Review: DREAMZzz Mr Oz' Space Bus 71460
23 August 2023
Mr. Oz and Albert take Mateo, Z-Blob and Logan for a wild ride to escape Susan and her gang of grim apparitions! Build Mr Oz's space shuttle school bus and pull off some fancy manoeuvres to force the grim apparitions back into their nightmare realm! The bus can be built in two different versions, one with rockets or do you make the version with a huge dream cannon, starfighter and mini spaceship! 3... 2... 1... here we go!
Next stop: the Dream World
Of course, to get to the next stop, we need a bus. That's the Spacebus from . This set contains nine bags, a large sticker sheet and two more loose parts: a window and a green cable. So we have a fair amount to build. Let's quickly start with the first pouch.
We start by assembling Z-Blob and Mateo. They see the nightmares coming and so quickly get to work building a small space car. With such a small car, they won't be able to stop the nightmares. So luckily, Mr Oz quickly comes to the dream world and starts building the space school bus.
Building the spaceship continues with bag two. In this step, a lot of stickers are already put on. A nice detail on the stickers is the space logo. This resembles the original LEGO® space logo but instead of a globe it has an hourglass around which a rocket flies. Once all the parts are used from this bag, the bottom of the Spacebus is ready.
Albert the space monkey comes from the third bag to help on the rest of the spaceship. Here at we build the back of the bus. In this you can also carry or store the small space wagon.
Now comes the part where you can still see that this vehicle was actually a school bus. The light orange colours and many windows are immediately reminiscent of an American school bus. And the sticker that is on the side has also been changed from School Bus to Space Buzzz. The sides are attached to the Spacebus with Technic pins, allowing you to flip it open. This allows you to easily insert or remove minifigures.
With the parts from bags five and six, we complete the Spacebus. This also includes Logan's minifigure. In these steps of construction, we also need the blue transparent window for the cockpit. This will also be stickered to give more detail.
Bag seven is completely full of nightmare creatures and there are no less than five of them! Namely Susan, Denny (a reference to Benny the astronaut), Propper Chopper, Captain Bedbeard, and flight knight.
Attack or fight back
Now you can choose to build again. Will you go full attack with a Spacebus with a huge dream cannon. Or will you avoid the nightmares and build a fast spacebus with two huge thrusters? We opted for the attack and used bag eight and nine to build the big dream cannon and a small starfighter. Finally, with the remaining parts, you build a spaceship for Albert. And could happily dispel the nightmares.
The minifigures
This set contains the most minifigures of any LEGO® DREAMZzz set. And there are no less than ten of them. Mateo, as in the other sets, has a smiling and grinning face. Around his neck he wears a green cape. Furthermore, he has a blue printed bodice and legs moulded in two colours. Mateo also wears a loose green belt. Mr Oz has printed dark orange legs. You can see fairly little of the printed bodice because Mr Oz is wearing a space suit. You can also see fairly little of the face because the hair and beard are in one piece, leaving only the eyes exposed. Albert, Logan and Z-blob, like the nightmare creatures, have small one-piece bodies, but in different colours. Logan's minifigure is the only one with a head printed on two sides. One side with open mouth and one side with closed mouth.
The nightmare creatures all have the same bodies and heads with angry eyes and scar on the cheek. Except Susan. Susan has a printed body and a head with six yellow eyes. Furthermore, these creatures differ mainly in what kind of headgear or accessories they wear. Because these figures have a small base to stand on, they easily fall over or don't stay standing at all on a flat surface and you have to secure them on a LEGO® board.
Conclusion
This set with lots of minifigs has nice references to other LEGO® sets. It is unfortunate that some figures cannot stand on their own due to the accessories they are wearing. The construction is sturdy and challenging and will provide several hours of building fun. With shooting elements in the set, you will definitely be able to attack the nightmares.
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Mr. Oz's Space Bus in the series
Of course, Mr. Oz and the dream warriors use this bus to get around in the dream world. As in episode five. When they flee from Night Hunter.
Further dreaming and building
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