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The printed inscription is written in Chinese, and it means: “auspicious dragon brings good luck”! It is pronounced: “Xiáng lóng nàfú”

the energy ball is a dragon pearl, and is commonly found on most East Asian dragon to represent power, wisdom, prosperity, etc.

In the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the year of the dragon. This it's meant to be a water dragon, which is a symbol for peace and healing (i.e. the water element). It looks to me like the dragon is standing on top of a rock that's sitting in water, and the orange and yellow clouds are suppose to be a sunrise, which symbolizes new beginnings. The blue ball it's holding is a Pearl of Wisdom which is often depicted with a water dragon. I don't know what the sign translates to.

Thanks for all the close-ups and for pointing out the colors of some of the different parts. Really glad to hear there are no stickers in this set.

Boy that Nexo Knight Shield is the gift that keeps on giving - so many uses lately.

Given the explanations in the comments and the overall themes associated to dragons in Chinese mythology, my personal take is that the dragon is through or resting atop the crest of a mountain. I really liked the association a commentator made about the yellow and orange clouds being a reflection of sunrise. The teal is probably to claim the rock is made of jade. Very nice model. Would be a lovely display set for the top area of a bookshelf.

They made this set because this year is the year of the Dragon! There are 12 animal signs (even though a dragon isn’t an actual animal). Creator 3 in 1 actually makes animals according to the animal that is the year’s Chinese animal sign. They made a tiger the year before the last because 2022 was the year of the Tiger, a rabbit for 2023 because it was the year of the rabbit and a small dragon for 2024. After all, 2024 is the year of the Dragon. And of course, they also made a big Dragon this year. Next year is the year of the snake, so I bet there will be a snake-related LEGO set.

It reads 祥龍納福 and translates to "Auspicious Dragon Brings Blessings" in English. Specifically: "祥龍" means an auspicious or fortunate dragon, symbolizing luck and prosperity. "納福" conveys the idea of absorbing blessings, bringing happiness and good fortune. ㄒㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄋㄚˋ ㄈㄨˊ or Xiáng lóng nà fú in pronunciation

As a Chinese, from what I know dragons are normally high up in the sky and the blue you see could be the atmosphere and the whites “waves” you see are the clouds, that’s how ancient Chinese art describe clouds, the orange and yellow monkey king clouds are still clouds as Dragons are majestic and spew fire, so technically their body can withstand the heat and in Chinese mythologies, dragon scales are golden, hence the clouds are that colour, as for the ‘rock’ it’s a mountain, that’s high up in the atmosphere :) As for the teal part, it could be like what your viewers said, it could be algae, but it could also be jade, as the Chinese believe that Jade wards off evil. Also I’m born in the year of the Dragon! I’m glad you bought this set as well!

Here in America, I saw this set for $67 at Costco in my local area. It is a terrific piece that was very enjoyable to put together. Also since rage dragon is my Chinese zodiac sign, it was fitting that I buy it. Great video Tiago!

Those are not water and smoke, those are clouds, this is a Chinese dragon flying, though they can swimming and diving, but we rarely see any painting of them under water, they are always flying

Those scale prints are neat, wouldn't be against seeing them in more sets. Roof shingles, wall design, maybe even a red version for a collectors Shang-Chi set, the Great Protector and wall would look great with it.

Despite a few nitpicks here and there this set is still stunning and gorgeous, all prints and no stickers is also a massive win. I'll definitely be picking this one up, seems like a set well worth the purchase for an incredible display piece. Thanks for the review Tiago!

Great review! Love seeing that stack of new purchases, which I’m hoping will be the review queue! Really looking forward to your thoughts on some of the new city sets!!!

Got this one as a late christmas present. I love dragons but the ninjago ones never clicked with me. This build and design however was right up my alley and Im very happy to have it on display

Just finished the build last night and like it overall. I just wish they provided some support for the leg that is lifted up holding the blue orb. The dragon leans slightly in that direction because of it and loses stability.

Nice review. It’s a very good looking set

Love ur vids never miss an upload 😊

The nexo knight shield piece with the scale printing on it makes for a BA shield by itself.

This LEGO dragon looks pretty cool.

That dragon is beautiful

Looks fantastic set love the printed scales awesome review 👍

WOW great model! LEGO did such a great job with this model. Please do the Family Reunion restaurant set as well! Looking forward to more of your reviews for the new releases!

Didn't know this was out. Thanks for giving me something else to add to my lego collection.

Lego nails the chinese new year sets every year for me, they’re always so festive and beautiful!

Nice these shields are printed. Imagine having to apply 26 identical stickers!

I see it as almost a futuristic dragon robot/animatronic. That’s why it’s in parts very un- “naturalistic” and has technological feel. Claws, Joints for example. That’s why I also don’t mind the grey joints. A really beautiful set!

Looking forward for your in depth review for the ornithopter

Feel like this could be a great set for those making MOCs - the Great scale tiles could be wonderful as roof tiles in an interesting colour (maybe some Mediterranean buildings) and the Chinese sign for signs and things like that.

Dragon theme is very popular, more than Chinese New Year, Lego knows what they doing 😊 thanks for review Tiago 👍

Wauw!!! The stage looks so big in this video!! I hope its the same size in Malmö

It looks a stunning model and one I intend to purchase sometime.

I love this set so much I barely buy lego but this was a must

This is a beautiful build

those new golden socket pieces will be amazing for Constraction/CCBS MOCs, idk why nobody's mentioning them

I've built it and absolutely love it Only complain is at the start it isn't very clear which kind of grey you're supposed to be using when building the foundation which lead to a "repair" later In hindsight, probably should've look at the box art while building it 😊

Wow its a cool lookin’ Dragon !

Nice! 😺💙🐾 Can’t wait to build mine! I have a bag of gold pieces that will look nice covering the studs on the side of the Dragon 🐉 🐲 Cheers 🍻

I don't understand the comments I keep hearing on KZfaq about international pricing. At current exchange rates, 80 euro is $88, 70 GBP is $89, and 150 AUD is $100 but includes a 10% sales tax so works out to $91 on a like to like basis.

Space sets next please!!

Cant wait to mod it and makeit more posable!

Amazing set! And no stickers? Awesome

Wish everyone get Three auspicious arrive in the year of the Dragon

thank you

The teal ball is probably the luck the dragon is spreading.

I totally thought the white pieces at the bottom were just more clouds, but now I can't unsee water! I guess that makes more sense. Maybe the teal part on the rocks is algae? Still not sure...🤣 Doesn't matter! This is a beautiful set!🔥

I'm really torn on this one; it ticks pretty much all the boxes for me, in that it looks great and awesome to build, is a good size, is even priced fine. But in the UK, the Family Reunion set doesn't cost much more than this; there's only £20 between them which is not a lot and it makes the temptation of getting the Family Reunion set twice to make a full building very enticing. I won't do that of course, but it does give an idea how tempting the proposition is. Regardless, this looks great and I'm probably gonna go for it anyway as it does fit my bill as well as being born on the year of the dragon myself.

I believe the teal blue in the rock could be a representation of jade

I think what would really bring this set up a notch would've been a gear function to make it look like it was moving. Oh well, still cool though.

It's a high peak through the clouds

I was planning to build this with my wife as our new year’s activity, but it was missing two pieces in the very first bag! Had to request replacements and wait now…

I hope we one day get a Legend of Zelda TOTK dragon and Link Lego set at some point. This set proves it can be done!

Picked this up for $65 USD at costco, amazing set i have it displayed with some of my anime figures

Even as someone who holds LEGO in low regards I have to admit I like this set. Very little of LEGO's typical shortcomings to be found. Even the printing seems good which other companies do much better in general. Of course, it's still far too expensive and it wouldn't be LEGO if there weren't any visible blue pins, but it's nice all things considered.

I personally love cool sets like these but is I admit, I love your sets better like the haunted house

basically this year is the year of the dragon in the chinese calendar

This would look so cool modded into the Legoland dragon

fly's over my head, seriously

It is actually very fair to have the price set to 80€ and 90$. Usually the Euro and Dollar prices are the same which is quite unfair regarding the Euro is worth around 10% more, than the Dollar.

The Dragon is clearly standing on a mountain surrounded by clouds. It is Dragon after all. 👍Thanks for the 4k videos, enjoying them a lot even though I never buy bricks.

The Chinese banner is printed in the wrong direction, since traditional banners are read from right to left (each character is in its column, starting from the right side) but LEGO printed it from left to right...

Awesome review! Are you going to review 'Family Reunion Celebration 80113'?

Looks like the upper blue-green is a “waterfall”

(Question!) Tiago as. Former LEGO designer do you have any answers regarding why LEGO chooses to use single coloured Technic pieces instead of recolouring them like any other piece? Cheers

neat

They totally could've at least made the joints dark brown, they've made the big ball joints in that color before

The white swirls are stylized clouds, typical in Chinese art

Just got mine for $67 USD at Costco! Run, don’t walk!

80 euros is $87.72 USD... I don't think it's that big of a win.😂

Almost perfect except for those ball joints, which should have been in gold.

Can anyone explain what the different elements of the dragon mean in Chinese culture?

Dragonscale shields

Muito top! 😊

I wish there was a lego set of Shenron from Dragonball Z...

I *just* ordered this. I feel like if I watch this I'm going to spoil something lmao

i think it's a mountain top in the sky with clouds **

It's not water and waves at the bottom , it's the sky and some clouds .

Chinese dragons are closely associated with water and are believed to have been living in streams, lakes, and rivers. Quite a few tales from the Monkey King mythology describes encounters with dragons in and under bodies of water. Some comments suggest the white pieces are clouds but then why even have the blue pieces at all? To me it looks like wind blowing off the crests of the waves. Guess you’ll have to ask the designer. The pearl is associated with the dragon’s power and wisdom.

Feels like lego is putting a tonload of attention towards chinese market. With pretty decend pricing as well. Looking forward to what the line will bring in the future

its such a little detail, but am i the only one who finds it slightly annoying that the seems to lean a little bit to the left? i manged to force mine to a more up right position but it really stressed me out when i first built it lmao

Can you take the dragon from the platform and play with it detached?

@tiagocatarino take a look at the Shenrong (holy dragon) of Akita Toriyama’s Dragon Ball then you will know how this dragon is designed. The balls on the hands of the dragon is, yes you guessed it, dragon ball, made of jade probably.

Just bought it yesterday at 20% off. Score!

Is it made from gingerbread?

Hey Tiago! I finally bit the bullet and bought the Lego Titanic on my credit card. Wife told me that if I get that then she can get the tattoo she wants! I said “done!” And just bought it 😂 Pray for me.

Price: 89.99. Has 1,171 pieces, so it will take a while to build.

I hesitate between this one and Mei's guardian dragon from monkie kid... The price is not the same, mind, but the playabliity also...

I think they priced the set higher in the US because of the significant amount of Chinese descendants compared to Europe.

That's not a body of water, it's a blue sky.

Suspicious dragon

More likely clouds than waves.

I really do wonder why all the Asian themed it sets cost the most in the US. It seems strange

Lego 2024 is all about 👌Chyna👌 this year 👀

Wait, are you purchasing the sets? I thought LEGO would send them for review.

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Should have been all gold

I got it for 45€