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- November 21, 2020First Review
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Posted:November 21, 2020
NealeMonks
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Expert LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
An absolutely, 100% perfect LEGO set
" There's literally nothing to knock about this set. It's everything a LEGO set should be. It's good value, with not just lots of parts, but also some quite unusual and useful ones too. The building techniques a varied, and at times, rather clever (the so very characteristic eyes of the shark for example).
The three official builds are all excellent, and the hidden online-only one (a sperm whale) is, if anything, even better! This is one of those kits where buying additional copies makes sense, simply because each build is so charming you're probably going to want to keep them around. All too often, the secondary builds feel tacked-on and kinda 'meh' compared with the primary build, but that isn't the case here at all.
Besides being cute character builds, there are just enough extra parts (such as seaweed and treasure) to create a story when used alongside LEGO minifigures. The shark in particular is an obvious 'monster' for a pirate story or with deep sea explorers, but the squid, angler fish, and even the whale could be used just as effectively. It's hard to imagine any child being disappointed with this set.
"
I would recommend this to a friend!
From:
United Kingdom
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Expert LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Daughter
Build Time:
02
hrs
Play Experience (Optional):
5
/
5
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Average
Very Easy
Very Challenging
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Posted:November 21, 2020
NealeMonks
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Expert LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
Nobody is buying this to build the caravan...
" Even if you spend an hour trawling the internet for MOC space shuttle designs, you'll be hard pressed to beat this one -- and for the price, it's a bargain too!
The shuttle here is surprisingly well detailed (things like the angled rocket exhausts and the circular crew entry door stand out) and the overall shape is pretty good given the scale. The fact there's a working arm, a satellite payload, and (easily removed) wheels adds to the play value.
For sure it would have been nicer with brick-built booster rockets and external fuel tank, but transporter lorry is a nice build even if the scale doesn't really make sense compared with the real space shuttle. Easy enough to adapt the lorry with a few extra bricks into a separate model and enjoy it for what it is -- a pretty decent rendition of a typical American 'tractor-trailer' rig complete with air horns and upright exhausts.
"
I would recommend this to a friend!
From:
United Kingdom
Age:
45-54
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Expert LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Self
Play Experience (Optional):
5
/
5
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
I would recommend this to a friend!
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