Being a big fan of Minecraft and Legos, I have set out to collect 100% of the Minecraft Lego sets. I was very excited to hear about the new D2C 21128 The Village and picked it up on release day at the Lego Store in the Mall of America. When pictures and details first got out, the general impression online seemed a bit negative, but I have found that the Minecraft Lego sets in general seem to attract a bit of the attention, people either love Minecraft the Game and the Legos make perfect sense, or they haven't played the game and the sets just do not appeal to them.
Villages in the game are a very iconic piece of the experience and I was curious to see how they would tackle it. Would they do more abstract open models? A modular system across multiple sets representing different parts? I am happy they chose to go all in and release a large scale, heavily detailed (for Minecraft) set that trys to capture many of the key elements of Villages. And after buying and assembling the set, I have to say overall my impression is positive.
The box is a standard Minecraft set design with the main build on the front, an alternate layout with the buildings opened up on the back and all the minifigs and micro builds displayed across the lower left front. The box is made of the heavier cardboard and has an attractive look and feel.
Inside you will find two instruction manuals. One contains the main instructions from start to finish for the primary layout shown on the front of the box. The other book is thinner and has alternate build and layout ideas.
You end up with 11 numbered bags and one bag for plates, plus the bag for the instructions. Of interest was the variance in bag numbering style. A few bags had the traditional style of numbering with the large bold black number with white outline, but most bags had a design I was not familar with that had a white stripe with a smaller black number printed on it.
The build starts with the market hut, a simple design with a tablet to display wares for sale on (an eye of ender, iron bar, cake and apple). A chest with emeralds in it (as currency). A small hut with a stepped red and white roof and a jungle tree with vine that attaches to the roof of the hut. It also includes on villager and has you build 8 2x4 dirt block jumpers, one 2x4 sand jumper and one 2x4 snow jumper which will be used later to attach various modules.
More to come soon!
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