Customer reviews from LEGO
LEGO - 21028
Average customer rating
4.3
(76 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 76 reviews
5 Stars
44
4 Stars
21
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
5
1 Star
1
84%of customers recommend this product.
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64 out of
76)
Customer Reviews for LEGO - 21028
Customer Rating
4
The Tourist
on January 17, 2017
Posted by: Mikas2002
It was my first LEGO Architecture set and it was a great experience building it. For a small set, it is very accurate. Everyone who visits New York should have this set as a souvenir.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Awesome Architecture set!
on January 10, 2017
Posted by: tony15
I got this set as a souvenir and was really excited to start building. It took me about 2 hours to build and was pretty sturdy. The only problem I had was the Statue of Liberty doesn't Look any thing like the real statue. Other than that one problem it's a great set! Thanks Lego!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
4
Great Miniature Represtations
on January 8, 2017
Posted by: Merrick
Overall I was very impressed with this set. Having missed out on the original Empire State Building, but loving my Flatiron Building, I felt I needed to pick this one up. I was impressed with the size and scale of the buildings and the color palate used. The Sand Green mini-statue is a fantastic addition. The SNOT techniques used to create the 3x3 base for One World Trade Center model were quite impressive and I will have to remember them.
The instruction manual is where I was most disappointed. There were two errors in my printing that detracted from an otherwise well done product. One of the descriptions of the Empire State building was missing the English translation and another step during the construction of One World Trade Center called for too many pieces to be used (the part callout did not match the picture for the step).
Otherwise a very neat model and a great addition to my collection.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
I thoroughly enjoyed this build!
on January 4, 2017
Posted by: Manda82
Having just returned from New York, I was keen to get my hands on this build. I really enjoyed it. I love the Architecture Skyline range and this was my favourite. The Empire State Building is fabulous and i loved the mini Flatiron. One World Trade was really enjoyable too. I will build this set again and again!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
2
Pretty Frustrating
on December 30, 2016
Posted by: JennGavinsmom
We bought this for our ten year old son who has most of the items in the architecture series. He easily has done the much larger sets and many other Lego sets with thousands of pieces. This one was the first time he just lost interest and became to frustrated to finish himself. The problems are with the Empire State Building portion. The pieces fall apart easily as you assemble it and then the base part of the building does not connect with the tower portion. We rebuilt the bottom portion and the tower portion three times with three different people and same result every time. We had to use an extra piece from our own Legos to make the tower set on the base and even then it won't set centered. The other beef is that they really should have given a little more thought to the Statue of Liberty piece and at least given her a torch or something that makes her look like the actual statue other than just being green. We have done Venice, Berlin, Chicago, and all the different towers and this is the first time the set was a bit of a let down. Looks good from a distance now on his shelves but definitely not as great as the rest of the series quality wise.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Consumer Services Specialist, Consumer Services, January 9, 2017
Thank you for sharing your concerns. The good news is that one of your concerns can be addressed immediately. I can tell by your image that you built the Empire State Building incorrectly. It is challenging from the angle to determine what happened but the tower should sit flush and centered on the base. This could mean that the base is built wrong or the tower is built wrong. I would completely disassemble this building and try again.
In regards to the Statue of Liberty I can only pass your feedback on to the designers.
In regards to the Statue of Liberty I can only pass your feedback on to the designers.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
2
Statue of Liberty is flimsy
on December 25, 2016
Posted by: PoliceAlarm
Parts of this set are ridiculously flimsy. A light knock removes about 30% of Lady Liberty, and with it being built first as per the instructions, I ended up chasing it multiple times due to it being knocked off. That's the killer for me. Other parts of this set are good, and well built, apart from maybe the One Trade Centre, which I am fairly sure has a flaw in its design, as certain pieces would not fit together (saying that, that may be my ineptitude as a LEGO builder, so I can't hold it against the company for something that may be my fault).
I'm not angry at the product, just more disappointed that it didn't live up to what it could have been.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
2
Average set - not worth the price
on November 27, 2016
Posted by: nmaurok
This set is nothing from spectacular. They made an ok job at representing some of the landmark buildings of New York.
The Empire State and WTC buildings are pretty good, but the others are poor and boring.
It's not a bad set, but for this price, you can get something much better in the Architecture line - I would recommend the Eiffel Tower or Louvre.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
3
Great idea, poor execution
on November 8, 2016
Posted by: yuyu
This set has the potential to be a great but I feel Lego fell short on this one. I was really disappointed with it, especially being a New Yorker.
The set is really small and for such an iconic landscape as New York City Lego should have made this set bigger with more detail. Take the Statue of Liberty for an example. It's just a little Lego dude and it isn't even in the right pose with the arm and torch lifted up. Not to mention it falls off the base with the slightest touch.
Also, on my set the bottom base piece wasn't flat which makes the set swivel from side to side.
They also had the facts about NYC worked into the instruction book which I think is a waste. It's interesting in sets like the GT3 RS to read as you're building it. But I think it would have worked better to have separate tiles in front of each structure with facts/history of each building always on display.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO