LEGO Seasonal Winter Elves Scene 40564

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Several renditions of the LEGO house have been produced over the years, from the definitive 21037 LEGO House to the tiny 854015 LEGO House Magnet. This one sits somewhere in between in terms of size. It's just about big enough to be able to model the distinctively designed building reasonably accurately. It's certainly a hefty GWP: the box, which is styled like those of the larger models, is deeper and heavier than those of most free gifts. Three dinosaurs, one made from Duplo, one from System pieces and one from Technic, take centre stage in the masterpiece gallery. The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author. Box and contents

A solitary elf armed with a paintbrush toils away at a workbench while Santa oversees the operation with the help of a computer on a shelf by the window. It's a delightful scene!

It's the weakest of the five models, simply because it's too small to be able to do the subject justice, although the mini yellow castle made from about 8 pieces is cute, as is the fire engine with just 6.

This highly-detailed minifig-scale model of an ENGEL injection moulding machine is also excellent and, if it were available more readily, could be used in bulk to populate a model of a LEGO factory. The conveyer belt, upon which there's a pair of roller skates, a video game controller, a gold statue and a yellow car, slides in and out through a hole in the wall. I'm not quite sure why, though, given they are normally fixed.The completed model comprises a section of Santa's workshop with walls on two sides. Sliding doors on one of them allow ingress of raw materials and what I presume is a conveyer belt behind a wooden door on the other is provided for the dispatch of finished presents.