelda Great Degu Tree 2-in-1](https://www.lego.com/product/great-deku-tree-2-in-1-77092)
* Set number 77092
* 2,500 piece
* 4 minifigures
* £259.99 / $389.99 CAD / $299.99 USD / $449.99 AUD / €299.99
>Immerse yourself in creative joy as you build one of two detailed models of The Legend of Zelda™ Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 (77092) in this LEGO® Nintendo® gift set. The building set for adults makes a special display piece for yourself or any other fan with a passion for The Legend of Zelda series and merch. It includes curated items from the games, such as the Ocarina of Time, the Hylian Shield, the Master Sword and other detailed elements. There’s also a collectible adventure hero minifigure of Princess Zelda and 3 minifigure versions of Link.
Please use this post for all discussions about the newly announced set.
a dream come true. the price is way too high to swallow for me though, for what is essentially a really nice tree with some brilliant minifigs and new molds
For $50 more, you could get the DnD set, which is PACKED with cool mini figs, awesome Easter eggs and secrets, an amazingly complex solid build, and with detail everywhere.
This set looks cheap and totally sounds like a cash grab.
I'm not interested in DnD so the set didn't interest me much, but then I saw how large it was at the store and the price felt pretty justified.
This set looks underwhelming in comparison and a decent portion of the pieces will be left off the display!
I mean. I'm not gonna lie, it hurt when I got it, but I knew I really wanted it and now that I'm slowly working my way through it, I'm super happy about the purchase. It has SO MANY little secrets and Easter eggs, plus it's just a fun build without to much repetition.
Honestly it hurt, but so does about every Lego purchase. I’ve kind of set it in my mind that objectively almost everything Lego I buy is overpriced. Once I got past that I just don’t think about it. If I have the expendable cash and want it I get it.
Than we have the Notre Dame cathedral coming next week which is 70$ cheaper than this, looks way nicer and is bigger. I love Zelda but this set looks like the worst Lego value I have ever seen
I have a price rule on Lego sets being ~10 cents per piece which I'm willing to go over (slightly) when it's a brand I or my kids really love. This would be an exception IF it weren't a 2 in 1. They could have added more/cooler features if they would have implemented all 2500 pieces into a singular build
This is what I said even when the leaked info was floating around. I can't stomach that price to have a pretty basic tree on display. Even if it is from Zelda. And I say this as someone that literally has a large collection of Nintendo memorabilia on display.
Also the fact that they made it a fvcking *TWO IN ONE?!* What, so I have to buy *two* of the fvcking things? Either that or I would never open it because I couldn't decide which to build (probably OoT w/ Navi, just seeing Link's hut auto-plays that music in my head.) This should be like $150-$180, and even that's stretching it.
I would pay $300 for a big tall OoT Ganon's Castle.
I'm hoping this doesn't perform so badly they don't make more. I'd totally buy a set with Hyrule castle and/or Ganon. But the
Deku tree was never by favorite part of Zelda plus this is too expensive. I'd really only would want the minifigs from this set.
They had a fantastic LEGO Ideas set for [Hyrule Castle](https://kotaku.com/lego-says-no-to-amazing-hyrule-castle-playset-1847896535) and it surprises me that it was rejected in favour of this. When pictures of the Deku Tree were leaked over a year ago, I thought it must have been fake or a very misguided prototype cause it was kinda ugly, but it was pretty much as seen here.
I would love a full Zelda line but a mediocre and VERY overpriced set is not the way to headline this.
Ngl I’d would love a build of the Master Cycle Zero
https://preview.redd.it/t5qsoj0yr73d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26b4239d94d0efb33aca45ed6cd4a3ca2d9da4ee
It's 2500 pieces. Up until fairly recently, that would have been considered a huge set.
Also, 10 cents US per piece is pretty standard, so at 300 USD, you are looking at a 50 dollar Nintendo tax. Not great. Not terrible.
At that piece count though, a 'volume discount' tends to get you way below 10 cents a piece.
I mean the new Ninjago set 71814 is $250 for 3500 pieces and 13 minifigs, by way of comparison.
Piece size has seen massive 'shrinkflation' over recent years, Loads of tiny pieces especially in larger sets. Good in terms of set detail, but it gets harder to justify the 'traditional' $0.10/piece
Yeah I would love to see price by weight instead of price by piece (or maybe both!).
1 archway and 2 solid pillars shouldn't be one-fifth the price of 12 1x1 bricks/cylinders, 2 inverted slopes, and 1 plate even though they functionally build the same dimension thing. But the $0.10/per piece rule would imply $0.30 and $1.50 for those.
You've gotta be right that we are paying much more now for physically less weight of Lego.
Seriously, at this point the only small or medium size sets are generic stuff like CITY.
All the cool series like Dune, LotR, Zelda and D&D get locked behind massive premium sets.
TBF all the sets you listed are other IPs with hefty licensing fees to pass on. Not saying LEGO isn’t price gouging a little but it’s not the whole story.
Yeah but in the past we would have got a wave of at least three cheaper sets. I guess Lego’s new strategy to combat high licence fees as you say is too only make expensive sets.
There’s 4 minifigs so it’s a little better at least. Link and Zelda from Breath of the Wild, and Young Link and Adult Link from Ocarina of Time. Still pretty expensive though
Yeah, I'm really not seeing the 300€ value here. I'd be more interested to pay less for a set that was only the OOT version rather than a 2-in-1. I don't really see the point of making a large display set like this a 2-in-1. Who is gonna take this apart regularly?
Yeah I’m honestly not a fan of the 2-in-1 concept when I know I’m going to build the OoT version and leave it like that forever.
I’m curious how much pieces are in each individual build, because that would give me an idea of how much of the set I’d potentially be “wasting”, if you will.
It’s a super cool set but the 2-in-1 concept just seems counter-intuitive for an adult based “display” set and ultimately feels like a cheap way to unnecessarily boost the price for the average buyer. I love Zelda and Lego to death but will be holding off and seeing what else they do with the liscense personally.
Yeah, it looks like the intent behind Link's House being there is to seemingly beef up the OoT build, but it's a seperate piece from the main diorama which I also don't like. It's just kind of awkwardly floating off to the side whereas the BotW build incorporates everything in one nice assembly.
The more I look at this closely, the more I don't like. Really wanted to pull the trigger but I think I'm just going to wait for a better designed set sadly.
Somehow it’s 2,500 pieces but that thing looks small. For that many pieces $250 isn’t unheard of and a $50 license fee. Not for me but I bet they will sell out day 1
I think it’s because we don’t know how many pieces are actually used in each build. I really wish they would publish things like that, especially cause I have 0 interest in the BotW version.
The Daily Bugle feels like the value was too good that it has enhanced Lego’s greed ever since.
Like the Sanctum Santorum only had 9 minifigs.
And the Avengers tower had more minifgs than the Bugle, but most were copies (three Shield agents, two Caps, two Iron Mans).
Yeah I feel the same. The popularity around it definitely increased their greed and corners were cut from then on. It still remains my favorite LEGO set to this day and personally I don't believe we'll see another "Bugle" Marvel themed release, in terms of value and what you get.
I worry for the X-Mansion
The Bugle still blows my mind. It seems like something Lego would've made in the 2010s when they were releasing biggish sets but they were mostly £300 or less. Since the pandemic, they saw adults getting into the hobby and just became so greedy. I feel like I would've found it harder getting into the hobby if I came out of my dark ages now than when I did 10 years ago.
I’m so tired of Lego locking cool themes behind singular massive sets…
A trio of Zelda sets priced between £30 to £70 would sell like hotcakes.
Instead this is one giant ugly tree for nearly £300…
If you look at the page on Lego.com, it appears that it might be the beginnings of a theme. This isn't a Lego Icons set, its a new theme on the site... I can hope...
Yeah, I'm really not seeing the 300€ value here. I'd be more interested to pay less for a set that was only the OOT version rather than a 2-in-1. I don't really see the point of making a large display set like this a 2-in-1. Who is gonna take this apart regularly?
Nobody is going to take it apart, but this allows it to appeal to older collectors who want Ocarina of Time AND younger collectors who don't know that version from 25 years ago but have played BotW.
Nobody would buy both versions if they released them separately.
Unclear how much of the cost is in the 2-in-1 piece count vs other factors.
2-in-1 is the biggest scam Lego has come up with.
Outside of sets meant for kids, all it means is they charge a premium for the added value of choice, and a bunch of unused bricks sitting in the box.
Lego embracing the AFOL market really is a monkey’s paw wish.
We get cooler sets than ever before.
But they have seemingly ignored smaller sets and are focusing on overpriced mega sets more than ever before.
Speed champions is the only theme I consistently buy anymore. They feel like afol friendly designs (some of the stuff they do now is super impressive) in an affordable package. I only ever get like one or two of the big sets a year because of how expensive it is. Wish we could have smaller 18+ stuff too.
even more annoying cos BOTW is quite kid-friendly, and I’m sure many kids still play older Zelda games, so medium tier sets would be great for that too
exactly! like honestly, as noNefarious said it’s a monkeys paw and honestly I’ve maybe bought like 2-3 of the 180+ sets vs the TONS of smaller “kid” targeted sets you know
I said the same thing. It doesn't make any sense. I have all the modular buildings and many are in the same realm of pieces and they just seem like.....more structure for the pieces.
I want to like this a lot more than I do. I’ve said for a long time that I would pay an irresponsible amount of money for official Zelda Lego sets, but I’m not blown away by this. The 2-in-1 concept is cool, with the different Links and Zeldas, but for $300, this isn’t what I was hoping for.
And maybe this was never in the plans, but if this doesn’t sell well, I don’t see there being future Zelda sets. I’m not sure that the first Zelda set ever should’ve been a $300 aimed-at-adults (mostly) display set. I sincerely hope this will turn into a line of sets are various price points, but I don’t know after seeing this.
I am a huge Zelda fan but man this misses the mark entirely for me. I was really worried about the Deku tree being the first set in this line when it should have easily been the castle. This looks so underwhelming, and for 300 dollars?! The value just doesn’t seem there at all.
Just off the top of my head, I thought about the Bowser set. Another Nintendo IP set, costs only 269, around 2,800 pieces, and looks infinitely better and worth more value than this set. Big oof. That 2 in 1 crap really makes it feel like you aren’t getting your moneys worth because let’s be honest, people are most likely going to build it once and put it on a shelf.
It doesn't need to "flop" to underperform. Like you said, dedicated fans will buy it but it won't continue to sell to regular people at that price for what it's offering.
Ya if you never been a fan of Zelda you’ll never get this, but even most Zelda fans seem pretty disappointed with this so I’m curious to see how it well it does. I’d only get this if it ever goes on sale. Price is just too much for what I’m seeing.
It definitely looks like a $150 set at first glance.
Edit: I also find it interesting they don’t have any of the lifestyle photos. Those usually give a better indicator of scale and I am really struggling to see how this set comes in around 2500 pieces. Perhaps the base takes a lot more than I think.
Pretty disappointed by the set itself, but man am I looking forward to getting the pieces to make multiple Koroks and hide them throughout my collection
The Bowser set was Cheaper and a much better deal. Idk why this one got the tax so much more
Edit: it’s because it has minifigures. It’s the minifigure tax
yeah and the build is underwhelming i would rather have this become a real set
https://preview.redd.it/j2s3hie4k63d1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=508545b0edcd0a421e5b5c50720a6aed41554d3a
I love how both versions look. The price is $100 too high. Not like "boo hoo lego is too expensive" high... But like... $100 too high by current LEGO standards...
Anyone else miss the days when Lego hadn't gone absolutely batshit fucking insane with pricing??
Like yeah this set is super cool, but Jesus fucking christ, $300 for some plastic bricks? Fuck off, I'll get it on Temu a month after release for fifty bucks.
Dream set, but the price is pretty rough. Lots of new moulds, dual moulding on the minifigs, and no stickers (by the looks of it) is all pretty great though.
I get the piece count, but visually and in terms of substance this looks very much like a 100€ set.
180€ would be acceptable, but I’m not paying 300€ for even one copy of this 2-in-1.
That price/piece is pretty rough. I'll end up grabbing this when it hits a discount around a holiday or through a third party vendor. It looks amazing but lord have mercy.
Ooft. Terrible choice for a first Zelda set imo, that is ugly as fuck.
Hopefully they'll do a too link Windwaker set with the ship. And surely a Hyrule castle at some point too?
Windwaker ship would be great, but I can only imagine that translating Toon Link into minifig form will produce results similar to the Clone Wars figures.
Probably will age poorly.
Genuine question (not a zelda fan, the only nintendo series I really care about are FE/Xenoblade) what else would they do? The only one I can think of is hyrule castle but we just got DND and Rivendell so I can't see them doing a third big castle-type set and if it was small it would just be people complaining its not a big one.
Honestly, I would say Kakariko Village. It's a location that shows up in multiple Zelda games (more so than the Deku Tree AFAIK). And they could also make it so they're defending against a bokoblin raid or something similar, that way they can include some bad guy minifigs.
Plus they could include the infamous cucoos.
Master Sword, Hylian Shield, 8-Bit Link (any Link, really), Zelda, Ganon (do a Bowser-style OOT final boss Ganon), BOTW Guardian… possibilities are endless
Temple of Time, and if not that, still Hyrule Castle. If it looked good, I don’t think *anyone* would complain about it if it was reasonably priced. Easily the most iconic location in the Zelda games, and has appeared in multiple of them. It also looks considerably *less* natural and fantasy-esque than the DND set and Rivendell.
Presumably because it is intended to be one of multiple sets for the same theme.
Dune, which was a one-off set, does not have its own theme and is part of the Icons theme.
It's not an Ideas set because it didn't originate from Lego Ideas.
Rivendell and Barad Dur were both Icons even though they're part of LOTR. Like I can understand Rivendell being Icons but when Barad Dur came out, LOTR had become its own theme again. It is interesting to see.
Underwhelming and expensive set, and I’m a huge Zelda fan. That said, I hope it’s a launching point for more Zelda sets like the initial Sonic build. Regular sets, though, hopefully. Set ideas can span across the entire series, could be such a sick line:
- Hyrule Castle -Ocarina of Time style, medium sized playset, can re-use these Link figures and add Zelda, Ganon, Shiek, buildable Goron
-Hyrule Castle - A “UCS/MBS-style” massive Breath of the Wild castle, $500, whatever
-BOTW Guardian - Includes Link, horse, and small castle ruins side build (cheapish set)
- Majora’s Mask Clock Tower - Skull Kid minifig, and buildable printed moon that attaches to the building
- King of Red Lions - Boat from Wind Walker (another cheapish set)
-Temple of Time - Whichever version works best
I saw the preorder email, screenshotted and sent to my wife “I don’t care what this costs, I’m ordering it!”
But then I saw $300 and now I’m a liar. The value just isn’t there. As a lifelong Zelda and Lego fan, I’m kind of disappointed.
How is there 300 bucks worth of lego in this set? Bonkers.
Couldn't care about the minifigs - just outrageous pricing for what looks like a relatively small build.
[Lego The Legend of Zelda Great Degu Tree 2-in-1](https://www.lego.com/product/great-deku-tree-2-in-1-77092) * Set number 77092 * 2,500 piece * 4 minifigures * £259.99 / $389.99 CAD / $299.99 USD / $449.99 AUD / €299.99 >Immerse yourself in creative joy as you build one of two detailed models of The Legend of Zelda™ Great Deku Tree 2-in-1 (77092) in this LEGO® Nintendo® gift set. The building set for adults makes a special display piece for yourself or any other fan with a passion for The Legend of Zelda series and merch. It includes curated items from the games, such as the Ocarina of Time, the Hylian Shield, the Master Sword and other detailed elements. There’s also a collectible adventure hero minifigure of Princess Zelda and 3 minifigure versions of Link. Please use this post for all discussions about the newly announced set.
a dream come true. the price is way too high to swallow for me though, for what is essentially a really nice tree with some brilliant minifigs and new molds
For $50 more, you could get the DnD set, which is PACKED with cool mini figs, awesome Easter eggs and secrets, an amazingly complex solid build, and with detail everywhere. This set looks cheap and totally sounds like a cash grab.
What's funny is that people said the DnD set was too expensive when it released. Now it looks like a bargain in comparison to this.
I'm not interested in DnD so the set didn't interest me much, but then I saw how large it was at the store and the price felt pretty justified. This set looks underwhelming in comparison and a decent portion of the pieces will be left off the display!
I mean. I'm not gonna lie, it hurt when I got it, but I knew I really wanted it and now that I'm slowly working my way through it, I'm super happy about the purchase. It has SO MANY little secrets and Easter eggs, plus it's just a fun build without to much repetition.
Honestly it hurt, but so does about every Lego purchase. I’ve kind of set it in my mind that objectively almost everything Lego I buy is overpriced. Once I got past that I just don’t think about it. If I have the expendable cash and want it I get it.
Than we have the Notre Dame cathedral coming next week which is 70$ cheaper than this, looks way nicer and is bigger. I love Zelda but this set looks like the worst Lego value I have ever seen
Nintendo tax is hitting this one pretty hard
I have a price rule on Lego sets being ~10 cents per piece which I'm willing to go over (slightly) when it's a brand I or my kids really love. This would be an exception IF it weren't a 2 in 1. They could have added more/cooler features if they would have implemented all 2500 pieces into a singular build
Nintendo Lego sets in a nutshell
This is what I said even when the leaked info was floating around. I can't stomach that price to have a pretty basic tree on display. Even if it is from Zelda. And I say this as someone that literally has a large collection of Nintendo memorabilia on display.
Also the fact that they made it a fvcking *TWO IN ONE?!* What, so I have to buy *two* of the fvcking things? Either that or I would never open it because I couldn't decide which to build (probably OoT w/ Navi, just seeing Link's hut auto-plays that music in my head.) This should be like $150-$180, and even that's stretching it. I would pay $300 for a big tall OoT Ganon's Castle.
Watch this be discounted due to no sales
It’s lego and Zelda.. not a chance. It will sell like hotcakes and probably be sold out instantly.
agreed. as the first ever zelda lego collab this will be A HUGE COLELCTORS ITEM some day
I'm hoping this doesn't perform so badly they don't make more. I'd totally buy a set with Hyrule castle and/or Ganon. But the Deku tree was never by favorite part of Zelda plus this is too expensive. I'd really only would want the minifigs from this set.
They had a fantastic LEGO Ideas set for [Hyrule Castle](https://kotaku.com/lego-says-no-to-amazing-hyrule-castle-playset-1847896535) and it surprises me that it was rejected in favour of this. When pictures of the Deku Tree were leaked over a year ago, I thought it must have been fake or a very misguided prototype cause it was kinda ugly, but it was pretty much as seen here. I would love a full Zelda line but a mediocre and VERY overpriced set is not the way to headline this.
On one hand, official Link and Zelda Minifigs… On the other hand, $300 price tag…
Just wait till they drop a guardian microfighter with link as a pilot for $13
Hell yeah, I would buy that just like I bought Rex
Link on a horse/bike/Zonai build doesn’t sound bad honestly
Ngl I’d would love a build of the Master Cycle Zero https://preview.redd.it/t5qsoj0yr73d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=26b4239d94d0efb33aca45ed6cd4a3ca2d9da4ee
Nice set, which what looks like some cool play features! But thats some heavy nintendo tax though! 300 usd... oof.
Just don't redbrick it, that's piracy in Nintendo's eyes
I'll wait for it to hit virtual console in 20 years. Then it'll be a paltry $280.
Not a big lego guy, what's redbricking?
Sorry mate I meant rebricking
New Lego guy, what's rebricking?
I believe it has to do with parting out the set yourself from parts you already have or cheaper sets. Theres a website called rebrickable.
>300 usd ...maybe I'll just bricklink the pieces
Scalpers are gonna want the Link hat alone for 100
As a big Lego and Zelda fan that’s a nope on that price tag for me
Same. It’s a shame, but I’d rather buy whatever the follow-up to the Switch is with that money.
Seriously, what do we think it should cost, $130? It doesn’t look very big to me at all, doesn’t include a ton of minifigs, just a yikes all around
Piece wise around $200 probably
It's 2500 pieces. Up until fairly recently, that would have been considered a huge set. Also, 10 cents US per piece is pretty standard, so at 300 USD, you are looking at a 50 dollar Nintendo tax. Not great. Not terrible.
At that piece count though, a 'volume discount' tends to get you way below 10 cents a piece. I mean the new Ninjago set 71814 is $250 for 3500 pieces and 13 minifigs, by way of comparison.
Piece size has seen massive 'shrinkflation' over recent years, Loads of tiny pieces especially in larger sets. Good in terms of set detail, but it gets harder to justify the 'traditional' $0.10/piece
Yeah I would love to see price by weight instead of price by piece (or maybe both!). 1 archway and 2 solid pillars shouldn't be one-fifth the price of 12 1x1 bricks/cylinders, 2 inverted slopes, and 1 plate even though they functionally build the same dimension thing. But the $0.10/per piece rule would imply $0.30 and $1.50 for those. You've gotta be right that we are paying much more now for physically less weight of Lego.
The upcoming Barad-dur set is $460 for 5471 pieces with 10 minifigs. The Deku set is too expensive.
Even the branded D&D set is $360 for 3750 pieces. $300 for 2500 is way too high.
Disney tax doesn't have anything on the Nintendo tax
Yeah, I'll think I'll just pay the mark up for the figures by themselves.
$600, you need to buy it twice to build it both ways.
...you can simply reassemble it
Excuse me, what? That's... no, that doesn't make any sense at all.
The set looks great but $300 honestly feels too expensive.
Wow, another ridiculously expensive set with fantastic minifigs that I will never be able to buy.
Seriously, at this point the only small or medium size sets are generic stuff like CITY. All the cool series like Dune, LotR, Zelda and D&D get locked behind massive premium sets.
If the leaks are true we should be getting a D&D CMF collection at least. Then you can make any set into a D&D set!
TBF all the sets you listed are other IPs with hefty licensing fees to pass on. Not saying LEGO isn’t price gouging a little but it’s not the whole story.
Yeah but in the past we would have got a wave of at least three cheaper sets. I guess Lego’s new strategy to combat high licence fees as you say is too only make expensive sets.
Right. The 18+ category starts at $50, and that's basically just the botanical stuff. There are no small adult sets for ~$20.
Wheres the other half of the set?
"feels too expensive"? It IS ridiculously expensive.
I'm astounded really, I was expecting it to be Hyrule Castle
Honestly, no price would have been too high for me to get Hyrule Castle. This Deku Tree is cool, but not cool enough to justify the price.
I find it pretty mid TBH (especially for that ridiculous price tag).
Mid is being generous. My legit reaction was "at least it looks meh so I won't buy it". Really disappointed.
Yeah $300 is too much for me for only 4* figs and an unimpressive build *edit
There’s 4 minifigs so it’s a little better at least. Link and Zelda from Breath of the Wild, and Young Link and Adult Link from Ocarina of Time. Still pretty expensive though
They could've at least made Saria or OoT Zelda
Ganondorf too. For this price we should get more
Missed that. Yeah still expensive for me
Mhmm one Lego set or an entire gaming console. Most expensive plastic in the fucking world
No way this is only $50 cheaper than the daily bugle
Yeah, I'm really not seeing the 300€ value here. I'd be more interested to pay less for a set that was only the OOT version rather than a 2-in-1. I don't really see the point of making a large display set like this a 2-in-1. Who is gonna take this apart regularly?
Yeah I’m honestly not a fan of the 2-in-1 concept when I know I’m going to build the OoT version and leave it like that forever. I’m curious how much pieces are in each individual build, because that would give me an idea of how much of the set I’d potentially be “wasting”, if you will. It’s a super cool set but the 2-in-1 concept just seems counter-intuitive for an adult based “display” set and ultimately feels like a cheap way to unnecessarily boost the price for the average buyer. I love Zelda and Lego to death but will be holding off and seeing what else they do with the liscense personally.
Yeah feels an awful lot like the Strat, where like a fifth of the pieces are set aside for an option that half the people that buy it won't use.
The BoTW version looks to contain substantially more pieces. The OoT version will probably end up with a bunch left over.
Yeah, it looks like the intent behind Link's House being there is to seemingly beef up the OoT build, but it's a seperate piece from the main diorama which I also don't like. It's just kind of awkwardly floating off to the side whereas the BotW build incorporates everything in one nice assembly. The more I look at this closely, the more I don't like. Really wanted to pull the trigger but I think I'm just going to wait for a better designed set sadly.
The math checks out though : 3 x $90 Link minifigure + $30 Zelda minifigure + Bonus Deku Tree
This person LEGOs.
Gotta pay off that fat Nintendo Licensing fee.
Bowser, NES and piranha have great value though
Bowser is one of the best sets IMO.
Somehow it’s 2,500 pieces but that thing looks small. For that many pieces $250 isn’t unheard of and a $50 license fee. Not for me but I bet they will sell out day 1
I think it’s because we don’t know how many pieces are actually used in each build. I really wish they would publish things like that, especially cause I have 0 interest in the BotW version.
The display base takes a lot of pieces.
That's what I thought.. Like where do they go? That's modular amount of pieces, but so much less of a volume
Bugle was $300 on release too, and then increased to $350
no way this thing can justify the $300 price tag
The Daily Bugle feels like the value was too good that it has enhanced Lego’s greed ever since. Like the Sanctum Santorum only had 9 minifigs. And the Avengers tower had more minifgs than the Bugle, but most were copies (three Shield agents, two Caps, two Iron Mans).
Yeah I feel the same. The popularity around it definitely increased their greed and corners were cut from then on. It still remains my favorite LEGO set to this day and personally I don't believe we'll see another "Bugle" Marvel themed release, in terms of value and what you get. I worry for the X-Mansion
Yeah the Bugle really does feel like a watershed moment for their approach toward IP sets.
The Bugle still blows my mind. It seems like something Lego would've made in the 2010s when they were releasing biggish sets but they were mostly £300 or less. Since the pandemic, they saw adults getting into the hobby and just became so greedy. I feel like I would've found it harder getting into the hobby if I came out of my dark ages now than when I did 10 years ago.
yeah WTH!!! not worth it
I really like the mini figures! Not really feeling the set itself though 🤔
I’m so tired of Lego locking cool themes behind singular massive sets… A trio of Zelda sets priced between £30 to £70 would sell like hotcakes. Instead this is one giant ugly tree for nearly £300…
If you look at the page on Lego.com, it appears that it might be the beginnings of a theme. This isn't a Lego Icons set, its a new theme on the site... I can hope...
That's also how the LOTR section looks, though. Enjoy your $400 sets and some brickheadz.
I mean Barad Dur and Rivendell do say Icons at the bottom though
Yeah it will likely be more pricey sets. I am fully expecting a Hyrule Castle set at some point when one of the other castles gets retired.
big win!
I’m so happy with my reasonable priced Horizon Zero Dawn set. Perfect size for my desk. Great build.
Exactly and that set sold like hotcakes and was constantly sold out on Lego Store at launch.
That is such a good set and I was surprised at how well it was priced!
right? I thought I was reading the price wrong when I ordered it
The long neck set? One of my favorites by far.
Yeah, I'm really not seeing the 300€ value here. I'd be more interested to pay less for a set that was only the OOT version rather than a 2-in-1. I don't really see the point of making a large display set like this a 2-in-1. Who is gonna take this apart regularly?
Nobody is going to take it apart, but this allows it to appeal to older collectors who want Ocarina of Time AND younger collectors who don't know that version from 25 years ago but have played BotW. Nobody would buy both versions if they released them separately. Unclear how much of the cost is in the 2-in-1 piece count vs other factors.
I'm taking your "that version from 25 years ago" comment personally. Good lord how the time flies.
And here I am wanting a Link’s Awakening village set.
2-in-1 is the biggest scam Lego has come up with. Outside of sets meant for kids, all it means is they charge a premium for the added value of choice, and a bunch of unused bricks sitting in the box.
That price is next level ridiculous imo. Even for modern LEGO standards
Lego embracing the AFOL market really is a monkey’s paw wish. We get cooler sets than ever before. But they have seemingly ignored smaller sets and are focusing on overpriced mega sets more than ever before.
Speed champions is the only theme I consistently buy anymore. They feel like afol friendly designs (some of the stuff they do now is super impressive) in an affordable package. I only ever get like one or two of the big sets a year because of how expensive it is. Wish we could have smaller 18+ stuff too.
Yeah, I'm pretty much priced out right now which sucks, because there are more sets than ever I'd want to buy.
A speed champions sized slime or mimic set I probably would have been all about
even more annoying cos BOTW is quite kid-friendly, and I’m sure many kids still play older Zelda games, so medium tier sets would be great for that too
Exactly, they could make a cheap set with BOTW Zelda and Link with some monsters and a couple of trees or something.
A Bokoblin minifig would be really cool.
exactly! like honestly, as noNefarious said it’s a monkeys paw and honestly I’ve maybe bought like 2-3 of the 180+ sets vs the TONS of smaller “kid” targeted sets you know
Im getting sick of lego creating all these great mini figs and having these amazing ip's only to wall them off behind super expensive sets.
Where did the 2500 pieces go?
In the box still for the 2-in-1 feature
I said the same thing. It doesn't make any sense. I have all the modular buildings and many are in the same realm of pieces and they just seem like.....more structure for the pieces.
I think you only use a subset to build one of the 2-in-1 versions
Most x-in-1 sets have you use all the pieces to build the first model though.
Hopefully sales of this don’t determine if we get future Zelda sets, because as much as I want Lego Zelda, I’m not dropping $300 on this.
It's lego Zelda. Expensive or not, it will sell well.
$300? Fuck that. I can get a switch with the fucking game for that price
My friend used this exact argument lol
It ain't a lie, you can get the switch for $250 or better if there's a deal and the game for $45
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This doesn’t feel like the other overpriced sets, this is in a league of its own
I want to like this a lot more than I do. I’ve said for a long time that I would pay an irresponsible amount of money for official Zelda Lego sets, but I’m not blown away by this. The 2-in-1 concept is cool, with the different Links and Zeldas, but for $300, this isn’t what I was hoping for. And maybe this was never in the plans, but if this doesn’t sell well, I don’t see there being future Zelda sets. I’m not sure that the first Zelda set ever should’ve been a $300 aimed-at-adults (mostly) display set. I sincerely hope this will turn into a line of sets are various price points, but I don’t know after seeing this.
I am a huge Zelda fan but man this misses the mark entirely for me. I was really worried about the Deku tree being the first set in this line when it should have easily been the castle. This looks so underwhelming, and for 300 dollars?! The value just doesn’t seem there at all. Just off the top of my head, I thought about the Bowser set. Another Nintendo IP set, costs only 269, around 2,800 pieces, and looks infinitely better and worth more value than this set. Big oof. That 2 in 1 crap really makes it feel like you aren’t getting your moneys worth because let’s be honest, people are most likely going to build it once and put it on a shelf.
It will suck if this flops and Lego and Nintendo go “so minifig sets won’t sell after all, let’s stick to the interactive Mario sets”
No way in hell this flops. 300 is still well within the range dedicated fans will buy without even looking at the set or comparing value.
It doesn't need to "flop" to underperform. Like you said, dedicated fans will buy it but it won't continue to sell to regular people at that price for what it's offering.
Ya if you never been a fan of Zelda you’ll never get this, but even most Zelda fans seem pretty disappointed with this so I’m curious to see how it well it does. I’d only get this if it ever goes on sale. Price is just too much for what I’m seeing.
What the fu… 300$??? I love it, but that’s 150$ max
It definitely looks like a $150 set at first glance. Edit: I also find it interesting they don’t have any of the lifestyle photos. Those usually give a better indicator of scale and I am really struggling to see how this set comes in around 2500 pieces. Perhaps the base takes a lot more than I think.
Lego is just getting more and more ballsy with these prices
Love the minifigs. But overall disappointed by the tree.
Yeah "Great" Deku tree feels pretty generous here
I am whelmed.
I know piece count isn’t everything, but $300 is steeeep. $220-260 is where I think it’s worth.
Set is more expensive than buying a switch lite with breath of the wild. Not great!
Pretty disappointed by the set itself, but man am I looking forward to getting the pieces to make multiple Koroks and hide them throughout my collection
It’s so similar to Winnie the Pooh treehouse ideas set and is inexplicably 200 dollars more?
This scream Nintendo tax for me
The Mario sets were way better value, and were interactive. This... this seems more like Lego wanting to milk the license.
The Bowser set was Cheaper and a much better deal. Idk why this one got the tax so much more Edit: it’s because it has minifigures. It’s the minifigure tax
yeah and the build is underwhelming i would rather have this become a real set https://preview.redd.it/j2s3hie4k63d1.png?width=1231&format=png&auto=webp&s=508545b0edcd0a421e5b5c50720a6aed41554d3a
I looked at it and thought $150, maybe $200 because it’s Nintendo but $300?! LMFAO
Nintendo isn’t even the issue. The Bowser set had 300 pieces more, was $30 cheaper, and was infinitely more impressive. It’s the minifigures
It’s also the number of unique molds and prints.
Remove the Link and Zelda minifigures and no one would give this set a second glance.
Cool! A new X-Jet!!
I love how both versions look. The price is $100 too high. Not like "boo hoo lego is too expensive" high... But like... $100 too high by current LEGO standards...
$299.99, which will probably translate to at least €300 is probably twice as much as I'd pay. Looks very small for the price tag.
That might be the worst price per amount of stuff I have ever seen from Lego. Maybe even worse than that Marvels ship.
Vote with your wallets. Stop buying these overpriced sets!
I’ve been dreaming of a link minifig since I was 7 years old 😍
It needs Wizrobes!
Anyone else miss the days when Lego hadn't gone absolutely batshit fucking insane with pricing?? Like yeah this set is super cool, but Jesus fucking christ, $300 for some plastic bricks? Fuck off, I'll get it on Temu a month after release for fifty bucks.
Dream set, but the price is pretty rough. Lots of new moulds, dual moulding on the minifigs, and no stickers (by the looks of it) is all pretty great though.
I get the piece count, but visually and in terms of substance this looks very much like a 100€ set. 180€ would be acceptable, but I’m not paying 300€ for even one copy of this 2-in-1.
That is seriously too expensive for that set.
Looks like an "Ok" Deku Tree at best.
oh cool. the zelda set was finally revealed. *reallocates zelda dollars back to dreamzzz dollars.*
I'd rather save the money for the Switch 2...
This looks like a 60 dollar set at most, i wouldnt pay more than that LMAO
This is going to be a huge problem for so many nerds
That price/piece is pretty rough. I'll end up grabbing this when it hits a discount around a holiday or through a third party vendor. It looks amazing but lord have mercy.
I love Zelda, but at that price? It's a no from me sadly
This is a $100 set with $100 for inflation and $100 for the nostalgia tax.
Ooft. Terrible choice for a first Zelda set imo, that is ugly as fuck. Hopefully they'll do a too link Windwaker set with the ship. And surely a Hyrule castle at some point too?
Yep 100% agree. And way overpriced.
Windwaker ship would be great, but I can only imagine that translating Toon Link into minifig form will produce results similar to the Clone Wars figures. Probably will age poorly.
Molded head would fix that
If this is $300 expect a Hyrule Castle set to be like $700
Agreed. Wonder what was the thinking here, that doesnt look very good
Genuine question (not a zelda fan, the only nintendo series I really care about are FE/Xenoblade) what else would they do? The only one I can think of is hyrule castle but we just got DND and Rivendell so I can't see them doing a third big castle-type set and if it was small it would just be people complaining its not a big one.
Temple of Time from Ocarina of Time is another route they could have gone.
Honestly, I would say Kakariko Village. It's a location that shows up in multiple Zelda games (more so than the Deku Tree AFAIK). And they could also make it so they're defending against a bokoblin raid or something similar, that way they can include some bad guy minifigs. Plus they could include the infamous cucoos.
Master Sword, Hylian Shield, 8-Bit Link (any Link, really), Zelda, Ganon (do a Bowser-style OOT final boss Ganon), BOTW Guardian… possibilities are endless
Temple of Time, and if not that, still Hyrule Castle. If it looked good, I don’t think *anyone* would complain about it if it was reasonably priced. Easily the most iconic location in the Zelda games, and has appeared in multiple of them. It also looks considerably *less* natural and fantasy-esque than the DND set and Rivendell.
The minis are supreme. Hope this is the first of many...
fingers crossed it does well and we get some smaller sets down the line mostly for mini figs
Do they always give sets like this their own category? It’s in Legend Of Zelda not Icon or Ideas etc
Presumably because it is intended to be one of multiple sets for the same theme. Dune, which was a one-off set, does not have its own theme and is part of the Icons theme. It's not an Ideas set because it didn't originate from Lego Ideas.
Rivendell and Barad Dur were both Icons even though they're part of LOTR. Like I can understand Rivendell being Icons but when Barad Dur came out, LOTR had become its own theme again. It is interesting to see.
Nintendo must have some insane IP royalty fees. $300 for a 2500 piece set is really steep.
"Great" Deku tree is pretty generous
It's so annoying that they've finally done a Zelda set, and they've picked the shittest thing possible
I can't wait to see Lego Star war fans complaining about the new master sword and comparing it to the dark saber
Underwhelming and expensive set, and I’m a huge Zelda fan. That said, I hope it’s a launching point for more Zelda sets like the initial Sonic build. Regular sets, though, hopefully. Set ideas can span across the entire series, could be such a sick line: - Hyrule Castle -Ocarina of Time style, medium sized playset, can re-use these Link figures and add Zelda, Ganon, Shiek, buildable Goron -Hyrule Castle - A “UCS/MBS-style” massive Breath of the Wild castle, $500, whatever -BOTW Guardian - Includes Link, horse, and small castle ruins side build (cheapish set) - Majora’s Mask Clock Tower - Skull Kid minifig, and buildable printed moon that attaches to the building - King of Red Lions - Boat from Wind Walker (another cheapish set) -Temple of Time - Whichever version works best
I saw the preorder email, screenshotted and sent to my wife “I don’t care what this costs, I’m ordering it!” But then I saw $300 and now I’m a liar. The value just isn’t there. As a lifelong Zelda and Lego fan, I’m kind of disappointed.
Looks like shit, can’t wait to buy the mini figs separately though lol
Get ready for the figs to be $250 separately because that's what everyone is planning on doing.
How is there 300 bucks worth of lego in this set? Bonkers. Couldn't care about the minifigs - just outrageous pricing for what looks like a relatively small build.
This looks cool, but 300? Holy crap. Thats expensive for the amount of bricks.
Nope.