The Eiffel Tower set (10181) is a LEGO Icons set which came out in 2007. It doesn't include any minifigures or stickers. This set comes with 3428 pieces. This set may take you about a week to build.

Features:

There're not many features in this set. The only feature is that you can take off the second and the third platform very easily for better transport. If you build this set, I would recommend you to build this one on a wooden board or on an empty box which is really sturdy.

Positive:

It's a real challenge to put this one together

Details of this model are really awesome

French flag on the top

Negative:

Should have come with a micro minifigure (One which LEGO made for the new Game theme which came out in 2009)

A little bit too tough for kids. I think 16+ is an excellent recommended age for that model (I don't normally care about this but some do)

It's very expensive

All in all, this set is a great set and I would HIGHLY recommend you to get this. You can find this set on eBay and BrickLink for sure. Here is the link where you can check out the full gallery I made for this set on my website: www.klokriecher.de

Videos I made of this set:

Stopmotion

Review

the lego eiffel tower brought me out of my dark ages, it made me start collecting again. Building it would be like therapy because it entails days (3 days for me) of repetitive building with bricks that are mostly of the same color.

the base is made of four separate green baseplates connected/covered by big smooth pieces that serve as its tile. This is also where the elevator lobby/s are located...it is initially wobbly until you get to build and connect the arches. By this time you will appreciate how much detail the designers have put into this set.

the second part of the build is where the observation deck is located -- lego has provided a plentiful bunch of smoked frameless windows for this purpose. At this level you will be reminded that it is less than half of what should be minifig scale -- the windows reach only half the height of minifigs.

the third and the last stretch of the build is like the icing on the cake...by this stage you will see and build a narrow elevator shaft/column that reaches the top. A very nice detail because of the bright yellow and red lifts that nicely pop up visually. a craftily done sideways build of the topmost point detail, where the french flag sits, caps the whole build.

this set deserves its own sturdy place, at almost 2 feet wide, 2 feet breadth and 4 feet height...it occupies a lot of space. Though it could be easily broken down into three sections...moving it should be avoided because the base could crack in half -- believe me, its not a pretty picture.

any builder below 16 deserves a pat on the back when he finishes this build. Its big and its iconic and relatively fairly priced on a per brick basis when i got it in manila. I highly recommend this set to anyone who still has a chance of getting it.

This set is stunning! I remember trying to imagine the height of this set before actually buying it and building it. So when i was done building it, its massively huge! The height, of course, was anticipated. But what i forgot to take into account is the entire volume of it (square width and length)

The build it self was challenging at the base. Carefully building it as its fragile. The engineering of it is that the four corners supports each other pushing each other in a synergy. I had a tough time building the base as it collapsed a few times.

But once u got through the base, the rest is easy. and its also the best, when it starts to tower up higher and higher. A bit repetitive at the mid and top end but these are one of the few sets where the repetition is easy and enjoyable. And it get thinner so repetition gets faster and faster.

I must say, this is a must have for large scale model collectors. The presence effect is stunning!! I always have it compared (height) to any kids visiting.

When I was a kid, once a year one of the big stores in town would do that Lego "exhibition" - you know, with huge sculptures of pop culture icons, trains and city layouts that went for miles (in Lego scale). All I could dream of after a visit, is how cool it would be to get such a HUGE kit like that and be able to build it. I hope against hope that under the Christmas tree would be some impressive, massive, challenging lego structure for me to spend the rest of the holidays building and rebuilding, until I could do it by memory alone.

Now I am a card carrying ALOFL, and Lego are bringing out these huge dream kits. I mean you just have to know their marketing department's figured us out. We have the credit cards, and the dream, they just have to provide us that irresistable challenge.

Sure there are many pieces, and there is a lot of repetitive steps - but hey - the Eiffle tower is a rather large geometric shape, it is bound to be a bit symetrical and thus a bit repetitive, much like a 3000pc jigsaw puzzle can be a little repetitive. Anyone who buys it and complains about the boring nature of building four legs should probably return to Duplo.

This was fun. I am not a fast builder, so around 14 hours for me, a couple of hours a night in front of the idiot box. about 2 hours to unpack and pre-sort the pieces and 12 for the build. Besides you would hope $299 would provide more than a few hours of distraction.

For me the wonder of lego, is how the designers can get such seemingly innoculous pieces to form such impressive shapes. I love the way the lego rises in 3D to fulfil it's potential.

It was immensely satisfying to finish and step back from the Eiffel Tower and see it in it's entirity.

I am glad I got this kit, and happy Lego is looking after us.

Next up will be the Taj Mahal. Can't wait.

This is a perfect model of the famous Eiffel Tower in the city of Paris. It looks really good from top to bottom. I really like the little French flag on top of the tower which gives it an authentic feel. If you like Legos and live in France, pick this up.