I bought this in 2018, almost a year after LEGO Dimensions was discontinued, and right now is probably the best time to buy it. The Starter Pack is now a fantastic value by itself, many Fun Packs and even Level Packs can be found for reasonable prices, and the main game has plenty of content to keep you entertained for many hours. I'd recommend picking up at least a few additional Fun Packs for the best experience (some powers/abilities can only be used by certain characters, so if you want to 100% the game you'll need to buy a few more characters and accessories), but it is still possible to play and complete the story mode using just what comes in the Starter Pack, so if you don't care about finding all the in-game collectibles don't let the toys-to-life aspect scare you away. If you haven't played a LEGO game before it's basically an action/adventure platformer that takes place in the LEGO world, so in addition to the usual exploration, fighting, and puzzles you find in most games there's also a lot of smashing LEGO objects and using the pieces to build new objects to reach your goals. The game itself doesn't really rely on the physical toys at all apart from some mini-puzzles, they're mainly used as an excuse to sell additional sets and to include other franchises like The Simpsons, Back to the Future, and Doctor Who, as well as give collectors something to play with or display when they're not playing the game. So just to reiterate, this is a full-length game that can be played without buying anything extra. It's not just for kids either, it's entertaining and challenging enough for adults to enjoy too. Definitely worth the price that it's selling for right now. Also make sure to update the game before starting, as the original release has a bug that will cause the tutorial to stop responding after you first build the Batmobile. The very long opening cutscenes aren't skippable and the first save point isn't until after this section, so you could end up wasting a lot of time and have to restart the game from the beginning if you encounter that bug.