REVIEW: 80112 Auspicious Dragon

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 2024 LEGO Chinese New Year set 80112 Auspicious Dragon:

THE GOOD:

• Absolutely look stunning!
• Captures everything you need from an Eastern Dragon.
• Great printing for the dragon scales.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• none, if I want to be harsh, it's probably the back of each foot expose a bit of the technic pins.

This is an excellent display piece and may probably be one of the best brick built dragon ever.  A refreshing building experience and managed to avoid the feeling to repetitive steps given you need to build both sides of the dragon.  No stickers means only printed pieces and the qualify of the print does not disappoint.  The dragon itself looks lively thanks to the great use of effect parts around the build and all the little details added to the dragon itself, for example, the spikes at the back of the dragon are great.  The neck and mid torso of the dragon also looking great.  This is a pure display piece, hence it does lack movement.  The articulation points limited to the tail, head and jaw.  Plus the right hand holding the blue crystal.  These allows you to pose the dragon slightly differently, at the same time makes this a very sturdy build and you can even pick this set up by just picking up the mid area of the dragon body.  The price ain't bad too and I totally recommend to everyone especially if you like brick built creatures.  Now I wonder if LEGO will release the remaining zodiac sigh as a displayable brick built creature, not sure if it makes sense to have it though given the remaining signs are, Chicken, Horse, Snake, Sheep, Dog and monkey.  anyway, really satisfied with the outcome of this set.