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)

Kid loves it

Its Lego! Of course its awesome.

This is the perfect holiday activity for our 8 years old twins - there will be help from older cousins if they need it. So, with rain predicted for Thanksgiving, we have a great indoor activity planned. This is a particularly nice building kit - we had to try out a part of out ourselves and almost got hooked completely! They love LEGO building kits - and this one is going to be a special favorite! Quality parts and pieces go together easily.

I wanted an activity I could do with my grand daughters when they came to visit over summer break. I was intrigued by the interactive ghost app activity. Like others have said, the build must take place before using the app. I did this build with a 6 and 8 year old girls. They havent played with Legos a lot and neither have I so it was a bit challenging. However, the illustrated instructions were really helpful and we were able to figure things out. It did take us a few days getting all of the 698 pieces together. This really wasnt because we got bored but rather we ran out of time with our first visit. I was surprised at how excited the girls were to finish it when they came back for a second round. The pieces of this set fit together well and like they should. The train is a good size once put together at 5 high, 5 wide and 24 long. The girls liked the mini figures they could play with and put in various areas of the train. We all had a lot of fun with the app hunting for ghosts on the Haunted Train and playing the interactive games. So fun that its released in time for Halloween. Make sure to check to see if your device will work before getting kids too excited. It worked on my Samsung Galaxy S9 and my husbands iPhone 6s but it may not work on some of the older phones. Since were new to Lego building sets, I dont have anything else to compare this to but we had so much fun that we want to build another set. So fun that Lego has these interactive sets. Im having a hard time breaking down the set as the girls want me to leave it up so they can play the app when coming over without having to start over.

Great gift for kids that love lego.

My Son and I had a great time building this. Another great idea from Lego.

Overall, my kids (4 and 6) were pretty into this. They liked building it, they liked how the train has little wings and teeth to convert from train to monster, and they liked the set in general. But of course they were also super excited about the game, which is kind of like the Pokemon phone game, where you look around to find ghosts and then tap on them to catch them. Except the game itself isnt as good as Pokemon. Where it shines is that its specifically made to interact with the Lego set youve built, which is neat, but also kind of tedious, and limiting if you want to disassemble what youve built to use the parts for other things. (My kids were less discerning, but theyre little and dont really see how things will play out yet, so I take their opinion on the longevity of the game with a grain of salt...) All in all, its fun, and I recommend it, but dont pay a premium for the AR game.

This set is so cool!!! My boys love it!!!