Lego City Police Station Review

After visiting Toys 'R' Us today I got my hands on the Lego City Police Station for £79.99 which is the same as what Lego charge from their website.

The set comes with 854 pieces and took me about 3 hours to assemble. All the parts are separated into differently numbered bags which aids with following the six instruction books making it easier to build.

It builds a nice sized 3 story police station with a police bike, police car and police helicopter as well as 3 police men, 1 police woman, 3 bad guys and 1 police dog.

Here are some pictures of the mini figures that are included in this set.

I like how both sets of  figures have some nice detailing on the back. I also like how two of the bad guys come with ball and chains and as you can see the bad guy on the right has a crowbar and a bag full of cash.

These are the vehicle that come with the set.

The vehicles are pretty basic builds but I think they still look good, all the Police signs and number plates are stickers so getting them straight and lined up can be a bit of a pain. The tow truck that's included in this set has a nice long chain with a grapple hook at the end that can be used to pull the bars off of the cells.

This is the Police station building completed.

 I then placed all the mini figures and added two of my own which can bee seen below.

Helicopter pilot running to an emergency.

 An undercover cop has caught a criminal in the act.

 The dog handler keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity.

New convict getting processed.

 Sound asleep in his cell, some interesting scriblings on the cell walls.

 Looks like he has a plan to escape and the tools to do it stashed in a secret compartment in his bed.

Looks like the Police biker needs a well deserved cup of coffee to keep him alert.

So in conclusion I'm pretty happy with the set. In the future I will modify it so that all the walls are built up instead of just the front and I will be adding some flowers and plants to the grassy area in front of the station.
My only bug bear with this set was the amount of stickers that were required to be stuck to every window and door as well as some vehicles, but this is only a minor complaint and I would highly recommend this set to anyone who enjoys Lego and is thinking of building a Lego city.

SH

LEGO creator Toy and Grocery shop

 So my newest hobby is creating a LEGO town, and I've decided to start off with my first shop which is the LEGO creator Toy and Grocery shop which I picked up from Toys 'R' Us.

 Priced at £35 I didn't think it was too expensive, however after purchasing it I later saw it at a lower price elsewhere such as Argos for £28.99.

It's a 3 in 1 kit so you can choose to make either the Toy and Grocer shop, a news paper stand or a post office depending on your preference, I suppose it also gives kids the ability to deconstruct their original build and make something different which as a kid that would be something that I would have done. However for this build I just made the Toy and Grocer shop shown on the front of the box.

The kit contains 466 pieces and was fun and reasonably easy to build, it took me about 2 hours, has some really nice pieces such as the vending machine and the angled door which is always interesting to see how they accomplished some of the design by using different pieces in a way I would have never though to use them.

The thing that i really like about this set is the way that the centre of the shop is hinged so it can close together like a doll house which gives it lots of playability for kids and also makes it easier to pose mini figures inside the shop.

This shop also has a upper floor apartment living area with a bed and a chest of draws as well as access to the balcony were either the shop owner lives or rents it out to other people.

Here are some pictures of the final build.

 I think my favourite parts of this build was the small details like the Wall-E style looking robot on the shelf and the model train in the window, and I love how the vegetable display is on a 45 degree angle showing off the little apple and banana.

The set also comes with two mini figures, the woman shop owner and an exited customer boy who would be perusing the toys, the kid also comes with a little scooter that he can pose on.

Overall i was quite pleased the set and would recommend it to any beginner LEGO builder and children, the other thing that i could criticise the set for was the build quality of the kids scooter as the handle bars often fall off as they are on balanced in place and not fixed down, but that is a very slight inconvenience.

SH