Customer Reviews for LEGO - LEGO: Other [Everyone Is Awesome #40516]
Customer Rating
5
Everyone Is Awesome
on October 17, 2021
Posted by: Captain Smitty
This set is a perfect statement of inclusion and acceptance. The values of LEGO and their support of every person of any race, color, gender, nationality, or social status shines through with every part of this set. My step daughters both enjoyed building and learning why this set was created. Absolutely amazing to see their smiles and knowing that they are accepted as part of our LEGO community!
You can obsessively love the LGBTQ theme but you can’t deny this is a poor LEGO build. Simple boring design. Overpriced for a cheap looking display. Although not a complicated build it’s 18+ which makes no sense. That’s fine I don’t think kids should be building this anyways.
My nephew always asks me for a Lego set for any holiday or birthday. Because I’m his auntie and only see him on those occasions I go all out and get the big expensive sets! This year he surprised me and said he only wanted “Everyone is Awesome”. His next statement shocked me as he said, “it’s okay Autie, this promotes social change! Don’t you like it now??” I work in mental health and it would seem some little ears had heard statement I had made from my work! I was amazed. I gave him the set I had ordered for myself and quickly ordered another set for me. Little ears heard that as well and he insisted we wait and build it over FaceTime. We did. As we talked about what each color stands for, he shared information about his classmates, teachers, people he knew in the community and even people on TV who were LGBTQIA+. My nephew is Autistic, so getting him to focus on one task for two hours was amazing. Of course he could build faster than I could, but every time I looked at his smiling face I just wanted to take a little longer to finish. The experience of building this build with my nephew was amazing and I would do it again and again. He was already so supportive of others, it took your set to help him find that voice. Thank you. For the encouragement for people to be who they are and for families to come together and build. And if anyone is asking if it’s worth it, buy it, do it with someone you love. That’s always worth it!
For all the different colors this set has it is actually quite unimaginative, plain, and boring. No cool rainbows or anything cool about it. Just minifigs and plain tiles. Feels like a lame set pushed into production but could have done better. Doubt this one will even have much resale value.
I bought this as a display piece and it does not disappoint. Yes, as others have pointed out, it's a simple build, but is striking in it's simplicity. My 2 year old really enjoyed matching the colors to put the minifigures together while I put together the rest of the set. It was a fun build for both of us, but definitely not a difficult one.