LEGO - 60267 City Safari Off-Roader

Very cool item, cute lioness figure. Good accessories with the Minifigures. Camera, binoculars and female hair/hat head piece. Wheels are bulky but solid. Vehicle doesn't turn/steer but that's okay.

Pros: Good facial expressions on both MFs. Both are double-printed.Lioness piece is CUTE! With the head in the upright position it looks very curious, like all cats should!The vehicle is nice and substantial (nice weight in the hand - HEFTY, considering). For the amount of pieces you get, it's good. (Make a deal with Jeep! The ultimate blocky-car with a dedicated fan-base, d-uh!)Cool tree-costume piece! Can be used as a costume or as a tree with a giant hole for woodpeckers or maple syrup pails, etc.Cons: It's missing one very obvious piece (might be contrary to Lego philosophy, but is still contrary to natural selection and my religion) plus the vehicle needs slightly bigger rear compartment to carry the lioness.Lioness: Doesn't fit in the back of the ... MorePros: Good facial expressions on both MFs. Both are double-printed.Lioness piece is CUTE! With the head in the upright position it looks very curious, like all cats should!The vehicle is nice and substantial (nice weight in the hand - HEFTY, considering). For the amount of pieces you get, it's good. (Make a deal with Jeep! The ultimate blocky-car with a dedicated fan-base, d-uh!)Cool tree-costume piece! Can be used as a costume or as a tree with a giant hole for woodpeckers or maple syrup pails, etc.Cons: It's missing one very obvious piece (might be contrary to Lego philosophy, but is still contrary to natural selection and my religion) plus the vehicle needs slightly bigger rear compartment to carry the lioness.Lioness: Doesn't fit in the back of the vehicle. Maybe the MFs are vets and want to sedate the animal to bring back to their clinic.Bird: The marbling (blue and yellow swirling) is hit-or-miss. I got a crappy one without any interesting color swirling. This will be one of those old bite-y parrots that never gets bought at the pet store and squawks obscenities like a sailor.Missing an armed Safari guide !!! The whole point of safaris is to generate tourist dollars in order to hire safari wardens to guard against poachers who hunt for stupid reason. That money hires veterinarians and conservationists to help the animals in their hostile environment. The tourism helps those areas generate funds that otherwise would not come to them, even with their rich natural resources in the ground.My biggest gripe with this set (see the 30 minute build-time), and probably Lego as a whole right now, is a very simple fix, in my opinion. The building instructions show the wrong color when showing grey pieces. This problem doesn't go away in the digital format, although the printed format is much, much worse, to the point of frustration of thinking that several pieces would be missing. The problem comes with grey pieces. They look totally black. I'm not color-blind. I have /better/ than 20/20 vision from laser surgery, I'm younger than 35; I'm a jeweller (I set microscopic diamonds into gold, and I have amazing lighting fixtures). This is a pretty big overall problem with a pretty easy fix. I almost put in an email about missing pieces. I had to skip ahead, putting aside the pieces needed per page until I could find that one black piece I needed, only to realize later it was LIGHT GREY. I see this complaint with a lot of Lego products. Such an easy fix.

This is a fun set with a lot of options.The build for the vehicle is really great. You can easily modify it to fit more minifigures, if desired.I think it was a great idea to include the different facial expressions and the tree disguise is different but in a good way.