Architecture Series Mini Bricks for Adults and Teens, London Skyline Collection 3430 PCS,Micro Mini Blocks Set Model Kit,Landmark Model

My 14 year old son loves the mini architectural sets and has almost every one I've ever seen. He's always looking for the larger sets because the smaller sets, 1000 ish pieces, are no longer a challenge for him. I've never seen this London skyline collection before so I knew I needed to get it for him and he would love it.This set comes in a nice, giftable box, with a picture of the build on the front of it. Inside you will find a detailed instruction manual with great instructions. My 14 year old had just a couple of stumbles, through the build, but for the most part it was very easy to read and decipher. The mini bricks themselves are packaged in smaller bags based on color pretty much. That is typical of these mini builds. If you are not familiar with the mini bricks, get yourself familiarized before starting one of this size for the first time. My son always opens all of the bags and divides the bricks out into his divided cases so he can find them easier and it makes for a faster, and less frustrating, build. Also keep tweezers nearby because you will need them, especially with this build. Sometimes our fingers are a bit too big to squeeze into some of those smaller areas. The bricks themselves were of good quality and he did not have a misshaped brick in the bunch. I will also warn you that these mini bricks do tend to hurt your fingers a little depending on what you are doing. Sometimes my son needs to give his fingers a small break because they are sore. This set had a nice base to start with and the build was fairly durable sitting on it. It does not seem flimsy and we haven't had any problems with bricks falling off. The Ferris wheel did give him a few stressful moments but nothing he couldn't push through without a little help. I think he put this together over a long weekend working on it most of the day.All in all, my 14 year old had a great experience with this build. He loves the mini blocks, and architectural sets, so this will be a great addition to his shelf with the others.

While I have not assembled this kit yet, I did look at all the contents of the box so I can comment on those. The first thing I noticed was the extremely large instruction book, with big color photos of each step. While I'm not sure I'll like something this huge to manage during the build process, I will surely love not having to squint or use a magnifying glass to see the instructions, like I've had to do with many of these mini-block kits! I might use an easel beside the table, to keep the instructions away from the blocks and assembly area. I've done this before for a boat model and it works well. The price seems just fine for this many pieces -- much lower than their name-brand competitor.The second thing I noticed was the many, many bags of pieces, and not a single one of them numbered. To me, that's a HUGE con, as it will mean I'll need to open every single bag and find a way to organize all the different pieces. Luckily I have a bunch of old Tupperware-type containers that will work well for that purpose, but if you don't, you'll definitely have to come up with something similar or those 3,000+ pieces are likely to end up all over everywhere!All in all, I am looking forward to building this kit, and I think it will make a great display piece once it's finished. Price is decent, and instructions look great. Would recommend.

This review is forKadablk Architecture US Capital White House Construction Set,Micro Blocks Set,3520 PCS, $47 on amazon.Disclaimer. I have not yet built this kit so my observations are pre-assembly. I cannot speak to how hard/easy the build is or whether you might have problems during the build, e.g. missing pieces or how tightly the pieces fit together.These pieces are Micro(Nano) sized (as stated in the amazon product title) meaning a 2 stud brick measures 8 mm versus standard sized “Lego” 2 stud brick which measures 16 mm; so half size.There are eight sealed bags with the ~3520 pieces. Bags are not numbered nor are there any bag number references in the instruction/assembly manual. So you will need to empty all of the contents onto your work table then sort by color.The instruction manual dimensions are the largest I’ve ever seen at 8-1/2” X 15”. They show the image of the White House at 35 cm length which is 73% of full scale. Manual is 28 pages long and has 38 assembly steps (one assembly step per page)The images of the pieces required for each step are large enough that you will not need to squint. The images of the locations for the various piece placements is adequate but you will be doing a lot of stud counting to know where to exactly place many of the pieces for the first few assembly steps. For those pieces where placement location needs better explanation, they draw a colored border around the image of the piece(s) and then highlight that same border color on the full build image.The front and back covers of the manual show photo quality images of the final assembly which can prove useful to reference during assembly.

Just opened and upset so many missing pieces what a waste!

I bought this for my nine year old. She unboxed it and then put it back. I'm sure she will revisit it in the future. There are clear instructions. The size is amazing. It is good quality and value for the price. It would definitely require adult help.

Muy entretenido, queda hermoso. Las instrucciones son claras y trae piezas de sobra por si se te pierde alguna.

Son piezas muy pequeñas, por lo cual lo abrí con mucho cuidado y lo separe por colores y formas en tapas de agua y otros contenedores, todo iba bien pero en el paso dos ya faltaban 24 piezas blancas