My daughter texted me the other day, asking if I knew about the Lego Dungeons & Dragons 50th Anniversary Set. (No, it went completely under my radar)
“Red Dragon’s Tale”, it’s called. I looked it up on Amazon, and it’s both spendy and very cool.
My youngest son loves Lego bricks (he insists I call them that, and not “Legos”!)
So of course I had to buy the D&D Lego set… for research purposes!
The Build
The set arrived a couple days later. I figured we’d bang it out in a couple of hours. Oh how naive I was!
Instead the build took us all weekend.
I had no idea what I was getting into. My son is the Lego expert, not me. What a massive set! Well over 3,000 pieces. Bags upon bags of pieces.
Four instruction books.
Well, we got started.
Even mama got into the building. She worked on the Red Dragon.
I like the build instructions. It’s almost entirely by illustrations. You work out of one bag at a time. Each page has you select specific types and numbers of pieces to assemble a component. Generally they’re very clear and systematic.
Although I ran across a head-scratcher…
My son told me those are different shades of green. I took his word for it.
I worked on the dungeon.
My son worked on the inn, which is infested with mimics.
Eventually, our sections were united.
Super intricate. There is so much going on here.
The inn pops open so you can see inside.
The tower reaches to the sky
Detail shots
Lots of hidden easter eggs. Here is a secret door.
Lift this little section reveals a secret stash, a couple of coins and a key!
In the dungeon, treasure and a gelatinous cube await.
Displacer beast
Owlbear
This must be a treant.
Heroes and villains, including a beholder.
And the Red Dragon, who is so complex he has his own build book!
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Amazingly cool! Lego seems to have done an excellent job with this one. What a great father-son experience.
Yes, it was a great family time. Reminded me a bit of the old days when we’d work on puzzles together.