After the Mini Trains, this is my favorite of the current Lego mini series sets. Builds mini wheel scale excavator, fork lift, or flat bed semi-truck models. Even in this scale, all models are cute and fairly realistic looking. Fun set with easy building and convenient size. I like these reusable snap close storage boxes they come in too.
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LEGO Creator Mini Construction Feature
We got this toy for our son when he was 3 years old. My husband had to put it together for him, but our son loved it. He loved the little orange car so much that he used it to play with his other toys, such as train tracks and city garage. We have since lost track of its location.
Now that our son is approaching 4, he is creating his own version of the tow truck by moving some of the Mini Lego pieces around. It’s fun to see how his creativity works. Overall, we love these Lego Minis.
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LEGO Creator Mini Vehicles Feature
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LEGO CREATOR AIRPORT Feature
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Lego Creator Exclusive Set #20008 Tow Truck Feature
This set has provided my kindergarten son hours of fun. (The set says age 6+, but my son is five and has no problem with the small pieces.) He builds the robots, takes them appart, and builds others. The instructions are clear, even for a little guy just learning to read. There are many different models to build, starting easy and working up to more complex. There are also “ideas”, pictures of models without instructions to challenge my son after he’s done all the others. Most son loses interest in most toys after a few days. But, he’s had this set now for several months, and he still enjoys building with it. Best ten bucks I’ve ever spent for a toy!
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LEGO Creator: Robo Platoon Feature
My eight year old daughter and her father have spent a lot of time with this set during the summer. First, they built the ferry, per instructions, which also has a nice car and trailer. Then they built an impressively realistic Deadliest-Catch-like crab boat and have made other fun lego things never envisioned by the Lego designer.
Putting it together per the instructions is like a 3 dimensional jigsaw puzzle. Reassembling it your own way gives plenty of creativity. There are enough pieces here that if this was the only Lego set you had, you could still have hours and hours and hours of fun making your own creations and not feel immediately frustrated that you needed more pieces. The variety of different blocks is excellent.
And the ferry itself is a very cool toy. Working ramps, a car and trailer to go up the ramps, then sail around: it’s just fun. It’s also detailed and plain fun to look at.
I hope there will be more Creator sets of this scope.
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LEGO Creator Transport Ferry Feature
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Lego Creator: Street Speeder Vehicle – 6743 Feature
This is a terrific set and a good value. The main model is essentially an F-14 Tomcat carrier based air superiority jet fighter, and it’s a fantastic model, with retractable landing gear, movable wing flaps, and variable swept wings that really work. This Creator set is a 3-in-1, and I prefer sets with more models, both instructions and ideas, for more building value and satisfaction for the money, but still a GOOD value overall. Also builds a hovercraft which was less cool and a little fragile, and a helicopter, but with no landing gear. The alternate models are not nearly as good as the main model jet, but I like the jet enough to justify a strong recommendation for this set! See a great video review, Bills’ Creations – Lego Fast Flyers on U Tube.
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LEGO Creator: Fast Flyers Feature
My daughter is 6 1/2 and was getting far too bored with her Duplo sized Lego. She really wanted to get a “real” Lego set like her older brother, but she isnt interested in Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Trolls and Dwarves, etc. There just aren’t many options for girls! But she is a HUGE animal lover and when we saw this set, we KNEW it would be perfect for her. She received it for Christmas today and was so excited. She is learning to follow all the steps and build on her own. It is challenging but not frustrating for her. The best part? She LOVES bats… and the book has instructions for making a Lego Bat!
Leave it to Lego to craft the perfect safari, filled with leaping lions and snapping crocodiles. Winner of a prestigious Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award, the Wild Hunter playset lets little imaginations run wild, creating multiple animals at once. From the flapping wings of a vulture to the trumpeting trunk of an elephant, each animal features articulated joint elements that help bring it to life. The set includes instructions for nine awesome creatures and ideas for 26 more, and because it’s from Lego, it can be combined with other sets to make ever wilder, more fantastic creatures. With 630 pieces and colorful, easy-to-follow instruction booklets, this set contains everything a designer needs to create a teeming animal kingdom. Three fun levels of building instructions offer great constructive and imaginative play opportunities for a wide range of age levels. –Heather Lyndon
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LEGO Creator Wild Hunters Feature
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