Review: 77075 Peely & Sparkplug's Camp
Posted by SetToBuild,
The first wave of the LEGO: Fortnite theme brought us more display-focused sets. This time, LEGO is going back to the basics with sets intended for play. This set is on the small side, but it’s action-packed with five creatures or characters and three side builds.
Summary
77075 Peely & Sparkplug's Camp, 250 pieces.
£17.99 / $22.99 / €19.99 | 7.2p/9.2c/8.0c per piece.
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Play sets arrive in the LEGO: Fortnite theme, and they’re not half bad.
- Lots to play with
- Accurate creature builds
- Five characters
- Inconsistencies of scaling
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Box
The grassland biome is the setting of this box’s background, which is where you start your journey in LEGO Fortnite. The scenes depicted are in the morning, so the skeleton should have really gone to bed by now—it is out past its curfew!
Surprisingly, this set has the old plastic bags—maybe it was developed for the earlier first wave of Fortnite sets, but later pushed back into this wave?
Game Content
If you’ve got your LEGO account linked with Epic Games, the process to get your in-game loot is easy. After scanning the barcode on the instructions, you can get the style code from the same screen as your extra 20 points. You do get both the LEGO Fortnite Odyssey and Battle Royale versions of the styles. Since Sparkplug’s style is part of the Boneyard set, I would love to see a Kitbash minifigure someday too!
During a previous round table interview with the LEGO Fortnite designers, I had asked if there were plans to connect store-bought sets with in-game items. I’m going to assume this wasn’t the plan all along and that they took my suggestion. You’re welcome!
Minifigures
Sparkplug is a common non-playable character that might appear at a player’s village or out in the wild. As we saw in the last wave, the torso printing is very true to the game, and the hair or hat moulds are also very accurate, many having used existing LEGO moulds. Unlike the 77073 Battle Bus figures, which notably omitted this level of detail, she includes her game-accurate arm printing—but just on one side and not the other!
Peely is a welcome inclusion as he’s an iconic character, now available in his base form. The cheerful yet blank expression and slightly-peeled sticker complete this friendly figure, using the moulded banana costume piece introduced with Adventure Peely.
The inferior modern skeleton figure with his wiggle-less clip arms completes the minifigure selection with a Skeleton Striker. He’s nothing special LEGO-wise, but is a common enemy in the game, so a logical inclusion without breaking the bank.
Creatures
The Supply Llama is an in-game creature that acts as a loot drop event, where the player can track down the llama and pet it to receive resources and power-ups.
This model is quite accurate to the in-game build, with the same eye prints, legs, head construction and quarter-round tiles on brackets for its sides. However, there are a few differences when comparing both the current and digital versions to the first make-and-take version. Of course, when I needed it for the review image, I couldn’t find a purple llama in the wild in-game, but the construction of this alternate-coloured version is the same.
The Supply Llama from this make-and-take model I picked up at Bricktastic this year (right) and the model in the Fortnite Influencer Kit are almost identical. The redesign in this set (left) appears to match the colouring that is more in line with 77071 Supply Llama. Also in the new design, we see 2024’s 2x2 hinge plate used at the base of the neck.
Our final character is the Wild Wolf enemy. This model looks good in its own right as a great little creature build, while also standing up well to comparison with the digital version. The new model is very similar in overall proportions to the Fenris Wolf from 7015 Viking Warrior challenges the Fenris Wolf. (He’s a little dusty, but he’s still a good boy!)
The biggest difference to the in-game model is our wolf’s lack of hinge in the middle of his torso, which would allow for active animation. Despite not including that mid-body joint, this model is highly poseable with a variety of ball and hinge joints.
A Dreamzzz/Ninjago blade element makes a nice, puffy but scraggly tail for our furry foe. This piece is seen here for the first time in black. Additionally, the decorated 2x2 rock pieces, along with the 1x1 pyramids, invoke an unkempt appearance.
The Wild Wolf’s overall scale is, much like the llama, very true to the game. The same pieces as the digital version are used for nearly all of its construction.
Construction
The two playsets in this wave have a great gimmick where the prefabricated build components from the game are represented and can be reconfigured. This is much more apparent in the other set, but can be observed here in the stone pillar, arch and slopes, which resemble in-game broken building elements that are found around the map. The vine, torch and spider are all common in-game resources or features that complete the scene.
The crafting bench and campfire are among the player’s first creations when starting a survival game in LEGO Fortnite Odyssey. The scaling of items to characters in the game is slightly distorted to appear properly in the virtual world, which doesn’t become truly apparent until you see them built at real minifigure scale like this. The in-game crafting bench is 6x10 studs, whereas this version is only 4x6. This smaller size does look better next to real figures, and the detail of the build is more than accurate enough for the purposes of a play set.
A second sword is supplied as an extra piece for one of your minifigs to duel-wield, or you could give it to a friend.
Conclusion
Three minifigures, two brick-built creatures, and some scene-setting items are not a bad haul for £17.99, letting fans put together their first few moments in the game in recognisable little scenes. Following the debut of the LEGO: Fortnite theme with display sets, this dive into play sets is very welcome, and I’m sure will be a hit with gamers of all ages.
This set captures the essential elements of the early game, with the only potential omissions being a chest or maybe a tree. It would have been nice to see more of the resources that the enemies drop, like Wolf Claws, meat, or bones.
The variations in scale iare a little odd, with the shrunk-down crafting bench looking a bit small next to the true scale creatures. However, as mentioned earlier this decision probably makes sense for a better standalone minifigure scale set, when not being actively compared to the game.
Not that I mind another Peely since he’s adorable, but after seeing what is possible with the range of minifigures we received in 77073 Battle Bus, it leaves me wondering what more rare or exciting characters could have been included.
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I kinda want to rebuild that wolf to use as a warg mount for my Wolfpack army
@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"I kinda want to rebuild that wolf to use as a warg mount for my Wolfpack army"
I love that idea! Post it in the Brickset Discord if you do!
I like this set, but as a Fortnite fan, if I will buy this set, then only just for the minifigs. That Peely is sooooo adorable!
The build is very underwhelming and I expected something a bit more interesting.
So, only for the minifigs. And because I like playing Fortnite, of course.
Scaling down buildings and crafting stations makes a lot of sense, since in-game the buildings are huge , most of the time 2 studs thick.
Just having like a section of a few in-game scale walls would already vastly outscale something like a LEGO Minecraft set (different game, different theme, but good comparison)
For example, LEGO Fortnite has an Anarchy Acres bundle, and 21187 The Red Barn would probably fit inside that red barn in by a factor 10-20.
I know that minifigures are the obvious draw for something like this, but I do like the actual builds in the set a lot.
I’ll buy anything Chapter2: Season 2 related. Holding out until then.
@Fandabidozi said:
"I’ll buy anything Chapter2: Season 2 related. Holding out until then. "
I doubt they will focus on much from specific battle royale seasons, but some figures could appear down the road , ( 77073 Battle Bus already has the Meowscles minifig from that season)
As a brit, and considering Huw also is, the price of £18 I think is pretty fair in this day and age, and I dont disagree with his opinion. But the jump up to $23 is quite jarring IMO, and should be pointed out. Likely due to poor political circumstances in the economic climate, but still I think this is a crazy better deal for those of us on the eastern side of the great pond than the western side sadly. Still, not an American so cant make a true judgement on it. ¯\_(?)_/¯
Edit - dont want this comment to be just politic waffle. The wolf build is absolutely EXTRAORDINARY I love it so much. May have to try and build multiples from spares.
@SetToBuild:
The old skeleton is ideal for a dead skeleton, since the arms can be splayed out at different angles. But for an animated skeleton, it's far less than ideal, since it can't be posed with a raised arm. In fact, a statue is more menacing than the old skeleton, since the latter's arms won't even hold the weapon level, but will allow it to drop onto the ground. No, for animated skeletons, the modern skeleton is the only way to go. Sadly, they still don't have articulated wrists, so hands are restricted to two different poses, depending on which style arm you use (hopefully neither of the Battle Droid arms, which are grotesquely oversized).
@Goujon said:
"As a brit, and considering Huw also is, the price of £18 I think is pretty fair in this day and age, and I dont disagree with his opinion. But the jump up to $23 is quite jarring IMO, and should be pointed out. Likely due to poor political circumstances in the economic climate, but still I think this is a crazy better deal for those of us on the eastern side of the great pond than the western side sadly. Still, not an American so cant make a true judgement on it. ¯\_(?)_/¯
Edit - dont want this comment to be just politic waffle. The wolf build is absolutely EXTRAORDINARY I love it so much. May have to try and build multiples from spares."
£18 ~ $24.33 on today's conversion. The big orange baby tax on this one looks smaller than the disheveled blonde big baby tax.
Granted, we pay sales tax on top of that and don't often get as good of third-party discounts. Our base price is less than yours (it usually is).
Not a Fortnite fan in the slightest, but I'm impressed with the cool figs and builds. Just bought the Battlebus in order to get a Red Baby Spaceman. This set looks good, too.
@PurpleDave said:
" @SetToBuild:
The old skeleton is ideal for a dead skeleton..."
Nostalgia wins over logic in this battle, I'm afraid ;)
Quite a neat little set.
@SetToBuild said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @SetToBuild:
The old skeleton is ideal for a dead skeleton..."
Nostalgia wins over logic in this battle, I'm afraid ;)"
Conspiracy theory: Lego discontinued the old ball-joint-shoulder skeleton so skeletons wouldn't have a greater range of motion in their arms than regular minifigs and thus conquer every theme they existed in due to their superior flexibility and requisite fighting prowess.
I am so hhappy that Wolf build is same as in the game! I liked the design a lot.
@SetToBuild:
Never. I've been looking forward to the next new thing since the birth of the minifig.
@gearwheel:
They switched the design so they could carry one tiny feather without their arm hanging awkwardly at their side.
didn't expect new arm printing in such a small and relatively affordable set
@Ephseb said:
"didn't expect new arm printing in such a small and relatively affordable set"
I think Fortnite sets are a lil' cheaper due to being a sort of 2-way license, Epic using LEGO for its game and selling LEGO pass and skins / builds in-game, and LEGO using Fortnite characters like Peely and Sparkplug here.
The theme started as LEGO exclusive, but now that it seems succesful enough for a second wave, this new wave is not exclusive so discounts make those sets even nicer priced.
The 2 characters in 77077 Klombo also were rewards from previous 2 LEGO passes so they already were designed a while ago.
I do hope the sets continue after this and there will be more builds like at least one of those Brute creatures, or seeing a Frostlands biome castle ruin with Falcons / Wolfpack would be awesome too. Or perhaps a glow in the dark skeleton / skeleton wolf, or Pirate cave.
I've never played Fortnight and have no special feelings about it but damn these sets have been tempting
@Zeitgeist said:
"I remember the wobbly skeletons. I do not remember them fondly."
I agree, they mostly worked for static skeleton, or hanging like 6036 Skeleton Surprise , which was likely designed like this on purpose as it's a 1995 set , the first year of wobbly skeletons.
Skeleton holding the glass like 6296 Shipwreck Island is only possible with a piece like that brown barrel to hold it upright.
Wait, do you receive the in game skins of these characters from the set when you purchase the set?
Not really a Fortnite fan, but the minifigs are good, and the wolf is great. I'd drop $10 on the wolf alone. Another $12 for the other stuff seems about right. Might have to pick this up.
@TeriXeri said:
" @Zeitgeist said:
"I remember the wobbly skeletons. I do not remember them fondly."
I agree, they mostly worked for static skeleton, or hanging like 6036 Skeleton Surprise , which was likely designed like this on purpose as it's a 1995 set , the first year of wobbly skeletons.
Skeleton holding the glass like 6296 Shipwreck Island is only possible with a piece like that brown barrel to hold it upright.
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So, I got what was probably the last copy of 6250 in town, and I built it underwater in a fish tank (had to knock the air bubbles out of each piece before assembling it, which would have been a lot easier with an assistant). Turns out ABS is just a teensy bit denser than water, so it will sink if no air bubbles are attached to it. Sabers, on the other hand, are made out of polyethylene, which floats. So the skeletons I attached to the sunken wreck would wave their sword arms in the eddies caused by the fish swimming around the tank. Which, again, gets back to the fact that the old skeletons are only great for dead skeletons.
I never played Lego Fortnite but I really like the Wolf
Based on the sets so far released, my assumption was that this game was called Banana Fight.
@Fandabidozi said:
"I’ll buy anything Chapter2: Season 2 related. Holding out until then. "
I don't think the sets will ever appear (since Lego probably won't make anything Battle Royale related). Our only hope are the figures - those can come out without a doubt.
@yellowcastle said:
"Based on the sets so far released, my assumption was that this game was called Banana Fight."
I suppose it's called "Milking the most popular Fortnite chararcter" :D
"Not that I mind another Peely since he’s adorable, but after seeing what is possible with the range of minifigures we received in 77073 Battle Bus, it leaves me wondering what more rare or exciting characters could have been included."
I'm actually very happy that they put a Peely and a regular one into this set. But maybe it's just me enjoying stuff being vanilla.