Our family loves to play games. Board games, silly games, and of course video games! My husband and my son especailly love to play video games together! It is a fun way for them to have some male bonding time. The latest obsession in our house is LEGO® DIMENSIONS™. It combines the creativity and building of traditional lego with thrilling game play!
This is a LEGO toys and videogame hybrid from Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment. LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ combines the interactive fun of LEGO building with virtual worlds by incorporating characters, vehicles and locations from the biggest and most beloved entertainment franchises, including Batman, Harry Potter, Back to the Future, E.T. and more. It is way cool to have Batman on the yellowbrick road next to Gandolf! Yes, you read that right 🙂 This is such a fun way to get creative and really use your imagination. My husband, son, and daughter have all enjoyed building the sets and seeing them come to life on the screen.
What do you need to get started?
A starter pack! The LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ Starter Pack is what all players need to embark on a fantastic quest. Included in the LEGO DIMENSIONS Starter Pack:
• LEGO® DIMENSIONS™ videogame
• LEGO® Toy Pad
• Bricks to build the LEGO® Gateway
• 3 LEGO® minifigures (Batman™, Gandalf™, and Wyldstyle™)
• LEGO® Batmobile™ vehicleHow to Play?
Build the minifigure heroes and fire up the game to start the experience, then follow the in-game building instructions to assemble the loose bricks into the LEGO® Gateway, and place the structure on the LEGO Toy Pad. Expand the adventure by collecting more minifigures, vehicles, gadgets, and new levels with the purchase of three different types of Expansion Packs. Use whatever minifigure with whichever vehicle or gadget – go ahead… break the rules!
Expand & Collect!
In addition to the Starter Pack, there are 3 other types of packs you can purchase featuring your favorite characters!
Level Packs- Want more to explore? Expand the gaming experience with a Level Pack which contains a whole new mission-based game level, along with a minifigure, a vehicle and a gadget to build and use in-game. Some of the charachters in the Level Pack include Back to the Future and the Simpsons.
Team Packs- Want the biggest collection? Get a dynamic pair of minifigures and a vehicle or gadget for each, all with their own unique in-game abilities. You can have a good old time with Shaggy and Scooby Doo!
Fun Packs– Want the best variety? Extra fun comes in each pack containing one minifigure and a vehicle or gadget. Who wouldn’t want to play with Slimer, The Wicked Witch, or Unikitty? These are just a glimpse of the many fun characters available!
We have had so much fun playing with the Starter Pack. There is enough to do and explore and keep you busy for a long time. Of course, it kicks it up another notch whenever you build and add a new character! We recently built the Ghostbusters Level Pack, DC Comics Team Pack, and the Slimer Fun Pack. My son’s favorite is the Joker and his helicopter. My husband finds driving the Ghostbuster Car with Peter a blast from the past! It is so cool to intertwine characters and their worlds. The Joker was flying his Helicopter in the Simpsons Power Plant last night.
How awesome is that? We have loved playing LEGO® DIMENSIONS™! You should be excited to know that they keep coming out with more fun characters and packs to add to the game! It is a great way to combine building and game play. What character would you love to play with?
Developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, LEGO Dimensions is now available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment systems, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and the Wii U system.
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