REVIEW: 40813 Lucky Cat

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 40813 Lucky Cat:

THE GOOD:

• Looks cute.
• A fun interesting build.
• The movement of the left palm moves just like many others Lucky Cat statue.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• The coin and palm should have been printed.

Interestingly, LEGO decided to have Lucky Cat as part of the Spring Festivals (Chinese New Year) theme given it's more a Japanese culture related item. But anyway, this is an excellent build.  The building process was fun and the end results looks great.  It has good proportion to be very cute looking.  And it works great as a desktop display.  The highlight for me is the movement of the left arm.  The way it is designed gave it a movement that mimics most other lucky cat status so well.  I can't stop making it move every time I see it.  It does come with 2 various of the coins in front but unfortunately these and the left palm are stickers but not printed.  I've got a feeling and due to the set number, this might have originally planned to be a GWP or some sort.  Now, at $45NZD it does feel a little too high for a set like this but the end results is good enough to justify the spending.  It's great to put this next to the Lucky Cat Brickheadz released few years ago.  I would recommend this if you are into asian cultures or just want something fun and cute!