Customer Reviews for LEGO - Ideas Ship in a Bottle 92177 (962 Pieces)
Customer Rating
5
Awesome
on December 28, 2018
Posted by: Pirates15
I got this set as a Christmas present, and it is awesome. I enjoyed building the ship in a bottle. It looks cool in my beach-themed room, and it was easy to build.
This was a fun build that took me a little while. I do hope that this series continues with builds like this one that are highly unique in comparison to other builds in the same price range. This is complicated enough to offer a challenge without being frustrating.
First of all, I love this set. It is, in my opinion, one of the the best sets Lego Ideas has released. I'm a big fan of "display only" sets because, well, I'm a 40 year old man and I don't play with muh Lego sets, so it's nice to see something so beautiful to display that isn't an architecture set or something my kids are begging me to play with.
The instructions are clear and easy to follow and only took about 2 hours to assemble. There was a minor amount of what I call non-traditional building going on (for example, laying bricks in place without them being secure), of which I am not the biggest fan, but because the ship and bottle are not going to be picked up and jostled around I'm not worried about them falling out.
I know folks have complained about the bottle design being flimsy, but mine wasn't. Maybe I'm just a better builder, but it held together quite well. I also read complaints about using smaller clear panels which supposedly obscured sight of the ship within. Well, the smaller panels were necessary to accommodate the ship sails which are built as such to fit into the tight dimensions of the bottle. There's a reason for why everything was designed the way it was and nobody, ever, anywhere is going to fail to recognize that the set is clearly a ship in a bottle.
Overall, this is a beautiful set and a wonderful conversation piece. You will not be disappointed.
**Play Experience rating should be construed within the confines of this review as a Displayability rating**
It is, for my personal opinion, the best Lego Ideas currently on shelves. The display value of the set is just tremendous. Each and every persons that enter the room are just amazed by the beauty of the built. As a collector, I do not "play" with my Lego, I build them and display them, so I am not really concerned by the lack of playability of the set, cause it is more like to become a decoration, a home decor accent.
Loved building this. I wish there was a little more to it it didnt take very long to build and my 4 year old daughter even helped me with most of it. But I really enjoyed building it and it looks awesome on my mantle. Ive already gotten a lot of compliments on it.