Lego Race Car Transporter 31113

 This 3-in-1 Creator set allows you to make a Car Transporter with 2 small race cars (bonus points for singing an old advert about a red car and a blue car having a race whilst building), a Tug Boat or a Mobile Crane.  To be honest the Mobile Crane is more of a HIAB but as that is a niche "industry" term I can understand why it is marketed as a crane.  

Only 1 of the 3 models can be built at one time.

Each model comes with it's own manual to make building easy but only the main model of the Race Car Transporter is built in Bag Order.  To build the Crane or the Tug Boat you will need to sort both bags out before starting but as this is a relatively small set this isn't an onerous task.  Because of this I pre-sorted from the outset and had already decided that I would be using the Transporter as an addition to my City display so I started out by building the 2 smaller options first and then disassembling.

The clutch between the bricks remains strong even after building and disassembling a couple of times.  Although I would recommend having a Brick Seperator to hand to save your finger nails.

Overall this is a good set that allows for multiple builds using different techniques.  Even better as it is Lego you can build the instructed models and then break it all down and use the bricks to make whatever you can imagine.

Many thanks to the Amazon Vine Program for a review copy of this product.  The opinions expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Lego or Amazon.  This is also an honest and unbiased opinion based on my experience with the product and is not influenced by it being a review copy.

Number Of Pieces: 328

Approximate Price Per Piece £0.08

Build Time:
Crane - 30 Minutes (Breakdown time: 15 minutes)
Tug Boat - 25 Minutes (Breakdown Time: 10 Minutes)
Car Transporter - 40 Minutes (Sorting Time: 10 Minutes)

 

Crane

 

Tug Boat

 

Lego Lucky Cat 40436

 The iconic Lucky Cat wave is a running joke between myself and my husband.  Couple this with my borderline obsession with Brick Headz and this was a no brainer.  Even better you CAN make the cat wave which I wasn't aware of until I built the figure.  Yes, I did squee like a pre-teen when I found out.

Fairly standard Brick Headz build and appearance when constructed.  Really pleased with how he looks built up and put with my small collection even if stylistically he doesn't really fit with the Hallowe'en theming I have going on.

Cute and iconic figure that I am very pleased to have in my collection.

Number Of Pieces: 134

Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.07

Build Time: 20 Minutes

 

Lego Pirate Ship 31109

 I was really pulled in to this one from the pack art.  To me Pirates are one of the things that Lego is all about and because the sails on the ship are brick built this one really interested me.  Unfortunately, it is a 3-in1 build and the optional builds just looked so awesome on the box that I knew I would not be able to decide which one to build for display which led me to buying multiples of the kit and I have to say I'm really glad I did.  The resulting scene from building all 3 will look incredible when I get around to doing more than just plonking them on a shelf.  Even better, I have a LOT of left over pieces which will either go in my stash or get used for some accessories to go with the display - the jury is still out on which way I'm going to go with this one.

There are 2 books in the set.  The first one covers the build for the Pirate Ship and the Tavern and the second covers the build for Skull Island.  Only little glitch was that whilst the Pirate Ship follows the bag system so is relatively speedy to put together the Island and the Tavern do not follow the bags so you need to pre sort all the bricks before starting.  I decided to sort by colour in to tubs which took 30 minutes per build and is included in my build times below.

The overall functionality and look of all 3 options is so detailed.  It's little things like the skull on the Island lifting up to give access to the cave that make these incredible fun.  The Pirate mini figures are fun and I need to give a special shout out to the peg leg on the Captain - made me laugh each time I built him.  Even better you build the Shark and he is genuinely fabulous when constructed.

Overall this is right up there in my Top 10 Lego kits.  Whilst I knew it was going to be fun to build I didn;t expect all 3 options to be so incredible.  Very, very happy AFOL over here.

Number Of Pieces: 1264

Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.07

Build Time:
Pirate Ship - 3.5 Hours
Tavern - 4 Hours
Skull Island - 3.25 Hours

 

Tavern

 

Skull Island