LEGO 43194 Disney Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Wonderland

If you’ve a child obsessed with Lego and Frozen, then this is a bit of a no-brainer. Has been much enjoyed in our household and was fairly easy to put together. The minifigs are really great, too. For the price you don’t really get a great deal of Lego but I guess with the movie franchise you’re paying a bit of a premium.

My Daughter still has the older version of this set in her bedroom and we have the other Frozen sets including Arendelle too. This is a lovely set for children who are too big for Duplo but perhaps aren’t able to build full Lego sets by themselves as it includes a few larger pieces (all still fully compatible with all Lego) to make the builds slightly easier.

The set includes 4 builds to do; the main castle part, a slide with hidden treasure underneath, a sleigh and a frozen playground. There are also 3 minifigures; Anna, Elsa and Olaf along with 3 Snowgies.

There is a see-saw for the Snowgies to play on and a revolving dance floor inside the castle for everyone to dance on. I’m not too sure if this is the best design of Olaf we’ve had as to be honest my Daughter finds his mouth a bit weird and so plays with the other older Olaf’s more.

Next on the Frozen hitlist for our collection is the new huge castle which my Daughter hopes Father Christmas will bring her.

This is an easy to build set, that makes a feature-packed little play set.

The instructions are very simple and easy to follow, with the sequence broken down in to smaller steps than the average Lego set. It’s by no means the very simplest standard-sized Lego set, but I would say it is aimed at children around 6 to 9 years of age, depending on their abilities.

There are some smaller parts, which could be fiddly for littler children. There are plenty of larger parts however, which in a more complex set would be built using smaller parts. This makes construction fairly rapid and shouldn’t take much more than half an hour.

When completed, you get a main castle building, two smaller buildings and a sledge. There are plenty of play features, including a slide, a see-saw, a turntable and a treasure chest, amongst others. There’s plenty of details and decorations, so, despite the simplicity of the build, it looks quite effective.

This really is a beautiful lego set with great attention to detail. I love the fact that there is quite a few other Frozen Disney lego sets that compliment and add to this one! I fail to see how anyone would fail to fall in love with this gorgeous frozen set!

I built this set with my 5-year old. With a little help they were able to follow the instructions themselves (albeit with a tendency to race ahead). The instructions were well laid out and simplified for the age group they are aimed at, they didn’t involve using too many bricks at a time and I think it was always clear which bricks were needed.

Most of the build was straightforward but the castle part is a little fiddly especially on the delicate bits. A couple of times (on the arch parts) too much force from little fingers meant we had a build collapse and had to rebuild. There are also clips in a couple of places where I had to help, even with the tricky bits we managed to complete the build in about an hour and a half. This is my five-year old on their own with minimal help. Our Lego Minecraft world now has a Frozen section. I think the set once completed does have some playability.

We did have a few spare pieces left over but not many – a spare nose and hair for Olaf (Bag 1), a spare cookie and a spare pink ice flower (Bag 2), a spare jewel and tiara for the treasure chest (Bag 3).

The age range seems about right. I’d say 5-7 is perfect, younger children can do the build with some help and older children in that range will be able to follow the instructions themselves. For much older children (unless they are real Frozen fans and completists) I think they will find the build too easy.

Overall – good Lego set for 4+ Lego and Frozen fans.

This Frozen set is nicely pitched at the youngsters – it really encourages creative play and is a playset that happens to be made of Lego, rather than a Lego set that you can play with. Construction will require a little parental help, but once done the set, and the three characters included, really invite you to create stories or reply scenes from the animated movies.

Recommended

This is an adorable set that is totally doable for a four year old. The instructions are so clever, with each step illustrated clearly in the manual.

There is lots to build, four sperate builds. The castle, the sleigh and ramp, the Frozen playground slide and seesaw.

The Palace / Castle is great with a spinning platform that the minifigure can slot into, so Elsa or Ana can twirl and dance. It has a proper Princess balcony. Also, on the ground level is a frozen throne. The colours are spot on and there are lots of sparkles so it makes for a really effective ice palace.

The sledge has one seat and one standing room area. So both Lesa and Ana can use it together. The ice ramp is a nice touch.

The frozen playground is great fun. With a slide and seesaw. Under the slide is a secret ice cavern where a treasure chest can be stored.

The minifigures are spot on. Not the traditional Lego minifigures, more like Lego Friends. Olaf is uncanny. Ana and Elsa are a bit Lego-used yet they’re unmistakable characters.
We love this set and glad we got it.
There are lots of brilliant reasons to buy this set. I feel it is good value for the four different builds. There is lots to do with this set. Imaginations will run riot. My three year old daughter loves it. She was too young for the build. But loves playing Frozen with it.

In terms of quality, it is the usual high standard from Lego. No missing peices.

A great Lego set for ages 4+. The outer packaging is attractive and inviting making it a good gift idea.

The item comes with instructions and all the pieces to allow the construction of the design on the front of the box.

The completed set had small figures from the film to accompany it.

Everything is well made and magical. All you would expect to find with a frozen themed set. Our daughter loves it and can’t stop singing along whilst she’s playing with it.

This set is ideal for very young Lego builders. The back of the box has the words ‘learn to build’ on it and the builds are simple with larger Lego pieces. With adult supervision the various components can be assembled by a child in a matter of minutes, however, older and more advanced builders will find some interesting pieces in this set. The various clear plastic ‘ice’ pieces could be used in combination with other sets, from other themes, and may be useful in custom builds. There is also a chest and some small pieces that resemble jewels. As a beginner’s set, I think this will appeal to both boys and girls, and the price point is reasonable considering how many rare or unique pieces are included.

Lego seems to be moving away from its classic look and feel in some of the kits they are bringing out and this new set seems to be a clear example of how they are adapting their approach to appeal to a wider market. Rather than everything having to be assembled from fairly standard looking parts, this has much larger pieces, such as the castle arch. This makes it simpler for younger children but would likely appeal less to the purists collector. The change is also very clear in the mini-figures, which have abandoned the standard design (two legs, two arms, upper and lower torso, head and hair/hat). The main characters in this set utilise the same arms and faces, but otherwise appear completely unique, as does most of Olaf.

There’s plenty on offer for the kids to play with though, such as the see-saw, sleigh and slide. Overall this is a good design and it has the usual level of Lego quality and consideration to make it as close to the original Frozen concept as possible, whilst still retaining much of the classic Lego look.

At 35 the price is high considering the number of pieces. Any Lego collector will know that a rough guide of 10p a piece is the maximum typical cost, and with this set coming in at 154 pieces it’s priced well over double what you might expect to pay. But some of the pieces (the previously mentioned arch for example) and way larger than a typical piece, and in a set designed for older children and adults would probably be made up of many more individual pieces. I suspect that the Disney link also pushes the price up.

Overall, I think this would make a fine Christmas gift for a Frozen fan of maybe 6 or 7 years old.