A Great Little Lego Set (Lego 6742 Creator: Mini Off-roader)

Member Name: DavyMichelle

Product:	Lego 6742 Creator: Mini Off-roader
Date:	15/04/09 (54 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy to Assemble, Good Value for Money

Disadvantages: Couple of Fiddly Bits

This Lego Creator Pod has a retail price of £3.99 but is usually sold for a few pence less than that. On Amazon it costs £3.91 and in Tesco it costs about the same as that. This set is suitable for children aged 6 to 12 years though some slightly younger kids with good Lego skills would probably like this too.

For those who don't know, Creator Pods are little Lego sets that can be used to build one of three models. So in this one there's a car, a tractor or a forklift truck to build. Obviously you can only build one model at a time, but it's great that for just under £4 you've got both the bricks and the instructions to "re-use" the toy. Kids like the grandson like actually building Lego rather than just playing with it once it's built, so it's good value for money to get the variation.

The first model we built out of this set was the car that's shown on the front of the pod. The grandson found the instructions relatively straightforward to follow except for the fiddly bit of fitting the front bonnet. The front bonnet actually opens up, which is neat, but of course it takes a couple of fiddly bits to go in there to make this happen.

My grandson is a bit younger than the recommended age for this so I think that kids between 6 and 12 would be fine to build this for themselves. Being quite a small set, it means they quickly get to see the reward for their efforts and don't have to concentrate for too long. I think that's important for kids given how much school work they have to get done these days.

This is a fun and durable little toy that's really great value for money. I'd recommend it to any Lego fans, especially little boys I think.

Summary: Highly Recommended