dOvOb Real Big Ben Micro Building Blocks Set (3600PCS) - World Famous Architectural Model Toys Gifts for Kid and Adult

I purchased this kit as a means to pass some time while cooped up in quarantine, and it met my needs perfectly. I grew up in the 1950s with a variety of wood and metal construction sets--and this reminded me of those days. Putting things together was mildly challenging--just enough to make the time pass, but not enough to be frustrating. The only skill required is "reading" the illustrated instructions, which are entirely pictorial. I found the illustrations complete and accurate, although it takes some experimentation and (for me) a magnifying glass to make sure what I was doing matched the illustrations. If you require written step-by-step directions, you may be disappointed. The pieces and parts resemble the larger and very popular plastic construction sets, although they are FAR smaller. And there are a lot of them--over 3000 in this kit. I happened to have a very nice pair of tweezers to use, and these were indispensable given my fat fingers. The pieces come packed in plastic envelopes: different colors, sizes, and shapes packed together into a dozen or so packages. I'm sure this was not random, but I couldn't figure out the rationale. So I spent an hour or so right off the bat re-sorting these by color and shape and placing them into re-sealable plastic bags. I found very few defective pieces, no more than three or four, and none missing. Extra pieces are provided, which is a good thing since they are so small and easily lost. I probably have enough pieces left over--including those dropped into the carpet and now in the bag of my vacuum cleaner--to make a nice set of Tiny Houses. I used not only the re-sealable bags mentioned above but also a few plastic yogurt cups and a small tray or two to keep the pieces sorted and at hand. One advantage of the small scale of this project is that you need only a small working space to complete it--a traditional card table would provide more space than you need. The kit is cleverly designed, the quality is uniformly high, and the result may look good behind me during Zoom meetings. I spend an hour or two each day for about a week to complete it. The finished piece resembles the actual building--but only that. This should not be considered an accurate architectural model. Altogether, a very nice product.

My wife bought this for my daughter, thinking that it was just like LEGO and that it was 360 pieces. She was wrong on both counts, but it wasn't all for naught.Pros:- Amazing value for your money - plenty of time to spent, and the final product looks pretty nice.- Comes with a piece separation tool (like LEGO has), which works quite well for undo-ing a mistake!- Unlike some other customers, we had extras of each piece type leftover and then some. There were clearly extras thrown in, in case of misprinted pieces or pieces getting lost.- Pieces seem to be 3D printed, and the overall quality is decent. Not LEGO, but good enough.Cons:- The pieces are much, much smaller than LEGOs. Be sure you pay attention to detail and have finely tuned fingers! And searching for the ones you need can take awhile!- It was hard to tell the difference between "white" and "clear" in the instruction manual - you could figure it out fairly quickly once you realized something was up, but it was a bit unclear.- A couple of pieces would fall apart easily - things like the top of the streetlights or some of the spires were easy to accidently knock over, but then easy to put back on.Conclusion:This isn't the kind of set I would ever want to take apart, but rather display somewhere. My 6 year old daughter and I had a blast doing it (although her attention span means that it's probably better for 9yo and up or so). Compared to the LEGO Big Ben, it's much smaller, physically, but it's also less than 1/10 the price. Overall, I was pleasantly surprised and will be looking for more of these - that says everything you need to know!

If you like LEGOs then you will like working on this one. The pieces are half the size of normal LEGO blocks and are better handled with a locking set of tweezers. All the pieces are there and fit together nicely but DON'T depend on the book for help. The book don't show step by step instructions like LEGO, it's more a reference of already assembled layers . . so it' more mind provoking to solve the configurations. Fun at 69YO.