LEGO DREAMZzz crossover coming soon!

....................................................................meh, close enough. WE GETTING MORE LEGO HTTYD!

I did NOT have this on my 2026 Lego BINGO card...

so left-field it’s passing through timezones, like???? listen, they had better have sets for this, i really don’t think dreamzzz is enough of a marketing vessel to make sense for it to just advertise these two other things, and like, dreamzzz’s bread and butter is already cool creature builds and weird cars, this should absolutely be something they’re putting out sets for, because i would absolutely buy those sets.

Meh, hopefully this doesn't cheapen/taint Dreamzzz -- which are amazing sets with good prices. And the show is good too (even for adults).

Alright, this looks promising.

@stevethesquid said:
"Even the original lego IPs are becoming licensed. What's next, ninjago fortnite, barbie friends, and paw patrol city? Cheer on your own favorite IPs all you want, but please don't cheer on the erasure of Lego's own, there was already a place for that without a compromise (except in the instances of Star Wars wiping out the unlicensed fantasy space themes and Bigot Wizards wiping out the unlicensed fantasy castle themes).

If one good thing could possibly come of this, it's that licensed sets might finally get an ounce of whimsy forced into them. "

Everyone complaining about the lack of unlicensed sets is immensely lacking in creativity themselves, otherwise they would realize that they could just MOC a new Castle or Pirate ship they want. Especially now that these builds finally longer rely on huge special parts like ship hulls and gate doors, nothing better than to choose the colors and design elements yourself.

Harry Potter did nothing wrong!

If anyone killed Castle it was LOTR and if rumors are true that the next set is going to be a Mumakil LOTR will have brought us a desert-themed medieval faction, something that Dustmark Keep only technically did since it is a Bricklink Designer Program set.

@Shadowcloner said:
" I just realized, Dreamzzz hasn't had any dragons yet that I recall. Kinda surprising, seeing how rapidly Ninjago throws out mecha and dragons every year like clockwork. "

That's probably the exact reason Dreamzzz lacks dragons, honestly. Ninjago gets all the dragons to themselves and Dreamzzz does wackier mechs that don't compete with Ninjago's (especially since most are animals anyways)

@Trigger_ said:
"Does this mean the $3 burger and fries line is canon to the LEGO Dreamzzz universe?"

Okay but actually? A fast food Dreamzzz set would be funny and perfectly in character. Burger and Fries Mech that can be reassembled into a vehicle or Bunger-like spider...

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……………………………what?

@emQ said:
" @stevethesquid said:
"Even the original lego IPs are becoming licensed. What's next, ninjago fortnite, barbie friends, and paw patrol city? Cheer on your own favorite IPs all you want, but please don't cheer on the erasure of Lego's own, there was already a place for that without a compromise (except in the instances of Star Wars wiping out the unlicensed fantasy space themes and Bigot Wizards wiping out the unlicensed fantasy castle themes).

If one good thing could possibly come of this, it's that licensed sets might finally get an ounce of whimsy forced into them."

You took all the words straight from my mouth. We have two "non-Lego Pirates" themes right now, too (and Castle has two, not just the one)... And wouldn't you know the Lego ones tend to be better. AND have interchangeable minifigure parts! This isn't to say I hate all licensed products, but they really need need to be less of the catalog. (And conform to Lego standards more instead of the other way around.)

But, this "everything in pop-culture is a crossover with everything else" is ruining everything, from myriad video games, to Magic the Gathering, and more."

Isn't there some Ninjago skins already in Fortnite? I do know there is a Minecraft figure of Kai from a 2020 set as well... https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?M=min077T=I

I like Dreamzzz

Fast & Furious: milking the franchise like there is no tomorrow; and yet we have not seen Dominic Torreto waterskiing behind a car that is so souped up it can run on water and then jump over a shark.

I have a few Dreamzzz sets - just to see what's all about. To me, Dreamzzz sets are great for part recolours. Some people seems to really like the theme and it's great, the more variety the better: apparently, variety is the spice of live as the saying goes.

If we are to have good looking HTTYD minifigs, I will be seriously tempted. But as I mentioned in another comment, their body does not translate well into minifig shaping.

Admittedly I haven't read the other comments - I've just got in from work and I'm frankly very tired - but is anybody else disappointed and worried in LEGO starting to licence their own original IPs?

... what.

I just hope this means Dreamzzz isn't dead. But in all likelihood this is instead an attempt to weld the two licenses together with Dreamzzz as a bridge?
I don't know how to feel about this.

I loved all the fantasy stuff in dreams (the tech stuff was actually really cool and creative too, just not my style)

Anything excuse to have more of it, and hopefully HTTYD, is very appealing

That being said, yes to those who want non-licensed LEGO themes. 2008 fantasy castle was one of the best things to ever happen to toys, and I wish we had that sort of era again. But that’s not the world we live in anymore

I do not like this idea.

I miss the era where there was a great blend of licensed sets and original concepts. With announcements like these, we move closer and closer to a potential future where original concepts are diminished.

To be fair, there are some awesome sets for beloved IPs, but I do feel LEGO has diminished something now that it has reduced the sorts of themes like Power Miners, Exo-Force, Knights Kingdom, Adventurers, Alpha Team, DINO, Space Police, Pharaoh's Quest, Monster Fighters, etc.

The issue is not necessarily about creativity but inspiration. The creativity of any set in a box has a ceiling, but the set is going to inspire creative ideas beyond its immediate contents. Power Miners was unique and fun and inspired a lot of kids (and adults) to make some crazy machinery. Adventurers might look akin to Indiana Jones but Johnny Thunder invited all sorts of ideas and play scenarios that felt more open and expansive than the films (and that's perfectly fine, Johnny and Indy serve different purposes). We could go on and on about what each original theme did that prompted something fun and meaningful where licensed themes simply did not (and that's perfectly fine, they also serve different purposes).

No idea how we move forward from this, but I don't quite like it.