Lego 6161: Brick Box

I bought this set for my sons 5th birthday. We previously had a huge Lego Duplo set which he loved, although was maybe starting to grow out of. I ordered from Amazon so did not see the box beforehand - if I did, I would have been a little disappointed upon opening it! You get a decent sized box (around 10" x 7" x 7") but when you open it up and take out all of the packaging you are only left with a light covering of the base of the box. There are actually around 220 pieces, which sounds a lot but because they are so small, there is really not much there. Yes, there is potential for starting a collection, but I would have rather ...  Read the complete review

My six year old is at that stage in life where he just has to know how things are put together. In order for him to be able to achieve this he of course has to take things apart. Clever and inquisitive perhaps however unfortunately destroying perfectly good toys in the process which will never work again. I have on occasion popped into his bedroom to discover bits of what were quite expensive toys past the point of no return. No matter how hard I tried to fix them it is a bit like a home assembly furniture kit you always end up with a couple of extra pieces left over!!! We decided that rather than continuing to get annoyed with him regarding his obsession, to ...  Read the complete review

I bought recently this set of Lego bricks for my 4 year old son. It comes in a blue plastic box with the lid which is very handy when you have to take control of these 'spreading-all-over-the-floor' bricks. There are 221 pieces inside. Some of them are non-conventional shapes (door, window, eye stickered ones...) so you can make something more sophisticated than the simple brick tower. You can find booklet inside with the designs and instructions. It is very helpful as your child can look at the photos of finished product and drawings of each step during their building process. Your child can make a house (1 or 2 stores) with the fence, tree and few flowers ...  Read the complete review