Legos. The Colosseum. 9036 pieces. $549.99

[NightWatcher]

It's the biggest official lego set. Who's in?

It will look nice but out of place next to my Saturn V

[drray23]

1. Well it could go next to your saturn v

in a civilization game sort of way. Both are ingame wonders.

[NightWatcher]

2. True, but I'll have to move the AT AT Walker that is currently assaulting the Saturn V

[Binkie The Clown]

3. Beautiful. How long does it take to assemble, and I wonder how much it weighs? nt

[drray23]

4. it all fun and games after you spend 3 months doing it

and your puppy comes in and crashes into it 😆

[NightWatcher]

5. Just under 8 kilo, so what's that 17 lbs.

Plus it's too deep for my shelves

Holding off for now.

[Binkie The Clown]

6. that's more than TWO bowlig balls! nt

[NightWatcher]

10. your bowling balls

[Mike 03]

7. I don't understand what he said about the "field" area.

When you look down into the coliseum, are you actually looking at the area that was beneath the field (all those rows and walkways)? Like, with the field removed so you can see "underground"?

In the movie Gladiator, that is mostly an open field.

Or is he saying, they've rebuilt it since ancient times so that it's no longer an open field?

It's impressive as hell.

[unblock]

8. 9035 pieces assembled and you're left over with 3 pieces you don't need and one missing you do.

grrrrrrr....

[Mike 03]

9. That would drive me insane.

And how could you possibly explain to a person on the telephone exactly which piece you need?

[unblock]

12. it's never actually bothered me enough to complain about it to lego.

but i'm sure i snap a pic and email it these days.


mini-unblock and i have done a number of these (not this one in particular, though) and he really enjoys them.

but there's *always* a piece or two missing and a few odd ones extra. they're really close to being giving us the perfect count of every piece, but never 100% correct.

the first time, we thought we must have lost a piece on the floor somewhere, but since then we dump everything in buckets and are very careful, so we're sure it's the packaging that's off.

still lots of fun, but yeah, it can be rough if you're a perfectionist....

[Mike 03]

11. It seems like assembling that model would be a great way to "rest" one's

mind after 4 nightmarish years. It would be like meditation, only with some thinking involved. But NO POLITICS.

[Fiendish Thingy]

13. Does it come with Christians, Lions and Gladiators? Nt

[electric_blue68]

14. I've wanted the Taj Mahal...

I think I saw it at the old FAO Shwartz toy store 10 yrs ago

along w some of the other cool Architecture kits.
The White House

Lourvre (retired)

Then there are the mini skylines: NYC, San Fransisco, Paris, London

Chicago (retired)

[Ron Obvious]

15. Not available on Amazon (yet)

I confess I checked.

I'm more of a fan of the general Lego sets anyway.