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#2507 SET REVIEW: 71478 The Never Witch’s Midnight Raven

Our third review from the August Dreamzzz wave is the flagship villain set, the Midnight Raven! Don’t snooze on this set with its striking colours and menacing design, and it’s new and recoloured parts! Find out what we think about this set in today’s review!


 [Review products provided by the LEGO Group, but all opinions are our own and honest - we don’t have to praise sets to keep receiving them.] #gifted #rlfm


#2507 SET REVIEW: 71478 The Never Witch’s Midnight Raven £89.99, $99.99, €99.99 for 1203 parts. Our score: 18 out of 25 Image show’s the Never Witch’s Midnight Raven, a large black, dark blue and purple raven with a grey beak and bright yellow eyes. The wings are tipped with transparent opalescent dark pink crystalline feathers. On the Midnight Raven’s back is a large cauldron, heated by trans-green flames. A hut sits at the back of the raven, with a patterned roof and crooked chimney emitting pink smoke. Swipe for our full review!

Parts Selection: New parts: 2x4 Gunmetal grey half cauldron, x2. 2x2 transparent clear crystalline dome, x3. Dual moulded trans-dark pink and black raven, x1. Both the domes and raven appear in every set of the August LEGO Dreamzzz wave. New recolours: Opal trans-dark pink crystalline Ninjago blades, x6. Purple spider web with central stud and double clip and bar, x2. Pearl gold minifigure Wheelchair base, x1. Purple L shaped hydraulic bar, x4. New prints: 1x1 yellow round tile with black pupil printing, x2. In 1 other set: Trans bright green 1x2 tile with Aztec temple and trees on a floating island “memory” print, x1. Trans-dark blue 1x2 tile with white and yellow castle on floating island “memory” print, x1. In 2 other sets: Trans-light blue 1x2 tile with skull and windmill floating island “memory” print, x1. Rare parts: 1x1 round tile in purple, x2. 1x1x2/3 D-snot modified brick in green, x4. 1x3x1 shallow inverted arch in dark blue, x2. 6x6x2 quarter circle bow slope in dark blue, x2. 2x3x1 curved wedge slope with 45° notch at front in dark blue, left and right variations, appear once each. 2x2 cutout quarter circle edges tile in coral, x8. Hero factory claw with axle in dark grey, x1. Monkie kid cloud effect with bar in opal trans-dark pink, x1. 3x3 macaroni tile in purple, x2. Stickers: 4 small stickers on the sheet. Our score: 4 out of 5 for parts selection Some unique recolours, however their potential usefulness in MOC building doesn’t seem high. Lots of rare parts, a new cauldron piece and a small number of stickers help this set achieve a high score.

Minifigures: Dizzy. Variant is in 2 other sets. New armour, prints, and hair recolour, Evil version of Izzie with dark, creepy, colour scheme, a dual moulded black and trans-pink slimy, spikey, armour piece, and a dark pink tattered waist cape, wielding a corrupted-looking sword. Dogan. Variant is in 3 other sets. New armour and prints. Evil version of Logan with magenta skin and a tattered black outfit. Same armour piece as Dizzy and spiky black hair. Never Witch. Variant is in 3 other sets. Woman with coral pink hair and a creepy black crown, wearing black armour. A trans-dark pink and black smoke trail is attached to her legs. Mateo. Variant is in 3 other sets. Boy with brown coiled hair, modern teen outfit with blue puffer jacket mould. Mateo has a slime-shooter back attachment, this build appears in another set of this wave. Z-Blob. Variant is in 4 other sets. Bar with light cover (Bulb)/ Bionicle Barraki eye piece in trans-bright green with 2 eyes print. Astrid. Exclusive to this set. A woman wearing a dark blue jacket sitting in a gold wheelchair. White jet boosters are attached to the handlebars of the wheelchair. Our score: 3 out of 5 for minifigures. All the figures are greatly detailed with new parts, but only 5 figures, with only one being exclusive, for a £90/$/€100 is a bit disappointing.

Techniques: The core of the raven’s body is 2 studs wide, whilst the head’s core is 1 stud wide. To bridge this gap, a pair of ratcheting hinges (44301b, and 60471) are used to create a sturdy connection. Black claw pieces (16770) are used as feathers throughout the build. This build is a SNOT masterclass! Many different SNOT bricks, such as the 1x1x2/3 D-snot brick and brackets come together to form the shape of the head. The lower beak is made from a Hero Factory blade in dark grey, 15362. It connects into a technic connector (24122), and then a clip (48729b).

Techniques: The wings of the raven attach with double ratcheting joints, allowing for flapping and rotational movement. Small feathers lining the edge of the wing connect via 1x1 round plates with bar (32828). The 3 large feathers are mounted on mini ball joints. The house perched on the raven’s back has a crooked chimney created with multiple hinge bricks angled in different directions. Some interesting LEGO geometry lines up to allow the purple 4x4 macaroni tile to attach to the side of the hut.

Techniques: The hut’s roof has LEGO Dots-esque tiling with bright colours such as magenta and coral to create some swirling shapes. The roof folds out with technic pins to reveal lots of ingredients for the Never Witch's cauldron. Inside on a pedestal there is a 1x1 crystal in opal trans-purple. The barred windows use 3l bars in pearl gold (87994) that slot into the underside of 1x6 arches in dark bluish grey (92950). Our score: 3 out of 5 for techniques. Some interesting techniques used in the hut’s construction, but the raven’s build has nothing too exciting and is relatively basic.

Alternate build: The B-model option contains a Baba Yaga inspired house with bird legs, a spider, and what's left of the raven. However, the raven looks very bare and flat without anything on its back. The image shows the Baba Yaga inspired house. It’s the same hut from the back of the raven’s original build but has spindly bird legs made with technic connectors. The spider uses the cauldron as the body, and the webs as the abdomen to store the memories! A decent sized pile of bricks is left over when you build the A-model.

Display value: Our score: 4 out of 5 for display value. The build has a very menacing and striking look on display, with its impressive wingspan and bright colours. There's decent room on the top of the raven to pose figures too. However, the large wingspan of 38 cm (15 in), and the similar length makes it a challenge to find a suitable display space for it. Check out some of our other August 2024 Dreamzzz reviews! What set is your favourite of the ones we’ve reviewed? Tell us in the comments! Images show the thumbnails of our 2 previous Dreamzzz 2024 reviews, Cooper’s robot dinosaur c-rex and Castle Nocturnia.

Value for money: other images of similar sized and priced Dreamzzz sets are shown for comparison: Nightmare shark ship, 71469, £120/$140/€140, 1389 pieces, 4 figs*. Mr Oz’s space bus, 71460, £85/$100/€100, 878 pieces, 2 figs*. *not counting dreamlings as minifigures. The midnight raven is £89.99 $99.99 €99.99 for 1203 parts. Our score: 4 out of 5 for value for money. With a price per piece of 7.5p/8.3c/8.3c, a large, imposing build, highly detailed figures, and a fair quantity of new, recoloured and rare parts, this set feels like a fair value. Compared to some other similar sized Dreamzzz sets, it feels like a much better value, containing more full minifigures* and pieces for the price.


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