Don't listen to reviewers who don't have this set.
"Directly bought from my local Lego Store. This amazing Roman Amphitheatre was exactly what I wished for. Some might say it looks like a boring build, but I say that is a piece of art that takes time to build and keeps you in such a peaceful mood. This is one of the only set that I don't want to rush, since it got over 9,000 pieces and is pretty easy to miss small steps because of the amount of detail that was put in by the architect who was in charge. I'm estimating that it will take me around 7 session of 6-7 hours of building to finish it. The playability is very low since you can only move some big parts to see the spectacular engineering and level of detail. But any ways, playability is beside the point of this set. I can also say that the final result is pretty impressive as I saw it fully built in the Lego Store."