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- July 24, 2019First Review
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Posted:July 24, 2019
NMarket
Age:
19-24
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Novice LEGO builder
Overall:
5
/
5
A wonderful set to build with a partner!
" My little brother and I are both fans of Stranger Things, and I'm a casual fan of LEGO. So when I found out that LEGO was releasing an official set before my brother's birthday, I knew I had to get him the set. It was an even more wonderful to find out that the set came with TWO different instructions booklet, one for each house! We split up the work in accordance of the booklets, and we bonded so much while building the set.
The set is wonderfully creative in its approach of recreating the Upside Down. The set might look a bit flimsy at first, but the way the trees are constructed and where the ball-point anchors are placed, the entire set stands up really well on its own. I've even given it a little more than gentle nudges to see if it can stay standing, and it did!
The minifigures are definitely a highlight of the set. Each minifigure is pretty accurate in detail to the characters they represent. Dustin's minifigure head lacks front teeth, reflecting the character's (and his actor's) cleidocranial dysplasia! Lucas's headpiece has camo bandana! Will has a super accurate bowlcut headpiece and I love it! And the Demogorgon minifigure has an amazing headpiece of his petal-face mouth openly roaring!
The printing and the stickers for the set are pretty faithful to the source material. There's a sticker that depict's Will's "Will the Wise" drawing, there are missing posters for Will and Barb, most of the windows have newspapers covering it. The attention to detail is great! The Upside Down portion even has the same stickers, but cleverly degraded to reflect the darker dimension's sinister nature.
Overall, this set is great to build with a partner. It's a fantastic homage to a fantastic show, and a wonderful, nerdy display piece! Kudos to the designer!
P.S. Connect the other ballpoint pieces first BEFORE connecting the trees to the set.
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I would recommend this to a friend!
From:
United States
Age:
19-24
years old
Customer Type:
LEGO Fan
Building Experience:
Novice LEGO builder
Purchased For:
Friend
Build Time:
02
days
Build Time:
04
hrs
Play Experience (Optional):
5
/
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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