Ha! I just picked that one up. I'm pretty sure the only reason I got it was because it had 2 little lego skiers.
I bought this set as a Christmas gift to myself this year. It cost a small fortune on Amazon to get, since Lego doesn't make it now, but it is by far the best looking Winter Village set of the bunch.
The snowplow is great and I love the colors of the house and shed. It will be a permanent Christmas decoration at my house.
The only negative is that the front door of the house does not open once you put the roof segment on, as the roof extends too low over the door. A little modification and combing through my existing Lego collection for parts fixed the problem, and now the bottom of the roof is just a tad shorter and the door opens with ease. Why Lego didn't build it that way to begin with, I have no idea, but I enjoyed the challenge of fixing the problem.
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The only negative is that the front door of the house does not open once you put the roof segment on, as the roof extends too low over the door. A little modification and combing through my existing Lego collection for parts fixed the problem, and now the bottom of the roof is just a tad shorter and the door opens with ease. Why Lego didn't build it that way to begin with, I have no idea, but I enjoyed the challenge of fixing the problem.
I remember thinking that when I first picked it up (last year). As I recall, when I went back to the instructions, I found that the door actually was supposed to open in, not out. Then it swings just fine, no modification needed.
I remember thinking that when I first picked it up (last year). As I recall, when I went back to the instructions, I found that the door actually was supposed to open in, not out. Then it swings just fine, no modification needed.
Yeah, I saw a few comments about that after I posted my comment here. Obviously, I didn't follow the instructions very well. That said, the roof looks to hang a bit low on the original version, so I'm happy with my modification (the dormer window got moved up one row), even if the door isn't built to code.
My next modification will be to see about making the dormer window open up to the inside of the house, instead just how it just sticks on to the roof now. It will take some roof engineering and changing of the roof supports, but I think it can be done.
ETA: I also added taillights to the snowplow--what snowplow doesn't have taillights? Perhaps a salt-spreader box will go on the back part of the plow too.
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Just got the 2015 LEGO catalog in the mail. There are 'over 115 new sets'. Sets available January 1, 2015
- Lots of new Star Wars stuff, including new Slave I (75060), 1996 pieces $199.99
- A few LEGO Movie sets, including Double- Decker Couch (70818), 197 pcs. $14.99. Couch previously only available with the massive MetalBeard's Sea Cow (70810)
- Birds (21301) 580 pcs. $44.99. New LEGO Ideas set as seen in post above.
- Minecraft sets
- Many sets from the LEGO Friends line, including Disney Princess
- DC, LEGO City, Bionicle, etc.
