Lego Creator Toy 10266

I thoroughly enjoyed building this set. The design is well developed and the manual provided insight into the structural choices made by NASA. The gold bricks and sticker looked better than expected too. I just wished LEGO had named the astronauts (Neil and Buzz) to complete the commemoration for this amazing leap for mankind.

This was an incredible build, I was completely absorbed by the techniques used and the way it all came together to make this iconic piece of Space History. Normally having to construct the base plate is a frustrating experience but this was detailed enough to make it a good experience and it really does give a great looking moon surface for the Lunar Lander to be displayed on. A fair number of stickers with this one and, as we know by now, I am not the greatest at attaching them. Even worse some of the most important ones (ie. those on the outside of the model) have metallic finishes. The metallic stickers REALLY show if you need to peel off and re-add so I was worried. However, I was advised to use the end of the brick seperator that you would normally use for lifting flat tiles and it was a game changer. So, my sticker fu improved exponentially on this kit. On display it looks really eye catching and stands out on my overcrowded shelving. The instruction manual has a lot of interesting information about the actual Lunar Lander used back in 1969 and also a really detailed blueprint of it. The only issue I had was the blueprint was kind of small so you can't see all the fine detail but that is me being picky. Number of Bricks: 1087 Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.08 Build Time: 3 Hours