Ecclesiastes Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 Introduction(Press Release Information) Pieces: 5876 pieces Retail price: €349.99 / $349.99 / £309.99 / CA$449.99 / AU$549.99 Available: March 1st at LEGO.com The spectacular home of Real Madrid Club de Fútbol can now be built in LEGO brick form as the ultimate display piece for fans The LEGO Real Madrid – Santiago Bernabéu Stadium set coincides with the club’s 120th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the iconic grounds. The impressive set features over 5,800 pieces and has been designed to be the ultimate display piece for Real Madrid C.F. and LEGO fans — and to symbolize the spectacular pride felt by fans watching a match take place at the stadium. This interactive and immersive set features many specialized details which make it an accurate replica of the stadium from both up-close and afar. A lift-off roof and the ability to open up the model by “splitting” it in half, encourages users to engage with the many details of the set — from the pitch with the famous grass pattern, the venue's iconic four towers, the goals, tunnel, dugout, scoreboard, banners, stickers, stairwells, iconic Real Madrid C.F. branding, and more. Milan Madge, Designer at the LEGO Group commented: “Real Madrid is one of the most remarkable football clubs in history — which is why recreating the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in LEGO brick form was such an incredibly rewarding experience. Authenticity and sense of scale are key factors in this recreation so that builders can truly feel the atmosphere of this dazzling and vast stadium. This set allows builders to bring the much-loved home base of Real Madrid into their own home for years to come.” Box art The black 18+ color doesn't work for every set, but in this case it makes the stadium certainly pop on the box. Content A total of 40 bags numbered from 1 to 40, so no double bags for certain numbers. The stickers are safely stored with the booklets. Content inner box: As with most 18+ sets, there is some info on the model. A brief historical overview is shown from the stadium which is fun to read. On several pages, you can find fun facts about the stadium. Some fun facts are about LEGO bricks. A short overview of the steps Not a big fan of stickers, Numbers 01 and 15 would have been perfect for a printed tile! Bag 1 The most interesting parts are the printed trans clear parts which make neat little soccer goals. The frame to hold the 8x16 printed tiles. The print on is excellent. The print would also work really well in a city setting as a small soccer court between buildings! Bag 2 Starting the chassis with a sturdy Technic frame. Using the inverted tiles is quite clever. Bag 3 Modified 1x2 Brick with hole from last year is a nice to have in this quantity. Clever angle by using bars and clips. Bag 4 Stadium chairs are represtend by 1x2 bricks with grille. Quite snug angles with minimal gaps. Bag 5 Stacking the staircase tower. The nice micro players bus. Bag 6 Adding some height and entrances to the chairs. Bag 7 Adding more chairs and Suites/VIP lounges. Clever usage of bars. A slightly larger gap compared to the previous stage. Bag 8 Flat silver galore! Bag 9 Very nice snot work on the outside. Bag 10 Quite colorful. Adding the upper layer. Bag 11-19 This contains building the same part mirrored resulting in the first half of the stadium. The base is connected with pins and the top with tiles like the scoreboard. Though a line is clearly visible along the stadium chairs. The 2x2 and 1x8 are nice exclusive printed parts that connect the two stadium parts on the outside. Loving the hockey sticks as Lantarn posts. Bag 20 and 21 Similar to the other quarters but this side has one of the dugouts. Bag 22 Flat silver, shiny! Different kinds of slopes to avoid gaps as many gaps as possible. Bag 23 and 24 Bag 25 and 26 Entrace to the field. Bag 27 Even more flat silver, shiny! Bag 28 Building this part was quite enjoyable, building sideways with several angels with some clever solutions. Especially the part that uses support in the base(hole). Bag 29-37 This contains building the same part mirrored resulting in the second half of the stadium. Bag 38 The roof on this part of the stadium is attached to the top of both quarters. Which makes the line on the grandstands less visible compared to the other half. Bag 39 and 40. Nice surprise, before opening I expected these to be stickers but prints for the win! The roof kinda looks like a special version of a U-Wing. The roof is place on the top resting on plates with rails so no connection with studs. Overview Rating Design: 8/10 Captures the stadium perfectly. Parts: 8/10 Excellent parts pack, a lot of bricks in high quantities. Building: 6/10 Fun techniques, though repetitive building the four squares with a lot of similarities. Playability: 7/10 It's clearly just for display. But opening the roof and opening the two halfs of the stadium is a nice feature. Price: 8/10 Ok looking at the pieces and considering it's lisenced. Overall conclusion: Solid set, for fans a much have. For me, a nice castle parts pack. I'm not a fan of the Stadiums and I still find it hard to believe it's succesfull. Still, it's the third one so the line must have plenty of fans. Like LEGO says, "adults welcome". Especially football fans. Quote
MKJoshA Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 This stadium is very impressive. I love all the techniques used. Especially the angled clips attached to bar-plates, why didn't I think of that before! I will be looking for those printed grass plates on B&P to create my own smaller and affordable display piece. Quote
Jim Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 Very impressive build indeed. Looks more interesting than Camp Nou. Are you happy with the new 1x5 plates? Thanks for the review! Quote
Redhead1982 Posted February 22, 2022 Posted February 22, 2022 Thanks for the review. I'm not a football fan, so I see this set in a different perspective. There are some interesting parts in large quantities as well as interesting building techniques to create various angled shapes. So far the most interesting stadium. Quote
Theo van Vroenhoven Posted February 24, 2022 Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) The model looks nice but is not really accurate. I visited the stadium once and noticed that the pitch is below street level. So you enter the stadium somewhere halfway the stands, between the second and third row if I remember correctly. Quite impressive in real life but not in this model... Edited February 24, 2022 by Theo van Vroenhoven Quote
hoppa Posted February 26, 2022 Posted February 26, 2022 That is quite de detailed review for something you don't really like @Ecclesiastes very cool. I was wondering, do you really buy these sets to see potential new techniques and then simply break them down for parts? Is that the cheapest way part for part to grow a collection if you don't require very specific parts? Quote
Ecclesiastes Posted March 2, 2022 Author Posted March 2, 2022 On 2/22/2022 at 7:29 PM, Jim said: Very impressive build indeed. Looks more interesting than Camp Nou. Are you happy with the new 1x5 plates? Thanks for the review! I feel like TLC is filling up too many of the "gaps" in the system. So a 1x5 tile seems unnecessary, I could be creative and find another solution, that said I'll use them. Quote
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