ReadingMama1214 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 My 5yo Dd is pretty good with instructions and the legos we have. However she's never built a set before. We just have a ton of bricks. My mother wants to get her a lego set and it says it's for 7-12yo. Would that be too difficult? DD is Star Wars obsessed and is dying for a Rey lego set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 How patient is your daughter and how many pieces is the set? Link is to the star wars sets for 6-8. https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Star-Wars-ByTheme?S1=&all=1&callback=json&cc=us&count=18&do=json-db&i=1&jsonp=jsonCallback&lang=en&pt=shop&q=*&q1=AE0F776D-FD75-4DB9-9DAD-AD4852EC41F3&q2=setTypesFacetCategory&q3=6-8&rank=rankUS&showRetired=false&sort=sort_flags&sp_q_exact_9=us&x1=theme_id&x2=productType_id&x3=age-range My boys had no problem with those at a young age once they have the patience to deal with over 2000 pieces of Lego in a set. They were going for the 14 and older sets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadingMama1214 Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 How patient is your daughter and how many pieces is the set? Link is to the star wars sets for 6-8. https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Star-Wars-ByTheme?S1=&all=1&callback=json&cc=us&count=18&do=json-db&i=1&jsonp=jsonCallback&lang=en&pt=shop&q=*&q1=AE0F776D-FD75-4DB9-9DAD-AD4852EC41F3&q2=setTypesFacetCategory&q3=6-8&rank=rankUS&showRetired=false&sort=sort_flags&sp_q_exact_9=us&x1=theme_id&x2=productType_id&x3=age-range My boys had no problem with those at a young age once they have the patience to deal with over 2000 pieces of Lego in a set. They were going for the 14 and older sets. She's pretty patient and focused and has good fine motor skills. The set is 193 pieces and is one of the smaller ships Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah0000 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 It should be fine then. DS has no problems with those at five years old. The instructions are very explicit these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 I would let her have the set. I made my boys pour the pieces onto a tray because it is hard to find small missing pieces on carpeted floors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadingMama1214 Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 I would let her have the set. I made my boys pour the pieces onto a tray because it is hard to find small missing pieces on carpeted floors. Yeah. I plan to have her at the table and to put her pieces in a shallow dish. we have a 3yo too who is set on destruction. My mom was hesitant to get it because she said my nephew struggled with the older sets at that age. But we've never had a set so I didn't know what to expect from the age range they list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerriM Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 Do it! My 6yo can do the non-duplo LEGO sets, although it's hard to say how much she does, and how much one of her brothers does for her. Not her fault, he just steps in there to "help." I don't think size is necessarily an issue as much as attention span, but you can do it in spurts. Also, I've been warned that the Friends LEGOs have painted on clothes that wear off after a while, leaving the girls.... topless....... So be pleased she's into the Star Wars LEGOs :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadingMama1214 Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 Do it! My 6yo can do the non-duplo LEGO sets, although it's hard to say how much she does, and how much one of her brothers does for her. Not her fault, he just steps in there to "help." I don't think size is necessarily an issue as much as attention span, but you can do it in spurts. Also, I've been warned that the Friends LEGOs have painted on clothes that wear off after a while, leaving the girls.... topless....... So be pleased she's into the Star Wars LEGOs :) Yeah I'm not a fan of the Friends ones. I'm sure my dd would like them but I hate how stereotypically girl they are. Hair dressers and shopping centers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 It should be fine. DD occasionally needed help with some of the more fiddly parts (mostly the moving Technics style ones) until about age 9, but could do most lego builds unassisted at 5, even the 12+ sets. The only frustrating part was that some of the really impressive looking builds aren't good to play with afterwards (As DD puts it, the Ninjago dragons come from the land of Fragile), so at age 5-7 or so, the best fits were the ones that were essentially dollhouse sets for minifigs, since they could be played with, expanded, and rebuilt easily. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 It should be fine. DD occasionally needed help with some of the more fiddly parts (mostly the moving Technics style ones) until about age 9, but could do most lego builds unassisted at 5, even the 12+ sets. The only frustrating part was that some of the really impressive looking builds aren't good to play with afterwards (As DD puts it, the Ninjago dragons come from the land of Fragile), so at age 5-7 or so, the best fits were the ones that were essentially dollhouse sets for minifigs, since they could be played with, expanded, and rebuilt easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakpak Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 My DD7 has loved the friends sets, but this set of fairy tale and historic figurines have been most awesome (mermaids, wizards, knights, etc) supplement for open-ended play: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085Y3GCW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 We have both a blue 'boy' and the pink 'girl' junior suitcase sets of legos (both gifts) and those have also been a little more open ended compared to building one single thing type of set, especially as they got mixed in together fairly quickly. We just keep adding more pieces to the suitcase as they're good for holding more pieces. We got those when she was 5 I think. She's attracted to the impressive and visually appealing Elves sets right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReadingMama1214 Posted February 15, 2017 Author Share Posted February 15, 2017 My DD7 has loved the friends sets, but this set of fairy tale and historic figurines have been most awesome (mermaids, wizards, knights, etc) supplement for open-ended play: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085Y3GCW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1 We have both a blue 'boy' and the pink 'girl' junior suitcase sets of legos (both gifts) and those have also been a little more open ended compared to building one single thing type of set, especially as they got mixed in together fairly quickly. We just keep adding more pieces to the suitcase as they're good for holding more pieces. We got those when she was 5 I think. She's attracted to the impressive and visually appealing Elves sets right now. That figures set looks amazing. Do you know if they're normally that expensive or if I should look around for better prices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 That's about right. It's really not bad based on the number of minifigs. Every now and then I've seen it as low as $40, but that's rare. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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