LEGO Architecture 21005 : Fallingwater

I brought this for my grand daughters 13 birthday. She is very fond of Lego Friends but wanted to try something else. When it arrived, I was surprised at how small the box was, compared to Lego Friends. However, she loved it. It was a bit challenging but she managed it within acouple of hours. Since then she has taken it apart and rebuilt many times, so the time limit is shorter now. She has asked for the Sydney Opera House for her next present, so she must like it. I just wish they had these when I was younger, and I would love to build some now, but my hands and fingers won't allow it!!! But it gives me pleasure to see her enjoying herself with her Lego collection.

Made very quickly, happy husband! Destroyed by kids quickly, unhappy husband!I chose this because it was a happy medium between lego's high prices and the size of the product (when buying for an adult).It's not a bad likeness compared to the real thing. It makes a nice ornament too for when it's done. Kids will want to help, but it really is too hard for them, not to mention the pieces are very small. When made, it is roughly a 15cm square on the bottom and 10 cm high. Hold from the bottom, holding the building will result in cave ins!I got this for £40, and it took my husband an hour. He understands that lego for adults is very expensive, so never asked for it. This was a lovely surprise for him, and was glad for his hour of building!

This is a very absorbing model to build. It's a perfectly symmetrical building so everything is done twice and some features are repeated a few times. The repetition doesn't detract from the experience of the build though. There are a lot of bags of pieces and there doesn't appear to be any pattern to them, so it requires quite a lot of sorting especially in the early stages of the build. The finished building is a great reward for the time spent and is very impressive. All told it took me about 31/2 hours to build. Highly recommended.

A fantastic idea a toy company that came up with a GENDER NEUTRAL TOY AT LAST.Far to many toys are gender specific lego's included blue (war toys for boys) Pink (dolls and kitchens for girls). Toys play a huge part in children's lives and development, toys that constantly remind a child how society expected them to behave 40 years ago are not helpful in todays changing world.A product that could help inspire to produce the budding engineers and Architects of the future.Bring on more ranges like this my daughter and son both enjoyed building this over Christmas, now I'm looking forward to purchasing the rest of the range.

Great model! And a great price. Exceptional detail, the roof comes off to show Lincoln seated and even the mosaics ether side! Fantastic, clear instructions -even though the book is like a small novel!! Highly recommend it and others in the series.Highly recommend the seller, very fast dispatch -I got it the very next day!!!

Not happy at all pieces are missing

love this item

This Lego Architecture model is the equivalent of a coffee table book: to be built, displayed and admired. It's a nice compact size, measuring 4.7" (11.7cm) tall, 10" (25.6cm) wide and 5" (12.8cm) deep, so it would fit nicely on a bookcase. It's quite a demanding build in terms of concentration as it's principally composed of small tiles and plates of the same colour, but the beautifully presented spiral-bound instruction book is very clear and precise. The finished product is striking and solid, with its strong cantilever design and Lego's clever depiction of water, pebbles and concrete, although the overwhelming beige colour is a bit of a let-down. It would have been better if a second colour had been used to distinguish between the concrete and limestone sections. A unique feature of 'Fallingwater' is that the finished model can be lifted out of its landscape, and sections slide out so they can be looked at more closely. All in all, it's a very classy and adult addition to Lego's Architecture Series, though I would have preferred to pay more for a bigger model with more detail as Lego has done with its magnificent 'Robie House', another stunning Frank Lloyd Wright building.PS: While working on this model you need a couple of Lego Brick Separators to hand, to remove misplaced elements or dismantle it. The new small orange Separator only costs a couple of quid but is worth a fortune in avoiding manicurists/dentists' bills!PPS: Unless you're in a hurry, it's useful to keep an eye out for Amazon's short-term deals on selected Lego models; I was lucky enough to snap this one up last week at a very good discount. And always check the RRP at the official Lego site, to make sure you're not being ripped off by some 3rd party supplier.