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Review of the new LEGO 4207 City Garage This past weekend my whole family was sick so my daughter and I took advantage of the downtime to build the very new, exclusive Lego set, The City Garage… “Exclusive” means that toy shops like us won’t have access to it from Lego - so why am I reviewing it?  It’s a very cool set, and I’d hate for Lego fans not to know about it - perhaps we’ll even get some to sell prior to the holidays (fingers-crossed)! THE REVIEW Since I’m a sucker for Lego cars, I grabbed this set as soon as I saw it - the box is the “large” version box - details: Pieces = 933 (price per piece is a bit steep, but lots of specialty pieces) Age Range = 6-12 (a bit easy for an AFOL, but still very fun) Instructions = 5 booklets (not sure why so many) Minifigures = 5 (no standouts, except the yuppie with the wild ‘do) Size = approx. 14”x14”x5” THE PROS A VW BUS!:  Yes, one of the 4 vehicles is a VW bus!  I love it!  I very much enjoy when a minifig-scale care can actually look “authentic”. STRUCTURE: The overall parking structure is very well-designed and built - it feels very solid! ELEVATOR: The elevator works very well - I was skeptical when building it thinking it would not stay put with the car on it - I was wrong since it actually moves very smoothly and solidly. CAR WASH: All that is missing is the water and soap!  The brush mechanism does a great job of authentically “moving over” the cars. THE CONS CARS: The other 3 vehicles (besides the VW Bus) are not very “articulated”, but still look just fine in your Lego City. DECALS: I know kids love decals (my daughter’s favorite part of a build), but I am not a big fan of most of the graphics being a decals… a 50/50 mix would be much more palatable. GAS PUMP: Why bother?  It is an independent piece that really doesn’t “fit” into the set - perhaps if it is modified to be integral, that might help… THE VERDICT I give this set an A-… In fact, it would have received a solid A if there had been less decals and more “robust” details on the cars.  Even AFOLs will enjoy this one, as I did… I very much enjoyed bring the structure together and admire the rigidity of the set.  I suggest finding this one (or, if you can hold out, waiting until we have it in stock!). - Mike

Review of the new LEGO 4207 City Garage

This past weekend my whole family was sick so my daughter and I took advantage of the downtime to build the very new, exclusive Lego set, The City Garage… “Exclusive” means that toy shops like us won’t have access to it from Lego - so why am I reviewing it?  It’s a very cool set, and I’d hate for Lego fans not to know about it - perhaps we’ll even get some to sell prior to the holidays (fingers-crossed)!

THE REVIEW

Since I’m a sucker for Lego cars, I grabbed this set as soon as I saw it - the box is the “large” version box - details:

  • Pieces = 933 (price per piece is a bit steep, but lots of specialty pieces)
  • Age Range = 6-12 (a bit easy for an AFOL, but still very fun)
  • Instructions = 5 booklets (not sure why so many)
  • Minifigures = 5 (no standouts, except the yuppie with the wild ‘do)
  • Size = approx. 14”x14”x5”

THE PROS

  • A VW BUS!:  Yes, one of the 4 vehicles is a VW bus!  I love it!  I very much enjoy when a minifig-scale care can actually look “authentic”.
  • STRUCTURE: The overall parking structure is very well-designed and built - it feels very solid!
  • ELEVATOR: The elevator works very well - I was skeptical when building it thinking it would not stay put with the car on it - I was wrong since it actually moves very smoothly and solidly.
  • CAR WASH: All that is missing is the water and soap!  The brush mechanism does a great job of authentically “moving over” the cars.

THE CONS

  • CARS: The other 3 vehicles (besides the VW Bus) are not very “articulated”, but still look just fine in your Lego City.
  • DECALS: I know kids love decals (my daughter’s favorite part of a build), but I am not a big fan of most of the graphics being a decals… a 50/50 mix would be much more palatable.
  • GAS PUMP: Why bother?  It is an independent piece that really doesn’t “fit” into the set - perhaps if it is modified to be integral, that might help…

THE VERDICT

I give this set an A-… In fact, it would have received a solid A if there had been less decals and more “robust” details on the cars.  Even AFOLs will enjoy this one, as I did… I very much enjoyed bring the structure together and admire the rigidity of the set.  I suggest finding this one (or, if you can hold out, waiting until we have it in stock!).

- Mike

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