LEGO Architecture Empire State Building 21046 New York City Skyline Architecture Model Kit for Adults and Kids, Build It Yourself Model Skyscraper (1767 Pieces)

I consider myself to be an experienced LEGO builder. Besides a number of Star Wars and Avengers LEGO builds, I have built the Ford Mustang car, VW Bus, VW Bug, San Francisco City, New York City, Buckingham Place, Big Ben, Apollo Lunar Module and Saturn V LEGO kits. Okay, I’ll admit it. I’m totally hooked on LEGOs! When the LEGO Architecture Empire State Building (21046) came out, I just knew that I had to own it. I ordered it the very first day it was available.This is not LEGO’s first attempt at modeling the Empire State Building. There was an earlier version (21002) that only vaguely resembled this well known building. A more realistic but smaller version was part of the New York City Architecture set. This version, however, is in a class of its own. It is an impressive build that looks remarkably like the real Empire State Building. It stands two feet high and is hard to miss.With 684 1x2 grill tiles to attach, one might think that this is a tedious build. Actually, that is not the case. It took a good part of the afternoon and evening to build, but it was a totally engaging and fun build. I don’t recommend doing this, but I was able to carry this rather heavy model around holding it by the top of the building. Not a brick fell out. It’s that stable—that’s saying somethingAs for the LEGO Architecture Empire State Building (21046,) in my opinion this is LEGO’s finest model yet. It is a joy to look at and is a solid build. It will occupy a place of honor in my studio where others can see and enjoy it.

This was so much fun to put together. It wasn't particularly difficult but it was especially interesting to see all the components on the inside of the building - I haven't done my research but I am guessing it's pretty close to what it's really made up of. I haven't actually been to the real building in a while so I am not sure. These are so, so expensive and I got lucky with a decent price (RIGHT as Covid quarantining was starting) and it was new. I wasn't sure it would be but I am glad it was because if the pieces weren't separated into the bags by phase so you can follow the directions, it would have been A LOT LONGER to put it together. Now that it's finished I think it looks nice sitting on top of a shelf in my living room. There aren't a lot of LEGO sets I would display but this one works. I wish I could do more of the architecture sets but prices have gone up rapidly!

Among my favorite LEGO Creations, solid from the bottom up, sleek in the design, as perfect to the original building as you can get, this LEGO set was a pleasure to build.Received it on a Friday night and was done with it on a Monday, a 3 day build.The NYC structure I’d really like to see created for LEGO is the late, great Twin towers of the World Trade Center, NOW THAT would be a masterpiece of design, not to mention, a challenge for the LEGO design team.But as for the Empire State Building?I’ve always admired its architecture and was like a kid in a candy store when I FINALLY got up there a few years ago when I was in NYC before going to a concert at the Garden, it was an experience I’ll never forget.Good job!

I was born on Long Island and lived there until I was 22. Every time people visited from out of the area, they wanted to see the Empire State Building. I went there NUMEROUS times!This model brings back wonderful memories!It is easy to put together and looks better and better in each step.No missing pieces. Many extra pieces.This is a definite KEEPER!THANK YOU LEGO for doing such a great job with this incredible model!

It's a good one!!

This model looks totally amazing! The instructions are clear and very easy to understand. I know others could put this together a lot faster than I did, (probably in a few hours), but I worked on it a little bit each day for about five days. It was one of the most enjoyable things I did like this. It looks amazing as a showpiece due to how realistic it is to the real building. Extremely well made, and worth the money.

My brother recently graduated from college with a degree in Architecture, he's always loved playing with legos as a kid and I think that was one of the main reasons he went on to choose that as his major. It was such a great full circle moment that he's now building legos again but as an actual architect.The product is great, definitely more costly than when it first came out because they no longer make this lego set but is way better than the skyline series. It's a collectors item, you won't regret it!

My 12 year old granddaughter enjoys lego's and challenges and she liked this one. She follows the directions that are included (which are great) and enjoys the concentration required to build something. She took a couple of days, but she really enjoyed it. Always get the "LEGO" brand name because they have a system of instructions and separated parts in bags that is great for these large sets. We have tried other brands and they don't provide good instructions for their sets.