By Get your wallets ready - LEGO Dimensions releases this week (September 29) on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U, and critics have called it a hit.
First reviews say that although costly additional figures and sets for the toys-to-life game are required to get the most out of it, many call it the best LEGO game in years.
Particular praise has gone to the game's portal, which allows players to build and place figures in unique ways, as well as the game's humour brought to life with an all-star cast of Chris Pratt, Peter Capaldi, Michael J Fox and many more.
"Despite the extraneous content, LEGO Dimensions is a hit. I haven't laughed this much playing a video game in a long time. I couldn't wait to see what would happen next, and my wife even sat in to watch the story unfold in crazy ways. Whether you just purchase the core set or go bonkers purchasing figures, LEGO Dimensions delivers big thrills and fun playability both in the game and on your living-room floor."
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"In the first few hours of LEGO Dimensions play time with my 6-year-old son, almost half the time was spent on playing with blocks. We built the portal together.
"We built the Batmobile, and then opened up a Scooby Doo pack and built the power-up Scooby Snack and Mystery Machine located within... in any game within the toys-to-life genre, there's sometimes an unspoken question: is this also a great toy or just a great game? In LEGO Dimensions' case, the answer is easy: it's both."
"LEGO Dimensions is the most fun I've had with a LEGO video game since the whole idea was new back on the PS2. It's full of cool new ideas and a story rammed with iconic references and witty humour - something that adults will enjoy perhaps even more than young children.
"The move to a Toys to Life model will be amazing for some but annoying for others. As a standalone entity the Starter Pack is at once really rather lovely and also a clear gateway drug into a very expensive world. You've been warned."
"Even as a self-contained game, it's delightfully bizarre in a way few will expect but many will appreciate, and the use of the portal is genuinely clever throughout the core gameplay.
"But, on the flipside, if you don't want to commit to any other purchases, know that throughout your adventure you'll suffer a disappointing pattern of spotting cool, exciting new stuff only to find that you're resolutely locked out of it... and that will grate more than the eye-watering initial price."
"The figures don't take up that much room near your TV, and they're fun to build and reconfigure if you take the time. The campaign is full of some of our favorite LEGO moments, outshining the film and any of the previous games.
"Each brand's open-world, along with any additional level packs you want to pick up, completes the package by giving you zones built just to explore and enjoy. If you're a fan of any property inside LEGO Dimensions, you'll appreciate their involvement in this grand venture, and you might walk away a fan of something new."
"There's no question that this will be an expensive hobby, but in (ever-so slight) defense of it, LEGO isn't cheap, full stop. But to those of you who love it, and enjoy the series (those frightened for their wallets stop reading right now), then really, this is kind of an essential purchase.
"It revitalises TT's own series of games, and at a time where I felt the Toys to Life genre was reaching Guitar-game level of progression and exhaustion, makes me think there's room to manoeuvre once again. Make no mistake: this is a LEGO game with a few minor new additions that is successful because of the actual LEGO and the gateway portal, but it's a great LEGO game nonetheless, and the most fun I've had with LEGO in years."
