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Here is my review on LEGO Despicable Me 4 75580 Minions and Banana Car: THE GOOD: 4 Minions in the smallest and cheapest set. THE NOT SO GOOD: It feels like an army building pack but it isn't as all 4 minions are unique. This is a great set to get a few extra minions minifigures. The banana car is simple but does look like a banana. Rest of the set is really just minifigures plus very small side builds. 3 of them have unique torso print which makes it hard for army building. If your intention is for Army building, I would recommend the Party Bus set instead even though it is double the price but you get 3 traditional minions bodies instead of 1 here. Again, this set really is for fans of minions as apart from minifigures, there aren't much appeal to a wider audience. Overall, a decent entry to the theme and I had a great time.
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Here is my review on LEGO Despicable Me 4 75581 Minions' Music Party Bus: THE GOOD: QR code sticker to a short video. Great for Minion army building. Love the DJ deck with spinning record. THE NOT SO GOOD: Bus is really short, ratio wise, and it does feel repetitive when building the upper are of it. RRP is probably $10NZD too expensive considering the content. This is another set I managed to get earlier than the dated launch. This set comes with 3 regular minions and 1 mega-minion which is great if you want to build a minions army. All 4 minions are unique and I like this mega minion with a cape moulded to its head. The bus itself is fairly short but have decent width. I like how the the front is designed and it has party features like DJ deck, dance floor and a jacuzzi/pool. I think the driver area could have been utilise more. The bus can be opened up quite wide for the minions to party but given the minions size, it's hard to fit all of them in. Couple of cool graphics design on the stickers and there is one QR code which you can scan to navigate to a special page to watch a LEGO Minion short =). The DJ deck is pretty cool though as you can actually spin the record. Having said that, while the bus has a some interesting building techniques involve, but it does also feel repetitive when you start building the uppper area of the bus. It's a set perfect for minions lovers but can be underwhelming given the recommend retail price.
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Here is my review on LEGO Despicable Me 4 75583 Minions and Gru's Family Mansion: THE GOOD: Manison exterior captures the look of the house in film fairly well. Includes the whole Gru's family. The MEGA minions are surprisingly cool. The tree house is actually a good small set if released separately. THE NOT SO GOOD: Gru still doesn't look like Gru. The mansion has no side walls. Luckily our local toy stores dropped this early with 15% off, as someone who loved the sets from Minions few years ago, this is a no brainer purchase. When this set was announced, I was very skeptical on the build and turns out I was right. The mansion does capture the look of Gru's house in the film but this is a complete facade type build focused in play features given the target audience. In that aspect, it succeed. For those who wishes something like the Disney Up house, then you will be disappointed on the mansion it self as it doesn't even have side walls. Having said that, some of the play features inside the house are pretty stunning. Some highlights are the rotatable pillars with toilet and different equipment, Gru's throne, and the kid's bed. Although the bed looks authentic but it's way too big interms of the scale of the house. With the current set up, it will be a great challenge for those who wants to build a complete Gru's mansion. Now the tree house, I actually find this a way more interesting build and more satisfied in the end product compared to the mansion. It has a working zip line and I was impressed on how well the decoration on the tree trunk is attached. Even it's enhanced for playability, it feels more complete as a set compare to the mansion. But hey, to be honest, most of us would be buying this for the minions. This set doesn't include normal minions but only includes MEGA minions. Will have to wait until I've seen the film before I know the story but the MEGA minions are great, so obvious they played homage to the fantastic 4. In terms of other minifigures, it's great this set pretty much included the whole Gru's clan. I wish the dog Kyle is also included but I guess LEGO ran out of budget for an extra new mould. Gru still has issue without his iconic nose but give he is an middle age man in this settings, makes more sense to use adult legs compared to the Minions's Gru who was a kid and still use adult torso. Lucy is the highlight from the rest of the minifigure with an excellent secondary face print, the girls are great too but I wish they have use the mid legs for Mayo instead. If you are into minions, this is definitely a set for you but otherwise it's ok to skip if you don't care about this IP.
