Customer Reviews

LEGO Creator House (4956)

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

If you enjoy building LEGO houses, this set it is a must-have. It's packed with 731 unusual LEGO pieces that allow you to add details to a house like never before. Create sculpted roofs, rain gutters, exterior lights, pathways, etc. As with all LEGO sets, the pieces are very durable. It includes beautifully illustrated instructions to build three very different house designs. I think this set is fun for both kids and parents.

This Lego set is one of two house sets from the Creator series. I was very excited to receive this set and I have only put together the house on the cover of the box. However, there are two other designs to choose from - each house is built with the same pieces.

Pros: the house has a lot of exterior detail, including a garage door, mailbox, porch lights, doors, flower beds, and windows. Another very positive thing about the set is that it is very sturdy and stays together well. I have a 2-year-old and 4-year-old who play with it, and so far it has not come apart (atypical for most Lego sets).

Cons: The interior of the house. There are no furnishings. The house is a bit too small to fit regular mini-figures. The second story easily is removed from the house, but there is no floor or stairs to separate the first and second floors. Finally, the garage is too small to hold a compact size Lego car.

Essentially, this is a model set and not meant to be played with other Lego figures. If the size had been adjusted and there was more to the interior, I would have given this a 5-star rating.

This set has lots of architectural pieces (arches, drainpipes, gutters, fences, mailbox, floor tiles etc.) so you can do a lot with it. A really great set for the price if you are into building houses with realistic details.

Here is what the kids thought:

Pro: They liked the house. They like decorating and changing the yard. They used the garage for Matchbox cars. They had a few things they did not like so we made modifications.

Modifications:
We added stairs (it really bothered them there were no stairs)
We took out the back wall so they could play with the inside of the house.
We added a floor on the second story so they could play with that too.
We added better trees and flowers that we bought separately.

The white color makes the design more flexible: it is easy to use bricks not in the set to change and add to the house.

We eventually bought a second set so we could combine them and make a bigger house or a second house to avoid fights, since this quickly became a favorite.

Smaller kids (5 and 3) were too impatient to build it (even with help), but enjoyed playing with it and decorating the yard and interior once it was done.

So there is something here for many ages: older kids and adults can have fun building, and even re-designing the house. Younger kids like playing with the finished product. LOVE THIS SET!
Highly Recommended.

I bought this LEGO set as a gift for an elementary-aged girl with a great imagination. She can use the instructions to build three different house models or can design her own model. By adding a few minifigures from other LEGO sets, she can act out innumerable dramas. Good practice at following directions, spatial reasoning, and math skills, as well as a creative outlet.

I bought this for my niece and she loves it just the same as the other model I bought last xmas. Great fun with lots of room for your own creativity. There is no boredom here for an 8yr old, she was anxious to get finished to see the final product. I'd say this is good for ages up to 10yrs old. Thanks again!

This was a christmas present for my 5 year old grandson, and
according to him one of his best presents. To build the house
as modeled he needed help from his 8 year old sister, but he
loves to invent buildings and is happy to play with it on his
own.

I bought this set before I bought the Castle series. This set has a lot of detailed pieces and the instruction booklet provides but a sample of what we can build with it. I mixed the set with all my other sets, but separate the bricks and stuff according to different designs and build; I mixed the colors. If I use an instruction booklet, I can find the pieces easily. You can scale up the house to play with minifigs and to complement other sets e.g. Castle, or build theme parks. The bricks of this Lego set are really a worthwhile investment.

I really like this product. It is very neat because you can build three different houses. My children were able to almost build three houses at one time with all the pieces. It is the real Lego pieces too.They enjoy building ,then destroying and building again. It was lots of fun for me to help them build the houses. My boys like to build other things with them also. There was lots of different sizes that are longer that they did not have.
We have enjoyed this item. It is Great.

I had fun with this house. I have most of the Lego creator houses and have enjoyed them all. This is a smaller like the Apple Tree and Beach Houses. Still very fun.

My son got this for Christmas and out of all his presents it is the one he went for right away. He is six years old and has wanted this house for 3 years. He is able to follow the step by step directions quite good on his own. I have had to help a couple times since one piece might be out of place and throw everything off. The detail is quite nice. He works on it about an hour a day and has been able to complete it in about a week. He loves showing us the progression and is very proud of his work as we are too. This is a great lego piece and very nice looking.