REVIEW: 43230 Walt Disney Tribute Camera

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on LEGO Disney 43230 Walt Disney Tribute Camera:

THE GOOD:

• Looks great with cool features.
• An excellent building experience.
• No stickers.
• A high quality plastic film reel with very cool graphics.
• Rolling camera sound effect.
• Bambi and Dumbo.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• None but for those who owns the LEGO Ideas Steamboat Willie set, the Mickey and Minnie is not as good as those.

Waited a long time for a decent discount on this set, and finally made the purchase.  When this was announced, I truly thought it's another set with exclusive characters to get you to buy type of set.  In some sense, this is still true but I was pleasantly surprised how good this set is.  First, it looks great and it packs with features.  The building experience is somewhat unique and really fresh for me.  I had a great time building this.  The details of the lens, tripod and even the minifigures stand are all great.  It's also smart to use the film case to create the Disney 100 logo.  The camera opens up with a small workshop and the coolest part is the sound of a rolling camera.  One of the highlights for me is the film reel, made of plastic foil type materials.  It has many many scenes of disney properties in minifigures.  It's excellently done and makes you wonder if those characters will make an appearance in future set.  Of cos most of us buy this set for the minifigures and animal characters,  all of theme are excellent as expected.  I do think the previous LEGO Ideas steamboat willie version of Mickey and Minnie are far more superior though.  Having said that, the minifig stand is awesome, not just it's a working film clapper but the fact that 3 printed window/door pice that create a 3 dimensional looking scene is a decent surprised.   The set itself is not cheap but it is not in the unaffordable range and with a discount, makes the pricing very competitive.  Whether you are disney fan or not, it's definitely a set that I would recommend.