At long last Lego have dismissed their misogynistic product development team and realised that there's 50% of the toy market not catered for in terms of gender. I'm sure the wizened, old dinosaurs didn't go without a fight, no doubt quoting a defence based on avoiding gender stereotypes, but this wouldn't wash with the hoards of pink clad, glittering teeny tots baying for blood outside the doors of Lego HQ, and thus their battle was lost.
I loved Lego as a child and so when my 6yr old daughter asked for this set, I couldn't resist getting it for her. She was so excited when she saw the large Amazon box arrive and even more so when she saw the large, pink plastic, Lego box within. Whilst she was overwhelmed with excitement, ripping open the 3 packs of pieces inside, I was totally underwhelmed, purely because I expected the promised 402 pieces to be rather more substantial than they appeared. When opened they barely covered the base of the box. - see pictures above for this and a pictorial list of contents.
In total there are 103 pink pieces (light and dark pink) and the remaining 299 are a mix of the standard lego colours of old. Unfortunately nearly a hundred pieces are tiny, being made up of a single lego nipple, or such items as flower heads, a brush or a cup. Ok I know that these tiny parts are necessary, but I really think that Lego could be a bit more generous in what they include in this so called 'large' set.
Perhaps my expectations are unduly high of a Large Pink Brick Box and I obviously misconstrued their marketing description to mean the contents would be large in quantity and not merely refer to the dimensions of their supplied container? If this is the case then Lego marketing have triumphed in deceiving me and no doubt thousands of parents alike.
Despite my gripes regarding the quantity, I am pleased to say that the quality of the product is as good as I remember and the creations possible, are only limited by your imagination, oh and the number of bricks you have to play with.... there I go again! If your child gets bored after making the car, horse, tree and house, you could always join me in the Lego village pub to plan a daring night time raid on Lego HQ to get more bricks and revenge for their misleading marketing fallacies.....