Name: Creative Ambush
Theme: The LEGO Movie
Year: 2014
Pieces: 473
Minifigs: 4
Price: US $39.99 / CAN $49.99 / UK £34.99
The Box:
The front
The back, showing more action and some of the features
The Pieces:
Dump out the content of the box and you see four numbered bags of parts, two instruction booklets and a sticker sheet.
Content of bag one...
bag two…
bag three…
and bag four.
These are a few of the less common pieces that stood out to me. I especially like the 2 x 2 round tile with a hole in the middle.
The Minifigures:
There are four minifigs:
Sudds Backwash, Rootbeer-Belle, Kabob-Bob and Executive Ellen. All of them are exclusive to this set.
From the back.
Executive Ellen's alternate face print
The Build:
Bag one starts with the Micro Manager.
Finished.
Starting on bag two is the flying shish kabob stand.
I like how the grilling unit is attached just behind the tank to make it a steam powered machine.
Bag three begins the plane.
Dynamite bombs to drop on the micro manager.
Bag three finished.
Bag four will finish the plane.
I tried to build the wings at the same time and got one cannon flipped around.
The plane completed
And from the back.
The names on the tab are people who worked on the LEGO movie, Chris Miller and Phil Lord (screenplay), Chris McKay (animation co-director / supervisor) and Grant Freckelton (production design).
The finished set
Extra pieces.
Conclusion:
DESIGN 10/10 - The designs of the vehicles make it look like you could actually use the parts build a saloon and food stand, and they still manage to look fantastic.
BUILD 9/10 - Fairly easy to put together, though the wings did fall apart a little when I was attaching them to the body of the plane.
MINIFIGURES 10/10 - All the minifigs are exclusive to this set, plus I believe this is the first set to have a businesswoman minifig
PLAYABILITY 10/10 - With four figures, two vehicles, a robot and play features like the firing cannons and flick-fire missiles, this set has potential for many hours of play.
PARTS 9/10 - I think this set set has a very good selection of parts, I wouldn't mind having a second copy of it just for parts.
PRICE 10/10 - I feel like this set was priced well. If you count extra pieces it comes out to 8.16 cents(USD) per part.
OVERALL 9.7/10
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