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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 26, 2017 16:14:53 GMT
My son asked for Lego Dimensions for his birthday. I think he saw it on a you tube video. He will be 6 so ok not sure he completely understands the different packs and concept of it. I'm wondering if it is age appropriate for him? He is tech savvy.
Also, I've looked online and there are various packs with different characters (like Scooby Doo, Spongebob, etc. Would he want to collect the expansion packs from one "line" of characters? Or could he still play if he had a variety of different packs? How many packs are needed to play with four players? Any other info is appreciated. Thanks!
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Post by myshelly on Sept 26, 2017 16:23:11 GMT
It's just like skylanders or Disney infinity if you're familiar with those.
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Post by Chips on Sept 26, 2017 16:42:49 GMT
I think it is very appropriate for his age and being tech savy as you said helps too. The kits a re interchangeable -so you can mix mix Batman, Dr Who, Scooby Doo etc. It is a fun game.
They characters are Legos that get assembled so just make sure his is mindful of keeping them in tact.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 26, 2017 16:48:51 GMT
I think it is very appropriate for his age and being tech savy as you said helps too. The kits a re interchangeable -so you can mix mix Batman, Dr Who, Scooby Doo etc. It is a fun game. They characters are Legos that get assembled so just make sure his is mindful of keeping them in tact. What is the size of the Lego guys? Wondering if I need the expensive case or if I can get away with an embellish,eat case of some kind. |
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Post by myshelly on Sept 26, 2017 17:01:47 GMT
I think it is very appropriate for his age and being tech savy as you said helps too. The kits a re interchangeable -so you can mix mix Batman, Dr Who, Scooby Doo etc. It is a fun game. They characters are Legos that get assembled so just make sure his is mindful of keeping them in tact. What is the size of the Lego guys? Wondering if I need the expensive case or if I can get away with an embellish,eat case of some kind. They are bigger than a regular Lego figure. Some of them are cars or vehicles or a character riding something. Think the size of Lego builds that come in the plastic bags. |
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Post by iamkristinl16 on Sept 26, 2017 17:05:23 GMT
What is the size of the Lego guys? Wondering if I need the expensive case or if I can get away with an embellish,eat case of some kind. They are bigger than a regular Lego figure. Some of them are cars or vehicles or a character riding something. Think the size of Lego builds that come in the plastic bags. Thanks. Do you have a good wa to store them? |
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Post by myshelly on Sept 26, 2017 17:07:53 GMT
They are bigger than a regular Lego figure. Some of them are cars or vehicles or a character riding something. Think the size of Lego builds that come in the plastic bags. Thanks. Do you have a good wa to store them? We just have them in a storage ottoman next to the gaming console. My kids aren't rough with toys. The figures stay together pretty well and don't have a ton of pieces, but they are Lego and can come apart. |
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Post by bethany102399 on Sept 26, 2017 17:15:28 GMT
hey are bigger than a regular Lego figure. No, they're not they're the exact same size as a regular mini fig. They stand on these blue circles and that's what works with the machine. DS often has the figs with his other legos and the blue rounds with the X-box. Just about everything is build it, and comes just like a lego set, so if you buy batman and a vehicle for dimensions you get a bag of parts and the blue "power" disk that lets the machine recognize that you're playing batman or the batmobile. You (or your DS) have the choice to build the set or just play with the blue disks. |
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Post by vjlau on Sept 26, 2017 17:19:49 GMT
My son is 11, and doesn't play with it as much anymore, but he still likes it. It's a fun game, but the expansion packs can add up.
We keep all of his stuff just in a clear plastic rubbermaid container.
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Post by myshelly on Sept 26, 2017 17:20:25 GMT
hey are bigger than a regular Lego figure. No, they're not they're the exact same size as a regular mini fig. They stand on these blue circles and that's what works with the machine. DS often has the figs with his other legos and the blue rounds with the X-box. Just about everything is build it, and comes just like a lego set, so if you buy batman and a vehicle for dimensions you get a bag of parts and the blue "power" disk that lets the machine recognize that you're playing batman or the batmobile. You (or your DS) have the choice to build the set or just play with the blue disks. She's asking about storage. If you build the figure on the base its not going to fit into something that stores a regular minifig because of the base. Geez. You don't think base plus figure equals bigger than a figure? |
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Post by melanell on Sept 26, 2017 17:25:28 GMT
The minifigs are the same size as typical Lego minifigs, but they stand on the round bases. As mentioned above, they come with little vehicles, etc., like the bagged sets. The dimensions starter set has a slightly larger set--at least the one we purchased, which I think was a Batman theme. They do mix all of the characters together when playing, and we store them like any other Lego, in a canvas bin in cube type storage piece next to a bunch of other canvas bins full of regular Lego. My son, who was 6 when he received it, keeps the Dimensions sets assembled and just places them into the bin, as opposed to taking them all apart like he normally does with Lego, but really, he could mix up all of the pieces as long as he knew where the blue bases were. In fact DS had some Dimensions sets that he just used as regular Lego toys before he received the Dimensions game itself.  Our local Five Below sells Dimensions sets for $5.00 so DS likes to buy a set now and again with his own spending money. Target sells the sets, too, but some of them are the more expensive sets with more figures. But, hey, at least we get 5% off. Save |
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Post by bethany102399 on Sept 26, 2017 17:27:27 GMT
She's asking about storage. If you build the figure on the base its not going to fit into something that stores a regular minifig because of the base. Geez. You don't think base plus figure equals bigger than a figure? Your statement was they are bigger than a lego figure, not figure plus base is bigger. Plus which, the base comes off. so yes, you can fit them into something that stores a regular minifig. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on Sept 26, 2017 21:57:31 GMT
We have a bunch of these sets (more for me than for DD although she plays it too). There are five kinds of sets you can purchase. The starter packs contains the game disc and base that you need to get started with the game along with a few characters and a vehicle. Story packs have the equivalent of six levels of a game included. Level packs get you into a particular realm with one level and a character and accessory items to access it. Team packs build on level packs with additional characters and accessories. Fun packs just have a character and a vehicle, but each character has special abilities that may be needed to progress through various levels within the realms.
We've had the game since DD was about five and before she could really read or comprehend all of the onscreen instructions and prompts so she needed help to play it. Now that she is much better at reading and comprehension she can work through it more independently.
We ended up putting all of our Disney Infinity, Nintendo Amibos and LEGO Dimension character and game pieces into a tall glass curio cabinet we weren't using. It stands right next to our entertainment center so it's convenient if we want to pull something out to play, but keeps all the game pieces away from visiting kids who aren't as careful and who might otherwise lose or break them. My kid is very particular about her things and gets really upset if other kids break her stuff, so this was a good way to display them while still keeping them out of easy reach.
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