LEGO Motorized Lighthouse Review - It works!
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The LEGO Ideas 21335 Motorized Lighthouse has to be one of the most interesting LEGO sets released in recent years. Don't believe me? Sit back and enjoy this early review of the set.
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I personally think they advertised the boat as not floating because it has the sticker on the back, putting it in the water for some time might damage the sticker
The old coast guard boat was advertised as floating, despite having many stickers on the sides
The coast guard boats are generally aimed at children and children would not care if a sticker got damaged.But a Lego ideas set aimed at adults witch they wouldn’t want to play with the set but display the model and if the sticker is damaged it looses its display value.
@@ae112r i have that set
boat from some harry potter set was also advertised as not floating, but had zero stickers, there should be something else about this stuff
how do you wash your pieces?
The fact they changed from micro scale to minifigure scale was a very smart commercial idea. I would not have bought this set at micro scale.
Lego has it listed at $300.00. Out of my price range. Would have preferred the micro scale.
Well maybe, but at micro-scale it might have been at a price I'd be willing to pay. The trouble with a lot of 'adult' sets is that they aim to make it as big as possible so they can set the price really high. Per piece count they might be reasonable but they're still (usually) single build sets.
And I won't be buying it at Minifigure scale, way too dear, you might have cash to splash about mate but don't knock the microscale models for those of us who don't have endless money to spend on bits of branded plastic?
Great Set, although with 300$ I wonder if they might have mistaken the lighthouse for an observatory, that would explain the Astronomical price.
With the unique lens piece, lighting, motors, and size along with inflation and rising costs the price is reluctantly fair. Lower would be preferable but this is such a unique set in an expensive time that the high cost is not out of the question.
This is the best comment I've seen about the price 😅 $250 would have definitely been fair...
I see what you did there.
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Personally, the crack in the stone at the top of the stairs doesn't bother me, seeing as stone often has cracks in it. It could also be giving the effect that the lighthouse is very old.
Agreed.
I agree. That crack at the top of the stairs makes everything looks way more natural.
It totally is a design choice and one I think that really makes the thing look less sterile. Just the right size of a crack, something the tight lego tolerances don't usually allow for.
I think it’s really cool how the designer disguised the wire on the outside as a vine, it works really well
Right?
I think it looks exactly as a true electrical wire just as in real live to get power from one building to another. It's made to look like an old building. So to me fits perfectly.
I live in the rural coast of the UK and this whole set feels very familiar, from the small narrow tower, the old timey nautical style, the smugglers cave. Only thing it needs is at least 3 more seagulls and some washed up fishing nets.
Definitely, I'd trade that cat for more seagulls any day. Lego seem to have gone a bit stingy with the number of animals in sets recently.
And some plastic
@@inlizwetrusst7904 Bru, plenty of that already. XD
I heard it's based off a Quebec lighthouse.
If this set was based on the Cornwall/Devon coastline then maybe new Lego pieces would keep randomly appearing.
This set is a 10/10 for me, but 300$ for 2k pieces is absolutely ridiculous. Yes, I know why it's more expensive than regular sets, it's motorized etc, but still... the price is a joke. 99% of the people buying it will turn the light on just to show to their friends or look at it for a minute once a moth.
I was so disappointed when I found out about the price… at $ 150/200 this would have been a must buy
I always find it funny when people complain about the price of a luxury adult toy brand....
i mean at $0.15 per piece that's not bad at all when you account for all the motorized equipment and larger pieces used in the set. the motor alone is worth $50
trains are much more expensive per pieces. This is expensive, but in the world of lego which is expensive, this is fairly priced.
That decimal is in the wrong spot. A small motor like this is incredibly cheap.
You can also use Pattison’s head from Batman sets with sailor body to recreate scenes from a family friendly movie with the same title.
Why’d you spill your beans tommy
Bad luck to kill a seabird
"You were fond of me lobster weren't you?.....say it" 😂😂😂
Ah yes, haven't we all enjoyed watching Batman Sets with Sailor Body, at one point or another?
Not worth $300, especially when they’ve relaxed so much on quality control. I’ve heard, and personally experienced cases of sets missing pieces, coming with the wrong colored pieces, misprints, mismolds, crumbled/creased paper/stickers, or a number of the above. Even if they kept perfect quality control, I still find it a stretch to ask for $300, but those reasons only make it so much more unjustifiable. If it is ever marked down or on clearance at a Target or Walmart, maybe I’ll consider it, but I’ll pass otherwise. I’m glad there will be people who can both afford and enjoy this set, though. I’ll invest my money in other sets and pieces, though.
I’m not planning on buying it but I’d say it’s close to worth it considering all it took to make the lighthouse work the way it does. $250 would be a better price but all costs are skyrocketing so Lego has to offset that even if I don’t like it.
Sadly i think they don't really have a choice because of the inflation,
@@matgof03 they do have a choice, they just chose to hike the prices and make more money
i haven't experienced a lack of quality control
only thing i can think of was the legendary flower fruit mountain's box being a bit beaten up, but that really doesn't matter, and is nigh unavoidable during shipping
@@ganymedehedgehog371 i'd say it's 50 to maybe even 100$ too expensive
the motor functions are just there to make the set arbitrarily WAY more expensive for the sake of a stupid gimmick that'll hardly ever be used
Oh this is cool, I might buy it
“300 dollars”
I remember getting the 3 in 1 lighthouse set over ten years ago
I might get this one as a great hit of nostalgia
I am suprised they elected for a sticker for the mirror part, considering they had a workable option (although much larger than required) for a mirror element as used in the Assembly Square set...
I mean, it was just a cardboard with mirror finish. You can't attach it to anything. I'd rather have a plastic piece with a sticker.
@@inspirer4763 it would have been rather simple to make 4.8mm holes at the right location in the cardboard…
It feels like this set contains a lot of good parts for the Lego city builders out there and the fact that it comes with the electronic parts means the price of the set increases too much for them to possibly get a lot of them and part them out. So for future sets Lego should possibly consider having the electronics in an "expansion" set. This means that people can use that expansion set for multiple builds if they don't feel like buying a new motor and battery every time the get a similar set to this.
While I mostly agree with what you’re saying, this set could never have been done whithout the electronics since the original ideas submission was titled “motorized lighthouse”
@@TiagoCatarino they already changed practically the entire set, making it non motorized would be fine
even then they could just release it as a non ideas set since it's so vastly different from the original
there's just so many ways to avoid adding like 50$ onto the price
@@fortnitesexman yes it has been changed
I understand that lego has to think about everyone, but i think their primary thought has to be the people that just want the lighthouse and don't want to take it apart. The main interest in this build is the fact that the whole lighthouse works, and if I had to buy another set to make it motorized I think most people would not buy it.
Like they did with the Haunted House. Elevator can be used by motor but not included.
This is a pretty neat set, having the lighthouse be automated is really smart, and the interior is cool too!
Such a genius set! Sadly, the motorization places this way out of my budget. I absolutely LOVE all the new/rare colors for useful elements here and I’m particularly impressed by the clever functions. Never has a sticker been so necessary, haha! The battery and switch access is so good too. If I wasn’t a student this would be a must-have, but for now it’ll have to go on the ‘maybe one day’-list.
Glad I'm not a student def a day one purchase for me 😩
There will always be the option of downloading the instructions and building it from your own collection, with only having to substitute a few pieces unique to the set!
@@AnthonyBowman true, although its size is also an issue atm… my room’s not that big and the space I have is basically full already :’)
I have been watching it worried that you weren't going to show it in the dark. Nice way to end the review xd
Stickers and 300 Euros? Pass. Sadly because of overpricing I already had to skip the Kings Castle and Roller Coaster. So this will also be a skip. Sadly, Lego has become to expensive for me.
Lego really got it wrong based on the extreme negativity this set's price is getting. When the majority of people are upset, it's clear there is a problem and Lego is going to have to change their pattern soon before people stop buying altogether.
Folded stickers to be exact.
The way the designer hid the switch and wire was very clever. Even though the set uses the large rock pieces I still the the island looks great. The price is a tad too high in my opinion but it's a great set overall.
Love the mirror technology...genius build
This would be a great base for a Lovecraft themed build. With a giant Dagon or Cthulhu holding onto the lighthouse
With the lighthouse from The Lighthouse movie ;) . With minifigs of two twisted, drunk guys trying to killing each other and a lot of seagulls. Oh, it would be perfect!
Great review! I didn't care much for the original fan submission, but I think this is one case where Lego very much improved the final set. So basically the opposite of, say, the Jazz Quartet. It looks great, nice functions even when the light doesn't exactly seem very bright, and only a few things (mostly usual suspects like stickers) to nitpick on. The one thing I don't like is the price, €300 just seems way too much for what you get, even with the motor stuff included. But still not on a level that a nice discount can't solve, so there's still hope...
This set is amazing but expensive
How much?
@@Sk.2500 300
€300
WTF $300, no way. With sticker as a mirror, the barely visible light and only 2000 parts? Shocking!
Lego does not compensate for inflation, Lego causes inflation.
Taking inflation and the motor and lights into account, € 239,99 would have been a fair price.
I love how they use a mirror sticker to reflect the light. That’s really clever
How is that clever?
Why isn't it printed?
A sticker here makes no sense in a 300$ set!!!!!
@@JT_6233 it’s the idea
@@imaginatorproductions
It's still not clever
Another 3-1 creator set from years ago also was a lighthouse (5770)
And: the mirror stickers were much better quality
I know this because I own this set and just checked.
This set was just 40 euros.
So this was acceptable
This set is 300 euros / $300
For this price it's unacceptable
They could have made a new Windowpane that is a mirror
This would have been perfect
But no
They are giving us a stupid low quality sticker
@@JT_6233 its not like you can see it lmao, making a new piece just because the set is expensive is stupid considering it's hidden anyways
@@JT_6233 I agree with your logic, as do many others.
Not many think that the price of this set is more than fair.
I mean with rising costs, inflation, the dedicated mirror piece, electronics inside, and the large size I’d say the price tag is justified even if I wish it were cheaper. People just keep wishing it were cheaper and that’s fair, just not our reality.
I've never seen people more upset over a set's price than now. Yeah, I'd say they got this one wrong. Beautiful set though.
“Ye don’t like me cooking?”
This set looks so great, and great review. It's too bad that the motor pieces aren't optional add-ins. Incurring the extra cost for a function I don't want/need puts this out of my range.
While I understand what you’re saying, this one in particular isn’t one where you can easily plug in the motor and lights to make this work like the rollercoaster for instance. And the original submission on LEGO Ideas that got the 10.000 votes was titled motorised lighthouse. It couldn’t possibly have been made without a motor!
Superb set and review! I am SOOO happy they made it in minifig scale! Though I wish it would cost around 200-250, frankly
Agreed! 250 would have been a fairer price
300$ it's not a fait price for this set... It's easy to say that when you got it for free..
But like TC says in the review, when he filmed this he didn't know the price and estimated 250-300. With the electric elements 250 is fair, and it likely went up to 300 with the August price increases.
@@Gzilla313 You cannot increase price of something which is not even released..
@@MrMatejulc they definitely could have designed it with a 250 budget and raised the price 20% to match the company wide price increases before release
@@Gzilla313 ya, 250 would be good, but this set just don't look at 300!!! You put another 100 and can get the Castle with 4k pieces and 20 minifigures
@@adrianprepelita8683 or for around the same money, you can get the Ninjago City Gardens....
Man, Lego has been knocking it out of the park recently. I love most of the new sets I’ve seen compared to the last few years. Glad to see some good creativity coming back. The only unfortunate thing is I’m in college and can’t afford any of them 😆
Have you ever seen a set of any other company that produces brick sets like for example BlueBrixx? Most of them create more interestings sets, with more parts and a way higher brick quality for a lower price.
some bioshock vibes going on; im sure someone will MOC this into a bioshock-esque lighthouse soon enough
This set looks soooo good but I just can’t do $300. At $250 maybe i’d start to consider it. Shame. Hopefully it goes on sale when I have the extra cash for it.
DANG! That set looks great! Its a shame it expensive though…
had not the electronics parts being included, the set would've costed 150€. definitely overpriced. there's no licensing on this one so the price isn't justified
I really love this set and think it looks incredible, but damn... $300 is a lot to swallow for me. I don't ever buy motorized sets or sets that come with light kits so I don't know if the high price is normal, but I would've expected this to be $200, maybe $250 max. I'll have to sit on it and debate before making a purchase.
Yeah. I agree now knowing the price being 300 is a bit much. 250 would have been the fair price
@@TiagoCatarino yeah but prices have been increasing all across the board for lego sets now, so this kind of stuff is kind of expected for me personally
If this set was $229 it would sell so much more. Ima wait for a discount on eBay or at Christmas
It’s cool they included the prototypes of the lens, love to see more of the process!
This set is fantastic, but nowadays most of us can’t afford it
That piece on the front of the light seems like an interesting choice. It seems leaving it out might keep the light from being so dim.
Fresnel lens are a special lighthouse lens to project the light seems like a good choice to include it.
i like the gap in the stairs because some old pre-20th century lighthouses do have such holes in their staircases
Of course the boat floats, it has been floating at least since 90s when I got an "Armada sentry".
sigh, this falls into the realm of "I'd love to get it, its most likely worth the cost, but that's too much money".
It’s normal that prices have gone up with wars and pandemics. But Lego Sets are ridiculously expensive compared to some years back. Even the smallest one!!!
I liked the red on the original better. However, it would not be hard at all to change out some white pieces and make it a striped lighthouse, or modify it to look like any lighthouse you wanted. I think that is a big plus in the way they designed the panels.
Next year, perhaps we might get a motorized Dutch windmill! ;-)
Lego: Yer fond of me lighthouse, ain't ye? I seen it, Yer fond of me lighthouse. Say it!
AFOLs seeing the price: I don't have to say nothin'
I lucked out and found a pre-owned set listed by a seller 15 minutes from my house.
Priced at $230, it included the box, instructions, no missing pieces and all extra pieces.
I told myself that if I found a set listed close to what the MSRP should have been, I'd grab it.
I wish there was a non-motorized version for like 200€, because this is just way too much for me. It's a very beautiful Ideas set though, I'd put it in my top 3 for sure. I'd even go as far as to consider it a slight upgrade from the original concept, when usually, I find, it's the other way around.
What a beautiful set, I love the use of the dark blue base plate, it really gives the set a more mature lifelike look.
I’m halfway through the build, and my only complaint is that the single clear plastic lego pieces tend to easily fall off the baseplate, especially when moving the model around.
As a lighthouse nerd who loved legos as a kid this kit has me geeking. Can’t wait to buy one!
I am such a lighthouse fanatic and have been dreaming about getting this set for a year now, I think I will bite the bullet and buy it very soon! 🤩
"...rock formation.......very boring thing to build and look at...."
I must be the only fella who actually still admires rock formations in lego (and is often swayed to buy a set just because of that feature). Maybe it helps that I am a geographer in real life. 😂
The Old Fishing Store (21310) had 2049 bricks and costed € 160,-. This set has only 16 bricks more and sells for a whopping € 300,-. So with inflation taken into account, it’s fair to say that a few simple LEDs, a plastic battery box and and a cheap electro motor add about € 125,- to the price of this set. Wow.
Great addition - if you already own the fishing store. But the price is quite high
The price of $300 is pretty crazy. Last year a set with this many pieces would be $200 max; add $50 for the power functions and 10% inflation and you would get $275.
Their greed is on full display at this point...
It’s like they are inflating the price just to allow for retail sales and markdowns. But it’s also probably inflated because of the narrower distribution reach for a big Ideas set.
I would love to buy this as an unofficial The Lighthouse (2019) set, with a little customization!
This is a very good set with a lot of cool details, but its a little overpriced. It should have been $250 at most
Absolutely love the dark blue and clear pieces for the water, and olive green and sand green for a more mossy looking landscape
Okay, but what does it look like next to a wall? Is the light bright enough to create a moving circle of light on a surface. I'm also curious how it would look surrounded by fog.
I like the look of it, and i like it overall. But i do not like the price, and thats the thing making me not buy it.
Is the light from the lighthouse top like a real lighthouse, in the sense that it is a horizontal cone stream of light?
I am looking forward to getting this set. It looks amazing. You did a splendid job of reviewing it.
My guess on the boat is that it can't handle much weight before capsizing. It was fine with what was included, but if a custom build added more to it, it may sink.
It's probably more of a case that it doesn't have enough buoyancy to pass Lego's quality control to make it an advertised feature, even though it technically can float in still waters.
1:36-1:52
Pennywise: Bunch of liars, it floats even better than Georgie’s!
2:34 I don't think this angle would allow using the element you proposed, since it looks like the edge of the tile touches the side of the brick on the right.
I could be wrong though. Have you actually tried swapping the pieces?
I think he means to replace the whole assembly with that piece
He means remove the 1 by 3 brick on the right and the slanted element. Replace it with the suggested element and a 1 by 2
@@joevictor53 The piece he suggested would require the angle to be sin⁻¹(¼), but the angle is actually tan⁻¹(¼).
(Since the 1x4 tile is touching the side of the brick, it's actually the hypotenuse which is 4 studs long).
So there is a difference of about 0.00245π (or ~0.44° for non-mathematicians).
That's what I was referring to.
The 1x4 tile and the 4x2 wedge would have overlapped a tiny bit, making it physically impossible.
The model designers probably would have used a 4x2 wedge if they could, but geometry said 'no'.
What they could have used is a 2x1x3 slope, but placed horizontally using some headlight bricks. The angle (sin⁻¹(5/17)) would have a bit closer to tan⁻¹(¼) than the angle they ended up using (sin⁻¹(⅓)), making the gap smaller and less noticeable.
@@destroyer-fr4dz I was referring to the angle being the issue.
(see comment above for further elaboration)
@@lucahermann3040 i understand what you are saying now but I think he just means a piece like this. It should be the opposite of the piece he said which would make the opposite and adjacent sides 1 and 4 respectively. The point is a piece close to that would work better
Pretty curious how people critic this set for its price but say no single word about the silly Typewriter set which cost the stupid amount of $250 for the same piece range and have so single motor on it
Amazing design how everything is hidden away so well and accessed. Thanks Tiago for the great review.
Literally lego can have my whole bank details at this point i don’t even care about the price i want it
The boat in white 👌 chef's kiss.
I can see that in imperial MOCS, very nice.
The dark blue baseplate is amazing. I hope that Lego will release it but know that they have tried to keep their baseplates to a limited range of colors. Tan and Dark Blue baseplates would be amazing, I don't mind paying extra if the plastic is more expensive for those colors. This set from the leaks looked strange to me but after seeing it reviewed here I think it is tied with the Castle for my favorite set of the year. So clean.
had me laugh when you said that the price has not been shared yet and that you assume that it will cost between 250 and 300$ which would make it "more than fair". literally every reviewer that I've watched yet said the opposite.
i really like what LEGO made out of the lighthouse that was submitted to the Ideas program, the switch to minifigure scale was a very good decision.
I'm amazed that LEGO actually created a very complex, new piece - but still used a sticker for the mirror.
since the set doesn't require a license, 200€ would have been a fair price - in my eyes the few electronic components are not worth additional 100€. btw it's 2022 and LEGO wants us to use non-rechargeable AA batteries. blows my mind
Every other reviewer looks at LEGO sets and assumes that any LEGO set with a price higher than 10 cents a piece to be expensive regardless of what the pieces cost to produce. I’m not every other reviewer and I have a fair amount of knowledge about the inner workings of LEGO and their prices as a former employee.
To your point I was hoping for a price of 250 given the incredible deals most LEGO Ideas sets are price per piece ratio wise. But for the review sake I also wanted to play it safe and not deceive anyone in case the price was indeed 300.
Unfortunately my guess turned out to be wrong the set is indeed priced 300 which I do feel is a bit too much.
I will still stand by what I said. 250, given the electronics would have been a more than fair price for the set.
@@TiagoCatarinoHey Tiago, love your content. It's interesting that you, as a former employee, even conclude that this set is priced too high. It's refreshing to hear some honesty. I agree, $250 seems more than fair.
The colors of this whole set look great together and i think that is partially due to the beautiful dark blue baseplate. I love it.
A beautiful lighthouse. I was wondering what exactly is motorized in this set? Thanks for showing it from the start!
The reason Lego can go skyrocket with their prices is that people like you actually call a set with 2000 pieces for 300 bucks "more than fair". This is just ridiculous. This is max. 200 dollars. And those "expensive electronics" are not even close to being expensive in production. Lego is using simple technology without any magic to build them. There is nothing about them that justifies high prices like these.
why'd ya spill yer beans
I’would have liked it more if the lighthouse was a little bit taller and had that white and red color scheme.
This sounds like a good idea for a MOC. Lighthouses come in a lot of sizes but if you want to make it taller maybe it wouldn't be too hard to duplicate the two center pieces of the tower. Use red slopes instead of white ones on those to get a white/red mixed colour scheme.
You'd also have to extend the axle and the cable, which would be the only real problem here. Is soldering an illegal Lego building technique? :-)
the dim orange light leaking thru the house sold me. looks comfy and familiar
i love it! definitely goin to buy this set for sure! :D
Will you make a video about the sanctum sanctorum set?
I'm going to stop motion play Bioshock intro with this set.. 😳
i know it's not the actual, final price, but $250-$300 is, imo, too much. i think the sweet spot for price would be $180-$200, but i know lego tends towards being pricy, so i think you probably are closer to where the price will actually be. that being said, this is a great looking set, and i'd love to pick it up, but there's a bunch of other sets that are higher up on my list to grab, so i doubt i'll be able to afford this anytime soon. shame. it is really nice. i would have preferred it to not include the motorization elements to keep the price down, though.
0:33 some strange flickering :)
I will probably get this. Thanks for the review
I believe that the legs of the sailor girl were previously from another Lego Ideas set, Dinosaur Fossils.
I desperately need those sand green triangle tiles for my Rebels Ghost moc!
The old fishing store will go great with this set!
Damn it. I live in Michigan and we have the most lighthouses of any U.S. state. Somewhere over 115, I believe. I literally just returned from walking a pier to one today to see this review. AND, my kid's name is Aurora.
Is Lego targeting me with this one? I feel like they are just on a mission to take all my money at this point.
This is probably my new favorite Lego set but for that price I hope it would come with more
All it needs are figures of WIllem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.
This is cool! I like the baseplate, peer, Rocky edges, the cave, the water effect is neat too! I like the anchor same with the house and of course the lighthouse
It reminds me of Lego creator set 5770 which was also a lighthouse with a rotating mechanism and light reflected with a mirror sticker. I used to have this one as a kid and it was amazing
Honestly this set is so good it looks if I see this and didn’t know it existed I would think he built that with his own pieces it has way too much detail that Lego doesn’t really put in there sets I’m not saying that Lego doesn’t have any details but like Lego normally doesn’t put this much detail and the pieces are also very good but there’s 2000 pieces and the price is 300 that’s what’s keeping me from buying this set only if the price was 200 I would but 2000 pieces for 300 is not a very good deal
Great review all the way! And I enjoyed your humorous aside about the boat floating. Thank you, it really made me giggle.
You don’t like me lobster my boy??
The price in Europe is 300 euro. So my eyes wows and tears and the same time.
hey, just telling you, the cat on the boat is perfectly logical since cats in army boats were used to fight of mouses and rodent, it is now a mascot thing that, for sailors, make them feel more lucky against wave and ocean, and is just a tradition within sailing boats
I just got this set for birthday early my wife didn't want to wait... I absolutely love this...can't wait to start building it I'll be buying batteries cuz at night I'm turning it on leaving it on
I guess just because the boat CAN float doesn't mean it was necessarily designed to? So maybe that's why it's marked like that?
I am honestly happy that in germany we have the set reviewer Held der Steine...
I really like how they made it minifig scale and would just love to put next to my old fishing store. But damn.. I can understand they want to cash in on the 90´s kids that have their own wallets now, but it´s come to a point you don´t just buy a lego as a little treat to yourself anymore