PHOTO REVIEW: 6187 Road Construction Set

[VBBN]

Set: Lego Road Construction Set

Number: 6187

Pieces: 300

Bought From: TRU

Price: $20.99, €14.45

Well, today I took a trip to my TRU, to spend left over vacation money. And I felt that Module City needed some construction aid and I needed wheels too. So, enjoy the review!

Box:

Well, here you can see my haul from the store. Not much, but still good.

Nothing much to comment on.

Parts:

I will detail this section heavily. The main purpose of this set is parts, not models. So I will show all the parts.

First, the contents:

Two large, 1 medium, and 2 small. Some loose pieces, and an instruction book.

1 of the bags. Lots of rims.

More parts.

This mainly includes the rubber, a second windshield, and a shovel.

The two minibags, and loose parts.

Overall, very nice!

Build:

The instructions show how to build the three models. Here they are.

Steamroller:

I expect Quality, and quantity. I got neither. The quality of this roller is poor, and nothing very special to it. MODing on! Quantity? Not a ton of parts. But alright IMO.

BullDigger:

Nice! Moving arms(for dump truck), treadsm new body design, and a nice cockpit.

Dumptruck:

DOORS!!! Yes, it's true, it comes with doors. It has a nice cockpit, and a huge dumper.

Parts: 9/10 (Lots of wheels and basic parts, and doors.)

Price: 9/10 (100 parts over. *sweet* )

Figs: 6/10 (Only one, but it's creator, so meh)

Overall: 80%

Overall I would definatly recommend this to anyone, either for partss or the set. Now, here is a pic of the sets, and the leftover parts.

I will need to MOD that roller though.

Thanks for reading and please comment! *sweet*

[xenologer]

Thanks for the review.

I'd seen this on shelves but kept passing it up as a 'kiddie' starter set.

The dump truck is definetly the best looking of the models here.

Didn't realize it had those doors. Very hard to find, but are they worth 20$ to me.... Ill have to consider this.

*looks again at last pic* *doubletake*

Oh, you get to have that big pile of bricks leftover in addition to the 3 models at the same time?

Now it's almost looking not so bad, I'll have to take up house-building to use up all those blocks and beams tho...

Oh but why why did it have to be that minifig with the horrendous grin...Already stuck with 2 of him from those airplane mechanic sets....

Edited March 29, 2008 by xenologer

[ExoBuilder]

It's ok VBBN, we all grow building skill at different times X-D

Nice review, nice set. I just need to put 2 and 2 together.

I wouldn't use these in a city though, that steamroller has a bumpy looking roller :-|

*sweet*

[VBBN]

Thanks for the review.

I'd seen this on shelves but kept passing it up as a 'kiddie' starter set.

The dump truck is definetly the best looking of the models here.

Didn't realize it had those doors. Very hard to find, but are they worth 20$ to me.... Ill have to consider this.

*looks again at last pic* *doubletake*

Oh, you get to have that big pile of bricks leftover in addition to the 3 models at the same time?

Now it's almost looking not so bad, I'll have to take up house-building to use up all those blocks and beams tho...

Oh but why why did it have to be that minifig with the horrendous grin...Already stuck with 2 of him from those airplane mechanic sets....

It's ok VBBN, we all grow building skill at different times X-D

Nice review, nice set. I just need to put 2 and 2 together.

I wouldn't use these in a city though, that steamroller has a bumpy looking roller :-|

*sweet*

Thanks guys! And I also thought it was a kiddie starter set. I bought it for the doors, wheels, and windshields personally. The rest of the bricks will be tossed into my bins.

[PaulC]

Great review VBBN! Minifig car doors! Lots of other neat pieces! I got this set after I saw your review and the general theme of it inspired me to build this (I used about 10 bricks from this set and a lot of others).

[Asuka]

Thanks for that neat review, ~VBBN~, a very nice set. Of course I especially like that cool red truck, car doors on!