Wednesday 22 April 2015

LEGO Frozen Disney Princess: Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle Review

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Our family love LEGO and we have become rather engrossed in Frozen fever too so when the lovely folks at House of Fraser asked if we would like to choose something from their extensive toy selection to review, it's no surprise that we quickly decided on the one thing that encompasses both of these! The LEGO Disney Princess 41062: Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle set has a suggested age range of 6 - 12 years and has a recommended retail price of £34.99. 

We have a frozen mad four year old daughter, but also a LEGO crazy seven year old son who was also very interested in this set, (not to mention two 30ish year olds who can often be found singing along to Let It Go and playing with minifigures... ) This is hopefully going to be a set that the whole family enjoys together. 

When the box arrived I admit I was surprised at how small it was, the set contains just 292 pieces and I would compare the size to other LEGO sets we have that have retailed at around £24.99, however this is the first Disney Princess set we have owned and I guess that branding does come with a price tag. Hopefully it will also come with some extra special pieces!


What's in the box?

On opening the box we found 3 bags, two instruction books, a shiny sticker sheet and a 8x16 base plate.

Instruction book one 

Instruction book two 

lego frozen anna elsa olaf minidoll minifigues

Anna, Elsa and Olaf Minifigures

My daughter loves these and would quite happily play with these Disney Princess mini dolls and their LEGO snowman friend for hours even without the rest of the castle set. I have to admit even as a 30 year old woman, I think they are pretty awesome! The detail in their dresses, the fabric cloaks and even the freckles on Anna's face just make them that extra bit special. Olaf is constructed rather than a minifigure as such but still rather cute and very distinctively Olaf, buckteeth and all! I would have loved to see Kristof and Sven included too but maybe them being left out means there could be another LEGO Frozen set to come? Or that could just be wishful thinking on my part!

Constructing Frozen...

Following the instruction sheet the first section you put together is Olaf's picnic blanket, which includes a sandwich and a cookie and makes reference to the 'In Summer' song from the movie which Olaf, Anna and Kristof sit on a red checkered blanket!

The next part to construct is the Sleigh. The Sleigh also has a cute little ice slide, together these form their own little playset which my daughter loved! The are also some adorable accessories including a pair of ice skates that you can fit on to the Anna minidoll to play ice skating.

Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle

It's difficult to know where to start when describing the castle, the. re is just so much attention to detail and beautiful finishing touches including special blue glittery pieces that I've not seen in LEGO before.



The Sparkling Ice Castle itself took us around 30 minutes to build, working together a family, although it may take a child on their own longer. 

The suggested age range for this set is 6 - 12 years and I would agree with that for putting it together as we did this as a family but once it was constructed my four year old has had so much fun playing with it that I would say that it would be a suitable gift for Frozen fans aged four and above as long as an adult is happy to help with the construction.

LEGO Disney Princess 41062: Elsa's Sparkling Ice Castle has an RRP of £34.99 which is high for a LEGO set of this size but is justified in play value and I can see it becoming a very popular and sought after set.

We love it!

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12 comments:

  1. This looks great! Would love it for myself, haha! My boyfriend actually has the Hogwarts Castle that is in our spare room. And we cannot wait for Ben to be older and build lego with him.

    Anna

    Annas Reflection

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  2. Squeeee Oh My Word I...ahem... I mean mouse must have this!

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  3. Love this, it looks like a fab build and the characters are great

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  4. This is fab! My daughter is rather taken with Frozen, maybe I should get it for us both to play with!

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  5. Anything with FROZEN and you are on to a winner in this household. It looks great! We're going to go find one now before they sell out ;) #TriedTested

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  6. Catherine @ Story SnugTuesday, April 28, 2015

    Wow! This looks awesome. I'm currently looking for birthday presents for our Frozen obsessed daughter :) Thanks for sharing the review. #TriedTested

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  7. That looks fantastic! My girl is a huge Frozen and Lego fan......I haven't seen this before so it may be something to think about for her birthday x

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  8. Oh that looks fab, my girls would adore this! #Tried&Tested

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  9. Louise FairweatherTuesday, April 28, 2015

    Oh I would love this for me!

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  10. It does look a little small for the price tag doesn't it, but I guess you pay for the names.

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  11. This is gorgeous, Gemma would love it! I do find Lego very expensive though.Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested

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  12. My eldest is obsessed with LEGO but it's very much "his" thing - this might be a nice way to get Chloe in on the game too :)

    Thanks for linking up with #TriedTested this week x

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