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LEGO Town Plan
 
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Product Description
Build a whole community with the Lego Town Plan 10184. Designed to commemorate the 50th-anniversary of the original Lego brick patent, this set featuring a 1950's style gas station, town hall, movie theatre, and two automobiles crafted from modern, detailed bricks. With lots of little parts and detailed instructions to follow, this set is recommended for ages 12 and up. Adults who remember the original 1958 bricks are sure to have a special appreciation for the layout of this Town Plan.

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The Good: A whole town with mini-figures and vintage vehicles

The Bad: Small rooms inside the Town Hall

In a Nutshell: This 50th-anniversary set inspires tons of imaginative play

At a Glance

Ages: 12 and up


The theatre has tons of cool details. View larger.


There's a town map at city hall. View Larger.


The car wash has spinning brushes. View Larger.
Explore Lego Town History
This special anniversary set comes complete with a letter from Lego owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, the grandson of Lego's founder. The company's "belief in the unlimited possibilities of play" and dedication to producing the best possible toys is highlighted by this huge, intricate set.

Redesigned to include modern bricks and details, this 1950's town center includes a gas station with a car wash, a movie theatre, and the town hall building. There are eight Lego mini-figures, classic cars, corner light fixtures, and a fountain to place in the town square. Collectors are sure to notice the inclusion of unique Lego elements and bricks in rare colors.

Bringing the Town to Life
With 35 bags containing 1,981 pieces and two large instruction booklets, the Town Plan set took our eight-year-old Lego tester about 12 hours to build. Like with all Lego sets, the instructions include here provide colorful step-by-step images that make it fairly easy for any diligent builder to create the detailed town buildings and vehicles. We did have about 20 left-over pieces at the end of construction, which puzzled our tester.

While it may seem like this mature set is designed to appeal to adults, our young tester immediately found lots of different ways to have fun with it. The cinema got a big thumbs up for having cool, realistic details like popcorn at the concession stand and a movie on the screen. The moving garage door and the scrubbers in the car wash were big hits, too.

The rooms inside Town Hall are a little small, which limits Lego figures who want to move around. This pushed lots of play out into the open area around the fountain. The three gold bricks in the fountain add a unique touch to this particular set. The one minor complaint that surfaced in our testing was that the flowers and vegetation "planted" around the Town Hall failed to stay securely attached when moving pieces around.

Overall, this is an expansive town set that promises lots of creative construction projects. With so many people and buildings, and more than one vehicle, this Town is a great pick for a single creative builder or cooperative play with friends and siblings. Additionally, with its unique 1950's vibe, this town is set to inspire fun, interactive play between parents or grandparents and kids. Odds are, you'll even find yourself driving the vintage car through the wash after your children have gone to bed--it's that cool.

What's in the Box
1,981 Lego pieces and two instruction booklets.

Product Details
  • Developed in celebration of the LEGO brick's 50th anniversary. A retro nostalgic set based on Town Plan 700/1, 1958
  • Includes a letter from company owner Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, who appeared as a kid on the original Town Plan box and returns on this one
  • 1950s-style gas station with pumps, carwash and garage along with façade style buildings
  • "This set has LEGO colors and elements, and more
  • Completely redesigned with the best of modern bricks, details and design
  • A movie theater with ticket booth, seats and posters is also included
  • Includes 3 gold bricks to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the LEGO brick
  • The town hall includes a newly-married couple

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Customer Reviews
A great set for beginners & intermediate Lego builders
 
Review Date: February 4, 2009
Reviewer: Denise Martin, Crystal River, FL
We really enjoyed putting this set together. My son is 10 and has a short attention span and some LD issues but he really wanted to do this. He had done a Star Wars set but it was too "fussy" for him. In the "Town Plan" they divide the parts into numbered bags for each building and related parts, but there is still plenty of time searching for parts--just not so much time that you get frustrated. We put the related parts on paper plates so they wouldn't keep getting bumped off the table. My son worked on this a little every night (I helped look for parts), and he could easily follow the page by page instructions himself. He liked building something that was a replica of the original and he got a lot of encouragement to continue from seeing each section completed. (It's a big deal for him to finish something.) Sorry the photo isn't very good; we want to make something with roads for underneath, and we bought an extra set of "Town" people to add to it because my son loves to play with it.
Just what the city needed
 
Review Date: April 14, 2009
Reviewer: ElectroGuru, Greenville, SC USA
This lego set was a nice challenge for our sons to build. The 8 year old could build most of it himself but needed a little help from older brother and dad. Great buildings, nice assortment of pieces, is definitely one of the favorite sets ever worked on as rated by the kids.
A must-have for any Lego town!
 
Review Date: July 31, 2009
Reviewer: C. L. Hanson, Coon Rapids, MN United States
The Lego Town Plan is the coolest Lego set I've seen in years. This set is what helped me decide to collect Lego's again, after being a huge Lego Maniac back in the 1980's. I can't help but think about how much fun I would have had with this set as a kid.

What you get is well worth the money spent. We're not talking huge buildings here, but you really can't go wrong, and would be a great start (or addition) to any Lego Town. The retro design is so cool, it looks like they come right out of the 50's!

I'd say out of the three buildings, the gas station is the one with the most play value. The detachable gas pump island allows you to place the pumps anywhere, although it would have been cool to have them be more stationary so they aren't in the middle of the road...etc. The garage is cool, comes with a sliding garage door and a bunch of tools, as well as the car wash (only smaller cars will fit in the garage and car wash). The snack shop comes with food in a display case and cash register.

The movie theater also has incredible detail, from the "Cinema" sign and marquee out front, to the soda and popcorn stand on the inside. Plenty of room and comfy seats for at least 5-6 minifigs to catch the western playing on the big screen. I maybe would have designed the ticket booth out front a bit different, but that's neither here nor there.

The town hall has a cool outer facade, and the fountain is cool as well. I purchased a seperate green Lego base plate and put the town hall on one end of the plate, with the fountain in the middle, like a park. The interior of the town hall leaves something to be desired, but I think the outer facade is the best feature. The flowers do pop off quite easily, but it's no big deal.

The blue roadster that comes with the set is very cool as well. It's a tight fit for minifigs, but a very cool car indeed.

All told, a very cool set. If you aren't a fan of stickers, well, it comes with quite a few stickers. There are no pre-labeled pieces, so if you look at the set, anything with lettering you have to apply. But again, no big deal. Just time consuming if you're a perfectionist.

Again, worth the money. Your town just isn't complete without it!


Great set!
 
Review Date: December 31, 2008
Reviewer: Marcella's Pen, Dearborn Hts., MI USA
My son (7 yrs old with autism) got this set for Christmas and we just finished building the entire set. I am really really pleased with it. The buildings are nicely detailed both inside and out. It went together with absolutely no problems, although with nearly 2000 pieces it does take a while. I only gave it 4 stars for durability because as with all Lego buildings, you start getting rough and things fall off. That is just the nature of the product. You put them back on and keep playing. These buildings are pretty sturdy though. These are must have additions to your Lego town.
LEGO Town Plan
 
Review Date: January 20, 2009
Reviewer: Mary E. Kremmer, OK
LEGOs are always fun. No time like the now to begin rebuilding those bridges to childhood, even if you must live vicariously through your children. In fact, I don't think I've let my 9-yr-old play with any of the LEGOs yet (and the Town Plan was his x-mas gift)! HA! He'll have to wait until he has children, and then he can play with their toys.

Truthfully, my son emailed a wishlist link for the LEGO Town Plan just before x-mas. Amazon was expedient in getting it to our house on time, even though I told my son that there was no way we could get it in time, since he emailed the link so close to x-mas. He was surprised (as well he should have been; it was x-mas), and we've had hours of fun building together =)

The LEGO Town Plan is an upgraded version of the Town Plan released 50 years ago (note the pics on the boxes; the weird-old-guy on the 2008 box is the kid on the 1958 box). The building designs look the same, but they open and function a bit differently than the original version.

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