Review: 30560 Dots Pineapple Photo Holder & Mini Board Polybag

This is one of the old 2022 polybags.  I found this in a local "Playnow" toy store.  I've been trying to finish this review for months now but other reviews kept popping up or other ideas proved more interesting, so let's get this into the "Done" pile.

Bag.  I paid $6.99 at "Playnow", for a $0.06 Price per Piece.

MSRP is unknown as it was a giveaway in March of 2022.

Instructions.

 Parts 1.  Plates, Half Oval Plates, Quarter Circle Plates, Brackets, Wedge

 Plate, Paper Holder Brick, Quarter Circle Tiles, 5x6 Swordleaves, and Tiles.

Parts 2.  Round Tiles, Tiles, Quarter Circle Tiles, and Plate w/Arm Up. 
 

 Build.  IO Frigates and HVA.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Honestly, this feels like more of a parts pack than a starter pack.  Still full of useful bits though and it's nice to see the older Brackets again along with my favorite part.

Review: 41803 Extra Dots 8

Let's do something simple for a Friday.  I purchased this at my local Lego store.  This is part of the eighth Series of the Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for a $0.04 Price per Piece.

Parts.  First row is Printed Tiles. Second through seventh is Quarter Circle Tiles

 (Black, Pink, and Medium Azure).  Eight and nine are a Pink over-molded Star

 Round Tile.  Ten and eleven are Trans-Purple Round Tiles. Twelfth is Trans-

Clear Sparkle Round Tiles.  Thirteenth is Pearlescent Gemstones.  Fourteen

and Fifteen are Translucent Mother-of-Pearl(?) Quarter Circle Tiles.

 

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No. (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  This feels like a throwback to Series 1 and Series 3 with some of the contents of this set.  It's similar to Series 6 in terms of number of different pieces.

Review: 41958 Extra Dots 7

Let's do something simple for a Friday.  I purchased this at my local Lego store.  This is part of the seventh Series of the Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for a $0.03 Price per Piece.

Parts.  Printed Tiles, Light Aqua Round Tiles, Bright Yellow Round Tiles, Transparent Blue Round Tiles, Light Bley Quarter Circle Tiles, Coral Quarter Circle Tiles, Teal Quarter Circle Tiles, and Dark Blue Quarter Circle Tiles

 

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No. (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  So I think that Series 4 Extra Dots was the high point in terms of diversity of parts/colors for Extra Dots sets but I like the colors available in this one, especially as I need more Translucent Blue Round Tiles.

Review: 41946 Extra Dots 6

I purchased this at my local Lego store.  This is part of the sixth Series of the Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for a $0.03 Price per Piece.

Parts.  Printed Round Tiles, Yellowish Green Round Tiles, Hot Pink Round

Tiles, Transparent Neon Yellow Quarter Tiles, Blue Quarter Tiles, Lilac Quarter

Tiles, Round Tiles w/Bar, Lightning Bolt Charms, and Heart Charms.

 

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No. (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  Again, not as wide a part selection as Series 4 Extra Dots.  This set is going to be interesting due to the Round Bar Tile and Charms.

Review: 41932 Extra Dots Series 5

I purchased this at my local Lego store.  This is part of the fifth Series of the Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for a $0.03 Price per Piece.

Parts.  Printed Round Tiles, Glow-in-the-Dark Round Tiles,

Magenta Round Tiles, Yellow Quarter Tile, Medium Azure Quarter

Tile, Orange Quarter Tile, and Bright Green Quarter Tile.

 

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No. (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  While not as wide a part selection as Series 4 Extra Dots, this one is still going to be popular due to the Glow-in-the-Dark Round Tiles.

Review: 41930 Dots Panda Bag Tag

I bought this at my local Lego store.  I'd been checking my local Targets and Walmarts for a few weeks for these.

Box.  I paid $6.99 for a $0.08 Price per Piece.

Instructions.  Oddly enough, these are folded in rather than out. 

 Which is different from every other set of instructions I've seen.

Parts 1.  "The Cube".

Parts 2. Clip Ring, Heart Key, Jumper, Double Curved Slopes, Printed

 Stadium Tiles, Printed Round Tiles, Printed Tiles, White Stadium Tiles,

Black Tiles, Magenta Round Tiles, Black Stadium Tiles, Pink Round

 Tiles, Black Round Tiles, White Tiles, Black Quarter Circle Tiles,

Bright Green Quarter Circle Tiles, Greenish Yellow Quarter Circle

Tiles, Lime Quarter Circle Tiles, and White Quarter Circle Tiles.

Build 1.  The same build as the last review but it doesn't work as well.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  I'd say it's more like a +15 (A) score but for some reason I like the parts selection on this one better than the Dog Bag Tag.

Review: 41927 Dots Dog Bag Tag

I bought this at my local Lego store.  I'd been checking my local Targets and Walmarts for a few weeks for these.

Box.  I paid $6.99 for a $0.08 Price per Piece.

Instructions.  Oddly enough, these are folded in rather than out. 

 Which is different from every other set of instructions I've seen.

Parts 1.  "The Cube".

Parts 2.  Clip Ring, Heart Key, Jumper, Poop Tiles,  Double Curved

Slopes, Printed Tiles, Printed Stadium Tiles, Stadium Tiles, Printed

Round Tiles, Cheese Slopes, Round Tiles, and Quarter Round Tiles, 

Build 1.  Station.  The key piece is held in by friction and isn't really that solid a connection.

Build 2.  I put together a bunch of parts before I bought this set in

 anticipation of making this Frame.  Unfortunately the color of the

 cube is closer to Light Nougat than the Nougat of the other pieces.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  A little bit of effort and the score jumps.  :-)

Review: 41931 Extra Dots Series 4 Polybag

I purchased this at a local Target.  This is part of the fourth Series of the Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for a $0.04 Price per Piece.

Parts.  Printed Round Tiles, Printed Stadium Tiles, White & Medium Azure

Double Curved Slopes, Aqua Round Tiles, Pink Stadium Tiles, Tan &

Orange Double Curved Slopes, Cheese Slopes, Teal Quarter Circle Tiles,

Orange Round Tiles, Light Yellow Round Tiles, Green Tiles, Bright Light

Orange Stadium Tiles, Medium Azure Quarter Circle Tiles, and Red Tiles.

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No. (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  I think this might be the most interesting of the Extra Dots yet.

Review: 41928 Dots Narwhal Bag Tag

I bought this at my local Lego store.  I'd been checking my local Targets and Walmarts for a few weeks for these.

Box.  I paid $6.99 for a $0.08 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1. I'm not sure what Lego is calling this piece.  Back in the day I put together a MFZ squad called the "Cube Crew".  They were all based around the die used in the old Lego Games line.  I'm hoping the core piece from these sets can be just as useful.

Parts 2.  Clip Ring, Heart Key, Stadium Tiles, Poop Tile,

Printed Stadium Tiles, Printed Round Tiles, Jumper,

Double Curved Slope, Tiles, Opalescent Round Tiles,

Printed Round Transparent Tiles, and Quarter Circle Tiles.

Build. Nada.  Maybe I could have built a Station

but my head hurt too much to even try. 

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No.  (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  The base brick should make a good core to build from, and the other parts will be good for accent pieces.

Review: 30557 Dots Photo Holder Cube Polybag

I purchased this at a local Walmart.  It can be found in the Lego aisle in with the other polybags.

Bag.  I paid $4.99 for a $0.05 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Plates, Tile, Tile w/Studs, 1x2x1.6 Brick w/Studs on Side,

Photo Holder Brick, Bricks, Corner Bricks, Round Large Jumper,

Heart Shaped Jewel, Printed Round Tiles, and Quarter Circle Tiles.

Parts 2.  New Headlight Bricks, 1x1 Double Curved Slope,

Plates, Quarter Circle Tiles, Jumper, and Round Tiles.

Build.  Station.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away? Yes. (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Some really nice color options here along with useful parts.

Review: 41921 Extra Dots 3 Polybag

I purchased this at a local Walmart.  This is part of the third Series of the Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99 for a $0.04 Price per Piece.

Parts.  First row is Printed Tiles.  Second through seventh is Quarter

Circle Tiles (Dark Azure, Light Aqua, and Purple).  Eighth and ninth

are Trans-Pink Round Tiles.  Tenth is a Dark Blue over-molded

Gemstone Tile.  Eleventh is a Pink over-molded Star Round Tile.

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:
Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No. (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below. (+5) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes. (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes. (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  Some really neat over-molded pieces in this series.

Review: 41916 Extra Dots - Series 2

This is a supplement for the second series of Dots line.

Bag.  I paid $3.99, for a $0.04 Price per Piece.

(Actually, this was a gift from a friend of mine.)

Parts.  First row is Coral 1x1 Round Tiles.  Second row is Blue

1x1 Round Tiles.  Third row is Opalescent 1x1 Round Tiles.

The rows after that are Quarter Circle Tiles in Light Azure,

and Bright Light Orange.  The bottom row is Printed 1x1

Tiles.  Looks like there were six extra pieces in the bag.

Build.  None, as these are all accent parts.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  No.  (-5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +10 (A-).  More useful accent pieces in interesting colors.

Review: 30556 Dots Mini Frame Polybag

This was found in Walmart in a midway display with other polybags and other impulse Christmas toy selections.  Thanks to Atavism for bringing it to my attention on the Discord server.  I'm not sure if there are any left due to the great Lego scouring of 2020.

Bag.  MSRP is $4.97, for a $0.06 Price per Piece.

Instructions.

Parts 1.  Plates, Inverted Slopes, Rocker Plates (Star

Wars Shields), Bricks, and Quarter Round Tiles.

Parts 2.  Studless Slopes, Clip Plates, Round Tiles, and Quarter Round Tiles.  

Build.  A bare-bones mech.  I may have

to explore this design a bit more.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  Wow!  I never would have expected a score like this from a set like this.

Review: 41904 Dots Picture Holders

This is one of the larger sets for the new Dots line from Lego.

Box.  I paid $14.99, for a $0.04 Price per Piece.

Instructions & Pamphlet.

Parts 1.  Light Yellow Tiles, Quarter Round
Tiles, Yellow Tiles, Quarter Round Tiles.

Parts 2.  White Round Tiles, Tan Quarter
Round Tiles, Pink Quarter Round Tiles.

Parts 3.  Aqua Tiles, Quarter Round Tiles,
Medium Azure Tiles, Quarter Round Tiles.

Parts 4.  Pink Tiles, Lavender
Tiles, Quarter Round Tiles.

Parts 5.  Caramel, Pink, Light Bley, Hot Pink,
Black, Dark Bley, and White.  Jumpers,
Cheese Slopes, 1x1 Curved Top Brick,
Quarter Round Tiles, Round Tiles, Double
Cheese Slopes, Stadium Tiles, and Printed Round Tiles.

Parts 6.  White Quarter Round
Tiles, Medium Azure Tiles, Light
Bley Quarter Round Tiles.

Parts 7.  Plates, Tiles w/Studs,
Tiles, Bricks, 2x1x1.6 Bricks
w/4 Studs on Side, and the
new Picture Holder Bricks.

Parts 8.  White Bricks, Light
Bley Tiles, Aqua Plates.

Container.  I figured a better look at this was called for
as it might be good for transporting a small squad.

Build.  A boxy Frame and
a 2 Hit (to destroy) wall.

The Questions:

Can you build something -- a frame, station, or starship -- right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Below.  (+5)  (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  Yes.  (+5)
Score: +20 (A+).  This one might be stretching it a bit.  I really like all the parts, I just wish there had been a fourth Picture Holder Brick.