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LEGO - Icons Retro Radio Building Set for Adults 10334
Average customer rating
4.6
(128 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 128 reviews
5 Stars
99
4 Stars
16
3 Stars
5
2 Stars
4
1 Star
4
88%of customers recommend this product.
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113 out of
128)
Customer Reviews for LEGO - Icons Retro Radio Building Set for Adults 10334
Customer Rating
5
Great Set
on June 9, 2024
Posted by: SeniorLeakyShoes100
Bought this kit for myself as an early Father's Day present. Probably one of the most enjoyable builds in my collection. I placed a small inexpensive blue tooth speaker inside which allows me to play music without having to place my phone in the radio. It's like a real radio. The included sound brick is pretty cool.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Made my day
on August 15, 2024
Posted by: Peanutmms
I found this build to be quite fun. I love old radios! Seeing all the dials fully functional and the ability to make it come alive with a mini Bluetooth speaker just floored me. I love fully functional builds! I can use it everyday! Say what? Move over other Legos.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Extremely Unique & Very Fun Build!
on June 7, 2024
Posted by: DrSeussFreak
I have not enjoyed a build like this in a while, it was truly fun, different, lots of techniques, and not too much repetition.
The only thing missing, which could be modded on, but I don't need it, is a little light above the frequency, as we would often see with old radios.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
3
Functions explained poorly, mostly tedious build
on January 11, 2025
Posted by: markayak
Verified Purchase:No
I wanted to like this set, but it was one of the bigger Lego disappointments I've had in the while. First of all, I expected the sound brick would have Bluetooth functionality, rather than just playing random sound clips. Ad copy may have later been updated to clarify this, but I didn't notice before I purchased it. I probably wouldn't have paid full price for a set with this part count if I realized the new sound brick had no more audio functionality than the toys that have been given away in cereal boxes and fast food kids meals for decades.
Normally, I enjoy discovering the reasons for design choices gradually through a build, but I found the building process unusually tedious because the directed placement of so many pieces seemed arbitrary. I prefer designs that are as elegant on the inside as out, but this one really felt like it came from a spare parts bin up until the exterior "skin" went on.
The most frustrating aspect is that the graphical instructions were ambiguous about how the moving parts were intended to work, which was important because operation is unlike an old radio. The tuning knob does not spin freely when the power knob is set to on. It moves a little and then hits resistance. When this happened I stopped turning to avoid damaging the mechanism, and I was frustrated that the sound brick wasn't working. I thought I built it wrong, so I disassembled and reassembled it before realized it was not intended to turn and I needed to apply MORE force to the immobile knob to activate the sound brick.
Disassembling the set was also annoying because the build process included an irreversible step (#233). The inserted pins are flush with the sides of the radio and can't simply be pulled out. Instead, I had to break apart the surrounding pieces to access these parts in different way.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
The Best Kind of Blast from the Past
on June 7, 2024
Posted by: JS18
I’m a novice Lego builder and I have to admit that this was a relatively easy and entertaining build. The aesthetics of the radio is simple - pretty much looks great wherever you place in a room. Also, love the sound brick, which provides a lot of nostalgia. This is legit one of the best Lego sets J have built so far. Personally, I think it’s a worth the cost - just think of it as a cool room decor, a retro sound system and a fun conversation piece.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Posted by: MapleCarp1608
Verified Purchase:Yes
When I first saw this set, I thought it was one of the least interesting and least relevant to me fandoms possible. But I was wrong. This set provided the best or second best building experience I have thus far gotten from following the product instructions (D&D being the primary competition to this). The few technical mechanics of this radio set were very precise and made me nervous because my hands are steady, but were sturdy at almost all stages of assembly. But overall this build was elegant and perfectly paced. The skill of the designer is well expressed here. The color was shocking at first but fits a surprising amount of modern decors. And, of course: the sound features. The gimmick of the sound brick feels appropriate here but I wish more snippets were included in the track list and/or more 70s/80s tracks, as the ones used resemble 30s/40s radio far more. But the phone-inside feature is what pushes this set over the edge post-building experience. This set becomes a practical item as it holds the phone quite strongly and in an upright position, so you can put on a podcast and close the back of the radio to direct the sound out of the front speaker grill, or you can leave the back open and the radio serves as a pop socket replacement. Truly an unexpectedly masterpiece set.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Love it!
on June 7, 2024
Posted by: Chevy
This is definitely one of my top building. I love the sound box and the fact that you can put your cellphone inside to make it a radio! This was a fairly easy but satisfying build!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO
Customer Rating
5
Cool and Genius
on June 21, 2024
Posted by: GABulldawg
This retro radio is a work of art. It has some really cool features never before seen in a LEGO build and it sits perfectly on our shelves as a decorative piece in or home. The colors are spot on. It was really fun to build and was really well engineered.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting LEGO