APOSTROPHE Games Big Ben Building Block Set (1,666 Pieces

Les manuels fournis sont dtaills, mme si le montage d’une telle pice reste un peu difficile et assez long.
En tout cas la qualit est l, ce n’est pas du Lgo mais c’est identique.

My 24- year-old daughter has been asking for this model for a few years. We finally gave her one this holiday season. Made her day. She works on it when she needs a break from studying.

The instruction booklet to build the model is easy for her to follow, as well as easy to save her place when she returns to her studies.

The pieces are typical Lego quality for ease of construction, durability, ability to hold together well.

Got it at a good price, which made it a good value for the money.

Regalo di compleanno ad un bambino di 11 anni. Montato in 2 giorni, fatto molto bene, un buon concorrente della Lego. Unica differenza che le indicazioni per il montaggio sono pi confusionarie dell’originale. Il prezzo conveniente quindi ripaga le varie differenze se una persona abituata alla Lego. Da ricomprare

My son has ordered lots of Lego sets from Amazon. Mostly centered around the Harry Potter series. He has done a couple more complex ones in the last couple of years. This one probably took him longer than expected because there were a lot of smaller pieces. He was really proud of his work. We are going to have to build him a display case for all his sets.

Definitely not a Lego but it was half as much $$!
The instructions are tough to follow
and some of the pieces do not fit well but the result is nice! If you want a good challenge and really feel accomplished after the sets aren’t that bad! Good set! Will buy more!

Ok, the product will probably fine, haven’t had a chance to help with the assembly as it’s a Christmas present.

But the delivery was fulfilled by Amazon and who ever decided to simply slap an address sticker on the original product box must have a special kind of humor so close to Christmas. I totally understand the cut back on boxes and I’m all for it, but at least have it in one of the plastic delivery bags even if they are everything but eco friendly. Totally spoiled that gift as everybody could probably guess that the Amazon driver wasn’t dressed up as Santa.

My 7 year old has a bit of an obsession with clocks — specifically Big Ben. When I say “obsession” I guess I should clarify that he is autistic and clocks are one of his passions in life. He can tell you everything you never wanted to know about Big Ben, like how that’s the name of the bell, not the clock or tower, how many steps to the top, how much the clapper weighs etc. ANYHOO, he really wanted the LEGO Big Ben for his recent birthday, but not only is it over $400 but it includes the entire structure attached to the tower and he is only really interested in the clock/bell tower itself. This was the perfect alternative! The price is right, the size is right, it looks really cool completed and he loves it! A few things to know before you buy. First, it looks and feels and is designed to be like LEGO bricks in every way, but the quality just isn’t as high. I’ve included a few pictures of bricks that were deformed or warped or had additional plastic cling ons. You don’t find that kind of thing with authentic LEGO bricks. That being said, they include plenty of extra pieces so the few that were deformed beyond use (maybe 3-4 out of 1600) weren’t a big deal. I can confirm that they are compatible with authentic LEGO bricks. That being said, in my experience, these were a little trickier to fit together than LEGO bricks are and took a little more force to click into place (and a little more finger pain). Also, if you’re used to building LEGOs, it’s worth noting that unlike LEGO instructions that are based on numbered bags, these bags have no number orders and don’t correlate to the instructions. My best advice if you buy this is to plan on opening all the bags and sorting the pieces into different bowls. The process is SO repetitive that you will thank yourself for taking the time to do this first, I PROMISE. Plus most of the pieces are the same color so it will really save your eyes in the long run to do this. The instructions were actually quite easy to follow which I wasn’t expecting with a Chinese LEGO knock off product! Some things about how it goes together are poorly designed such as the method of keeping the chain around the bottom in place. It is very hard to get to stay put and pops out if slightly bumped. In fact, if you look closely in the product photos, you can see that even in those, the chain is popped off on one of the corners! We have experienced this as well. I will likely super glue it in place so it doesn’t continue to cause frustration. Oh, and I wish the description had said how tall it was completed, but it doesn’t. For your info, the finished tower is 25″ tall and the base is 7″ x 7″. My son has added it to his current LEGO train layout and thinks it’s awesome! It took me (he only helped a little) about 4-5 hours to complete. There are sooooooo many tiny one stud flat pieces that you might wonder if you’ll ever get through them all haha. In summary, I can definitely recommend for the price if you’re looking for a less expensive set that looks and feels like LEGO without the hefty price tag. And yes I paid full price for it myself!

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