LEGO DreamZzz Prices Make No Sense ~ Help Me Understand!

Now that I've seen the show, I think it's time to take a closer look at the sets themselves; in this video, we break down the prices of the upcoming LEGO DreamZzz series and also discuss what does and doesn't appear in the show.
Music:
• Unused Drome Racers Music
I created the photography, stop motion animation, and music in this video. Original artwork by Brett Halland. Thanks for watching!

[@PurpleBrickfilms]

At this point it’s more affordable to buy a retired Orient Expedition set than it is a DreamZz set

[@LuketheDuke424]

It's kinda shocking seeing the disconnect between the sets and the show considering the precedent LEGO has set in the past. We know from designers of Ninjago, Bionicle, and Nexo Knights that the sets are designed

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

This is unfortunately just how sets are handled in most of Lego's programming. Maybe it's the writers not being interested in the builds, maybe it's some overcorrected effort to be "more" than a toy commercial, but it's all too common for something to be featured for a couple minutes, then smashed to pieces in the first outing and never used again.

[@headcrabking9054]

In the US, Zblob is $20, whilst the cage monster is $38, and the turtle bus is $48. Its odd how it seems like the Canadian value of the sets is just all over the place.

[@Rhewtani]

My feeling is that Matteo and Izzie's sets were intentionally DEFLATED as loss leaders. I assume every kid is going to need a hero set, but the villains are always more variable.

[@n_ex13]

The disconnect between show and sets for the first wave of lego sets is pretty common, like it happened to ninjago chima and monkey kid. As far as I am aware that is because the show starts being produced fairly early to well manifest as a show. Concept design are used. With the ground work laid, later season will begin later in production and have much later design to base the show design on.

[@nottoofast]

I am too broke to be watching this video.

[@TheFuzzyOcelot]

I never noticed how many discrepancies and downright missing builds there are between the sets and the show. Makes me wonder if 8-10 years from now we'll see a "beta Dreamzzz concepts" video along the lines of all the crazy cancelled Bionicle G2 concepts that were brought to light somewhat recently.

[@tomasbarrela8672]

Honestly the sets themselfs have a cool design imo but the prices just ruin it, wich is really sad since this might be one of our last chances to get new original themes and the almost certain flop will really discourage lego from making more.

[@Ehksoduss]

Finally, a KZbinr actually addressing the prices of Lego-sets. I feel like this aspect is often missing in other videos, since no matter how well designed a set is, as long as the price is unjustified like in some of the sets here, I can't really take any recommendations for sets at face value.

[@catfish552]

It's honestly amazing how sets based on a series developed by Lego themselves are more disconnected from their source material than waves based on blockbuster movies, with their extreme secrecy before release. That takes real skill.

[@arcblooper2699]

I want to see original themes with more design consistency.

[@Hyper_1989]

I know Jangbricks has talked about this a few times but pricing in Canada will always "feel" off for me (without even going in to the normal price increases lego has done recently). For some reason I can't shake the fact that back around 2005 or 2008 Lego sets were the same price in the United States and Canada. Even though they're technically cheaper in Canada now compared to the United States when you adjust for the exchange rate, it makes buying them seem way "worse" of a deal.

[@GlennKinz]

Really unfortunate the way this theme has been handled. There’s an idea there for sure, and there clearly was care put into the sets.

[@Pacca64]

It kinda feels like this theme was made specifically for the designers so they could branch out and make big wacky brightly colored sets that don't fit the other themes, and then the management and marketing side of things sent concept art of the sets in progress to the show makers and didn't really direct things all that much. I do like that the designers have been able to branch out and create these cool wacky new playcentric sets, but it seems the lore and general continuity of the theme was never really a priority. I actually kinda like that there is a disconnect too, all the extra bits not in the show encourage creating new scenarios beyond the established stories.

[@MatecaCorp]

I had very high hopes for Dreamzzz so it’s really disappointing to see all the signs pointing to it being a flop.

[@Jackster8484]

Lego might have moved the production cost from the the Z-Blob set and the Bunchu the Bunny to the Grimkeeper in order to keep those other sets cheaper. As a sort of entry level set into the theme.

[@williamaitken7533]

It seems like there's a big disconnect between the Lego sets and the actual show itself. I mentioned this in a comment on your other video, but the first season of Monkie Kid had a similar problem where the sets really didn't tie into any of the plot points or characters from the first season. It's really only been from like the 2nd season onward (so sets from the last two years) where there's a definite connection between the sets and the show and more easter eggs and references. My assumption is that the toy line informs the show and the show informs the toy line, so you need to build up a bit before things get going.

[@chrispatmatbuilds]

The inclusion of so many weapons at the Blacksmith shop is surprising for the village set. I don't recall from your last Dreamzzz video if the protagonists actually used edged weapons or other methods to defeat the nightmare forces.

[@Ads-yw1wr]

Man the crocodile car looks cool but jeez that’s some unfortunate pricing