Lego City Harbor -551pcs.

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Apart from that, in my opinion it is high time that another bridge, except London Tower Bridge, is included in the Lego program. But people were able to build Lego sets for decades using instruction manuals with less luxuries than modern day ones. He recently turned 9 and has gotten to the point where he is building pretty much everything independently (much to the chagrin of my hubby who likes to build too).

Haha I felt the same way too prior to reading this, good thing despite the excellent review I'm still not sold on this set. With that out of the way, I can congratulate you on a fantastic review - of a set that remains to be judged in a sensible way! At this time, this is currently the only set that includes the 72x4x18 ship hull, which is the largest single piece ship hull that LEGO has released to date. I imagine it will be a while before the transition is made to doing this in all sets (if that happens at all).

I thought it might be too difficult for a four year old, but it was only a bit too tough and with my help we build all the featured parts. The red-and-white blob at the end of the line looks like it could represent a float; it seems to catch fish without the need for any cruel hooks. With that said, the use of baseplates here doesn't strain my own suspension of disbelief too much, unlike in the case of this set where, instead of ground level and sea level being the same all across it, the baseplate has sea level at an incline. White is the featured colour, with some plates in brown and green; the 8x8 grille plates in bley will be useful for sci-fi MOCs.

Note the 1x4 red tile attached SNOT to the front of the tipper section; this allows the tipper to sit flush with the cab when in the lowered position - nice touch!LEGO, LEGOS, LEGOLAND, TECHNIC, and the LEGO logo are registered trademarks of The LEGO Group, which does not sponsor, authorize, or endorse this site. In any event, it doesn't really bother me as I've never had any real disasters with sticker sheets or instruction booklets. But there are so many other beautiful truss structures in this world that deserve to be made into Lego models. This is the one and only part of this set which seemed to have any thought put into it; the colour scheme of blue and yellow is quite striking, and the use of the blue train piece, bows and slopes contrast nicely with the long yellow jib, making this quite attractive. you know when I do I should rebuild my 7994 city harbour along with this and post some images to compare between the two which is better or worse.

It wouldn't have added much to the piece count to put a door in the rear recessed area, with a full-headroom cabin beneath, surely? When that last set finally disappeared, I got that familiar hollow pang of regret, and wished I'd splashed the cash for what looked to be a lovely set. As an owner of 7994 this set isn't highly compelling, but I still haven't got a hull of that design so we'll see!LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure and the brick and knob configurations are trademarks and/or copyrights of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site. I love this type of crane but the structure/building is way too simplified (even for classic town standards if you ask me). The twin cargo holds are each covered with a bley grille plate attached to two 1x8 plates with door rail; these allow a little movement, as you can see from the forward hold. The smart blue surround, present on CITY sets since the start of the line in 2005, and a familiar feature of other ranges before then, frames an action-packed scene of the set against a stylised harbour background. Gerald uses his walkie-talkie to help Clive guide the grab bucket into the cargo hold (I don't know how, since Clive doesn't have a corresponding walkie-talkie; maybe he has the Power of Telepathy in addition to Levitation).