How many hours total will something like this take to build?..It seems once its built, the "fun" is lost and rebuilding becomes boring?..
234943
My nieces enjoy rebuilding their set in different ways (not following the plan on the box). They have been building and rebuilding for months. They don't have this set, they have the tree house set which has only about 400 pcs. This set has many more pieces.
234944
it depends how familiar you are with legos. if you are an expert it would only take 4 hours. If you are advanced like me it should take 5-6 hours and so on. But building this again is not boring, in some cases, its more exiting than building the restaurant the first time. It will get boring once you built it the 10th time, but it does not get boring as fast as other models because this model has so much detail.
234945
My 7yr old daughter built it after about 6 hours with me finding the pieces and she following the step by step instructions. Rebuilding is just as fun for us.
275654
Well, the part count is more or less 150~200 pieces (counting the small ones too). And is not difficult to build but depends on the level of detail you want to put it (and will need a bit of sanding in some parts, but this is part of the hobby :-).
859334
Well, this is a fairly small part-count model... there are two large parts (the upper and lower hulls), two more parts (plus clear "glass") for the cockpit exterior, the two gun turrets (with several small detail pieces for the guns themselves), the antenna module (which is five or six parts, plus a "retainer ring")... the side-walls (about eighteen parts total, I think) and the landing gear (which is fairly basic). The interior parts were not provided on the versions I owned. By contrast, the "Finemolds" version has literally hundreds and hundreds of (very small, intricate) parts. As for assembly time... well, that depends on how much effort you want to put into it. To just "slop it together" you could do the whole thing in an evening, with no real problem. If you want to paint it, super-detail it, light it, and so forth... you could spend as much time as you want to, weeks or even months worth of evenings. But to just build it "quick and dirty, out of the box," one evening (say, four of five hours, tops) would cover it... less if you use fast-curing solvent cement rather than standard "tube model glue."
802108
It needs to be built, but honestly, it's one of the fastest, easiest builds i ever did. And i've done many. 30 minutes tops!
2057688
It will take some effort, but it is worth it, the quality is great. It took me 8 hours in total (with a friend). All parts and screws are properly labeled. The assembly instructions are clear IMHO, but I am German, so I am familiar with the instruction-style. The hardest work is to dig deep holes for the 6 poles and cement the structure into the ground. I used ~60pounds of fast drying concrete. We have it now for more than a year and it still looks like new. And we have plenty of kids playing on it all the time.
231042
It is not difficult, but took 3-4 hours with a rechargeable drill and bits and sockets. Do not start until you figure out how it goes together. The legs and braces area little tricky.
1224581
How long it takes depends on how good you are at "this" kind of thing. It is not easy - it is not especially difficult. If you follow the directions and are relatively strong - it's not a problem. I would recommend that you assemble it where you are going to use it as it is rather heavy. We didn't have to use any special tools - I can't remember if they came with it, but there was nothing uncommon that we needed to go out and buy.
1141888
Honestly 3 hours great house it just takes time putting together yout will need help to get it done faster
213971
You have to build it. I don't remember my review very well, but I thought that I emphasized that the building of it was difficult for me as the instructions were very simple and not as helpful as they could have been. It's a nice unit, but you have to build it yourself and you need a lot of patience with the assembly.
524349
my son put it together in about 10 to 15 minutes. Of course he is really good at stuff like this but it didn't look difficult. If my ankle wasn't broken I could have done it, although probably a lot slower. Good Luck. It's well worth the investment.
2147664
well the screws are small but that wasn't to bad, it takes about 30min to build. Go ahead & do it, its kind of fun to build anyway. just follow the directions its easy.
1635368
The core-body is already assembled to completed one.And 15 parts for this come with are previously painted.So this can be enjoyed just by building them.
1123512
It's fairly difficult to construct. You will need to use glue. I'd say if your 12 or older you can put this together with only minor difficulties. One last thing,... It looks awesome!!
2057689
It will take some effort, but it is worth it, the quality is great. It took me 8 hours in total (with a friend). All parts and screws are properly labeled. The assembly instructions are clear IMHO, but I am German, so I am familiar with the instruction-style.The hardest work is to dig deep holes for the 6 poles and cement the structure into the ground. I used ~60pounds of fast drying concrete. We have it now for more than a year and it still looks like new. And we have plenty of kids playing on it all the time.
1286184
Depends on how you choose, its not complete when you get it, but theres not too many parts so its easy to build too.. but yes, its up to you.
1140346
No, you have to build it. My husband was able to do it himself in a few hours during two days. Worth it, I am addicted to this machine!
1148379
If you are handy and have construction knowledge, it wasn't bad. It took 8 hours with 4 people, few breaks. You will need 2 ladders. check the screws before you start and mark them. I was missing many screws. I was already building before I realized. I was not able to contact the company. I needed to go to local hardware store. If you have not purchased yet, note the roof is plastic panels and the windows are also plastic like a heavy cellophane. There are no screen doors. you need to either close the doors (no windows) or leave the doors out which covers 2 windows. So far I like it but not should how long it will last.