Product Description

Let's get building! Specially designed for house building, this set lets young builders create a variety of different models at all levels of difficulty. In addition to bricks and plates of all colors and sizes, this set also features wheels, windows, door frames, fences and flowers. Includes Idea Book with building instructions for 6 models and inspiration for dozens more! 674 pieces. Ages 4+. 16.18 x 7.52 x 10.91 inches storage tub.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77790 in Toys & Games
• Brand: LEGO
• Model: 4287151
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Dimensions: 5.00" h x 5.00" w x 16.00" l, 2.50 pounds

Features

• Specially designed for house building
• Features bricks and plates of all colors and sizes, wheels, windows, door frames, fences and flowers
• Includes Idea Book with building instructions for 6 models and inspiration for dozens more

Customer Reviews

Great starter set
My almost 5 year old son got this as his first Lego set. It's a great start. Lots of bricks of many colors and sizes. It has plenty of pieces for 2-3 kids to play together at the same time. It includes an idea book with some easy to follow pictures, so he was building right away.

I did have to supplement this set, as I watched my kids and noticed what pieces they really needed to play the way they want. This is the "Ultimate House Building Set", but my son really wants to make cars, trains, helicopters, and boats. He also really likes to have "lego guys" to play in his creations. So I added on to this set with:
* Large green baseplate - no baseplate in this set
* More wheels/axels - this set includes 4 wheels, only enough for one vehicle
* Other vehicle parts (windshields, seats, steering wheels, etc)
* Lego people - no people in this set
The baseplates are available at your big toy store. The other misc pieces are readily availble at online auction sites.

This set comes in a nice durable tote box. The box is much bigger than necessary to hold the included pieces. But that's a good thing, because you can easily add whatever other lego's you have and it can store small works-in-progress.

Nice Lego set
My kids loved this set. It gives them much more freedom to experiment around with designs than the common, single-purpose sets. We have a miniature Monte Carlo grand hotel in our living room right now.

What's not to love about Legos?
I bought these for my son's 7th birthday, having forgotten how much fun I had playing with Legos when I was a kid. Within moments of opening this set, he'd all but forgotten the toys that do not require as much imaginative play.

Since then, we've had fun making the buildings pictured on the box and in the accompanying pamphlet, as well as making our own creations. For instance, I'm writing this the day before St. Patrick's day... and in honor of that day we've created an "Irish village" on our dining table. I have a feeling we'll be doing something similar for every holiday this year... and I almost can't wait until Christmas!

I do wish, however, that Lego would start building boxes that help kids keep their blocks a bit more organized. It's rather frustrating for younger ones to fish around in a big tub looking for a tiny little piece... and frustrating for Mom when they dump the whole tub out to find just that one!