LEGO Ideas 21317 Disney Steamboat Willie Building Kit (751 Pieces)

This was a fun build that took a few hours. I noticed quite a few comments complaining that the smoke stacks would get stuck. I had that issue mid build when one particular step pressed 2 lego pieces too close to the moving gears or something as i was testing the movement with every new step. I found that pulling on the stacks upwards helped jiggle them into proper place so they could move again. This is one of those builds thats not easy to pull back apart if you miss a step because many of the pieces are snapped flat against each other. I ended up realizing I forgot a piece 10 pages later. Sure it was on the inside of the ship and didnt affect functionality, but still a silly mistake.

i got this thinking it would take me days to build but me being an adult who loves to build with legos spent 5 hours one day and 1 hour the next day. now i have to take it back apart some to put the lights in it.

I got this for my mom, who’s a major Disney fan, and she loves it. I also recommend getting a light kit for it, it really ties it together. If you look at getting this as a gift for someone else, they’ll love it.

As expected from LEGO, was a good product. As most legos it was overpriced but the wife likes Disney and my boys like legos so was a good gift for the wife to do as a project with the kids.

Had a great time building this set!! Enjoyed the lego instructions app for easier identification of pieces

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My daughter really enjoyed building this model. Its not overly complicated, and its also a nice little functional piece where moving the steamboat causes the chimneys to move up and down. It sits as a nice little collectible on our bookshelf right now. Overall, we really had a fun time with this build.

I am very impressed with this set! This would make a perfect gift for a Disney fan to put on display. Mickey and Minnie look like they walked out of their classic cartoon. They both have silver accents that really bring them to life and catch your eye. They can be setup on the boat or you can use the included Mickey shaped display piece which you can use as a stand or a background for them. Both the boat and display stand say 1928. My 9 year old son loves LEGOs and he wanted this set as soon as he saw it in the catalog, which surprised me, so it will appeal to a wide variety of ages. He’s loved other LEGO Ideas sets and this set is just as outstanding. The instruction booklet includes a short description of the importance of the Steamboat Willie cartoon and stills from it which he enjoyed reading. It also has the designer explaining his process of creating the set. I love how inspiring it is for kids to hear about the process of idea to actual set. My son is an expert LEGO builder and really enjoys the more challenging sets. He loves building with Technic pieces so he had fun building the gears on this set which required a lot of Technic pieces. I was surprised to see colors as he was building, as I expected the entire set to be monochromatic, but there are colored bricks hidden inside. I’m assuming that was for ease of building. The crane really works and so do the gears under the boat. As you roll the boat it will move the smokestacks up and down. My son tends to drive cars hard and I think had the same problem playing too hard with this set as he keeps needing to fix the gears. Luckily he knows what he’s doing so that’s not an issue but if young kids are playing with this you might want to teach them to play gently. I’m hopeless at fixing my daughter’s LEGO sets without the instructions in a step by step way so I could see how this could be frustrating if you have pieces falling off. I really cannot say enough about how great I think this set turned out. It’s a wonderful piece of Disney history to have on display. It looks great on a shelf when my son isn’t playing with it. Highly recommend this for fans of Disney and LEGO

This set is adorable!

My daughter is 52 and she and her daugter are avid Disney fans....they go yearly to Disney World for a week and sometimes a couple 3 dayers. She commented not long ago about the fact that why when it comes to presents does no one realize she would love Disney...why only for kids? So this Christmas I surprised her with 2 Disney gift cards and the Steamboat Willie Lego set with moving parts....this is her absolute favorite Mickey character. SHE WAS BEYOND DELIGHTED.