My daughter was given this set for her 4th birthday and is an ideal Lego started kit. She also has the slightly larger blue tub of bricks, but this set is cheaper, comes with a base plate, a minifigure and has slightly more bricks. Base plates are quite expensive and that is what makes this set good value. It isn't a giant set, but what do you expect for a tenner. There are step by step instructions to build a helicopter, car and house (or front of a house). Other ideas are given in pictures on the box and in the instruction booklet. The only downside is that the box is only cardboard and while you can store the bricks in it, a tub with a secure lid stops Lego being spilt all over the floor. Remember that some of the ideas are on the box, so if you do get rid of the box you won't have them to reference later.