New Dimensions packs showing up in stores already

I know they're absurdly, prohibitively expensive ... BUT I WANT A LEGO DOCTOR AND I WANT ONE RIGHT NOW.

Doctor Who available? Where?

@missingbrick You do know it's a game too right? A really good one too. Just because you don't have interest in the game doesn't mean others don't.

@ rcmadiax: Yes, but an overpriced one. That's why I'll be ordering the figs I want off Bricklink / EBay.

Waiting till they show up at TRU. I have a load of gift cards from the wave 1 promo and I should be able to get wave 2 almost free. XD

@ Missing Brick: Precisely. Add another £30 pack to that total, and you have a Detective's Office. I'm not saying not to buy the figs, they're great, but full price isn't to be honest, but maybe that's just me.

I agree. $30 for a mini figure and a 20 minutes of game play is outrageous on the best of ways. LEGO just knows it's base and knows there are enough crazy fans to make it worth it.

Yea, I saw the Ninjago Team Pack on shelves at target the other day. Thought about buying them, but I don't have Lego Dimensions yet. :/

I've gone through all wave 1 LEGO Dimensions levels. An add-on Level Pack story level takes about 20 minutes only if you are doing a full-on speed run (there's actually an achievement/trophy for finishing the standalone Portal level in under 25). If you want to truly complete one of these levels, unlocking all minikit parts (if you have enough characters to do so at all), it'll take about twice that the first time, or a second full playthrough. Buying into a new theme also unlocks an Adventure World, which will easily take an additional full hour, 2+ if you do things as intended & don't skip challenges by flying.

omg unikitty

regarding the prices though I feel like the whole line is a big no no if you're not buying the game, unless they're the ones that have REALLY good exclusive minifigures. That said, I feel like it's a slightly better value than most of the toys to life genre (the toy packs, not the game itself) because you don't have to buy an entire starter pack for new content and the toys are..actual toys.

I'm gonna skip the level packs almost entirely though, 30$ is a total ripoff for one short level.

@Missing Brick No question, it's expensive, and seems like a very poor value when you consider that a high-end, long campaign + infinite multiplayer FPS or RPG can be purchased brand new a year after its release for the price of *just* a Dimensions level pack. Then again, that's the same cost as something like 60074, which is just a smallish bulldozer and a couple of minifigs. It's very debatable whether either has the entertainment value of Tomb Raider: Definitive, Borderlands 2, Forza 5, Diablo 3:ROS, etc.

As others have stated, relative to the "toys to life" (why do I cringe at that term?) competition, Dimensions is priced very competitively and offers more play value with actual usable toy components instead of static plastic statues, and kids invest months into playing Skylanders & Amiibo & whatnot. It really is relative. Games like this skew very heavily towards the younger end of the market, and if parents perceive good value for their kids' entertainment, ultimately that's what counts. The overwhelming majority of teen & adult gamers will understandably pass.

I too think there are a huge amount of non-gamers gasping at the price of the content without realising that it is actually that expensive. I don't endorse buying every single pack - I'm trying a tactical approach to get all the abilities but not all the packs over a year or so. However, game DLC (add ons) have always been expensive for levels - £10-£15 for some AAA game packages as a ballpark figure. At least Lego games have stepped it up - Batman 3 Beyond Gotham's DLC was literally about 3-5 mins of gameplay per level!

If the Doctor Who pack is as long as the story level included in the main game (ie pretty long compared to most of the others) that would be great to finish off some great looking models and a Doctor minifig.

Personally, I don't find that pack too overpriced. You get a completely new minifig, a game level, two cool minimodels that double as in-game vehicles, and a big sandbox level to play in.

That is, in other words, a small LEGO set and a largeish DLC pack. That's not terrible value, but it is if you don't want both.

Oh wow more people complaining about prices here what a surprise. Here is the thing if you can't afford it maybe drop LEGO as your hobby. These packs are really for the people playing the game. If you can't afford the game and packs... Don't buy them but please also don't complain about the price. This isn't food. Food is actually too expensive and you can complain about that because you need it. Rents across the world are going up and you can complain about that because you need that. This hobby thought is just a hobby and the prices make sense. If you're an uber Dr. Who fan then $30.00 is not much for a collector's item. When it comes to LEGO you need to pick what you're collecting. If you're trying to collect every fig ever made... You will fail.