LEGO Dreamzzz Crocodile Car Review

Much of what I said when we reviewed the Turtle Van  is going to apply here when we talk about the LEGO Dreamzz Crocodile Car. In fact, some of that article I’m going to copy and paste here, not because I’m lazy, but because the importance of imagination, and why I think Dreamzzz is such a great theme, is the same regardless of which Dreamzzz set we build and review.

That being said, it’s been about a week since we wrote our review for the Turtle Van, and we gave it a glowing recommendation. Since that time, we have also built the Crocodile Car (also provided by LEGO) and a few other Dreamzzz sets that my kids have purchased with their own money. This is a fantastic theme, and tying it to a TV show on Netfilx is a brilliant idea. My kids have been busy over the past few weeks recreating moments from the show on our basement floor, and it brings joy to me to see them so excited about a LEGO theme like they haven’t been in a long, long time!

Here is what we said in our review of the Turtle Van, but the same things ring true for the Crocodile Car as well:

“The thing with LEGO Dreamzzz is that each set is based on something normal – a food truck / van in this instance – that gets transformed into something silly in the dream world. In this context, the local food truck lady also happens to have an adorable pet turtle that hangs out in the truck with her, so when her vehicle ends up in the dreamworld, well, you can connect the dots. And this same logic applies to the rest of the sets as well. There is an alligator – crocodile? – car, a unicorn blimp, and bunny mech, and so much more. It’s wacky, but all based in a reality that these characters live in. This has really helped my kids’ imagination as well – they are constantly turning their own toys into other things to use in the Dreamzzz world, and it’s adorable.”

Like the Turtle Van, the Crocodile Car build is phenomenal. This one’s a bit more in depth than the Turtle Van, owing to the swinging crocodile tail you will need to build. But that doesn’t make the build any less fun. The challenge was a bit of an increase, even for my 10 year old son, but he was able to put this together all on his own without any outside help. Similarly to the van, there is one main vehicle that you can build, and two alternative models that use that vehicle as their base: a crocodile which is what my kids decided on in the end, and an off road vehicle with spikes on the front.

While the transition from turtle walker to van in our previous build and review was pretty simple – simply removing the legs – swapping the crocodile into the vehicle was a bit more work, and its something my kids have stopped doing. I’m not sure if there was an easy way to make it work, but it doesn’t seem like it. It’s a bit of a shame since the goal here is to have a real-world object turn into a wacky contraption rather quickly, but the work to make the swap didn’t seem to be something my kids wanted to invest in.

That being said, they are more than happy with the vehicle staying as a crocodile.

Like with the Turtle Van, the downside to having a set like this is that some of the pieces aren’t used when the vehicle is in croc mode which means there is a chance they might get misplaced. We spent a fair bit of time hunting for the tires for when the kids did want to change the vehicle, and while that is ultimately an organizational thing, it is still something I can see a lot of kids struggling with.

Overall, however, I think the Crocodile Car is another fantastic Dreamzzz set. It comes with a slightly higher price tag then some of the other sets, but with a handful of minifigures to play with, and a ton of unique pieces to add to your collection, the price fits the product.