LEGOIdeas Ship in a Bottle 92177 Expert Building Kit, Snap Together Model Ship, Collectible Display Set and Toy for Adults (962 Pieces),Multicolor

This is a beautiful Lego set. Worth to buy. It’s not super large but big enough to be a nice for display in the office. Was a fun set to build as well.

This lego set is a really great display piece. Part of the LEGO ideas series, meaning a fan designed it and got the lego community to vote for it to be manufactured.I bought this knowing my son would like it. I didn't know how the build worked without reading reviews before ordering it (or before dropping it on the floor when cleaning his room...warning, careful when dusting around this! - it may fall apart if you even look at it the wrong way.) The premise is that you first build the stand. Then build the boat, build part of the bottle, attach the boat to the bottle and then finish building the bottle around the boat. The bottom of the bottle is simple enough to put together and is sturdy. Attaching the ship to the bottle and having it stay in place in the bottle without the ship falling part is tedious. Attach it to the bottom and the bow falls off. Try again and a mast or two comes loose or spins around. Try again and the stud falls off the bottom of the bottle where it attaches together. After its attached together, building the rest of the bottle around the boat also has to be done with care so that you don't knock parts off the ship. Probably the most fiddly set ever, so not good for those easily frustrated, but it looks really great when put together.Designed for a display piece on a desk or shelf with occasional rebuilds for fun - the ship isn't really meant to be played with unless the person likes lots of rebuilds. That can be fun for some kids. On this one, if your kid is into that, watch for all of the "water" pieces that can and will go everywhere.Looks really cool as a display piece - most impressive display I have seen to-date. The set is very detailed. The stopper and seal on the neck of the bottle and the compass add a lot of visual interest.I would definitely recommend this - one of my favorite sets ever - but younger builders will likely need some help.

I bought this LEGO set for my 23 year old boyfriend and he absolutely loved it. We built it within a couple of nights, taking turns to put pieces on and it was a great experience.The set doubles as a fun activity and an awesome center piece in an office, study, or anywhere else it can fit. The instructions are clear, the LEGO pieces themselves were durable and sturdy; there were no issues while building at all.The price is kind of high, but I think that’s just a “you pay for the name” type deal. Either way, it’s worth it for the look on his face when opening the gift and the smile that came with it.I’d recommend this LEGO set to anyone 13 and up; and for someone who loves quirky and unique decorations, because it’s definitely not a toy.

Such a good set. Has all the pieces, looks splendid and such great details. If this glass bottle breaks you can put it back together!

A little difficult to build in places but it went fine. Still looks good today on my shelf.

Amazing product

The concept for this set is great. The boat and stand are both well designed, and other than the sails and masts being a bit touchy, they build well. The bottle, however, is VERY fragile, as the curved sections don't fit well onto the bottom: the each end of a curve should snap down to a stud, but the studs to anchor them are barely above flush with the surrounding plastic, if at all. This means that you're left with large sections of the bottle unattached while you try to work with them; while they eventually attach at the top, this is only through a single anchoring point, making the whole thing quite shaky as you assemble it. Given that there's a decent amount of twisting and pressure while snapping other parts into place (especially the ship), the whole thing is continually threatening to pop apart at several seams. This gets better as more of the bottle is put in place, but it's a problem at early stages of assembly, especially when you're trying to get the ship secured to the row of studs that hold it.So, while this is a great set overall, it can be a very fiddly build. I found that some spots require virtually perfect alignment to work: the row of four studs that hold the ship (I had to reassemble this to make sure the stud spacing was right--it was very unforgiving), the sections of bottle above the masts (the masts are a hair's breadth shorter than the bottle sides, so they too need to be perfectly placed and aligned), the bottle sides (I started shoring them up with additional pieces snapped on while I was building), etc. In some ways, that's a decently authentic experience of the care, patience, and meticulous attention to detail needed to build a ship in a bottle; in others, it's a bit of unnecessary frustration due to some design issues. Despite all of that, it's a fun set and a great display item once completed.

My son has been building Legos his entire life. This set was a step into his more nature builds. I love that Lego provides sets for young and old.