Love this set, looks great on display and the wings flapping is so cool. I wish it was like $10 cheaper, but you get a Leonardo DiVinci minifig so I think it’s worth it lol. Would recommend!
I had to have this since I purchased the Mona Lisa kit. The flying machine is fairly easy to build and I only got tripped up on something simple when I was securing the wings to the frame. It looks good when completed. For the size and quality, it's a good price.
Adding this set as one of my favorite build, display, and mechanical favorites! Each of the major steps provides you with a fun and unique build experience. The stand build helps in not only the display process, but in utility to build the steps that follow. Wow, and the end step weaves it all together with the creatively engineered string (which is sturdy) to enable the flapping action. Hey, it doubles as a fancy fan for all the Steampunk cosplayers (and the Series 27 Steampunk figure accompanies it so good!). It isn't nearly as complex as I thought it would be. Pace yourself and enjoy the thoughtfully crafted tribute to this Flying Machine. I enjoyed the nuggets of history and the Leonardo da Vinci minifigure is amazing, complete with the sketch brick of the Flying Machine's plans. Recommended and a keeper for the LEGO display (as long as you can resist flapping around with it!).
I was very anxious to get a hold of this new set and was not disappointed. As an aviation nut this was right up my alley. It took me a couple of hours to assemble. Because of all the moving parts I was constantly going back to the instructions to make sure I got it right and at times it was hard to see the right location of some of the sub-assemblies but with a few go-backs to correct my errors the final result was outstanding - especially the mechanical flapping of the wings. Well done Lego!