REVIEW: 10780 Mickey and Friends Castle Defenders

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 10780 Mickey and Friends Castle Defenders:

 

THE GOOD:

• Excellent Minifigures
• The brick build dragon is somewhat refreshing in a 4+ set (at least from all the 4+ sets I own)
• I do think the Pumpkin thrower is a nice idea

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• Price tag ... considering it's 4+ the price tag is a bit ridiculous

As expected, the minifigures are excellent.  You get 4 exclusive minifigures in this set and I just love the Jester Donald.  In fact this is one of my reasons I bought this.  Given it is a 4+ set, I had no expectation on building experience for an Adult and really bought this for novelty parts.  Having said that, the brick built dragon is nice and at least from the 4+ sets I've owned so far, it is something a bit more interesting compared to past 4 plus set.  The problem with this set and recent 4+ sets is really the price tag, retail at NZD$90 I don't think the contents can justify the price.  To be honest, I probably would have skipped this if it wasn't that I need to get pass the threshold to get the Forestman Hideout GWP.  I needed something I will not able to buy from retail with discount, for your information this set is only available on lego.com at least in New Zealand for now.  Overall, I would only recommend this set if you really want some of the exclusive minifigures and there is a price to pay,