Customer Reviews

Lego Make & Create Café Corner

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It will take some patience and time to put this together. But is is a good time, especially if you don't try to rush it. My 12-year-old son and I are having a blast putting this together. Neither of us are full fledged Lego hobbyists, but both of us enjoy the concepts and quality of good Lego kits.

The building assembles in three major sections, each corresponding to one floor of the three-story structure. The parts bags are labelled with their section numbers, do you don't have to mix the parts together for all three sections while you are building it, saving a lot of part-searching time (but never fear, the high number of pieces in each section means you will still spend plenty of quality time hunting for elements).

This kit makes fantastic use of basic Legos and has virtually no large pieces that are overspecialized, making the kit far more flexible to rebuild into other types of assemblies. For instance, the large white fan-shaped sunburst decoration over the main door is composed of a number of small Lego "ski" pieces using a creative way to link them together. The creative construction techniques in this kit encourage you to think of new ways of using Lego bricks that will help you design your own creations if you are so inclined.

This kit was definitely worth the price we paid at Amazon, although you should be aware that some third party Amazon sellers try to charge far more that list price for it. To look up the list price for this (or any other) Lego set, I recommend you seek out dedicated Lego sites like Lugnet or Brickset.

One note: this kit is inapproriate for very young Lego builders based on the sheer size and the number of different building techniques they would have to use to assemble this kit correctly, unless an adult could sit with them and work through it with them. My 12-year-old could easily do it by himself, but my 7-year-old would lack the patience.

My husband and grandaughter,who is 8, put this together and had so much fun doing it she didn't want it to end. The kit is for ages 16 and up but with adult supervision it really wasn't that difficult. A great set

This is a good toy for a good price. The architectural detail and sheer beauty of the finished set is reason alone to buy it. A must for Lego collectors and a nice little challenge for all the builders in your family.

My daughter built this lego set all by herself (she's 10 years old). I was suprised of how detailed and realistic it was. There were a lot of pieces, and some pretty easy to lose, but she didn't lose any of them. This is truly a fantastic lego set!

After getting the amazing complementary set, the Green Grocer, I immediately sought the Cafe Corner out and I sure am glad I did. The price at Amazon plus free shipping, is a great deal, compared to some of the ridiculous prices Lego speciality shops are asking for, given the exclusivity of the set.

With over a 1000 pieces, the build is especially satisfying, much like laying the bricks and features of an actual building. In comparison to the Green Grocer, the Cafe Corner lacks an interior, which serves as an exciting side project planning for one. The ace of this set is definitely the design of the architecture and is amazing when displayed.

I believe that these sets will go down in Lego and the Lego collector's history as two of most sought-after building sets. So get them while it's still available. You'll kick yourself for not doing so.

I can't say enough about how impressed I am with this Lego set. The beauty of the finished product, the sturdy construction, the far beyond clever use of standard parts to achieve amazing realism (the awnings, the 45 degree angled door, etc). I have been building Lego since before the mini-figure was created, and I have to say that many recent sets offer little substance in favor of tall, flimsy structures that give the appearance of volume. This set is the opposite! Everything is solid, detailed, and built with real bricks you can actually re-use! My hat is off to the designer of this set, it is just a thing of beauty and a joy to build. Keep 'em coming!

I bought this for my son so that he would have a big project to build. He has thoroughly enjoyed putting the hotel together, and cannot wait to move on to his next project.

Lego Make & Create Café Corner

This is a very sturdy toy and requires a significent amount of concentration to complete, therefor, very good for the preteen to teen.

For LEGO lovers who want to step it up to a harder level that requires skill.

The price is shocking. I am curious to know if anyone would ever pay this hilarious amount.

Downloading the instructions and buying the parts from LEGO pick a part/lost parts would be cheaper than this $1000 + price tag. Even if you bought all the other building sets for parts (grand emporium, petshop), it would still be cheaper than paying this outrageous price. We were lucky enough to buy it a long time ago at normal price from the LEGO online shop.

The detail on this kit, like all the street models, is amazing. The exterior is very complicated and a tedious build. For example, canopies are made up of a hundred tiny parts, but the end result is amazing. This kit looks great in person, if you have the other street sets, all of them together is amazing. Not a lot of interior detail aside from the staircases. We've added our own furniture from some of the creator houses and this helps with the 6yr old playability.

The kit is something amazing to behold and I am super curious to know who is buying it at this price.