![]() A shame really that so many regular sets still rely on stickers. It just makes the whole process tidier and faster. I don’t see a practical reason for this other than giving it more weight and contribute to the solid overall-feel the set gives.Īlso a very welcome detail is the absolute absence of stickers: Its all printed pieces! I think this contributes significantly to the positive building experience. Interestingly, the instructions wanted two blue 3×2 tiles on the bottom side of the lid. You can also see the cover of the luggage department, which is located behind the seats. When seated in the Submarine, they look like a bit like a psychedelic bobsleigh team. Having a pretty “round” object to recreate, like the Yellow Submarine, surely made the task for the designers not easier. Who, but not really with the Back to the Future Delorean. ![]() It worked with the two Ecto-1s for example and to a degree with the TARDIS from Dr. That’s something the designers doesn’t always achieve. It just has the right colours and angles and curves. All the bits and pieces on it are spot on and make it really look like it drove straight out of the film. The finished model is quite heavy and solid – and shows a impressive level of detailing inside and outside. But the instructions helped her to navigate safely through the building process without any brick-misplacement and audible cursing.^^ It is, after all, quite a number of pieces on relatively small space. Putting the set together went, according to Emma, pretty straightforward and was only slightly repetitive, despite the pretty dense nature of the build. Please note the railing on the submarine turret. The instructions are a bound booklet with some information on the set itself, the designer of the original Ideas-version and the Lego designer, who trimmed the Ideas project into a finished product. It actually looks pretty nice as a display piece by itself as well. ![]() Since the Yellow Submarine is a Lego Ideas-set, it comes with a slightly more elaborate box than the usual ones: It features bright and happy artwork from the film and works very well in creating the feel of holding quite a special Lego set in your hands. Four Beatles, one Yellow Submarine, one little brown, blue-faced creature called Jeremy: seems the set is complete! But joking aside: it was really nice to see her enjoying building it, discovering new techniques and all the strange new pieces Lego has made since the 1990s. In this sense my partner Emma can rejoice: she got the Yellow Submarine! And I did let her build it all by herself! What a feat of self-control by me… I think she actually felt a bit bad for me. If you are over 30 and your parents start buying you Lego for Christmas again, your life certainly went into the right direction.
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