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- November 17, 2019First Review
- November 17, 2019Last Review
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Posted:November 17, 2019
HowdyT
Age:
25-34
years old
Overall:
5
/
5
Perfect for Christmas!
" This is one of my favorite seasonal sets from Lego. At first I was concerned it might be too brown and tan, but after seeing it displayed in my local store, I was satisfied that it’s quite colorful. Construction wasn’t difficult so much as tedious; you have to pay careful attention to similar pieces that are identical on the fronts but have slightly different connectors on the backs.
The final product looks great, and I’m ready to put it out when I decorate for Christmas.
One note: the stick that activates the illuminated brick isn’t long enough to clear the chimney snowdrifts and reach the button. I added some white studs to slightly lengthen the stick, but I’m surprised Lego missed something this obvious before putting the set on the market. Still, it’s not a deal-breaker. I’m happy with the final build!
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I would recommend this to a friend!
From:
United States
State:
Texas
Age:
25-34
years old
Play Experience (Optional):
4
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5
Value for Money (Optional):
5
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Challenging
Very Easy
Very Challenging
I would recommend this to a friend!
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LEGO® DUPLO® All-in-One-Box-of-Fun
LEGO® DUPLO® All-in-One-Box-of-Fun
Posted:November 17, 2019
HowdyT
Age:
25-34
years old
Overall:
3
/
5
Ignore the Duplo Party comments; very limited
" Most of the reviews here are from overexcited Duplo Party participants. Here’s a real review from someone who isn’t trying to get anything.
It’s a play set. It’s not an open-ended box of bricks; Lego apparently doesn’t make those any more, except for their expensive Education line.
I should’ve listened to the reviews on Amazon, where people warned this is a limited set that doesn’t compare to the old Duplo buckets Lego made for years. I bought this for my three-year-old nephew based on my own childhood memories of Duplo, and there simply aren’t enough pieces for him to build much of anything except what’s on the box. The pieces are too specialized for truly inventive creativity. It comes with one boy and one dog. The car wheel base isn’t as flexible as the old wagon base. There’s no large baseplate, but I can buy a super-thin $15 one that everyone complains about (and Lego has a very cute copy-and-paste response for that).
I was hoping to find the giant buckets that Lego used to make—the ones that came with a few kids, a few wagon bases, and a ton of bricks (some with eyeballs). Those are available from the Lego Education website, but not here. They’ve all been retired. (Please bring those back!)
As for my 3-year-old nephew: he put this together once and realized he couldn’t do much else with it. Now it’s just another play set instead of the open-ended fun I was hoping it would be.
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From:
United States
State:
Texas
Age:
25-34
years old
Play Experience (Optional):
3
/
5
Value for Money (Optional):
3
/
5
Level of Difficulty:
Easy
Very Easy
Very Challenging
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