Beachside Vacation

I've bought half a dozen sets (so far) in restarting my Lego collection, three Creator 3-in-1 sets and three City sets. This set has been the least enjoyable for me. Allow me to explain. The theme is, as the title suggests, wonderful and the set pulls it off brilliantly. The main build features a somewhat bland beach house (at least in its interior, although the ceiling fan was a nice touch) and a nice color scheme of smooth blues and wooden base on sand. The hammock beneath the beach house is by far the highlight of the set, a clever and comfortable-looking aspect. There is also a jet ski (a rather basic and unimpressive jet ski), a sea turtle (which looks the part at a distance but up close is rather goofy), a bird which I believe is a seagull (clever, and I've seen this same type of bird build in other sets) and a small but colorful tropical tree. A couple of starfish and a surfboard help round out the beach getaway aesthetic. Where this set lets me down is its alternate builds, a sushi shack and an alternative beach hut build. These builds, in comparison to the other 3-in-1 sets I own, are rather limited in their appeal. The small boat featured with the sushi shack is clunky, and the beach hut, while making a cool windsurf board out of the hammock piece and surfboard, is tinny and lacking detail. I frankly expected a bit more out of a 3-in-1 set. A saving grace for this is that the set has enough pieces to it that freestyling builds is not too much of a problem, although similarly themed sets would help in this regard. This is, again, only the 6th set I've purchased recently and it's been years since I last purchased sets at all, but for the price and piece count, I came in expecting three solid builds. One excellent build and two so-so builds averages out to a so-so set for me. It is just about worth it for the main build, though. A question! Is the enclosed fish in the main build meant to be a fishtank or a television? I can't figure it out! more less

The LEGO Creator Beachside Vacation encourages role play, storytelling, helps reinforce fine motor skills, works on focus, and hand eye coordination. Once built this is great for display. more less