20 easy UPGRADES for the LEGO Zelda Great Deku Tree 

@@rj8877 thanks! She was a right pain to work out due to the differences between her game model and official renders. But I think it’s a good middle ground for now!

@@captainswagger2838 glad it was useful! Boy do I hope this is the beginning as well :)

@@godzilla1392 it is the b model, however while still less loved it’s impressive how little it feels like a b model during construction!

Nah they made up for it with the amount of Easter eggs and details it has, plus the leaves give more coverage than the BOTW one

Tbh, the set and props are made respective to the source material. There just simply wasn’t much going on with OoT’s Deku Tree, aside from the dungeon. I understand why they went with the 2-1 design, as BotW’s Korok Forest/ “sacred grove” is far more stunning of a design, but it’s a shame we didn’t get a Queen Gohma brick build… yet. I’m so excited to see what the later sets in this line have to offer.

@@julien827 hehe, yeah, can’t believe it’s nearly been 13 years since skyward sword. While to you and me that’s the majority of Zelda unfortunately to most, they are the classics…..

Heck, I remember when Twilight Princess was first coming out, nearly 20 years ago at this point. I remember playing Spirit Tracks when that came out 15 years ago. I'm not even that old, but seeing how long ago some of my childhood games came out sure makes me feel old lol

time is cruel.... when we put it this way it makes me worry that they are too old to be relevant anymore and lego will never make sets off them.... yikes!

Crazy how a lot of people watching this video are almost definitely younger than Skyward Sword.

@@lordly123 ooof! Don’t remind me, it’s scary to talk to fully conscious humans and then they don’t know what your on about when you mention anything before 2015…..

@@SonicJrandSarah very nice! You have plenty of Korok bodies to experiment with! I’d definitely try the backpack one, gohma could be fun if you are displaying both tree versions! But yeah, hopefully this can be inspiration for your extra parts, you have plenty to work with!!!

I wish I could afford to do that :P Can't even get 1 copy

sadness. I remember those days

@@BitBricks1 so different, filming irl is weirrrrddd. And a script, ewwww. But thanks, I wanted it to stand out, go for gohma! She’s worth it, and she’s cheap, so I guess she’s worth more than her worth

Thats an interesting combination for sure! I wonder how many parts from one version would be usable in the other, ergo how possible it is to make that work. Would be amazing of course!!!

Then I'd HAVE to buy both 😭

sadness for the wallet, but happiness for the soul

good suggestions! will be sure to try the hookshot one for sure! did you use the string piece for that?

very true, I have to be honest, I will buy them both if they made it, and a figure castle would still be insanely cool despite being insanley over priced and sized. but microscale would satisfy the itch, and look gorgeous... I bet they would charge 150 but thats just a guess

fair point regarding the stick, I agree, just personally I like the less messy design of the one piece version, idk just a nitpick specific to me I guess. Thats true about the keys, I hadn't considered that, I think it still works given that things like the hookshot and magic are included and neither of those are present in the deku tree either. just view it as an adult link accessory, its too quintessentially Zelda

@@BirdKeeperToby My pleasure! It’s always nice to hear that the builds are spreading out and about! Hopefully it makes a great addition to your display, or play for that matter!! Mostly just glad that my all consuming project over here gets to be of use to people :)

This, and two different Ganondorf Minifigures and I could find peace in my life.

@@oliverguiney2603 true! Although that would be massive, I wonder if the 2018 to 2020 Hogwarts system could provide a more accessible if more dispropotioned interpretation alongside our big adult sets!

@@williamshakespeare9424 ahh so Ganondorf is your must have! I think every Lego Zelda supporter has one! Hopefully your wishes will be answered soon! Within 3 years right :)

@@octanethermoplastic Here's to hoping it'll come, thank you for reassuring me. As for now, model paint will clear my path to the TotK Ganondorf.

@@williamshakespeare9424 good luck with the paint! What’s your figure base?

Thought you might like that one! my favourite part about the design is that the curved slope lets him wobble back and forward, super cute indeed!

Maybe once those pink parts become more common!

interesting... does the drop feature still work?

Basically I just removed the 1x1 plate with clip and instead attached the rope directly to one of the antistuds of the printed Skulltula tile, which doesn't change the mechanism!

@@guruguruguruguruguru nice, I get it!

blupees are a great shout! I did have them on my blue sky concept list, but couldn't find a part I liked, are you thinking the patronus hare from Harry Potter? or the sonic rabbits (I couldn't unseen Oswald's bunnychildren with that last one) Glad your tree has arrived! now the fun can begin, but definitelywait for energy, come the end of this month I'll have to take a break and just enjoy it all myself as well, not that I haven't been, but its been a huge 2 months of content.... ENJOY!

@@octanethermoplastic They're the standard bunny piece in light blue, they were in the BAM towers for a while. The Patronus hare would also work, maybe even better!

oh I know the one! my problem with purist parts is im too ingrained in the lego lore to forget their original purpose, its totally a me problem but I cannot unlink that part with toy rabbit at Chinese new year (even though that isn't the first appearance of the rabbit) oh well, no blupees for me! please do it for yourself though!! Oh! did you find any better ideas for gohma posing? I struggled while making this to find something I actually liked for long term, instead putting off to side... im convinced that she does belong with the set. but I'm being pedantic with it!

@@octanethermoplastic I haven't gotten as far as positioning Gohma yet, but I did have an idea to separate the Hookshot (and/or Longshot when I add one) and stick a chain piece between the halves, then pose Adult Link as if mid-flight.

@@Karalora that’s a lot of fun, has good potential for a diorama! The posing might be a little challenging, just got to keep it stretched to reduce slack!

brown horse is a great idea! I need to get one for another project so might just have to build a Lon-lon set up too!

fair enough, is wind waker the only game its blue? for this set being oot and botw indigo makes sense as it was indigo in both those games right? Unfortunately it may just be an iconography thing, whatever Nintendo forces I suppose!

@@PloFilms yeah! Enjoy the tree :)

@@colegriffiths5971 truely! It just keeps surprising me !

@@Sjjjsjdjdjcj interesting, I have the part, I agree that shorter is more like the broadsword too

@@Geostelar4920 in regards for a temple of time, there arn’t many official sets that fit the bill very well. The new architecture notre dame might be the best bet, but would require extensive modifications and is the wrong scale, a Hogwarts castle could have potential too. I could see that working with modification, there is a custom temple of time over on rebrickable by mb Mocs but is also micro scale… if your thinking tp pedestal, my own custom may be a good starting place, again free instructions on rebrickable, it is a botw design, but looks very different from the official one and I think could easily be modified to be tp. Sorry there wasn’t an easier answer for you, my full scale temple of time is not yet ready for instructions and would be massively over budget!

@@octanethermoplastic Its fine and I thank you for the detailed recomendations. I am pretty new to Lego over all, but I love the legend of Zelda, OOT and TP are my favorite games in the series with TP being better by quite a bit. So I think I'll look at your ideas and try to think of something fitting to make the ruins for TP

@@Geostelar4920 no worries, always happy to help! And good luck !

oh no! at least you can go find it now :)

@@Dren215 what’s interesting about that is when I built botw, I went, huh, I’m sure this set was supposed to have small roots sticking out of the ground… Some of the parts in that pile are still lost though! Just thenormal 1x1 spares though. But good catch, make sure I’ve fixed it for the review!

Yeah, the front root section is incomplete.

now that I've built it both ways I have to say I prefer it without the smaller root parts, don't mind the big curved bricks, but the small ones don't suit it in my opinion!

uhhhhh, not quite sure what you want me to do

@@joelfoote9720 doing it! I’m starting end of this week, we will see how long it takes, just got to make a tree review first.

Thanks!

yes, I'll try here, but I'll put up a community post with pictures in the next 48 hours as well :) the base is a dark tan 2x3 plate, on the middle 2 studs sits 2 1x1 brown down facing brackets these have clips or a tile on to look like pockets/attach a frying pan On top of the 2 brackets I place a 1x3 modified plate with only 2 studs (long jumper plate) in dark tan to make the middle wider. on the end studs of the 2x3 plate I put 2 1x1 modified plates with "light attachment" (according to brick link) the plates with an o stuck to the sides.... These face directly upright to create a cylinder effect for the korok blanket roll. I add 1x1 round plates to the o's facing out to extend it. a 2 x 2x 2/3 curved slope in dark tan sits with the lower side on these O plates and the upper side on the 1x3 modified plate from earlier. The last 2 studs from the original 2x3 plate are covered by a 1x2 slope piece in dark tan Sorry this is wordy, picture version on the community tab soon!

good to see people getting creative!

@@lydia-rose5756 ooh! Interesting idea! Could be curious to see what kind of interior options this could give you if it opens up…. More dungeon rooms! Enjoy building :)

@@BokoblinBoy lots to consider!!

@@LeagoDaCat1000 it would! I do have a design from the customs, I might have to dust it off and get the parts irl! If your curious and want to try yourself it was featured in my depths base totk custom and my wave 4 freeing naydra custom, it may take me some time to get the parts irl myself, so that might speed you along in the meantime :)

awesome! would be great to see it sometime and would make a great addition to the lelda sets!

@@octanethermoplasticyeah I’ll try to buy the pieces for me to build it to life when I get the chance.

no pressure! just have fun with it

As a Ganon-enjoyer, is there any way for me to get my hands on the plans, so to speak?

you might be out of luck, the only on I have coming anytime soon is a chibi-nes ganon... maybe dangerslayer will share theirs one day as well!

@@JoylessBurrito it’s a transparent transfer sheet like you get in model kits, but I printed the design on the paper, sealed it with a spray so the ink doesn’t run. Then apply by soaking the transfer. I seal mine onto the pieces with more spray to make them last longer, but that’s optional and can effect the look

not yet, but I can get them onto rebrickable by the end of the week if thats okay?

Perfect! ​@@octanethermoplastic

watch the community tab and I'll post about it when they go live :)

@@Audioslave23 actually I did time this thanks to my stream! I would say it depends on your building speed, I build fast, but stream slower me down so that might be a good approx of an average. So I would say 4 hours plus maybe 40 mins for the treehouse and pedestal. But I would + or - 20%

Thanks for the quick response.

Yeah, balanced commentary on this issue has been hard to find!

ID: 6314353/28661 on lego bricks and pieces (or search feather) on bricklink its 64647 (Minifigure, Plume Feather Triple Compact / Flame / Water with Small Pin)

@@octanethermoplastic Thanks for the quick response!

no problem

ummmm, I haven't made the file available yet, I'll try to upload the file to rebrickable this weekend, but be warned that when printing on your own sticker paper you will need to adjust the size to match the 1x1 lego tile as I can't predict your printer settings.

@@TheAutisticBrick I’m planning on it, thinking it will be the tree from the wind waker!

@@octanethermoplastic I was thinking that you could build a big divine beast

@@TheAutisticBrick I could try, but after the other one and it might take a while

@@octanethermoplastic ok

I’ll see you at the brick fair

whoops, too late now! :0

fairy part code isn't out yet, brick link will take a while and if lego themselves add it you won't be able to buy it for 6 months after tree release (march 2025) but they may not even add it then....

@@Frank-jl1ce maybe soon! You never know what they are thinking up in Denmark

no gloom spawn here, but I do have a design for them!

tutorial?

@@octanethermoplastic yessss

instructions for the satori mountain build are up for free on rebrickable, but everything else should be simple enough in this video! :)

correct, sticking to botw and oot except for the backpack korok!

@@ereh7328 can’t be a sellout if I brought it with my own money and evaluated it for myself, in a quite lengthy I must admit 2.5 hour review. I got my value out of it, and I explained why. You can keep your opinion but a sellout or blind we are not. True evaluation is key.

@@octanethermoplastic the sellout i take back but its blind fanboyism with this set. 300€ for a half build like this is not the money worth.

@@ereh7328 i won’t try to change your view, I do think half build is a little hyperbolic though, it’s still a large structure and has 2500 parts, not to mention most Lego sets are open back, this is not unusual. Most importantly I fail to see the relevance of this criticism on a tree upgrade vid…. In fact this whole video exists to show people that the left over parts are worth something… anyway, just looses thoughts,