And most people are falling for it. No offense to Goldfyre or any other creator or fan, but I kinda feel like Lego won't stop until influencers and AFOLs (cause let's be real, not many children are getting these sets) boycott large pricey sets. Then we might even get a normal wave of medium or small sets going on for a smaller price.
@@user-br3vl7ne3j This is my main issue with the ambassador network. It creates this divide between viewer and creator where the ambassador losses touch with the average lego fan's experience because they get the set for free.
@@Hide____most likely and really likely Nintendo set that price themselves. All Lego does is design and make the sets around the given budget. That counts for pieces, figures, new molds and prints. Lego has zero say in the price. The only things they set prices on is their own IPs
@@jcole__3 Even if that were the case, why make this set to begin with? I know there are a lot of Nintendo fans out there, but you could easily build your own stuff for a quarter or a fifth of the price and still end up with a similar size build. I don't think a 200 dollar set will sell as well as a 50 or a 75 one.
The biggest problem with these kind of 2 in 1 sets is that you're more than likely gonna end up paying a significant premium for a secondary build that you might not be that interested in. With the fender stratocaster for example if you only wanted the set in red then you were basically paying extra for a ton of black pieces you didnt want. This is like that but on a much larger and more expensive scale
I think stuff like that actually adds to the value of a set, as it can be used in 2 ways, according to preference. You can switch the build if you want another display, that adds value. I don't think the actual bricks add much to the actual real value of a set, it is the 'prercieved' value that it adds too, so Lego can ask more for a product because the people that buy it think it is more valuable. The actual plastic price is still quite low, it is their design studio, thei corporate philosophy, their parks, their customer service and whatever else Lego does, that you are paying for.
The only reason the price is so much more expensive then most of the same value is because Nintendo didn't want to give us a lego set of their characters at a good price. Lego just has to compensate for Nintendos ip status. Thought, if we continue to get new sets for lego zelda, i wouldn't be apposed to a few ideas: A mini termina set complete with giants and temples -A stalker guardian -Each of the divine beasts with link in their respective armors and weapons and the champions -Full scale link to the past/link between worlds Hyrule castle -The master sword pedestal with the three sacred stones -A phantom from spirit tracks with customizable -a twilight princess darknut -imp midna with wolf link, with instructions to rebuild into twili midna -and lon lon ranch
I think the price is high, but fairly priced when you really look at it. 2500/$300 is not a great price per piece, but there are no stickers, there are new recolors for pieces, new moulds for the minifigures and accessories, and then nintendo has to get a cut of sales, so there is the Nintendo IP tax. The set is already backordered for preorders so it will definitely sell well.
You’re one of the only people that has the right take on this. People forget that Lego doesn’t really get a say on the price especially licensed sets. I personally think this set is awesome. Yea 300 is expensive but for what you’re getting I’d say it’s worth it. 5 exclusive mini figures cause we should all know Nintendo won’t want those figs sold in any other set. And some molds and prints we never have had before. The price per piece I think will add up pretty well. My brother is a true legends of Zelda fan and he always tells Nintendo does jack for merch for the games and rarely does stuff like this happen. I’ve seen so many fans of the series excited for this set. I just hope certain lego communities don’t start raging like I’ve already been seeing.
I thought it was $200, but $300 dollars is even more crazy >.< For the most part, the reason Lego gets to use these insane prices is people that buy it at insane costs regardless. There is a world full of people out there that wants affordable Lego sets and the only thing they make is sutff for the few people that have too much disposable income and Lego investors. If it is true that it is Nintendo pushing this, then this set might as well not have been made. I hope Lego communities rage about every set that is overpriced until they start making some serious changes, this has gone way too far for the longest time.
@@jcole__3 It's just crazy the amount of hate this set is getting for the price when it really isn't that outrageous compared to other sets... ahem X-Men Jet.. I mean, the Lego community tends to agree that $.10/piece is a good price for a standard non-licensed lego set, and when you break it down, this set comes to $.12/piece. For this kind of licensed I think that 2 cent difference is not that bad considering the IP. A lot of others are comparing this to the Daily Bugle to say it's a bad deal, but the DB was just a wonder of a good deal and is really an outlier so it isn't really fair to compare. Compared to other sets, the price really is in line.
@@brooks6651yeah, the price is in line…with all the other overinflated lego sets 😂 im a kid of the 90´. I grew up with all kind of great lego sets. Special molds and stuff. I know they cant have the same price like 20y ago but nowadays lego sets are just ugly generic brickbuilds. For 300 i expect a big mould of the tree with tons of Accessoires and detailed terrain. Same with the dnd set. Fantasy era and lotr showed us what kind of epic dragons they could do. Instead they deliver a blocky ass looking brickbuild dragon.
I would wait for stackable Insiders Points promo (2x-4x), GWP promo, and Rakuten / RetailMeNot cash back promo before buying. It's a beautiful set but I think a more reasonable price would have been $225.
They only agreed to this because the market is flooded with KO Zelda minifigs. Some of them are really good, some... have Voltron's sword for some weird reason. And that price is awful when there will inevitably be a KO of the set for a third that price. I couldn't justify $150 for Lego Optimus Prime when it has a $40 KO of equal quality.
@@Ruune__ 1. I'm sure some of these molds can be repurposed, like the sword and hairpiece. 2. Even if they can't, you're still vastly overestimating how expensive new molds are. Plenty of CMFs have had intricate exclusive molds for $5 and under. I doubt Lego would do that if it's losing them money. Not to mention other brands similar to Lego have tons of special molds and prints for cheaper prices.
Hey goldfyre do you plan on using any of these new piecesmin you're fantasy world,and another question do you play videogames and if you do what is you're favorite game
@@Goldfyre not long ago, I'd probably dismiss this as not being possible, but with series like the muppets and looney tunes, along with the fact we have gotten 3 different lego nintendo IPs represented now in lego, it's definitely looking more possible than ever
I just looked closer at the hylian shield and realized it's the Twilight Princess design and not Ocarina of Time...I can't unsee it and it's kinda making me mad XD. Still 100% getting this set
150 to 200 would be reasonable. Between Barad-dur and this one it’s probably worse for value but way better from a sentimental stand. Let’s hope they put some GWP out when it releases or have a good deal during black week. It’s also interesting that the off brand versions of Link are so similar but more detailed and offer a really cool Ganon Minifig.
As a Zelda BOTW and TOTK fan, I love this set, especially the minifigures and accessories, and the koroks all over. I like that you can animate the great deku tree. I wish the set was cheaper though, should be $250, or $200 A Zelda CMF series would be awesome, and a Mario series also Its great that most video game sets only have prints, with no stickers
While I don’t think it’s priced fairly, I also recognize that it likely isn’t Lego themselves. Nintendo seems to be behind the insane price for this one. As an add-on to this, I have noticed that Lego sets that are licensed tend to have a $10 per 100 pieces price guide, but there are a few that break that rule, like Lego Marvels The Hoopty, which was twice the price a set with a similar piece count would have been.
Referencing the point in the video that the OoT Geat Deku Tree's mouth opens but there not being a picture of that, there isn't a direct image of the OoT Great Deku Tree's mouth opening up but there's an indirect image on the storepage that makes it look like the mouth lifts upward kinda like an old garage door rather than tilting downward which would make a lot more sense given it's a mouth and the Great Deku Tree in game slides it's mouth down into the ground. Now, I know they can't do it perfectly like the game, there isn't enough room with the set for the mouth to slide straight down. But at the same time, there's a mechanism in the images of the back of the oot great deku tree that made it look like it slid inwards, which I thought would be a good compromise. And especially with the price of the set to the piece count I'd expect it to have good engineering like that. Pay for the talent of the build at least. But no, which sucks, despite my greater wishes of childhood nostalgia, I think if I do get it, I'll probably stick with the BotW version because of that. Also wish it's roots were done better and closer to the game with that price point like the BotW one appears to have been, but I guess that's LEGO nowadays.
At most I would say 200$, it is a shame it is so expensive because the minifigures and build are really cool. Also I could see links parts being used as forest men and even botw link’s torso and legs being used for a black falcon minifigure
Honestly there's a lot of new molds and unless LEGO makes more the Legend of Zelda sets (which they totally should and I'd buy every single one of them) I fear they might not do more sets seeing as the master sword is dual molded, botw link's torso and legs have a lot of details, LEGO often wants to include less prints in cheaper sets, the gold elements usually cost more to make than normal coloring, etc
2500 pieces for 300 wouldn’t be bad if so many of those pieces weren’t really small parts. Because of that, it makes the set way smaller and harder to convince of its value
You have to remember, when you buy a set like this, you aren't just buying the pieces, you're helping pay the licensing fee that was required to make the set in the first place. With that in mind, a $300 price tag is understandable, if a little frustrating.
I love the legend of Zelda and I think Lego did a really good job making this set and the mini figs are amazing and I would love to see like a Ganondorf fig from a cmf series but I do think this set is overpriced but I would love to see what Lego decides to do with this series and I think it world be super cool if they made the great sky island form Totk as a set
Ngl I would have preferred the set be split into two different $200 sets rather than one $300. Sure, it'd be more expensive overall but it'd also be two complete similar-scaled builds, rather than one complete build with a crap ton of extra pieces for the alt build, or make it a $350 two-sided build with each iteration would be back-to-back, connected with hinge pieces so you could technically display both sides.
This set should be $250 so I truly only see it being $50 more expensive than what it should be but since its a new IP, let alone a Nintendo one with new molds I can somewhat understand. no way this set should be lower than $250 though especially looking at piece count of others.
You are far better off doing that. The mocs are often better than original Lego sets and you end up paying the actual cost, the real market value of the parts. It is also nice to support individuals that worked hard on these Mocs, for them, 5 to 20 dollars is a good amount of money to support them. They can make quite a bit of money on the side if they build up a large catalog.
I'd never even heard of rebrickable thanks for the info I'm going to have to start doing some research on the site. I did notice going to buy some of the parts it was in euros?
@@bens3767 you are very welcome! Rebrickable is a great page where you can find anything about Lego. I think you can choose the currency you want to pay for the purchases!
@@bens3767 The site offers everything according to the country you select in the top left of the small menu. If you select the US for example, it should switch to dollars.
Zooming in, it looks like the Secret Stone and Skulltula have stickers on them. But I'm open to be pleasantly surprised. $300 is a bit excessive, but for the first Zelda set, I'm gonna shell for it- plus I'm used to the Lego Star Wars prices which also may play a role here. (Lego beat me down with their prices:(((( )
You mean like how governments and central banks overprinting money leaves normal people with less buying power and corporations still following a growth mentality in that environment is causing people to be disgusted en masse by their pricing? Because that is what really going on. What businesses are doing is already insustainable in a normal situation, but with costs rising dramatically around the globe, this is simply inexcusable. Also, it will ruin these businesses as they lose consumer trust and support. The massive isles of Lego products will disappear from the stores over time as barely anyone is able to buy them anymore. I fully understand they want to make money, but the system is broken and only rewards a tiny fraction of people at the top. This is not Lego's fault, but they sure as hell can design more affordable sets, or cut costs elsewhere so their products stack up far better to their pricing. All this is doing is playing right into their competitors hands and lose them money in the long run.
AH yes the good ol' Lego tax: find a fair price ($200) and then add $100. XD Man, I don't play Zelda, but it still is really annoying that Lego can practically just throw out unreasonable prices, and then at the same time expect people to pay for it, disgusting IMO.
This is one of those moments where Lego is trying to make us think the Prints are supposed to be the reason for the prince (hence so many nice prints - love them) ... but I think it's the franchise cost. Maybe it this set was 20%-30% cheaper (without having a franchise) it would have been 2500 pieces for 240 or even 200 Euro -with full prints, I would say that would have been decent. Not the best price, but decent. It's a shame they waste so much parts budget and print budget for sets that are not for everyone. Barad'Dur looks like a really good offer opposed to this. a shame it doesn't have more prints. I might consider it I get a good sale on it, or get some of the accessories ... but the build itself is just a nice tree. Would love to fit it in the Medieval Town Square. =))) The minifigs are really good, same with the accessories.
I might be an outlier I find the price to be slightly expensive but I still got two sets. (Lego Zelda is and will be a massive money sink for me if they continue this line)
While it's a beautiful set and i am a zelda fan, i don't think it's reasonably priced, it should be worth $350-375 AUD . $450AUD is absurd, considering the Medieval Market Square is $400 AUD and has 800 more pieces.
Just in case some of you don’t know, if you know someone who works for Lego they get a 50% discount on everything so you can get this for €150 if you get them to buy on your behalf.
I’m not defending the price, but I can see where it comes from. 3 new hair molds, the ocarina mold, the Hylian shield, THE MASTER SWORD, all prints no stickers, and the biggest one, the 2 in 1 aspect. I think that’s what people forget when they just look at the price tag, because 300 is ludicrous for a Lego set of this size, but 200 for one that transforms so incredibly was probably seen as far too cheap when Lego set the cost. I think 250 is where I personally would value this set.
Nobody would ever think a Lego set was too cheap. If anything they would say it is great value. The Viking Village for example was good value. It had quite a high parts count for it's cost, an interesting build, quite a few unique printed parts and no stickers, 4 good looking minifigures with a ton of accessories and cost $150, which you could find a little cheaper if you looked for a discount. And I even had to think long and hard to buy that set, as it is a considerable amount of money. I got it for 135 and I think I did okay. This set offers less value, for twice the price. I know you are paying for the IP, but Lego shouldn't be doing IP sets if this is the result.
@@yokaiwatcher8500 Alright, that makes sense. I understand there are always people defending Lego and it's prices, but seeing as the sets keep increasing in price, or getting smaller for the same prices, or both, I still find it baffling that people actively think this is justified. The biggest issue isn't even if it's a great set anymore, which is the saddest part. Nobody really cares about sets they can't afford, or that they can never justify the price for. Still, there are always people buying these up like it's normal, which sends a wrong signal to Lego.
On a piece to part ratio, it makes sense. But after you hit a certain point, that ratio makes less sense. So comparing it to my first major set, the SW Ghost, about 1400 pcs for $160. So double that count and price and you get 2800 pcs for $320... $20 is about 250-300 pcs count. So is about right... but once you pass $200... it is hard to justify.
The gray market has Zelda figures / shields that resemble lego currently. The real problem is that each theme having high $ sets forces you the be a niche enthusiast instead of dipping ur hand into all themes like before. 4 years ago I’d buy city, speed champ, creator, technic , ninjago, monkie kid now I ask myself can I moc/engineer it better then them
For anyone who cant afford this set, knock off lego may be a better alternative, based on release schedules it shouldnt take more than one year for the set to be copied and should be sold at 1/3rd of the price. Knock off lego doesnt have the best reputation but from my experience, if you dont mind slightly more fragile pieces it should suffice. 300$ for this set is just absoloute insanity
All the Nintendo themes use exclusively prints. Or for Mario those basically QR things are like prestickered stickers. So I fully expect everything Zelda to be printed.
$200 would be my preferred cost with the piece count. But there is always a "franchise Tax" associated these sets. Gotta pay more for our geekdom. I also think it ruins the chance of original lego IP castle theme sets being released. Between this and future potential Zelda sets, D&D (and CMF line), LOTR/Hobbit leaves little room for non-franchise IP to put on the shelves 😢
I think if it was Lego owned 300 is crazy and it should be 150. But I also know Nintendo can be stingy with prices so it would cost more. And also they are trying out new molds.
This is a tough purchase to justify for me. $300 would be acceptable if the set included parts to build both models simultaneously, but the way it is I would have preferred to only pay $200. I don't understand how over 2000 pieces can only go into one model of this scale.
Nintendo: Would you rather have an actual Nintendo switch or a Zelda Lego set Community: lego set Me: As much as I love Zelda I don’t wanna pay 300 dollars Community: we don’t care
LEGO doesn't force us to buy. I now get it. They are spreading the range of interests. Personally I would give 150 for this. All about priorities. One must get used to choose in nowadays world of LEGO. Even more if someone is collecting since a long time, as I do.
Ok 1. Why is there no OoT Zelda or Zaria fig. 2. Young Link's house should have been a gift with purchase. And 3. They should have included a sheikah shrine.
I swear Lego these days is just pushing the limits of pricing to see how much money they can squeeze out of people.
And most people are falling for it. No offense to Goldfyre or any other creator or fan, but I kinda feel like Lego won't stop until influencers and AFOLs (cause let's be real, not many children are getting these sets) boycott large pricey sets. Then we might even get a normal wave of medium or small sets going on for a smaller price.
@@user-br3vl7ne3j This is my main issue with the ambassador network. It creates this divide between viewer and creator where the ambassador losses touch with the average lego fan's experience because they get the set for free.
@@Goldfyrethats probably why a lot of people like jangbricks including myself
It is quite expensive but I’m guessing their is an up in the price due to licensing
@gbrow1604, you sound like a conspiracy theorist right now.
It is insane how the Ninjago City Gardens costed the same when it was released.
For real, tho I guess 20% of this is nintendos money. As they still need to pay royalties
@@Hide____that’s exactly why this set is so overpriced.
5600+ pieces and many more figs.
@@Hide____most likely and really likely Nintendo set that price themselves. All Lego does is design and make the sets around the given budget. That counts for pieces, figures, new molds and prints. Lego has zero say in the price. The only things they set prices on is their own IPs
@@jcole__3 Even if that were the case, why make this set to begin with? I know there are a lot of Nintendo fans out there, but you could easily build your own stuff for a quarter or a fifth of the price and still end up with a similar size build. I don't think a 200 dollar set will sell as well as a 50 or a 75 one.
The biggest problem with these kind of 2 in 1 sets is that you're more than likely gonna end up paying a significant premium for a secondary build that you might not be that interested in. With the fender stratocaster for example if you only wanted the set in red then you were basically paying extra for a ton of black pieces you didnt want. This is like that but on a much larger and more expensive scale
I think stuff like that actually adds to the value of a set, as it can be used in 2 ways, according to preference. You can switch the build if you want another display, that adds value. I don't think the actual bricks add much to the actual real value of a set, it is the 'prercieved' value that it adds too, so Lego can ask more for a product because the people that buy it think it is more valuable. The actual plastic price is still quite low, it is their design studio, thei corporate philosophy, their parks, their customer service and whatever else Lego does, that you are paying for.
super cool set! wont even think about purchasing it for $300 dollars tho. for that price i could probably buy the switch and breath of the wild lol
hahaha i said the same thing
I would buy a few thousand bricks on Bricklink, 2 or 3 good boardgames and I still would have money leftover to take my girlfriend out to dinner.
Damn you gave me the price and I might as well have vomited. Screw buying new LEGO sets at this point.
comoletely agree, 2500 pieces and only 4 minifigs should never in life (not even in legos world) cost anything over 200
Too bad the only thing LEGO missed on this set was the glaring typo in the price, because I'm pretty sure the 3 should be a 2...
supposedly links house is a seperate piece that doesnt share parts so its more deku tree and house
It's so cool... but it's so expensive... but it's so cool!... But it's so _expensive!_
300& is absolutely mindblowing
Links torso for the forestmen. But it is too expensive.😢
i thought the same thing lol
Same
Well there’s always brick link
Just wait until it goes to PAB. I do hope it goes there though, being a licensed set might screw with that.
Just noticed they have the swords in the correct hands for the different versions of link ☺️
The only reason the price is so much more expensive then most of the same value is because Nintendo didn't want to give us a lego set of their characters at a good price. Lego just has to compensate for Nintendos ip status.
Thought, if we continue to get new sets for lego zelda, i wouldn't be apposed to a few ideas:
A mini termina set complete with giants and temples
-A stalker guardian
-Each of the divine beasts with link in their respective armors and weapons and the champions
-Full scale link to the past/link between worlds Hyrule castle
-The master sword pedestal with the three sacred stones
-A phantom from spirit tracks with customizable
-a twilight princess darknut
-imp midna with wolf link, with instructions to rebuild into twili midna
-and lon lon ranch
I think the price is high, but fairly priced when you really look at it. 2500/$300 is not a great price per piece, but there are no stickers, there are new recolors for pieces, new moulds for the minifigures and accessories, and then nintendo has to get a cut of sales, so there is the Nintendo IP tax. The set is already backordered for preorders so it will definitely sell well.
You’re one of the only people that has the right take on this. People forget that Lego doesn’t really get a say on the price especially licensed sets. I personally think this set is awesome. Yea 300 is expensive but for what you’re getting I’d say it’s worth it. 5 exclusive mini figures cause we should all know Nintendo won’t want those figs sold in any other set. And some molds and prints we never have had before. The price per piece I think will add up pretty well. My brother is a true legends of Zelda fan and he always tells Nintendo does jack for merch for the games and rarely does stuff like this happen. I’ve seen so many fans of the series excited for this set. I just hope certain lego communities don’t start raging like I’ve already been seeing.
I thought it was $200, but $300 dollars is even more crazy >.<
For the most part, the reason Lego gets to use these insane prices is people that buy it at insane costs regardless. There is a world full of people out there that wants affordable Lego sets and the only thing they make is sutff for the few people that have too much disposable income and Lego investors. If it is true that it is Nintendo pushing this, then this set might as well not have been made. I hope Lego communities rage about every set that is overpriced until they start making some serious changes, this has gone way too far for the longest time.
yeah i agree
@@jcole__3 It's just crazy the amount of hate this set is getting for the price when it really isn't that outrageous compared to other sets... ahem X-Men Jet..
I mean, the Lego community tends to agree that $.10/piece is a good price for a standard non-licensed lego set, and when you break it down, this set comes to $.12/piece. For this kind of licensed I think that 2 cent difference is not that bad considering the IP.
A lot of others are comparing this to the Daily Bugle to say it's a bad deal, but the DB was just a wonder of a good deal and is really an outlier so it isn't really fair to compare. Compared to other sets, the price really is in line.
@@brooks6651yeah, the price is in line…with all the other overinflated lego sets 😂 im a kid of the 90´. I grew up with all kind of great lego sets. Special molds and stuff. I know they cant have the same price like 20y ago but nowadays lego sets are just ugly generic brickbuilds. For 300 i expect a big mould of the tree with tons of Accessoires and detailed terrain. Same with the dnd set. Fantasy era and lotr showed us what kind of epic dragons they could do. Instead they deliver a blocky ass looking brickbuild dragon.
$160, 180 something sounds like a good price! I'm so! Excited! ❤
It's 300 bucks apparently. I thought a 100 dollar would seem okay.
@@pinobluevogel6458 yeah! That sounds pretty good 👍
@@JoshuaKeveren-uo5cr I think Lego would be an insanely good product if we can set our own prices. 🙂
@@pinobluevogel6458 I agree with you about that
I would wait for stackable Insiders Points promo (2x-4x), GWP promo, and Rakuten / RetailMeNot cash back promo before buying. It's a beautiful set but I think a more reasonable price would have been $225.
They only agreed to this because the market is flooded with KO Zelda minifigs. Some of them are really good, some... have Voltron's sword for some weird reason. And that price is awful when there will inevitably be a KO of the set for a third that price. I couldn't justify $150 for Lego Optimus Prime when it has a $40 KO of equal quality.
The thing with sets like these is that the license-holders want their cut - and they want that cut to be obscenely large.
$300 is definitely too much but with 6 brand new molds and every detail being a print (no stickers to be found) I’m not too annoyed with the price
good point
New molds/prints are not THAT expensive. Certainly not enough to justify the set being at least $70 overpriced.
@@gbrow1604 They are if they can’t be repurposed for any other theme. The only things they can use them for are other Zelda sets.
@@Ruune__ 1. I'm sure some of these molds can be repurposed, like the sword and hairpiece.
2. Even if they can't, you're still vastly overestimating how expensive new molds are. Plenty of CMFs have had intricate exclusive molds for $5 and under. I doubt Lego would do that if it's losing them money. Not to mention other brands similar to Lego have tons of special molds and prints for cheaper prices.
@@Ruune__I think the sword and sheild can be repurposed, in fact the two other shields and all 4 torsos can be used in castle..
This MIGHT be worth 300 bucks if they made it a 3 in 1 and had the Wind Waker version. But as is there's no way it's worth it.
Bro im a huge lego and zelda fan so this is perfect. CAN'T WAIT!
Hey goldfyre do you plan on using any of these new piecesmin you're fantasy world,and another question do you play videogames and if you do what is you're favorite game
About time Lego make one it takes them this long
nintendo cmf, please @lego
@@Goldfyre not long ago, I'd probably dismiss this as not being possible, but with series like the muppets and looney tunes, along with the fact we have gotten 3 different lego nintendo IPs represented now in lego, it's definitely looking more possible than ever
I just looked closer at the hylian shield and realized it's the Twilight Princess design and not Ocarina of Time...I can't unsee it and it's kinda making me mad XD. Still 100% getting this set
My biggest question comes down to. Can we put the master sword into its pedestal for the true BOTW look.
All those figs are sick
150 to 200 would be reasonable. Between Barad-dur and this one it’s probably worse for value but way better from a sentimental stand. Let’s hope they put some GWP out when it releases or have a good deal during black week. It’s also interesting that the off brand versions of Link are so similar but more detailed and offer a really cool Ganon Minifig.
They will it’s a glider I think
What excites me is that Lego Legend of Zelda is its own theme. Does that hint at future sets coming out from this series?
As a Zelda BOTW and TOTK fan, I love this set, especially the minifigures and accessories, and the koroks all over. I like that you can animate the great deku tree.
I wish the set was cheaper though, should be $250, or $200
A Zelda CMF series would be awesome, and a Mario series also
Its great that most video game sets only have prints, with no stickers
While I don’t think it’s priced fairly, I also recognize that it likely isn’t Lego themselves. Nintendo seems to be behind the insane price for this one. As an add-on to this, I have noticed that Lego sets that are licensed tend to have a $10 per 100 pieces price guide, but there are a few that break that rule, like Lego Marvels The Hoopty, which was twice the price a set with a similar piece count would have been.
omg 2 of my favourite franchises in one.. Curse you lego for tryna make me pay 300 quid
Referencing the point in the video that the OoT Geat Deku Tree's mouth opens but there not being a picture of that, there isn't a direct image of the OoT Great Deku Tree's mouth opening up but there's an indirect image on the storepage that makes it look like the mouth lifts upward kinda like an old garage door rather than tilting downward which would make a lot more sense given it's a mouth and the Great Deku Tree in game slides it's mouth down into the ground.
Now, I know they can't do it perfectly like the game, there isn't enough room with the set for the mouth to slide straight down.
But at the same time, there's a mechanism in the images of the back of the oot great deku tree that made it look like it slid inwards, which I thought would be a good compromise. And especially with the price of the set to the piece count I'd expect it to have good engineering like that. Pay for the talent of the build at least.
But no, which sucks, despite my greater wishes of childhood nostalgia, I think if I do get it, I'll probably stick with the BotW version because of that.
Also wish it's roots were done better and closer to the game with that price point like the BotW one appears to have been, but I guess that's LEGO nowadays.
At most I would say 200$, it is a shame it is so expensive because the minifigures and build are really cool. Also I could see links parts being used as forest men and even botw link’s torso and legs being used for a black falcon minifigure
I very much agree but I’m still gonna get it😅
Honestly there's a lot of new molds and unless LEGO makes more the Legend of Zelda sets (which they totally should and I'd buy every single one of them) I fear they might not do more sets seeing as the master sword is dual molded, botw link's torso and legs have a lot of details, LEGO often wants to include less prints in cheaper sets, the gold elements usually cost more to make than normal coloring, etc
I'm just looking forward for new leaf pieces in light nougat :) I feel $200 would be reasonble lol...
I thought i would've never see this day
2500 pieces for 300 wouldn’t be bad if so many of those pieces weren’t really small parts. Because of that, it makes the set way smaller and harder to convince of its value
You have to remember, when you buy a set like this, you aren't just buying the pieces, you're helping pay the licensing fee that was required to make the set in the first place. With that in mind, a $300 price tag is understandable, if a little frustrating.
Wow you're working hard these days, goldfyre
So many videos!
Awesome!
I'm not really a fan of Zelda but seeing this gives me hope for actual Mario figures
Yoo how did i miss this😂
I like this but no way I would ever pay $300 for it.
Hope they make Dark Link and Ganondorf Minifigures cuz I’d buy a few of them 🥳
I am getting it, just have to save for it. I got time from now to September.
300 is insane! I was thinking it can’t be more than 125-150 surely? It’s just a tree wtf?
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sure! i'd love to see what you've found
I love the legend of Zelda and I think Lego did a really good job making this set and the mini figs are amazing and I would love to see like a Ganondorf fig from a cmf series but I do think this set is overpriced but I would love to see what Lego decides to do with this series and I think it world be super cool if they made the great sky island form Totk as a set
Ngl I would have preferred the set be split into two different $200 sets rather than one $300. Sure, it'd be more expensive overall but it'd also be two complete similar-scaled builds, rather than one complete build with a crap ton of extra pieces for the alt build, or make it a $350 two-sided build with each iteration would be back-to-back, connected with hinge pieces so you could technically display both sides.
This set should be $250 so I truly only see it being $50 more expensive than what it should be but since its a new IP, let alone a Nintendo one with new molds I can somewhat understand. no way this set should be lower than $250 though especially looking at piece count of others.
They are insane! That’s why I’m buying few sets and buy instructions from Rebrickable to support people who male great sets
You are far better off doing that. The mocs are often better than original Lego sets and you end up paying the actual cost, the real market value of the parts. It is also nice to support individuals that worked hard on these Mocs, for them, 5 to 20 dollars is a good amount of money to support them. They can make quite a bit of money on the side if they build up a large catalog.
@@pinobluevogel6458 you are absolutely right! Hopefully Lego hear us. Last week two pieces of my spare parts broke down, quality is decreasing!
I'd never even heard of rebrickable thanks for the info I'm going to have to start doing some research on the site. I did notice going to buy some of the parts it was in euros?
@@bens3767 you are very welcome! Rebrickable is a great page where you can find anything about Lego. I think you can choose the currency you want to pay for the purchases!
@@bens3767 The site offers everything according to the country you select in the top left of the small menu. If you select the US for example, it should switch to dollars.
For 300 we better be able to build both deku tree’s instead of building one and keeping hella bricks left
I need to see leftover parts after each model is finished. That would help me justify the price more, I feel
I miss the days were you could afford a good Lego set. Now it’s $16 for 4 minifigs
Zooming in, it looks like the Secret Stone and Skulltula have stickers on them. But I'm open to be pleasantly surprised.
$300 is a bit excessive, but for the first Zelda set, I'm gonna shell for it- plus I'm used to the Lego Star Wars prices which also may play a role here. (Lego beat me down with their prices:(((( )
This set shows me how little people know about businesses and especially how Lego operates with its sets and licensing.
You mean like how governments and central banks overprinting money leaves normal people with less buying power and corporations still following a growth mentality in that environment is causing people to be disgusted en masse by their pricing?
Because that is what really going on.
What businesses are doing is already insustainable in a normal situation, but with costs rising dramatically around the globe, this is simply inexcusable. Also, it will ruin these businesses as they lose consumer trust and support. The massive isles of Lego products will disappear from the stores over time as barely anyone is able to buy them anymore. I fully understand they want to make money, but the system is broken and only rewards a tiny fraction of people at the top.
This is not Lego's fault, but they sure as hell can design more affordable sets, or cut costs elsewhere so their products stack up far better to their pricing. All this is doing is playing right into their competitors hands and lose them money in the long run.
Four Koroks at least. One with the orange 2x1 oval tile, one with a green 1x1 heart, one with a yellow 1x1 heart piece, and a brick built hestu
I would have preferred Hyrule Castle. Hopefully, we get some smaller sets so these minifigures don't remain exclusive to this set.
The only one I see staying exclusive is Zelda cause that version doesn’t appear often
AH yes the good ol' Lego tax: find a fair price ($200) and then add $100. XD Man, I don't play Zelda, but it still is really annoying that Lego can practically just throw out unreasonable prices, and then at the same time expect people to pay for it, disgusting IMO.
Lego is tax on the rich, so in a way they are spreading the load somewhat.
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a slingshot in the chest in the Ocarina of Time version of set. I hope the skulltulla has a token piece somehow
This is one of those moments where Lego is trying to make us think the Prints are supposed to be the reason for the prince (hence so many nice prints - love them) ... but I think it's the franchise cost. Maybe it this set was 20%-30% cheaper (without having a franchise) it would have been 2500 pieces for 240 or even 200 Euro -with full prints, I would say that would have been decent. Not the best price, but decent.
It's a shame they waste so much parts budget and print budget for sets that are not for everyone. Barad'Dur looks like a really good offer opposed to this. a shame it doesn't have more prints.
I might consider it I get a good sale on it, or get some of the accessories ... but the build itself is just a nice tree. Would love to fit it in the Medieval Town Square. =)))
The minifigs are really good, same with the accessories.
I might be an outlier I find the price to be slightly expensive but I still got two sets. (Lego Zelda is and will be a massive money sink for me if they continue this line)
Do the tear of the kingdom next lego please
Like 100 dollars, maybe 140 max
It’s better to give these 300 dollars to Van from Gachimuchi, I assure you the effect will be the same.
Great looking set but so expensive 😭
They charge 300 because when they put it on sale for 250 Ill grab it and thank them for the great deal.
This is true for most sets but D2C sets like this one are usually only sold at lego stores and they rarely go on sale directly through lego.
Sure didn't miss the $130 extra dollars LEGO is charging.
300 dollars should have been two deku trees
While it's a beautiful set and i am a zelda fan, i don't think it's reasonably priced, it should be worth $350-375 AUD . $450AUD is absurd, considering the Medieval Market Square is $400 AUD and has 800 more pieces.
average nintendo price tag tbh
Just in case some of you don’t know, if you know someone who works for Lego they get a 50% discount on everything so you can get this for €150 if you get them to buy on your behalf.
the only complain i have about the minifig is that the shield does not match with the oot era it's the one from ss and botw/totk
I’m not defending the price, but I can see where it comes from. 3 new hair molds, the ocarina mold, the Hylian shield, THE MASTER SWORD, all prints no stickers, and the biggest one, the 2 in 1 aspect. I think that’s what people forget when they just look at the price tag, because 300 is ludicrous for a Lego set of this size, but 200 for one that transforms so incredibly was probably seen as far too cheap when Lego set the cost. I think 250 is where I personally would value this set.
Nobody would ever think a Lego set was too cheap. If anything they would say it is great value.
The Viking Village for example was good value. It had quite a high parts count for it's cost, an interesting build, quite a few unique printed parts and no stickers, 4 good looking minifigures with a ton of accessories and cost $150, which you could find a little cheaper if you looked for a discount. And I even had to think long and hard to buy that set, as it is a considerable amount of money. I got it for 135 and I think I did okay.
This set offers less value, for twice the price. I know you are paying for the IP, but Lego shouldn't be doing IP sets if this is the result.
@@pinobluevogel6458 seen as far to cheap internally, by the Lego group, who sets the prices. I admit, the initial comment did not make that clear.
@@yokaiwatcher8500 Alright, that makes sense. I understand there are always people defending Lego and it's prices, but seeing as the sets keep increasing in price, or getting smaller for the same prices, or both, I still find it baffling that people actively think this is justified.
The biggest issue isn't even if it's a great set anymore, which is the saddest part. Nobody really cares about sets they can't afford, or that they can never justify the price for. Still, there are always people buying these up like it's normal, which sends a wrong signal to Lego.
On a piece to part ratio, it makes sense. But after you hit a certain point, that ratio makes less sense. So comparing it to my first major set, the SW Ghost, about 1400 pcs for $160. So double that count and price and you get 2800 pcs for $320... $20 is about 250-300 pcs count. So is about right... but once you pass $200... it is hard to justify.
The gray market has Zelda figures / shields that resemble lego currently. The real problem is that each theme having high $ sets forces you the be a niche enthusiast instead of dipping ur hand into all themes like before. 4 years ago I’d buy city, speed champ, creator, technic , ninjago, monkie kid now I ask myself can I moc/engineer it better then them
For anyone who cant afford this set, knock off lego may be a better alternative, based on release schedules it shouldnt take more than one year for the set to be copied and should be sold at 1/3rd of the price. Knock off lego doesnt have the best reputation but from my experience, if you dont mind slightly more fragile pieces it should suffice. 300$ for this set is just absoloute insanity
Sick
No one missed the price, that's for sure!
Just wait for a sale. That's the best way to tell them it's too much.
The price is mind boggling
All the Nintendo themes use exclusively prints. Or for Mario those basically QR things are like prestickered stickers.
So I fully expect everything Zelda to be printed.
Not just Nintendo all video game themes only use prints like the Sonic and Minecraft theme don't use stickers either it's weird.
This is a good thing surely. Stickers by this time is so outdated, I don't get why they still use them.
wish it had some more figs and maybe a horse for 300$
You can buy 2 super mario lego sets that look about the same size as the deku tree for less than the deku tree.
Honestly I don't care about the price, I am a legend of Zelda fan and I'm going to get this set no matter what
Bcs of hardcore fans they bumped up the price so much
$200 would be my preferred cost with the piece count. But there is always a "franchise Tax" associated these sets. Gotta pay more for our geekdom.
I also think it ruins the chance of original lego IP castle theme sets being released. Between this and future potential Zelda sets, D&D (and CMF line), LOTR/Hobbit leaves little room for non-franchise IP to put on the shelves 😢
I think if it was Lego owned 300 is crazy and it should be 150. But I also know Nintendo can be stingy with prices so it would cost more. And also they are trying out new molds.
I’d say 200-250$ is the most I’d pay.
Probably 360$ or more in Australia
the set is so expensive to cover the costs of the new molds. i project that subsequent sets for this theme will have a better price per part.
This is a tough purchase to justify for me. $300 would be acceptable if the set included parts to build both models simultaneously, but the way it is I would have preferred to only pay $200. I don't understand how over 2000 pieces can only go into one model of this scale.
I'm also hoping that it will be easy to acquire spare parts so I could build both models without having to buy another $300 set.
i mean i think its fair because .10 per piece. plus lots of new molds. plus nintendo wants its share so honestly i think its fair
This set actually makes the Barad-Dur looks cheap! Two of this set cost $600 while having less piece count than Barad-Dur and $140 more expensive!
Reminder that $300 today was $244 only 5 years ago. Not necessarily agreeing with the price but inflation context is important to keep in mind
one of them... at least one of them (cough cough botw link) has rubber hair dont they
Nintendo: Would you rather have an actual Nintendo switch or a Zelda Lego set
Community: lego set
Me: As much as I love Zelda I don’t wanna pay 300 dollars
Community: we don’t care
LEGO doesn't force us to buy. I now get it. They are spreading the range of interests. Personally I would give 150 for this. All about priorities. One must get used to choose in nowadays world of LEGO. Even more if someone is collecting since a long time, as I do.
No it’s not $300 my guy I thought I had a heart attack when you sed that
its so detailed Zelda Lego
Guess whos gonna do lawn work
I think it’s worth like $200. In Australia it $450.
Ok 1. Why is there no OoT Zelda or Zaria fig. 2. Young Link's house should have been a gift with purchase. And 3. They should have included a sheikah shrine.
It's an ok set.I would spend like $72.15.I would say it is pretty expensive💀
I have to say i think links hair would look better blonde