LEGO City Fire Truck

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This is a really good one. Just enough pieces to make the build an interesting process - my enterprising 4.5-year-old built it all himself, with some help from me in interpreting the instructions - and a lot of fun little bits in the finished product. The resulting vehicle is sturdy and substantial, and has a lot of different things to do: - The front of the roof lifts off to allow the two firemen (both clearly men; Lego, this could have been an easy opportunity for a women or two neutral figures) to sit in their own seats inside. - The ladder lifts up, turns, and extends, and the firemen can hold the railing (which doesn't extend to the highest segment) or balance well by putting their feet into the rungs and leaning into it. - There's an enclosed compartment in the middle of the truck that holds a tool box with several tools, with the tools (wrench, saw, axe, etc.) also able to be clipped in various places on the outside of the truck. - There's a separate fire hydrant that can be connected to the truck with a "pumper hose" piece. - The main hose is a long-ish piece of braided cord with a nozzle on one end, that can be reeled up with a built-in reel on the side of the truck. There's a small "water spray" piece that can be affixed to the end of the hose, or to other pieces like the hydrant. - There's one oxygen mask/tank with visor that is pretty nifty, one of the nicer figure accessories I've seen. Having one for each figure would be nice, but this way everything that comes with the truck can fit in or on the truck. So, a successful set - lots of little things to play with and is a good lookalike for the fire trucks in our town. My son really likes it.

Built it with my son (4y/o) last night. The expression on his face said it all. The firetruck is easy to build with clear instructions a reasonable amount of tiny pieces (essentials only) so the younger ones won't discourage in the building process. It has nice features like sitting places for both firemen, storage for additional equipment accessible from both sides of the truck, fully rotating and retractable ladder, hose reel, and can even be connected to the little fire hydrant. The only thing I despise from these newer lego sets it the use of stickers. The sets I owned when I was a kid had printed-on bricks instead. But overall, it looks very good and my son LOVES it!

Bought this for our Sons 5th birthday! He is over the moon excited to finally get Lego. I will say, though, that he Is still a little on the young side as he sometimes has issues with getting the pieces together. Thankfully, his two older sisters are usually very willing to help. The fire truck is absolutely a big hit as well, as he loves fire trucks.

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