Um, one why so soon with Casita, and Luisa well let's say she doesn't have the right proportions. Dragon form is disappointing. Also Ariel don't look to good

Yep, I need Simba and Casita RIGHT NOW

Quality of many Disney sets has gone down tremendously - encanto/Ariel sets look boring and a little ugly at parts, blue box art is also super ugly! The mini dolls look great though! I like that they are slowly going back to the old face designs. The dragon and simba look decent

We are getting a bigger 18+ set with Huge dragon and Minifg aurora and prince.
STill I LOVE this one.
They Did Stitch DIRTY, That Simba is not only WAY better build its also way cheaper.

I'll wait for the UCS Simba.

Simba looks incredibly realistic.

As for the ice palace, I'm glad I brought 43197-1, with bonus extra pieces which makes me question that I've followed the instructions properly, every time.

@riversarl said:
"Snow White is using the box intended to hold her BLEEDING HEART as a jewellery box! Total power move."

Girl's gonna kick ass!

The disappointment I feel over the Maleficent Dragon not including minifigures, ugh. I preferred the leak from last year where it was more of a diorama in style.

However, the Madrigal House almost makes up for it, it is marvelous! I love that every grandchild is included and the house looks so much better than the previous one. That’s a must have!

I’m not a fan of minidolls, but dang. That Maleficent dragon is tempting…

The first Casita was one of the best sets over gotten in a while. I like this one, although wish there were more of the colorful masonry bricks

Simba was downgraded an simplified a lot.

Wasn’t the Malifecent Dragon not once a diorama/vignette. Also downscaled a lot.

Not amazing if you ask me, but I'll definitely be Bricklinking the Capybara.

Shame that the leaked Malifecent Dragon has been ruined.

Man, nothing for me yay!!!

@CommandrCody212 said:
"The disappointment I feel over the Maleficent Dragon not including minifigures, ugh. I preferred the leak from last year where it was more of a diorama in style. "

We are still Getting that. Same with 18+ Simba.

Meh. The Disney stuff is usually meh, with the rare standouts. Nothing like that here.

Simba and Maleficent pale in comparison to what leaked a year ago lol

Luisa should be a bigfig ^_^

THAT SIMBA.

Yes, he looks a bit goofy for being brick-built. Doesn't stop me from loving the set even so; he's cute despite that. I hope he's not going to turn out too expensive.

Dragon Maleficent looks pretty nice too. The classic princess movies aren't my favourites so I probably wouldn't get her even if I was a bigger Lego spender at present, but I do like the way she turned out.

The others I'm pretty neutral about, as per usual.

That Simba one is really really good. It’s cute. I like the look of the Maleficent Dragon.

Where's Bruno?

If Malefecent's Dragon Form had also included Malefecent and maybe, instead of the cutesy building at least a good scary tower, it would have been a definitive must-buy.

How many cutesy castle builds and parts do my girls need? Well, the answer is infinite, but I guess a better question is how many do I want to buy for them? And the answer to that is, well, not a whole lot more.

Missing images to the Princess Advent Calendar and mini Sleeping Beauty Castle (Disneyland). They’re up on Lego website

Where’s 43247?

I definitely want a Maleficent dragon to pair with my Sorcerer Mickey CMF for a small Fantasmic display but I don't have a use for the kid castle. Oh well.

Simba...NEEDS MORE PUMBAA!

Simba, Sleeping Beauty and the Encanto house are solid sets.

Luisa should have been twice as wide as any of the other minidolls.

The Maleficent dragon is incredible! I really expected more from the Madrigal house, though. It looks good but something seems off. The gaps between the three "towers" really ruin the build for me. I wish it had some more depth and creative arrangement to replicate the house's shape from the movie without making a giant courtyard in the middle of it.

@StyleCounselor said:
"The dragon is pretty, pretty good."
True though I’m not entirely convinced by its proportions that are stockier than shown in this profile view. You can see what I mean using the rotatable image on the LEGO site. Also, the gap between the body and the base of the tail is wider than I’d like. It’s a cool dragon but I’m not completely sold at £60.

@lordofdragonss said:
" @CommandrCody212 said:
"The disappointment I feel over the Maleficent Dragon not including minifigures, ugh. I preferred the leak from last year where it was more of a diorama in style. "

We are still Getting that."
Has that been confirmed or is there any evidence of that? If true, it would be great if LEGO gave us a choice between a smaller, simpler, cheaper version and a large and detailed but more expensive one.

I'm only here to comment that it feels like we've had 15 or so ice palaces.

...very relieved to read I'm not alone.

I'm excited to finally see 43240 - I've been looking forward to this release. I'd been hoping for quite some time that there'd be a set with Maleficent in Dragon form at some point, and finally there is! :)

Also really happy to have another Villain in minidoll form appear - we see you 43276 Evil Queen! Keep them coming - we still need a Gaston and/or Hans please :D

@BRICKOCENTRIC said:
"Also really happy to have another Villain in minidoll form appear - we see you 43276 Evil Queen! Keep them coming - we still need a Gaston and/or Hans please :D"

"No one builds like Gaston!"

Is this Ariel based on the Live action version, or on something else? The costume and especially the bright hair color seem a bit weird and cartoony to me.

The Maleficent dragon looks great.

$160 for that Madrigal house is insane. It's a pile of plastic! Think of the other things you can buy for $160 with electronics and complex moving parts. It's molded plastic!

@Binnekamp said:
"Is this Ariel based on the Live action version, or on something else? The costume and especially the bright hair color seem a bit weird and cartoony to me."

I've heard there's an upcoming Disney Jr. show been announced recently that stars a younger pre-movie Ariel; that seems to be what these particular sets are based on. Looks like they're taking some design cues from both the recent live action version and some from the original animated version (e.g. the classic looking Sebastian and Flounder in those sets) and mixing them together.

Elsa's ice palace is the new X-wing.

I like that dragon; I would have really liked it in a diorama set??

@Zander said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
"The dragon is pretty, pretty good."
True though I’m not entirely convinced by its proportions that are stockier than shown in this profile view. You can see what I mean using the rotatable image on the LEGO site. Also, the gap between the body and the base of the tail is wider than I’d like. It’s a cool dragon but I’m not completely sold at £60.

@lordofdragonss said:
" @CommandrCody212 said:
"The disappointment I feel over the Maleficent Dragon not including minifigures, ugh. I preferred the leak from last year where it was more of a diorama in style. "

We are still Getting that."
Has that been confirmed or is there any evidence of that? If true, it would be great if LEGO gave us a choice between a smaller, simpler, cheaper version and a large and detailed but more expensive one.

"

The dragon battle leaked in January from some toy retailer catalogue. It had compelty different Malleficent Dragon fully finished.

43240 BLACK AND PURPLE DRAGON :o I think it'd look better if the wings were a little bigger, but I approve! :D

Other standouts are 43243 (though the build isn't my cup of tea personally, I imagine a lot of people will like this one given The Lion King's enduring popularity), and 43245.