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LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

Price: $19.99

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LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

Includes 3 minifigures and accessories: Emmet, Wyldstyle and Executron and 2 figures: Unikitty and a snail

Features Cloud Cuckoo Palace with bright-yellow sun, flowers and multi-colored discs; Accessories include handcuffs and a red stud tracking device

Get creative with Unikitty and her Master Builder friends! Shoot flowers from the flower catapult to fend off Executron!

Watch The LEGO Movie to see all your favorite characters in action

Cloud Cuckoo Palace measures over 6" high, 6" wide and 2" deep; Flower catapult measures over 1" high, 2" long and less than 1" wide

Cloud Cuckoo Palace Revel with Unikitty in Cloud Cuckoo Land, the happiest, most positive and creative place in the universe! Join Emmet, Wyldstyle and all the master builders in this multi-colored playful paradise where the sun is always shining and a cute snail glides between the bright flowers. But beware! Unbeknown to Emmet, there's a tracking device on his leg and Lord Business' Executron has trailed him to the palace and is ready to handcuff him. Shoot flowers from the flower c

List Price: $ 19.99 Price: $ 17.99

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LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

Includes 3 minifigures and accessories: Emmet, Wyldstyle and Executron and 2 figures: Unikitty and a snail

Features Cloud Cuckoo Palace with bright-yellow sun, flowers and multi-colored discs; Accessories include handcuffs and a red stud tracking device

Get creative with Unikitty and her Master Builder friends! Shoot flowers from the flower catapult to fend off Executron!

Watch The LEGO Movie to see all your favorite characters in action

Cloud Cuckoo Palace measures over 6" high, 6" wide and 2" deep; Flower catapult measures over 1" high, 2" long and less than 1" wide

Cloud Cuckoo Palace Revel with Unikitty in Cloud Cuckoo Land, the happiest, most positive and creative place in the universe! Join Emmet, Wyldstyle and all the master builders in this multi-colored playful paradise where the sun is always shining and a cute snail glides between the bright flowers. But beware! Unbeknown to Emmet, there's a tracking device on his leg and Lord Business' Executron has trailed him to the palace and is ready to handcuff him. Shoot flowers from the flower c

List Price: $ 19.99 Price: $ 17.99

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LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

LEGO Movie 70803 Cloud Cuckoo Palace

Includes 3 minifigures and accessories: Emmet, Wyldstyle and Executron and 2 figures: Unikitty and a snail

Features Cloud Cuckoo Palace with bright-yellow sun, flowers and multi-colored discs; Accessories include handcuffs and a red stud tracking device

Get creative with Unikitty and her Master Builder friends! Shoot flowers from the flower catapult to fend off Executron!

Watch The LEGO Movie to see all your favorite characters in action

Cloud Cuckoo Palace measures over 6" high, 6" wide and 2" deep; Flower catapult measures over 1" high, 2" long and less than 1" wide

Cloud Cuckoo Palace Revel with Unikitty in Cloud Cuckoo Land, the happiest, most positive and creative place in the universe! Join Emmet, Wyldstyle and all the master builders in this multi-colored playful paradise where the sun is always shining and a cute snail glides between the bright flowers. But beware! Unbeknown to Emmet, there's a tracking device on his leg and Lord Business' Executron has trailed him to the palace and is ready to handcuff him. Shoot flowers from the flower c

List Price: $ 19.99 Price: $ 17.99

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Here is my review of the The Lego Movie Set 70803: Cloud Cuckoo Palace, sent directly by Lego from Billund to PhLUG (Philippine Lego Users Group). Thank you to the Lego CEE team for providing the sets and to PhLUG for letting me do this review.

Price

shop.lego.com: $19.99 (Php900.00)

Philippine distributor price: Php 1,799.00

Pieces: 197 pcs./4 minifigures (including Unikitty)

Price per piece.: Php 4.56/pc. (Php 9.13/pc. at local srp)

The Box

Look at all those colors! The Bricklink inventory has the set at 19 colors with only 6 pieces in LBG and 4 pieces in DBG. The main appeal of this set for me is the color assortment of the parts and this is clearly highlighted in the front of the box. We have Emmet running away from Executron while Wyldstyle is just standing there behind a snail. We also have Unikitty there at the second level of the palace. I guess we will just have to wait for the release of the movie to know the significance of this image and what the Cloud Cuckoo Palace is all about.

At the back we have the play features of the set, which is the catapult-like thing that shoots a flower projectile and the spinning dishes. These features will be discussed below.

Contents

Inside the box are instructions (single booklet) and 4 unnumbered pouches. The set does not have a sticker sheet.

Here is a small sampling of parts to take note of. We have a transclear bar (good for holding up any MOC that needs to have a floating effect), white astromech head, round tiles, white round plate with hole on stud, lime green dish, red technic ball joint, a transpink plant, lime green 1x2 cheese, yellow orange coupling plate and castle wall panel in yellowish green. Full list of parts can be seen at the set’s Bricklink inventory entry here.

Minifigures

Emmet - I think this is the same Emmet as all of the other sets that include him. (Edit: they are not the same) Two sided print, one grinning and the other scared. A neck bracket is used to hold the Piece of Resistance. I have no idea what the red round plate at the back of his leg is for. The second picture shows the Emmet that comes with this set beside the CMS Emmet. I like the CMS one better. 

Wyldstyle - Wyldstyle’s hood has a rubber like consistency and works like a minifig neck bracket. The right arm is printed with azure and magenta squiggles. Although the head has double printing, the two designs are almost the same. This Wyldstyle also comes out in 70808 Super Cycle Chase.

Executron - Its a robot in a nice suit with no printing at the back. From its name and the fact that its in a suit, I guess the role of this character in the movie is to foreclose the Cuckoo Palace in favor of Lord Business. Its a good base torso to customize minifigs. Just replace the head and hands with flesh ones and you have one well-suited minifig.

Snail - The snail consists of 16 pieces. I tried dropping it from a height of about 1 foot and it did not break apart. Its a solid brick-built animal.

Unikitty - Consists of 14 pieces. This is the only set that has Unikitty. The Lord Business’ Lair set (70809) has Bizniz Kitty, I’m not sure if they are one and the same, this will probably be revealed in the movie. There are other similar unicorn cats in the next wave of sets based on preliminary pictures from the 2014 London Toy Fair. Btw, I did not try drop testing Unikitty.

The Build

Above is a picture of the snail halfway from being built. The eyes are connected to the body by a 1x2 inverted snot. The yellow lightsaber blade/wand is where the two dishes are connected for the shell of the snail.

The sun is made with a 2x2 and a 4x4 round plate, some modified plates with tooth and a 4x4 dish. The end result is very nice.

This picture shows the 3-gear setup that makes the two dishes in front spin in unison. The use of technic ball joints on the round brick should also be noted in the picture. It gives a nice finish to the poles.

A shot of the dishes, spinning one will likewise spin the other. Take note of the star piece that comes from Friends sets and again the round technic joints being used as finishing pieces.

Above is the catapult-like thing that shoots flower projectiles. The projectile does not go that far and most of the time you will end up hitting your own hand. The new Star Wars blasters that shoot 1x1 round plates are more dangerous, if you ask me.

The finished set is about 7x20 studs in length and about 16 bricks in height. There is not much going on at the back. I was not able to time how long it took me to build the set since I stopped every now and then to take some pictures. It was a straight-forward build with some note-worthy techniques as mentioned earlier.

Either I missed placing some pieces or there really are just a lot of extra pieces in this set. I have not encountered the neck bracket as an extra piece before, so its a very welcome extra since it is very useful in some MOCs.

Impressions

The set has a good assortment of minifigs. You get exclusive minifigs in Executron (with a very nice suit) and Unikitty. I think some people will be getting this set just for Unikitty alone. This set is a cheaper way of getting this Wyldstyle since the other set that has this minifig is 70808: Super Cycle Chase, which is around $50 at shop.lego.com. Emmet, well, you can always go for an Emmet army.

It has a very good assortment of parts. Colors, colors, colors and printed parts. This is a very nice parts pack but will only be worth it if you get one near US SRP.

As to the Cuckoo Palace itself, I think it could have been better if it was in a bigger scale with more craziness. Think rainbows and crazy, colorful minifigs partying. It could be better if it was an actual palace rather than what it is now. They should have made this set as the big set instead of the Evil Business’ Lair, although my opinion might change after watching The Lego Movie in the next few days.

Would I buy this set? I would get one at its current SRP and get multiples once, and if, it goes on sale. Unikitty and the colorful parts make this set worth it. 

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