First things first, Can you build it! YES YOU CAN..!
However, Scoop, Muck and Dizzy aren't around to give you a helping hand, Dad is and if your Dad was a builder he'd be out of a job the next day.
My Son, typed the above, to fight my case, the cement was not proper cement so, you can't expect me to build it properly.
Anyway, back to the review. This toy is brilliant my son loved it, pity there wasn't enough paste, but we had a fun job making different shapes and even tried our hand at making a brick car. The clock tower is pretty straight forward and it also gets the child thinking about how to do it. I mean the bricks are laid out as you would build it in real life.
The only thing of worry was the metal trowel, which in my view should be plastic and rounded off. I do not recommend giving this toy to children of age 3, age 4+ seems more relevant. Also, expect to make a fair bit of mess, the playmat is handy, but with kids you will still make a big mess, more the kids the messier it will get.
I guess the toy has an educcational feel to it, I mean they can grow being brick layers, although I wouldn't encourage them to be builders.
A great toy and it goes well with the whole Bob the builder theme of fun and mess. The nice thing is it isn't just for boy's, girls will love this as much as boys as it involves building various shapes and if you buy 2 boxes, the expermentation is endless.
Overall, highly recommended for a Bob the Builder fans.