If you needed more proof that time flies when you’re having fun, then look no further than the fact that the LEGO Dimensions video game has already been out for over a month! And since many fans have already completed the core game, it’s time for some new characters and new levels to freshen things up! The LEGO Dimensions Wave 2 sets are now available online and in stores–including the super-anticipated Doctor Who Level Pack!
Rather than having all of the content and characters playable as soon as the video game hit stores, the release of the various levels and characters have been staggered out, with the second wave of content officially available today!
The LEGO Dimensions Series 2 sets are as follows:
- 71204 Doctor Who Level Pack
- 71207 Ninjago Team Pack
- 71231 Unikitty Fun Pack
- 71227 Krusty the Clown Fun Pack
- 71211 Bart Simpson Fun Pack
Now, make no mistake, the headliner set of this wave is hands-down the Doctor Who LEGO Dimensions Level Pack! I’m not really a Whovian myself, so I wasn’t sure if this set was going to sell alright at retail, but it seems my doubts were unfounded: at the four stores I went to this morning, three of them were already sold out of the Doctor Who set!
I’m not sure if this was just an early burst of interest or what, but it definitely appears that there are fans out there who are very interested in this new Dr. Who sub-theme!
Although the Simpsons Level Pack was available at launch with the main game, this wave gives us our first (and possibly only) Simpsons Fun Packs, with minifigures of Krusty and Bart Simpson included. Bart is the obvious choice for inclusion in this game, and I expect that he’s going to sell very well throughout the holiday season.
Bart’s brick-built vehicle accessory, the Gravity Sprinter kart, is based off of an actual go-kart that appeared in the Simpsons cartoon (called Lil’ Lightnin’)! That’s pretty neat!
I’m honestly sort of dumbfounded by the inclusion of a Krusty the Klown Fun Pack here. While Krusty is certainly a recognizable character, I would never expect him to rank highly in any kind of popularity poll, nor be the character kids would flock to wanting to play as in a video game.
The brick-built Clown bike looks like it could be interesting to use in-game, but Krusty is still at the bottom of the list of Wave 2 LEGO Dimensions characters that I’m interested in playing as.
The third Fun Pack released today is the fourth Fun Pack that complements The LEGO Movie theme–Princess Unikitty! The number of Unikitty Dimensions packs at my local stores was noticeably lower than the number of Simpsons packs, but that may be more due to retailers ordering less of Unikitty than the character’s popularity (though she certainly is popular, make no mistake).
The brick-built Cloud Cuckoo Car looks a mite odd to me, but I’m a completist when it comes to sets from The LEGO Movie, so this is a must-buy for me. With most of the sets from the movie being retired this winter, I also anticipate the demand for Unikitty increasing a few months from now.
Finally, we’ve got a pack that I was surprised to see had sold out at two of the Target stores I visited today–the Dimensions Ninjago Team Pack! Kids (and collectors) building a Ninjago cast in-game obviously want to complete the whole team, which may account for the strong sales of this set containing Kai and Cole.
While the Ninjago Dimensions sets aren’t some of the better-selling entries in this theme yet, I suspect they’ll be super popular if that Ninjago movie ever actually comes out.
All of these LEGO Dimensions Series 2 sets are available online for order now, and should also be available at most local stores. Locally I found plenty of the Simpsons and Unikitty Fun Packs today, but fewer Ninjago Team Packs and only one store with the Doctor Who Level Pack. Could this Doctor Who pack end up being a hot item for Christmas…?
What do you think of the second wave of LEGO Dimensions packs, brick fans? Did you pick up the Dimensions video game, and are you interested in expanding it with these packs? Or has your interest in this theme waned a lot sooner than TLG expected?
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My son has been writing to Lego for well over two years asking them to make Doctor Who Lego sets. Their response was always the same, “Sorry we can’t accept ideas.” What a great surprise it was to us when we learned that Doctor Who was finally coming in Lego form. Now, we don’t own a gaming console system so we can’t play Lego Dimensions, but I bought my son the first Doctor Who set Lego released. We rushed home to put it together only to find that there are no instructions in the set. The instructions are in the game-play! What they heck? Not only do I shell out money for something we can’t play, but now my son can’t even build the set and I have to only guess how the pieces go together based on the box picture. Thanks for NOTHING Lego. This is the first time I have been legitimately disappointed!
LEGO realized that not everyone buying the sets was going to play the video game too late, so the instructions aren’t packed in with the sets.
That said, instructions are available free online on the LEGO website for -every- LEGO Dimensions set. I know it’s not as good as printed instructions, but at least they realized their oversight and put the instructions up for free online.
I searched online at the Lego site and didn’t find any. Maybe I was too fast. I’ll check again.
They should have also sold the sets for $10 without the level bases for the fans who just want to collect the sets but not play.
Still no instructions. I can download the same booklet that comes with the set which shows me how to put the mini-figure together (like that’s hard to figure out). The rest is an advertisement for the other sets and a parts list. If you know of where I can find instructions, please post a link.
They’re definitely accessible through the LEGO Dimensions site’s customer service tab as printable PDFs.
As far as making the sets also without the LEGO Dimensions bases–it would be nice for collectors, but not logistically feasible. The licensing contracts for several of the included themes are specifically for toys-to-life toys. And even if they had the same sets available in both in-game and non-game forms, it would be a nightmare for retailers trying to determine order quantities and deal with what’s essentially two SKUs and two prices for the same items. It would also be cannibalizing the sales of the Dimensions sets, which totally defeats the purpose of the video game.