LEGO Hidden Side Newbury Haunted High School 70425 Building Kit, School Playset for 9+ Year Old Boys and Girls, Interactive Augmented Reality Playset (1,474 Pieces)

Very disappointed. Seriously?! Passing off a previously opened Lego set as new?! Purchased this for my sons birthday. The box had been previously opened and was taped shut. My son opened it to find bag 5 had been opened. Being an excited child with his new set, he decided to build it, only to find pieces were missing as well as one of the sticker sheets. We will be returning, and will rethink any future purchases with this seller.

This particular set is challenging, unique and different in that it is interactive with an app which is good and bad. The great thing about Legos is it gets the kids away from electronics, now they mesh the two. It is unique and the grandkids love it but not sure about the app. Its inevitable I guess.

My son loved this!

This is so much fun to put together, I enjoyed all the hidden side monster effects!

My son just turned 6 and he absolutely loves this LEGO series. After he builds them he loves using the hidden side app. Makes it a bit more interactive after he’s done building. This haunted house LEGO set is very cool. This is the best price I found anywhere.

Fantastic detail. Paranormal feature not do great.

Our four year old is a huge fan of legos, and he was excited to put together this set. He was able to do it 95% himself, with just a little occasional help. This ghost train has so many fun features. The engine has wings that fold out and in using a lever in the roof. One of the cars has a clear jail-like compartment that mini figures fit inside. And the third car has a large weapon on top. Most of the mini figures can transform into ghost versions with a new head and hair. The winged train is definitely our sons favorite aspect of this figure, the wings snap in and out in a very satisfying way. It would be nice if more tracks were included so you could actually drive the train around. There are only enough tracks for it to sit in place. The set comes with a free augmented reality game you can download to a phone or tablet. The game didn’t work on the older tablet our son uses. So we played on a phone. It was fairly easy to capture a picture of our train, but you only really needed to use the LEGO set once during the game — you set a color dial then scan that color. After that, the game doesn’t really need the set at all, and in fact it would probably be more fun without it, since it’s annoying to try to keep the phone oriented on the train. You basically just tap the image of the train to find trouble spots, then scan a minifigure, then fight a ghost. It takes about 5 mins. Then it’s over. And that’s it. You can repeat with some variations, but there’s not much to it. So that was a little disappointing. But legos have always been plenty of fun with no bonus game, so no real harm done! It’s still a fun set. We havent touched the game since, but our son is still playing with the train.

This is one of the best options to get a LEGO castle theme.... since those aren’t really available by Lego anymore! My 9 year old loves it!