LEGO Avatar – Ilu Discovery (75575) & Swimwing Adventure (75576)!

The Avatar franchise by James Cameron is back and better than ever, with amazing 3D scenes and great storyline we as a Family just had to go and see it, although afterwards we had to call into the LEGO store and buy some of the themed sets!

Starting off small we decided to go for the two rideable Marine creatures, Ilu Discovery (75575) & Swimwing Adventure (75576). These come packed with a selection of colourful parts including unique moulded heads for the sea beasts and plastic wings & fins. They also come bundled with 2 Minifigure characters each, making them quite an affordable yet impressive addition to the line.

This review article will focus on both the sets mentioned above and hopefully give you a good idea of what’s included and parts of interest, also we take a closer look at the Minifigures.

But first, a little bit of product information:

• Ilu Discovery (75575)
• 176 parts
• £19.99 / $/€24.99
• 1st January 2023 release

• Swimwing Adventure (75576)
• 259 parts
• £29.99 / $/€34.99
• 1st January 2023 release

The Boxes:

Both boxes are covered head-to-toon bright artwork taken from Pandora, the World of Avatar. Being mainly Ocean based there is a lot of water depicted in the scene, combine that with the brick-built creatures and you have beautiful designs.

Inside each set you’ll find a handful of numbered bags along with an instruction manual and a sheet of thin but durable plastic, these are the wings and fins. Coming pre-perferated they are easy enough to pop out of there template, it’s also quite satisfying too. Below is the sheet found in the Swimwing Adventure (75576) set.

The Builds:

Both sets are similar in terms of builds, obviously size comes into it and therefore for parts to account for, but as you’ll probably see from the images below there is a small display plinth disguised as Coral or Rock in both sets, along with a Sea creature that has basic articulation and again a stand to display it on.

Being the bigger of the two, the Swimwing Adventure (75576) creature is quite impressive with its surprisingly wide wingspan. With slightly more articulation you can pose this majestic beast into some cool positions, we’ve gone for the one on the box for our display.

The unique moulded heads are great too and have an open and shut mechanic that is handy, having the mouth open and stay open is great, makes posing them all that much easier.

Using curved tiles to give the creatures a more finished look is welcomed. The open studs underneath them both are forgivable, these aren’t really seen anyway if displayed in certain ways.

I think you’ll agree that the plastic wings & fins look fantastic and really add the finishing touches to each model. These bendy and quite hardy pieces of plastic simply pop onto LEGO ball pins via precut holes, be careful not to stretch them to much though.

As mentioned above there are smaller but sturdy display stands for each of the beasts and the Minifigures. These are simple builds consisting of a handful of LEGO elements, a small baseplate, sloped bricks, cheese wedges and pastel coloured Corel pieces. On the Minifigure plinths there are small transparent connectors that allow you to place the characters at different angles, giving freedom in how you display them.

The Minifigures:

There are two Minifigures in each set, which isn’t at all bad, more would have been nice in the bigger set but we can’t have everything.

Included in the Ilu Discovery (75575) set are Tsireya and Tuk, two characters from almost opposite sides of Pandora, one from the Jungle the other from the Sea. Having one of each it a single set is a great way to entice fans, giving them more reason to collect other sets and grab more characters.

In the Swimwing Adventure (75576) set we have Tonowari and Jake Sully, the leaders of their respected tribes. Again including the two leaders in a single set is great for us in the sense we don’t have to spend much to get them both.

Each Minifigure is done incredibly well, both the design and printing is spot on. There is so much to look at including seashells, accessories, clothing and more. Even on the back there is awesome printing. LEGO have done an amazing job capturing the look and feel of the Avatar characters in brick form.

Overall both sets are great, I can’t personally fault them, which is rare as usually something, beit small or big, stands out as being off, but not here!

The builds are enjoyable with a use of different techniques. The Minifigures are spot on and the presentation is awesome, good job LEGO!

Thank you for reading our review of Ilu Discovery (75575) and Swimwing Adventure (75576). Both sets are a a to purchase in-store and online. If you have these please do let us know what you think of them, we’d love to hear from you.

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