LEGO City Fire Plane 60217 Building Kit (363 Pieces)

My nephew had this to say: > My favorite part of it is that you can lift the flap on the plane and load the plastic water and drop it by pushing the lever. I like the car because it shoots a cannon and I like the tree because you can put a skunk in it. In short, this is a very entertaining set for those with imagination. For grown-ups, the abundance of tiny, easily lost parts may be less appealing!

Shipment wasnt complete. The kit didnt include the decals for the airplane. My six year old grandson was disappointed the decals were not in the kit. He loved assembling the Lego set.

My son is 3 and he loves to do Legos with us as a group project. It allows for bonding and conversation we might not have otherwise. This was a great set, it allows for role play and helps boost imagination too.

great set and amazon had the best price anywhere. grandson LOVES it

These sets are amazing! Many different building choices and clear instructions.

This is a moderately easy set to put together. Some of the pieces are relatively large, such as the cockpit and tail of the plane. My 9-year-old grandson and his mother put it together in about 30 minutes. The design is flawless, just as youd expect from the Lego brand. There are a lot of details, but my grandson especially liked the water bombs that are held in the cargo area. This set is a good value for the money and great fun for the kiddos. My daughter suggests this set is for 9 years and older. Otherwise, there will be more hands-on with a parent for the assembly.

LEGO’s are great for kids to put together

My 8 year old son got this and put it together in an hour or so. Its a great looking firefighting plane that dumps lego water on a flaming forest. Easy from an assembly standpoint and fun to play with as well.

Purchased for 4 year old birthday. He loves police and fire Lego sets! And this definitely fit the bill.

Most kids are going to be super happy with this set, the essentials of which comprise a water bomber, a jeep with a water gun, and little wobbly clumps of fire that you bomb and shoot. That really is about all most people are going to care about. You probably cant go wrong with the set. Design-wise, the set is very simplified, with generous use of large one piece bricks (e.g., a giant cockpit piece, a giant tail piece, and so forth). If you care about Lego as a building experience, this is not the set for you. Youll be done with it in 15 to 20 minutes. I would have much preferred if Lego had designed the aircraft along the lines of some of their Indiana Jones aircraft (e.g., sets 7198 and 7628). In some ways the aircraft are a bit clunkier when rendered in bricks, and they fall apart a bit more easily, but youre not left with a City aircraft that looks just like a bunch of other City airplanes and helicopters. They are more distinctive and more fun to build. As to accuracy, the water bomber approximates the old Canadair CL-415. I appreciate the use of squared-off wing tips, just like the CL-415, but the Lego version could have done with wing fences and more elegant floats. The cockpit is all wrong, and the tail could have been made more accurate with the use of bricks rather than a three piece assembly. The giant sloped pieces on the wings are okay; at least you approximate an airfoil. I would have liked some attempt at retractable landing gear. The CL-415s gear is not terribly complicated and it would have added one more key play feature. I do like the use of blue flames as bomb-bay doors. Very ingenious. I also like the use of the bright light yellow bricks, an uncommon color that Lego could deploy more widely to good effect. This is not the first fire bomber set Lego has produced. They had a similar set, 4209, available from 2011 to 2013. It, too, had a one piece nose and simplified tail design. This new version does better with the wobbly flames (better for shooting/bombing) and includes the new water gun on the jeep. I think the new version is, overall, an improvement.