Review: 60291 Family House
Posted by Mr_Cross,
Here is another City set from the 2021 line up, again featuring the new road plates.
60291 Family House is the “medium sized” set in the range. 388 parts including 4 minifigures (and a dog).
It has been a long while since a “regular” kind of family home has featured as part of the City theme, 8403 City House in 2010 in fact. We have had a few hideouts for criminals and other small dwellings featured as parts of larger sets, but not a standalone family abode of this type. Most recently, houses/homes have featured in the Creator theme and there have also been a plethora in Friends since its inception in 2012.
This set is reflecting an idyllic sort of home life, a weekend of street hockey, barbecues and washing the dog. Given the year we’ve thankfully left behind it’s a welcome slice of perfectly grilled positivity.
Minifigures
This appears to be a simple nuclear family but as we’ve recently noticed, minifigures have lives too...
During lockdown, Dad grew a beard, Mum had to give up her secret life as a Jewel Thief, Janey couldn’t get the special lilac hair dye any more, Michael discovered The LEGO Ninjago Movie and because they’re spending more time at home, they decided to get a dog!
Most of the parts that make up the minifigures are available already, Mum and Dad do not feature any unique parts, there are a small number of new/rarer pieces however. The recoloured dual mould headgear, harvested from Hidden Side is welcome in these more conventional colours. The girl’s torso is new also and the inclusion of the medium legs makes this a really nice “generic” figure to have.
The boy’s Lloyd (L-Loid) hoodie, is a little bit of meta fun. Previously only available in LEGOLAND exclusive Ninjago 40429 Ninjago World.
There are alternate expressions for the girl and mum, but the boy and dad are necessarily without a second print owing to the fact that those would not be covered over by the bike helmets they alternately wear.
The two face prints on the mum were not 100% correctly aligned, I only noticed this very minor production error because of this photo.
Finally, J’adore Labrador! Here we have the Golden Retriever, sorry, tan coloured Labrador. The mould is a really nice one, and has simultaneously been used for a ‘Chocolate Lab’ that appeared as a working dog in 60292. That just leaves a black variant remaining to appear and we can consider setting up a kennel.
Inside the box
There are five numbered bags and a separate bag containing the road plates and other larger plates.
The instructions were supplied bagged with the sticker sheet enclosed too. A petty nitpick from me on this but as a graphical element, the book numbers are far too dominant.
The build and completed models
Bag 1
This first bag contains the father and son and the supposed electric (hybrid?) car. It’s a straight forward build and a good representation of a family MPV vehicle. I have to highlight the lack of a back window, instead we have an opaque black brick. I would have accepted that in a Creator set, where compromises are made for alternate builds. I don’t know why it is the case but here, I just don’t like it, it’s a purely subjective opinion, but interestingly, it bothered my son too “he can’t see out of the back!”.
Spare headgear is provided for the father and son for when they’re not playing hockey.
The build is mostly divided into bags by floors. Bag 2 and Bag 3 contain the ground floor. but otherwise it was pretty much a floor per bag.
Bag 2
First up, we concern ourselves with a little message from our pet pooch.
A picnic bench, a modest patch of lawn, a neat little vegetable garden, most of the downstairs glazing and a bath for the dog are in bag 2, along with the girl, mum and doggy of course.
Bag 3
We complete the downstairs with parts from Bag 3.
I applaud the Eco credentials creeping into the LEGO universe, the inbuilt charging point for the family runaround has been installed by a familiar LEGO brand. Octan is apparently going electric! Lord Business really has turned his life around!
The downstairs living space is monopolized by a games console. Is this really a Ninjago “Beat-em up” video game? I’d virtually kill for a LEGO version of Street Fighter, Tekken or Double Dragon! (other preferred fighting games are available).
The Kitchen, if we can call it that, is probably too small to adequately equip and whilst I’m not much of a fan of how this has been depicted, I don’t see much room for improvement, I only see potential for just doing something different.
Bag 4
This contains the first floor, comprising a wet-room, activity/utility room and a roof terrace with barbecue station.
The walk-in shower, toilet and sink are neatly constructed, but if that truly is an outside wall, wow, that’s going to be a lot of “yellow” on show from outside!
The little reminder on the bathroom wall is sensible and topical advice, stay safe folks!
The activity room is an interesting choice, but it has taken me a bit of head scratching to realise that the thing in the corner is not a funny yellow washing machine, but is supposed to be an amplifier for the guitar.
The extra section, with barbecue installed on the roof terrace is an appropriate addition but the design of the terrace begs the question, why is the slightly bizarre and ultimately perilous walkway there?
It overhangs too, but not in an attractive, stylish architectural way. Sorry, it just looks a bit weird to me.
Uh, oh! Mum is gonna be cross when she finds someone didn’t pick up that brush, or has the dog been upstairs too?
Bag 5
The final bag contains the top floor, roof, additional pieces for the road plates and the hockey goals.
It’s a fairly standard kids’ bedroom, if a little too tidy (in my experience), the radio feels a little anachronistic, and I wonder what he won the Oscar for?
For a family of four, one bedroom just isn’t going to cut it, (katana are usually quite sharp, so watch your fingers on your way to that one bed).
The roof is a simple affair, the solar panels are a further addition to the Eco-household theme too and I like that the idea has been continued throughout.
The very last thing we build and attach are the road plates with the street hockey goals. I’m left with a feeling that this has been “bolted on” and while the new parts add obvious and immediate value to the set, I’m just not sure they need to be there at all. We could pretend to play hockey without them.
Here is the selection of road plate pieces on offer in this set, none of which are exclusive, but the 8x16 half-plate is only available in the flagship 60292 town centre set.
Further thoughts
I have the familiar feeling of something unfinished with this open back “house”. It all feels just a bit too cramped and there simply aren’t enough rooms. The pedantic child in me wants stairs too.
The more I look at it, the more I find myself wanting more from this in some way. It is so close to being a great set, but I feel like the house is missing something important and my suspicion is that it’s because of the inclusion of the road plates.
Where this new modular road plate system is concerned, I had expected some further options, serving suggestions for want of a better description. LEGO, at the very least, could try selling me this new system by showing what is possible. A few perfunctory product range shots are not going to be enough to convince me to buy into this new approach.
I asked my kids to rebuild the set, but neither of them were that interested in the build, so I left it constructed and let them play with the set. Whilst it occupied them playing for around an hour, it has since been very much forgotten.
I tried to combine this set with 60290 Skate Park. This only served to further illustrate to me the ways in which the road plates are incredible in their own right, but really aren’t intrinsically necessary parts of these sets. They don’t tie things together any more than a separately purchased baseboard might. Certainly not in the way that they do in the 60292 Town Centre or seemingly in 60306 shopping street. Not that I think 60306 is a better value set, just that it looks to be more cohesive, a better marriage of subject matter/theme and the new system.
You might also find you need to invest in a supply of 2x4 tiles too as there are not any extras supplied with these sets.
Conclusion
I have to say that I think 60291 Family House is a little overpriced. I’m definitely inclined to think (having reviewed 60290 Skate Park too) that the road plates have incurred some development and production costs in excess of a normal wave of sets and that it has been necessary to find ways to amortise (or hide) the costs of these big pieces across the “road plates” range. Perhaps by shoehorning them into other sets?
I look at what you get for £44.99 / $49.99 / 49.99€ and I’m torn, there are some solid, interesting builds here, some good parts too. However, I have to say it’s the new pieces that are the main source of interest, and that’s not enough to justify the price tag in my opinion.
I generally don’t like being negative about LEGO, because any new LEGO is nice to have and more LEGO necessarily means more possibilities.
This Family House just feels like a starting point though, you probably need two of this set to really build a viable home and I think that the road plates aren’t really needed in this set… perhaps that’s what prevented the inclusion of the extra rooms I think would be necessary to make this more than a holiday villa?
Or perhaps it should have just been a simple Street hockey set? I can see that concept working for the new road plates, perhaps a pair of simple stands, a few more figures and maybe a burger van or cart? Could that have better integrated with the urban sports from 60290 Skate Park?
I’ve come to the conclusion that the new road plate pieces are interesting, potentially very useful and possibly even ‘game changing’ but that ‘roads’ themselves simply aren’t engaging subject matter. Furthermore, when those “roads” come included but are to the detriment of what might otherwise be a solid, good value set, then I think that is a mis-step.
In the 60292 town centre I think the road plates work, they add value, and they tie the disparate parts of the set together. Within the 60304 road plates supplementary add-on set, I think they are probably an excellent addition to the City range. I can’t comment on whether I think the new road plates work as a replacement for the vacuum-formed baseplates that we know so well as I don’t have a city set up or a modular habit, but as parts, I like them, I want more of them. I’m definitely intrigued to see the future of these parts.
I love the subject matter of the set, I’m pleased with the Eco slant, it’s an engaging family unit with manifold options for inferred narratives in role-playing, but for £45, I find myself wanting better value for money where building pieces are concerned. I just don’t think I can recommend the set at this price, wait for a decent saving of £10 though and it’s a whole different hockey match!
If you decide to ignore my reservations and still want to buy 60291 Family House, it is already available to buy at LEGO.com
Thanks to LEGO for providing this set for review. All opinions expressed are my own.
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very nice reveiw! love the part with the minifigs!
I sure would love a Lego version of Super Smash Bros!
nice set by the way
I was wondering about combining two copies of the set to create a more substantial house too. I guess I'll wait and see if it gets a substantial price reduction in a sale at some point.
The outside looks too much like a juniors set.
Looking at this makes me want to take back everything negative I ever said about 31068
The minifigs also moved into and remodeled the hospital from a couple of years ago...
@Snaz said:
" @TomKazutara said:
"Not gonna lie, the City prices for 2021 are insane ."
I fear it's gonna alternate every year now, last
year was Star Wars prices, this year's City..."
Surprised it wasn’t ninjago this year, they could of cashed In on all the 10 year anniversary hype. Still, I’m not complaining......
That blue jumper plate on the back of the van is maybe a back up camera?LOL
price is $60? No thanks!
About the car's back window - obviously the blue jumper plate is an always-on "back-up" camera - the latest in technology.
@MTBrickHouse said:
"That blue jumper plate on the back of the van is maybe a back up camera?LOL"
It's the plug socket for charging this electric/hybrid ugly car :)
The more I see it says with the new road plates the more convinced I am that the road is the main feature of the set and the rest of it is just tacked on to service the road.
The house is nice but whether you want the set or not is contingent on your desire to own the new road plates.
Remember, this is a 5+ set. So essentially juniors in terms of price and piece count. Not my cup of tea though regardless.
@MTBrickHouse said:
"That blue jumper plate on the back of the van is maybe a back up camera?LOL"
I wonder if it's a CHAdeMO or a Mennekes socket ;)
I think the biggest issue I have with this house is the ultra plain/juniorization look of the exterior.
I know its a 'modern' home, and I know it's for kids, but even the car wash and dojo building in the larger set have just those few more details to make them a step up.
While the interior is ok, you don't have to do full modular for a more finished interior - LEGO really hit it's stride with some of the creator buildings a few years back - tiny interiors but ladders/stairs so minifigures could get to all levels.
Also, I miss car doors - they add that level of detail and imagination that really helps the look and playability of vehicles. Not everyone wants to be the guys from Dukes of Hazard and climb out the windows...
good review by the way
Sometimes I have a feeling, that somebody at Legos thinks, that putting some mostly uninteresting parts they claim have high values into a set will make completly overprized sets somehow okay.
Could this be useful in schools?
I want that dog.
@Bion said:
"Remember, this is a 5+ set. So essentially juniors in terms of price and piece count. Not my cup of tea though regardless. "
Being a 5+ set doesn't justify the poor price per piece ratio, neither the design flaws. 2007-2019 City showed us what could be achieved in this age range - some of those vehicles and buildings could easily fit even into an accurate cityscape after some minor modifications, but since 2020 the new design team focuses mainly on play features instead of the usually great Lego feel, and I find this unfortunate.
The model itself is not so terrible, even considering that it is even narrower than an average City car, but that price tag is horrendous. It is quite a shame that they came up with original ideas but basic and lame implementation and surprisingly high price points for this year's City sets, because it was my favourite theme for a long time, but in recent years the quality dropped a lot for some reason. Well, I hope the target market will enjoy these, until then I will just MOC some new things for my city :D
I agree that it seems like two copies of the set are needed to properly flesh out the structure of the house, but the roads are completely unnecessary. The roads are interesting as a novelty to expand on a Lego City, but they themselves are bland, limited by their parts, and expensive. To make matters regarding roads worse, you have to build up your existing structures or be below the curb, which just irritates my flood plane sensibility.
After reading this & looking at the set the only thing I want from it is the Dog. And I certainly am not paying $50` for a dog.
"I look at what you get for £44.99 / $49.99 / 49.99€ and I’m torn, there are some solid, interesting builds here, some good parts too. However, I have to say it’s the new pieces that are the main source of interest, and that’s not enough to justify the price tag in my opinion."
Actually it is 59.99 in the US. Extremely poor value for a non licensed set.
I know that this set probably isn't canon (I think the similar Minifigures are just fun easter eggs) but Parker's parents in the Hidden Side web series look different than they do in this set.
Other than that, the set looks good enough, although the interior looks a bit cramped (at this point I feel like I should expect that out of any sub-$100 set of a building unless the set is just the interior like 21319) and I see why people don't like the exterior, either.
Love it but it really bums me out that it has to be the two generic men playing the typical male, active game, while the generic females are inside or doing chores as washing the dog. ??
@Reinier said:
" @MTBrickHouse said:
"That blue jumper plate on the back of the van is maybe a back up camera?LOL"
I wonder if it's a CHAdeMO or a Mennekes socket ;)"
That jumper plate has become so synonymous with electric cars, children just starting with these sets might be surprised to learn that the piece actually goes back over 40 years, long before the current generation of electric cars.
Thank you for the great review. I appreciate how honest it is without being overly critical or mean. You managed to be very objective, balanced and fair, as I believe most official Brickset reviews are.
While this is not a set that appeals to me at all, I always like reading solid reviews of this sort.
@Superkarin said:
"Love it but it really bums me out that it has to be the two generic men playing the typical male, active game, while the generic females are inside or doing chores as washing the dog. ??"
Oh my goodness, there are two photos of a father playing street hockey with his son, while the daughter is either eating her hot dog or washing her dog, and the mom is either chilling on the deck or stepping out the front door.
Is a girl eating or the mother leaving the front door sexist?
Maybe the daughter enjoys spending her time with the dog - I know I would if I had a dog.
Maybe the mother is going to work while the father is a stay at home dad?
Maybe these photos depict a positive father role model in a time when there is a genuine crisis in fatherhood in many countries.
Maybe you are right and the women are enslaved in chores while the men play.
Maybe it's just LEGO, and you have two male figures, two female figures, one dog which could be either, and then the owner of the set can decided for themselves.
So it is a 40 EUR set that costs 54.99 EUR and has about 7+ EUR of unnecessary "street" and a hideous car. And a family house set is supposed to have a mail-box and a small spruce on the lawn.
And I too really only want the new dog and his whirlies...
PS I now noticed there is prominently a spanner at hand. Do people now mend their own electric cars on their driveways?
For me, this is an easy pass, regardless of the price. I would normally buy all Lego houses, but this is up there with the worst that Lego has produced in this theme. In my view, it’s simplistic, not particularly attractive and essentially looks like an afterthought to try to market the new road plates. Hopefully, this isn’t a sign of things to come.
On the positive side, this was a great and actually really well balanced review of the set.
Love the set.
Many people complain on City praises and I agree. But its nothing new.
City is also the one theme that usually on great sales.
This is Lego selling policy for quite some time now.
But the worst offender is still dumbing designs.
Look at basic friends sets. They are just 6+ but have more mature designs.
I can't help but City sets these days look so clean and lifeless to me. The action themed Ninjago and Hidden Side sets are doing a better job to appear more detailed, colorful and lively, at least to me that is.
A very thorough and well written review - it will be great to see more review from you.
I thought Lego had to be childfriendly?
Quite extreme Wallet-Gore here
60$/50€, man thats just way too much for this.
But same can be said for the price of all the city sets
Im starting to think Lego makes gimmicky new pieces as an excuse to overprice stuff.
Idk if it was better in the US, but all places using Euros Star Wars started to become ridicolously overpriced once the Springloaded Shooter was introduced
Atleast I can watch a certain German man be perplexed at one of the city sets on Youtube after some time
@TomKazutara said: "Not gonna lie, the City prices for 2021 are insane ."
Very much agreed.
I was checking out the prices for the Australians sets. Australia, typically, has to pay a lot for Lego ... but these new city sets with the road plates are ludicrous.
Lego has lost its damn mind. These new road plates are big, and expensive, and gobbling up a lot of money. And if the actual build is substandard (and this one is lacking. Look at that tiny kitchen), I can't imagine the sets being that popular.
As for this set? It is very odd, isn't it? Huge bedroom for the boy (I like that he's a Ninjago fan) with no space for anybody else, and a tiny kitchen. It just feels oddly designed.
One last comment:
Interesting to compare this to the 2017 CREATOR family house 31068
Both CREATOR 31068 and CITY 60291 (this one) are the same 'modern' design and look very similar - square, blocky white buildings with brown accents, roof top solar panels, with electric cars, and beige coloured dogs .
31068 has 386 pieces while 60291 has 388 pieces
31068 had only 2 minifigures while 60291 has 4 plus molded dog
31068 was $29.99 in the USA (2017) while 60291 is $59.99 (2021)
When you factor in inflation, 31068 would be $31.84 USD today.
So, even when factoring in inflation, is it worth paying approx. $28USD EXTRA for two more minifigures, a molded dog, two extra pieces, and the road plate? I dunno, you decide!
I think as a set intended for five-year olds, I think it's a fine toy, I would've liked this when I was 5, sure it's a bit overpriced I think $50 would be more appropriate, but y'know it's fine
Yeah, it’s a definite step down from 31068. That being said, there are some cool parts, and I’m always glad when City has some actual buildings.
One thing I never understand is when people complain about open-backed buildings, not enough rooms, or lack of staircases. That’s been the Town/City standard for over 30 years! The modular buildings really are the only sets that are reliably enclosed (with some exceptions!) and always have internal stairways. And even the modular buildings don’t usually have enough space to fit in enough details to be truly realistic.
There is only one thing in this set that matters: Einstein.
@ineedabrick:
Half electric, half ugly?
@TheAuk:
I remember when I was first able to start driving, I wanted so badly to start doing that. It lasted until I got about halfway in, and realized that's _NOT_ a move you should try on a 4-door sedan. It's not really ideal for places that experience weather, either.
@TheAuk:
Clearly the girl has an eating disorder, and the mother has just given up and is abandoning her family. Or, you know, normal things. I guess. Ooh, maybe the guy with the beard isn't the dad at all! Maybe they're all three siblings being raised by a single mother, and the one with the beard is the "failure to launch" son who's living in the basement well into his 20's, playing video games all day.
@skypilot22 said:
"Looking at this makes me want to take back everything negative I ever said about 31068"
I'm confused... Just looked at that set and mine didn't come with that car or trampoline... Were there two different versions?
This review made me realize how hard I want a new line of hockey/sports sets...
@TomKazutara said:
"Not gonna lie, the City prices for 2021 are insane ."
I like the bathroom sticker...
Theres some good value in the smaller ones like tractor, (tho I wish it had a pig... ) However I do agree the road plates sets and the shopping street are "insane" , good set, great maybe but for $50-$60 .
I saw the image of this on the brickset frontpage and my first thought was "this house looks nice and modern". Then I took a closer look and noticed the dimensions. I figured this wasn't going to be any good.
And I was right. It's a mixed bag of great parts and ideas but just short of good execution.
Nice to see LEGO go back to older themes. However, I have to agree, the set is too expensive.
I couldn't agree more with this review. Seems overly simplistic for the cost. Definitely one we will pass by unless there is an exceptional Price drop/sale.
Having showed the road plates to the 6yo, she’s horrified about them. She’s just rearranged her little city, and the prospect of not having old-school road plates does not appeal. Perhaps that’s because it’s what’s she’s grown up with—I dunno.
For me, the shot of the completed house yet again highlights the absurdity of the design of these roads. The car has to leave its drive on to a hard kerb to access the road—design that _never_ happens in the real world. Similarly, the garden is at a lower level than the road. All of this can of course be fixed with additional parts, but you’d think Lego might have thought about such things in the first place.
@Mr_Cross,
Thanks for the pictures and the balanced review.
You asked 'why is the slightly bizarre and ultimately perilous walkway there?' It's not a walkway; it's a section of the roof that you're not supposed to walk on.
Ignoring the road and car I don't think around 300 pieces is enough to make a 3 story house without it looking like a tower of panels. These have always had at least 700 to give a more substantial and traditional build as in 31069: Modular Family Villa, while also allowing alternative builds to increase interest among kids. I understand that TLG are always looking for something new, but you cannot escape from using enough bricks.
@tisi said:
" @Bion said:
"Remember, this is a 5+ set. So essentially juniors in terms of price and piece count. Not my cup of tea though regardless. "
Being a 5+ set doesn't justify the poor price per piece ratio, neither the design flaws. 2007-2019 City showed us what could be achieved in this age range - some of those vehicles and buildings could easily fit even into an accurate cityscape after some minor modifications, but since 2020 the new design team focuses mainly on play features instead of the usually great Lego feel, and I find this unfortunate.
The model itself is not so terrible, even considering that it is even narrower than an average City car, but that price tag is horrendous. It is quite a shame that they came up with original ideas but basic and lame implementation and surprisingly high price points for this year's City sets, because it was my favourite theme for a long time, but in recent years the quality dropped a lot for some reason. Well, I hope the target market will enjoy these, until then I will just MOC some new things for my city :D"
I totally agree. Age is definitely not a reason. Look what you get for this price from other sets. Last week I built 75953 with my 4 year old daughter. We had 2 days fun while building and since that 4 great days with playing. And with some discount it's the same price but much more value. Worst in this city home to me seems to be the size as written in the review. Looks like even 4 or 5 year olds have too big hands to play in these really tiny rooms. And playability should be the most important thing to city sets.
@CCC said:
" @masterbrickZ said:
" I totally agree. Age is definitely not a reason. Look what you get for this price from other sets. Last week I built 75953 with my 4 year old daughter. We had 2 days fun while building and since that 4 great days with playing. And with some discount it's the same price but much more value. Worst in this city home to me seems to be the size as written in the review. Looks like even 4 or 5 year olds have too big hands to play in these really tiny rooms. And playability should be the most important thing to city sets."
I'm not disagreeing that this City set is expensive. However, that's a three year old set with a RRP of £60 compared to this £45 one. By the time this one has been out for a while, it will regularly be £30.
There was a Harry Potter house set last year on a similar scale to this (but larger parts count), with some tiny rooms. The PPP was better but it had lots of small parts compared to the new road plates in the City set. However, the play value is probably not much different.
It is always difficult to compare sets as the value really depends on what you are looking for in a set."
You're right, the potter set is older but still availavle and additionalky a licence set. Nevertheless, we also have some city sets from last year like tuning garage or gas station and my daughter as well as here friends, all if them don't play much with them. The only city set they like is the hospital from 2017 or 2018? It's just my opinion but to me city is on a quite long way down for the last 15-20 years. And with the new roads they try to bring back some play value for a price that doesn't match so far. And city is definitely the theme where play value counts most, at least more than for Harry Potter sets. Look at the cars, no more doors. Look at the house, no more stairs. And so on...
The new road system is a total failure. Too expensive, the shiny plates don't make sense, and they are not more attractive or evocative of roads overall. I think the charm of the traditional road plates was a core design piece of Lego City and they've ruined it. Otherwise I think this is a nice design set, for younger builders and City fans.
I require the doggo
@craiggrannell:
I've seen some pretty bizarre stuff in my life. The condo that my brother just sold in California had an unattached garage. He could never park in it (except his motorcycle) because the ramp leading up to it was too short and steep to allow anything but maybe a Jeep Wrangler to navigate the incline without either burying the front bumper in the ramp, or clipping the rocker panels on the crest. I've also seen driveways that did have a small gulley formed along the street, basically with maybe a 6" decline coming off the road before the driveway starts to incline. This is done to give water a channel for evacuation during a rainstorm, and is probably more common in places that don't get a lot of rain (rain causes all the accumulated oil to lift out of the road surface, making the pavement extra slippery until it's washed away, so crowning the road and leaving a rain channel on the sides helps speed that process up).
Yards are another matter. In some places, houses are built into hillsides, so the rear of the house may have one more or one less story than the front. The house where I grew up had a fairly level yard, but it was pretty obvious that it part of it was lower than the road surface any time it rained, as a small pond would form in a few places, even though we had a drainage ditch running down the front and one side of the yard. Eventually my dad bought a few yards of dirt, filled in the low spots, and reseeded the parts he'd just buried.
@j_e_hill_yahoo_com:
The 2x4 tiles are all shiny. The road surface itself must also be shiny or they won't match. Therefore it makes sense that the new road sections are shiny, because I guarantee you they discussed this very thing.
The only piece of interest in this set is: dog no 27. Part number : 6329603. Design number: 73937. It is out of stock, but more importantly, it is listed with a price of $0.00 - which most likely means that they never intended to sell it separately - (all other 'out of stock' parts still have a price).
I will never say it enough - Lego must have a thing against animals - they are limited in range and limited in availability. Once again Lego: every single animals you ever produced should be available in every colours (and print) at all times (i.e. an animal developed this year should still be available 10 years from now). There was a time, when greeneries were really hard to come by. This has been fixed. Maybe in 10-20 years, animals will be widely available. Fingers crossed.
Very nice review. We shall watch your career with great interest!
My 7yo said this is ugly and lame so I had to remind him it's for 5yo kids.
Mr_Cross said ‘katana are usually quite sharp, so watch your fingers on your way to that one bed’.
In England and Wales they are also illegal (with a few exceptions). Even in those jurisdictions where they are legal, one would hope it represents a toy. Maybe that’s why it’s red, to make it toy-like.
The car actually has a hidden, useless, high rear stoplight. I wonder if it was actually designed for a transparent rear piece that wasn't developed.
Magnificent article! Provided lots of info and pictures thanks for making this! Also the 2021 City sets are looking great so far!
@j_e_hill_yahoo_com said:
"the shiny plates don't make sense, "
This is plastic, it's not like shiny pants and shiny grass make "sense"
@The_Toniboeh:
What?!?!?!? No! Next you’re going to tell me that LEGO food isn’t edible and LEGO animals aren’t alive!
@KnightOfRen:
I know someone with a LEGO trebuchet that would beg to differ. For the micro-scale TIE Fighters, I'm pretty sure he could sink a basket from the other end of the court.
Starting last year, Lego is essentially doing to Lego City what they did to Lego Town in the late 90s. I've been there to witness it and I was not amused, even at the time. It took them years to recover from that misstep with the introduction of Lego City, with World City to tie us over in the meantime! I know it takes a long time to produce Lego sets, but I'm really hoping it won't take that long for them to recover, and that they are able to do so in the future with the market clearly adapting to license sets these days! They really need to stop pushing these sets for 5 year olds, because we already have the Junior sets included within the traditional ones. And even if they don't change the age range, at least give us back quality builds we've had from them for 15 years, before this whole age nurfing started in the first place!