Should you buy LEGO Notre-Dame de Paris?

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  • Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
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    21061 Notre-Dame de Paris attempts to solve one of LEGO Architecture’s most formidable challenges, and in doing so carves out its place as one of the theme’s most ambitious sets to date.
    A highly detailed, impressively faithful recreation of one of France’s most iconic buildings with a high piece count and a relatively small footprint when constructed, 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris provides a lengthy, satisfying build in a package that won’t break the bank or take up too much space on the shelf.
    And yet the real innovation within 21061 Notre-Dame de Paris is the way the building experience is approached in a historically accurate order, broken into four distinct time periods that stop the build from ever feeling too repetitive, while simultaneously teasing the builder with the prospect of learning more about the history of the iconic source material.

Комментарии • 42

  • @davidh7865
    @davidh7865 4 месяца назад +31

    When it comes to repetition, once you’ve built the Eiffel Tower everything else afterwards is simple and barely repetitive in comparison. To me anyway. As for this Notre-Dame, I preordered it on release day. I can’t wait!

  • @bernardwadding
    @bernardwadding Месяц назад +1

    Im building it at the moment. Will light it up afterwards.

  • @Joramee
    @Joramee 4 месяца назад +20

    Alternate build - Westminster Abbey.

    • @nedajenyap
      @nedajenyap 2 месяца назад +2

      Westminster Abbey is white, though.

    • @oKnuTo
      @oKnuTo Месяц назад +2

      Bluebrixx has a westminster Abbey although on a smaller scale still an fanstic set.

  • @ferrariforever1
    @ferrariforever1 4 месяца назад +9

    This, the Eiffel tower, the Colosseum and the Statue of Liberty are all roughly 1:200. They would look great together! Any other Lego sets in this scale?

    • @Nosternum
      @Nosternum 4 месяца назад +9

      The titanic!

  • @TraceyHausel
    @TraceyHausel 4 месяца назад +7

    I agree that more history should have been added, especially since other sets have set the precedent.

  • @chriswhite5665
    @chriswhite5665 4 месяца назад +6

    In the thumbnail image, "très BON" (very good), would be better than "très BIEN" (very well).

  • @iFish12
    @iFish12 4 месяца назад +2

    I like the new box style for opening

    • @iFish12
      @iFish12 4 месяца назад +1

      But I can also see it maybe being annoying for long spread over days/weeks builds.

  • @arghjayem
    @arghjayem 4 месяца назад +2

    It’s nice and all but not as big as I’d expected. I would rather have seen LEGO push themselves more and try to recreate the Sagrada Familia! 😂

  • @SpaceCattttt
    @SpaceCattttt 4 месяца назад +2

    This doesn't look too repetitious. Imagine building the Great Wall of China...

  • @raindogs
    @raindogs 4 месяца назад +8

    Sacre Coeur is my dream set. Maybe, I have a hope after this.

  • @ValkyrieKhalessi
    @ValkyrieKhalessi 22 дня назад +1

    Thanks for this review I am new to Lego and just finished the London set and was looking for another architecture build but was afraid this might be too big of a skill leap. After your review I will give it a try 😊

  • @BrickHQ
    @BrickHQ 4 месяца назад +1

    Great in depth review
    I agree there should have been more history
    More Lego sets should have a better build experience like this
    Now Lego can make a synagogue

  • @SashaandGeorgia
    @SashaandGeorgia 2 месяца назад +2

    What’s wrong with a repetitive build? I find it kind of relaxing.

  • @MatthewFabb
    @MatthewFabb 4 месяца назад +8

    Looks like an amazing set that I will definitely be picking up. However, I am very disappointed that the front doesn't have any of the iconic gargoyle statues. I realize that the scale of the building makes it hard. Also there are so many gargoyles on Notre-Dame it becomes a question of which ones to include and which ones to ignore. Perhaps they could have been done with some sort of sticker or printed piece.
    I wonder if we might see some fan mods to add in at least something where the gargoyles are located.

    • @silverwhiteknight
      @silverwhiteknight 4 месяца назад +3

      Also some details of the doors or arches would have been appreciated

    • @keelyhunt3008
      @keelyhunt3008 Месяц назад +1

      ​@silverwhiteknight this! I'm looking to use the frogs as gargoyles, but struggling on how to connect them in the right manner. I also wish some artwork was part of the interior even if I can't see it in the end easily. And the stained glass medallions to have color, which I'm already planning to paint mine. Definitely a good baseline, but for me the fine details that really make it special missed the mark.

  • @williamhenderson1161
    @williamhenderson1161 4 месяца назад +2

    The flying buttresses are inexcusably terrible. Hard pass on this one.

  • @silverwhiteknight
    @silverwhiteknight 4 месяца назад +4

    Very complete review! Thank you, greatly appreciated. I agree that the sets for historical landmarks should provide more historical background, and hopefully going forward the build process will follow historical constructive processes

  • @davywavy4217
    @davywavy4217 4 месяца назад +1

    Great video, very in depth

  • @JeffFlank
    @JeffFlank 4 месяца назад +2

    Maybe 1200 had worker burnout from the repetition or like Lego fans they lost faith and went dark age. Great vid.🤠

  • @thatoneguy8064
    @thatoneguy8064 4 месяца назад +1

    "notch-ray dawm"

  • @joshlyman7059
    @joshlyman7059 4 месяца назад +2

    Gringotts actually has quite a bit of repetition

  • @lechandelier6672
    @lechandelier6672 4 месяца назад +2

    Vive la France 🇲🇫

  • @Marc76-qt7vp
    @Marc76-qt7vp 4 месяца назад +2

    I think Lego's represention of the building and its history fits the Architecture portfolio quite well. That is to say, owners of the Eiffel Tower will appreciate having another collectable item to display it with. It's much more than a parts bin to make sand castles, for instance.

  • @Libertaro-i2u
    @Libertaro-i2u 2 дня назад

    The only way this set could be any better is if Lego included stained glass pieces. Those pieces could be colored transparent one stud plates to form each window.

  • @DavidJames.26
    @DavidJames.26 День назад

    Absolutely beautiful building and amazing video ❤

  • @Foolsgarden97
    @Foolsgarden97 4 месяца назад +1

    Luckily I learned a lot about the history of architecture during my architecture degree, so I wholeheartly agree with you plea for more historic details in the manual :)

  • @Gigau
    @Gigau 4 месяца назад +1

    When i saw it wa coming, i was hesitating... with your review, i'm definitely getting it !

  • @jaketeske6665
    @jaketeske6665 4 месяца назад +2

    I wish they would make the Colusseum in the same scale as Notre Dame!

    • @schibur
      @schibur 4 месяца назад +1

      They are! Both are roughly 1:200 scale :)

  • @f6scott
    @f6scott 4 месяца назад +1

    You can just get on a Hovercraft and be in Paris in no time

  • @steve31287
    @steve31287 4 месяца назад +1

    Just finished building it. Your review is spot on.

  • @neilrusling-je6zo
    @neilrusling-je6zo 4 месяца назад +2

    I want a York Minster or Saint Pauls or Westminster Abbey, not building the enemies buildings.

  • @SamAzzam82
    @SamAzzam82 4 месяца назад +1

    Excellent review!

  • @Porsche997C4S1
    @Porsche997C4S1 4 месяца назад +1

    Great review.

  • @ivansmith654
    @ivansmith654 4 месяца назад +2

    I enjoy your channel I thumb up all your videos! I am living in France, so I fully understand the meaning behind this building, and I am a big time world history buff, and I enjoy modeling as a way to pass my time! I am also a commercial building engineer of skyscrapers over 30 floors tall but in the States only! Having said all this I do not like this set at all, and I will not buy this set or even take this set for free! The set has to many things wrong with it that Lego could have fix, but did not; if you look at the main entrance door (the three big ones) the one to the far left is done wrong that is Lego fault, the flying buttresses don't touch the wall like in real life this is sad, and the black and white floor tile is at the wrong scale to the wall in other words very little makes any sense to me I will not build this set even though I very much want this set but Lego got this one wrong, and Lego should know better!

    • @myrongoingbuggie
      @myrongoingbuggie 4 месяца назад +1

      some things could definitely be improved, overall it's still magnificent. my personal comment is the discontinuous pillars inside, and the somewhat odd portrayal of the cathedral's gallery
      i don't see how the leftmost door (the pointy one) is incorrect. It looks pretty spot on. Maybe you mean the rightmost one?
      you can try fixing the scale of the tiling by looking at the Rivendell set. it won't be perfect, but 1 x 1 tiles set diagonally will make much more sense