Great first lego set for our child
I have been a Lego fan for the better part of my life and continue to play as an AFOL. My 2.5 year old son has been playing along side me for a while and I decided that it is finally time for him to have his own set. I am extremely happy with my choice of this set. We haven't even used the instructions to build the featured model yet and we're loving this set as a family (wife copied the castle on the box picture though). We also ignored the numbered bags and just dumped the lego bricks out on the floor to play with. My son totally loves this set. He also uses the catapults as giant spoons for the minifigures. Pros: -Excellent selection of pieces, both castle specific and plain pieces in wonderful colors. -Not very many fixed use pieces, even the castle wall pieces are better than the old ones I have from the 80s with the corners taken out and an extra support piece sticking out of the back. -Non flexible base plates that can be connected together, great for smaller children who have a problem with the more flexible regular base plates on carpet. -Nice storage box, pieces cannot get wedged into corners like on older basic lego set boxes. Cons: -Instructions could have had inspiration pictures like in the old days of just a bunch of things that can be made with this set instead of just building instructions. -Why do so many of the new Lego themed sets have to involve conflict between a "good" and "bad" side? There is even a cartoon in the instructions of the bad guy brandishing his crossbow at the other minifigures! Can we just build a cool castle with medieval characters in it? I'm thinking of the awesome Medieval Village set that came out a little while back. We decided to simply mix up the bodies and pretend that the bad guy is upset about something in his life. Again, I can't stress how much fun this set is, it's just a great selection of Lego pieces with some castle elements thrown in to add theme and some instructions if you are interested in building the specific models shown on the package.
