Lego Make & Create Designer Prehistoric Creatures
Lego Make & Create Designer Prehistoric Creatures
Lego Make & Create Designer Prehistoric Creatures reviews
I bought the Lego Prehistoric creatures for my 5-and-a-half year old son as a reward for his effort towards nighttime potty training. The training failed, but he did well with the Legos; he has always been a Lego fan. Even though this Lego set is advertised for age 7+, I figured it was no harder than the easier ones my son had done in the past, except maybe it took longer. (At the time of this writing, Amazon says the toy is for 6+, but you can see right on that picture of the box that it says 7+).
As it turned out, my son had much difficulty in the beginning. He didn’t pay enough attention to the instructions, and while he could get away with it in the smaller legos, the big T-Rex required more precision and made him cry in frustration. I told him that he needed to follow the instructions exactly, and I had to fix his mistake several time before he finally finished the T-Rex. Since it stood on two legs, he had trouble making it stand and needed my help again. He spent a total of about 10 hours building it, and while he was proud and relieved when it was done, he declared he would never build the T-Rex again; it was too hard.
The very next day, my son forgot his resolution and decided to tackle the T-Rex project again. This time, he did much better, and finished without any help from me, plus he figured out how to get it to stand too. He was then very proud. This time, it only took him maybe 4 hours.
My son has since spent morning, noon and night building and rebuilding Lego dinosaurs. (The other dinosaurs aren’t half as hard or big as the T-Rex.) It’s been a week, and he’s still enjoying it. In terms of the amount of enjoyment it produced, this Lego set is worth double its money. I highly recommend this product to anyone, although I suggest that the child has some experience with easier Legos first. If your child is a dinosaur fan but has never played Legos, I recommend the Legos Wild Collection for practice, with which they can build all sorts of animals. The Wild Collection is recommended for 6+, but my son had no trouble playing it on his fifth birthday, and it was his first Lego set. In fact, I think even four year olds could have done it if they enjoy mechanical toys. My son can’t read but has no trouble following the picture step-by-step instructions.
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