Customer Reviews

Lego City Set #7637 Farm

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My son, who is about to turn 5, received this set from his grandparents for Christmas and it is really neat. The set includes parts for building a small lawn tractor , a larger backhoe-type tractor that pulls a loading bin, a stable and grain hopper, and a barn-type shelter with a winch for loading the big tractor. Also included are 2 cows, a dog, 2 cats, various tools, 3 Lego people, and some other small accessories. My favorite thing about the set is the unique way that the items are interactive - the grain hopper has a removable lid and slide-out valve so that the pretend grains can be loaded and dumped, the big tractor pulls a dumper loading cart with fold-down sides and an open & close gate, the tractor's bucket is fully adjustable, and the aforementioned winch is completely usable for loading and unloading items.
The suggested age range for this set is 5-12 years, but my son definitely cannot build the items on his own. His attention span is not there yet for such construction (it took me a couple of hours to build everything for him and I have much experience with Legos) and the fine motor skills needed for handling and connecting/disconnecting the numerous small pieces are also beyond his current abilities. Parents of kids on the low end of the suggested age range should expect to provide significant help, which is of course part of the fun! The instructions are very, very well done, offering clear illustrations and making only small incremental changes with each illustrated step - they really could not be any clearer. The Legos also come packaged in several different bags which are numbered and correspond to the items desired for construction - a nice touch which makes initial building even easier.
I am a big Lego fan & this set is wonderful - very interactive, plenty of pieces for creating one's own designs, and large enough to build a big fun play set. I am enjoying playing with it with my son for now and look forward to the set growing with him as his abilities increase in the years to come.

We got this for our son for his 5th birthday. We did have to help him quite a bit with the construction, but that was some great family time together!!! He has had a lot of fun with all of the different things that can be moved - the trailer lifts to dump, the grain bin actually has a slide that opens to dump grain, the barn has a lift to raise up hay bricks and the roofs of the shed and barn lift up to see inside, there is also a drop floor in the loft of the barn. He really likes the mouse and cat, those are cute little features that are less evident on the box. I think this set will provide years of fun!

The only complaint so far has been that the tractor seems to be a little delicate. The cab roof keeps falling off and the side view mirrors as well, since they are essentially held on with the roof. This may be because the tractor is mobile and is the thing that is played with the roughest. He is 5 after all. : Great toy!

I was a big lego fan when I was a kid. Now my daughter is getting old enough to start playing with legos. I haven't bought a set for 10 years or more, so the new way they do things was surprising to me. I like the way the box is split into smaller sets. Instead of getting a ton of pieces at once to sort through, the box has 6 different bags with separate instructions. Each of the tractors are their own bag and the "farm" is split into 3 different bags. This is great for younger kids (my daughter is just under 5) because it is less intimidating. It's easy to just to a section at a time and not get overwhelmed. It has a lot of fun animals (cows, dog, cat and a mouse) which add to the fun. I think that this is good for even younger children, if they really enjoy legos and have the patience to sit down and follow the directions.

Got this for my 6 year old grandson for Christmas. He loves Lego's. Both he and his 4 year old brother are pros at putting them together, usually without help. My 6 year old put this together on his own in one morning, about 4 hours. He and his brother never quit playing with it for the entire weekend. They added a Lego house they received and have a great time playing farm, just like Grandpa. Some of the small scale John Deere toy equipment work well with it. Some pieces fall off occasionally but it doesn't bother them. They just pop it back on and keep playing. They are using real kernels of corn in the storage bin and think it's really cool.

The Lego City Farm set is recommended for children 5 to 12. However, it is too complex for a 5 year old unless they work with an older person. Don't get this as the first set for a 5 year old.

This is a good set, though it was pricier than necessary. Also, my 8-year-old ended up preferring other types of lego i.e. star wars and harry potter themes, than this farm set.

My 6 yr old son loved this lego set. It is unique and not one we have found in stores.