Dreamzzz

Stable Of Dream Creatures

A gentle little dream stable that trades villains for weird, wonderful plant life.

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 71459 · 2023

Pieces681

Minifigs4

Year2023

Set number71459

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The verdict

This is the odd one out in Dreamzzz, and that is exactly what got me.

No baddies, no weapons, just a soft-colored stable with dream plants poking through the roof and a couple of buildable creatures. The color mix of light aqua, dark turquoise, orange and bright light yellow shouldn't work and somehow lands as genuinely serene. I'll be straight with you though, at 79.99 for 681 pieces it asks a lot, and once the windmill knob has been turned a few times the playability runs thin.

Best for: Kids and parts-loving builders who want the calm, plant-heavy corner of the Dreamzzz world

The full review

What it is

The Stable of Dream Creatures is the pacifist in a theme built around action, and that is what pulled me in. Dreamzzz is usually all Nightmare King and monsters, so a set with no antagonists and no weapons feels almost like a small rebellion. What you get instead is a colorful, largely symmetrical little building with dream plants growing right up through its roof, a handful of animals, and a genuine sense of calm. The palette is the surprise. Light aqua, dark turquoise, orange and bright light yellow sound like they should clash, but together they settle into something soft and dreamy that I kept wanting to look at.

The catch

Now for the honest math. This set launched at 79.99 for 681 pieces, and that is a chunky price-per-part in a theme that usually gives you more brick for your money. Reviewers were split on whether it earns its keep, and I land in the middle. The building itself is pleasant and coherent despite all the extra plant bits hanging off it, but the playability is thin. There is a working windmill you turn with a knob on the back, and the deer that rebuilds into two forms, and after that the fun runs out fairly quickly. If you are buying purely on features per dollar, this is not the strongest Dreamzzz box on the shelf.

Who it's for

Who should get it: anyone drawn to the weird, gentle, plant-heavy side of Dreamzzz, and younger builders who like animals and imaginative worlds more than battles. It is also a lovely parts pack if you build your own botanical scenes, because the mix of leaves, stalks and dream flora here is unusual and useful. Who should skip it: if you live for the action side of the theme, or you measure a set by playability and price, you will feel the thin spots. The set retired in December 2024, so if the calm little stable is calling to you, it is now a secondary-market hunt rather than a shelf pickup.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this one is a relaxed, unhurried experience, which suits the whole mood. You put together the symmetrical stable, thread the dream plants up through the roof, and drop in the little gear mechanism that drives the windmill from a knob at the back. It is doubling as a mill in the story, which is a sweet touch. The cat cactus is a quick side build that is simple but full of character, and the deer is the clever bit, using the same pieces to become either a winged pegasus or a horned forest guardian depending on how you rebuild it. Nothing here is a technical workout, but it is charming from start to finish.

For parts hunters there is real treasure. Palm leaves show up in tan and bright bluish green, colors that are hard to find elsewhere, and there is a new organic tail mold in lime (though watch for the molding holes that a few builders grumbled about). You also get macaroni tubes in lime, reddish brown cams, a bright light orange windscreen with a genuinely elegant shape, and the theme's signature green splat piece. The trans-pink lantern is a small standout that catches the light beautifully. For a set people call thin on play, the parts palette is anything but ordinary.

Fun facts

01Unusually for an action and adventure theme, this set has no antagonists and no weapons at all, making it the peaceful outlier of the Dreamzzz lineup.
02The deer is a two-in-1 build that rebuilds into either a winged pegasus or a horned forest guardian, sharing the alternate form's leaves and horns.
03The set retired in December 2024 after launching in May 2023, and its new-and-sealed value has since dropped below its 79.99 original retail price on the secondary market.
04The windmill on the house actually turns, driven by a simple gear mechanism operated with a knob on the back of the building.