LEGO 21034 London review

I was lucky to buy this awesome skyline for a very reasonable price. And once I have assembled it, I knew it would be worth it even for a full price.

Once you open the box, you are greeted by 3 unnumbered bags, 4 tubes and a beautiful booklet. As with every booklet from architecture series, this one comes with the building instructions and some additional information about the sights featured in the skyline.

This is how it looks when you dump all bags in one place, more than 400 bricks. Dominant colours are tan, grey, black and white, with some highlights in medium blue for tower bridge.

The build itself starts with the base. Nothing very interesting. The fun part starts when you are building the plaza for National gallery and London eye.

Next part is the river since the majority of these landmarks stand on the river banks. The clear tiles over black substrate nicely depict the dark muddy water of the river Thames.

The first sight to build is the biggest part. The Tower Bridge. The main tower is built from palisade bricks in tan, with details of modified toothed plates. The bridge can open and close since it is on hinges. Also, you can see the suspension cables, which are from the medium blue soft axle.

A tiny national gallery is situated on the left side of the skyline. Microbuild is composed of vertical grilles and slopes with slots to depict the pediment. At this scale, it cannot be done better.

The penultimate part of the build is the clock tower, now known as Elizabeth Tower to commemorate 60 years of the reign of the queen, Elizabeth II. The clock itself is a printed piece. One of my favourite bricks is also used, the 1×2 modified with grille in tan.

Last major part is the London eye, which uses a flex tubes and clips.  The central arm is made of technic liftarms.

And to crown the whole build, tiny sailboat on the river with a sail from a sword piece. That is why I love microbuilds, the creative reuse of parts for completely different purposes.

Overall, as with all the skylines, the build is varied and contains a lot of small detail and some advanced building techniques. The completed set is a very nice coffee table decoration and is definite must have for fans of architecture. And I will wrap this up with a nice quote about London.

‘When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.’

Cheers