Lego City Harbor -551pcs.

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His favorites are Star Wars/Clone Wars, but the police/city/boat and Alien Conquest sets are close behind.

Nowadays in real life, huge buildings often run out of time and out of costs because of a big (too big) complexity and so many different conflicting interests. Looking beyond the size, the three main elements come together nicely, and form a colourful arrangement that does promise a load of fun play features, the centrepiece of which we'll look at presently.A total of around 1,600 people were employed on the construction of the bridge, of which 16 people died durig construction works. Looking at the large green ship, it is very bare and lacking all the accessories or features of other Lego ships. Contact Us LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Group of Companies. Some of this room is under the brown plate at the front, unfortunately rendering a few errant bricks out of reach of the grab bucket.

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The bridge/accomodation part could have been a little more detailed though (the one on the 7994's ship was much better). It's the usual collection of plates, this time in red, white and bley, with a few colourful parts and one or two interesting pieces. The red knob at the rear winds the windlass, which raises and lowers the grab-bucket; however, you can just move the jib to attain much the same effect. And while I like the idea of keeping the farm theme alive in this new subtheme, I still would have preferred 'traditional' containers as cargo.

For this reason the instructions often like to alternate between colors whenever possible, and use vivid contrasting colors in areas that aren't likely to be seen in the finished model. I love this type of crane but the structure/building is way too simplified (even for classic town standards if you ask me). However, now we've scrutinised the various features in some detail, some major flaws have started to show. It seems such a step down from the previous harbour incarnations, with second-rate buildings that look like mere support for the working features, a smaller than expected ship on an ugly hull, and flood-prone baseplates that are next to useless. Grabbing the bricks is a bit hit-and-miss; I managed to load five or six after several unsuccessful attempts.As an owner of 7994 this set isn't highly compelling, but I still haven't got a hull of that design so we'll see!

I'm not sure what the clip in the centre is for; perhaps it allows attachment of a motor, however precariously ( and foolishly, since I'm sure LEGO motors aren't waterproof! Otherwise, there's a 16L steering arm, some 1x4 slopes with 'smooth' slope, some 2x2 round bricks with ridges, introduced with the Atlantis range, in red, and 2x2 round tiles in red which are probably commonplace but I haven't seen before in that colour. This is the one and only part of this set which seemed to have any thought put into it; the colour scheme of blue and yellow is quite striking, and the use of the blue train piece, bows and slopes contrast nicely with the long yellow jib, making this quite attractive. It wouldn't have added much to the piece count to put a door in the rear recessed area, with a full-headroom cabin beneath, surely?Ok, the ship is quite small, but there's a pilot launch and forklift in addition to the usual items, and it too has a raised platform. isn't inventoried on either Bricklink or Peeron yet, which makes it difficult to check things like this. However, it is of course possible to build two halves and then join them together to represent the entire length of the bridge. Here, a few bricks and a mast are the only decoration, but there's a nice perspective view up to the bridge.