Review: 75576 Skimwing Adventure

What happened to Pros and Cons lists at the top?

Look at those head prints, and then look at the official pictures, box etc. This is straight up lying, LEGO. The quality is moving further away from the prices and this is just shameful.

That printing quality might just be among the worst they ever did...almost makes you long for stickers (as if those would match....)

Also, why the red red Technic pieces underneath the wing? I get the orange and black ones, those match the vinyl piece quite well, but those red? Well, at least they don't try to hide them on the box...

Apart from that a nice set, a bit overpriced but not too bad.

Even as a child, I never knew how to play with the "underwater" Lego sets, and they're still weird to look at these days. I could deal with ground level and air level sets, but not these. There's something unnatural about them to look at and I never knew where to place them when playing on the floor as a ground level. I find the Harry Potter Triwizard Tournament one to work well though.

The dragon's wings could be used to MOC a nice butterfly.

I don't get the color match issue. They have to test it, right?

If it comes out wrong, adjust the color and reprint?!

While this set isn't cheap, the entire set is like priced the same as 1 Brachiosaurus.

I take creatures like this over JP dinos any day, even with this using special heads etc.

@TeriXeri said:
"While this set isn't cheap, the entire set is like priced the same as 1 Brachiosaurus.

I take creatures like this over JP dinos any day, even with this using special heads etc.

"

This is a very good point, and the difference between price and value. And although value can be subjective, I feel that most new sets lost value more than they raised prices.

What I’m wondering is how, after more than two months since it’s release, BrickLink hasn’t cataloged the minifigures or part inventory for this set and 75578.

LEGO owns the website. Surely it shouldn’t take two weeks, let alone two months.
The same thing happened with the 75331 Razor Crest. Took months for the inventory to be made available.

@sipuss said:
"Look at those head prints, and then look at the official pictures, box etc. This is straight up lying, LEGO. The quality is moving further away from the prices and this is just shameful."
Absolutely.
LEGO needs to be called out for their behaviour of blatant lying and false advertising.
The difference between the depiction of their supposed print quality on boxes and marketing materials versus what you actually get is just as annoying as the difference in terms of transparent pieces.
None of their box images or marketing beauty shots have ever shown the milky material they now use and which is just as cheap as it looks. It's no wonder that knockoff companies used to use this material widely. When I bought the Lepin Green Grocer clone years ago the only dead giveaway that it wasn't real LEGO were the milky transparent pieces. I even made a point back then to order replacement pieces on Bricklink to swap them out and make the thing look "proper". Nowadays there's no need since official LEGO now looks just as cheap. But for x-times the price.
If people knew beforehand what kind of "quality" they would be getting, I bet quite a few would reconsider buying, especially at the price level LEGO is asking these days.

Only the best is good enough? That's long gone.

@elangab: I always enjoyed underwater sets (I wish I'd been able to get more Divers and Aquazone sets, especially Aquazone), but I'll admit that they can look unnatural just sitting there, especially sets that include a boat and a sub, such as 6441, the only Divers set I own. Aren't those vehicles supposed to be at different levels? That said, I like your suggestion about the butterfly.

@KingTyrannos said:
"I wish LEGO would just commit to giving the Avatar characters guns. Overwatch characters had them, and LEGO doesn’t seem to mind giving Jake a vest with extra magazines; it just looks odd for him to have a crossbow. LEGO’s weird standard’s definitely contributed to me not getting the exo-suit set (plus, there are Ninjago sets with belt fed weapons!). I just think it’s quite silly, I mean, even Star Wars guns are just modified WW2 guns, and it’s not like the Sterling SMG (E-11) looks any less “scary” than a modern assault rifle. "
To be fair guns aren’t really used in the Omatikaya village until the climax of Way of Water, I do remember Jake using one while riding a Skimwing in the final battle, though, so I can see your point. It probably seems odd to lack guns in the sets for a war film, I know, but maybe this is their way of distancing the theme from that aspect of Avatar. As a side note, I do think an E-11 is less intimidating than a modern assault rifle— but overall, yes, I would’ve loved to see some strap in these sets.

I REALLY like these kind of beasts, molded head + brickbuild body is a great combo.
I dont mint segmentation because here its done well.