June 16, 201212 yr Author I am a bit curious how the tow truck and van look next to a typical 6-wide vehicle. As you can see, the SUV has its wheels on the white border tile, so two of these vehicles would not fit. The Indiana Jones vehicle in the background, which is also 6-wide, fits just fine. The SUV fits on the elevator, but just barely, you have to make sure the rearview mirrors don't hit anything. It puts quite a strain on the rope when going up by the way. And speaking of the elevator, I found out that the reason it slips a bit (without a car on it, going down) is not because of the rope, but because of the tires on the back, a little bit too much traction.
June 16, 201212 yr "It puts quite a strain on the rope when going up by the way." you say.....I can believe it, seriously I hope we don't have rope breakages and a lot of crying by kids playing with it and breaking the lift rope ?
June 27, 201212 yr Built the garage last night, totally AWESOME and the play features take me back to when I was a kid ! A very solid build, good idea to use 1x3 tiles as locking pieces between the floors....though I do still miss not having a jack to help the mechanic change tyres ! I highly recommend buying this set....of course I was lucky paying only 64.50 for it - marked down because the box was damaged ! Brick On !
June 28, 201212 yr Thank you for the great review! This is my most anticipated set of the year-I am a huge Classic Town fan and this set reminds me of Metro Park & Service Tower from 1989(USA) The car wash, lift, gas pumps and nice assortment of vehicles all updated and scaled up nicely for a modern CITY layout! Although I'm not sure if I would have included a security booth rather than a little shop or ticket booth near the entrance, I suppose kids will like having an officer on duty. I'm not opposed to the structure being too tall as I have tall skyscrapers in my layout, but yes, it will dwarf the TRU set! I'm really happy with the newer CITY sets and how nice they all look together and this one is no exception. Waiting impatiently for a US release!
June 29, 201212 yr Great review. Looks like a great set for KIDS. One of these sets for the kid, and a modular for the AFOL (you know, like us posting here). Most negative points are stuff I (probably) wouldn't think about at 7-12. I'll try to build a 6394 instead.
July 2, 201212 yr I asked when this set is going to be on shelves in the US and the LEGO S@H person on facebook said in August along with the new hospital.
July 3, 201212 yr If it's August at the LEGO store, I suspect it will start showing up soon at whichever retailer is going to carry this (TRU?).
July 3, 201212 yr I asked when this set is going to be on shelves in the US and the LEGO S@H person on facebook said in August along with the new hospital. I asked at my local LEGO Store, and they said probably next week, but definitely in July... weird.
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