• Beach House

    <h1>Beach House</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/4996-1/Beach-House'>4996-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Creator'>Creator</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-3-in-1'>3 in 1</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Creator/year-2008'>2008</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2008 LEGO Group</div>

    Beach House

    ©2008 LEGO Group
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    Awesome house

    Written by (AFOL , bronze-rated reviewer) in Portugal,

    A great house from the Creator line 3 in 1.

    The main build and one of the models goes very well with an urban scene. Build several in another colours and you'll get a nice residential area.

    I changed mine to medium blue and a single white stripe in the middle, kind of wooden houses from northern Canada or something.

    Recommend it.

    3 out of 5 people thought this review was helpful.

  • Beach House

    <h1>Beach House</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/4996-1/Beach-House'>4996-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Creator'>Creator</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-3-in-1'>3 in 1</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Creator/year-2008'>2008</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2008 LEGO Group</div>

    Beach House

    ©2008 LEGO Group
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    The beach house that's a bit cramped

    Written by (TFOL , bronze-rated reviewer) in United Kingdom,

    I thought it was quite a good model, especially since I borught it for about 25 euros, when I went to France on a holiday.

    I think thought that the worst feature thought is that there is basically no room to move around in, By the stairs and lego person can't get through because the gap is too small, there is not enough room for furniture, well maybe a cardboard box and a small TV.

    Also On the 3 storey tower thing you can build, there is also very little room to put furniture, but the ground floor has a post box, the second floor has an office, that's pretty cool actually, and the third and final floor is well, ummm, I don't know becuase it's too confusing it's like a very bad bathroom or something.

    The other model you can make, is a pub or restraunt, probally a pub and that is pretty good but there is not much room on the inside but it does have an amazing counter to make up for that, but there is some room upstairs for a quick nap or something.

    Overall, I would buy this model but possibly make my own models out of it.

    PS you can make a train station out of as well, I know becuaseI've done it before.

    7 out of 9 people thought this review was helpful.

  • Beach House

    <h1>Beach House</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/4996-1/Beach-House'>4996-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Creator'>Creator</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-3-in-1'>3 in 1</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Creator/year-2008'>2008</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2008 LEGO Group</div>

    Beach House

    ©2008 LEGO Group
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    A superb model with great playability

    Written by (TFOL) in Canada,

    This is an excellent set thad adds to LEGO's great selection of Creator houses. My personal favourite of the three models is the original beach house, which looks nice and is built very well. It is quite interesting to build with a variety of shapes and sizes. In terms of playability, I like the apartment-style model as it is easily accessible from the back and provides instructions for indoor and outdoor furniture. I don't care much for the cafe model, but others seem to favour it.

    Pros

    • A variety of windows
    • Unusual but attractive colour scheme
    • An awesome barbeque!
    • Lots of colours (red, green, yellow, black, grey, white, etc)
    • Instructions for three models

    Cons

    • Tree falls apart easily
    • Chimney tends to fall off

    A modification I made with the beach house model is removing the small windows on the roof and switching the extra layer of sloped bricks to the opposite side, as I find it looks nicer. This set is great for people who want value for their money (3 models for the price of 1, like most Creator sets). It gives a cheery look to what might otherwise be a drab LEGO town. I'm verry happy and glad to have spent those forty dollars!

    7 out of 7 people thought this review was helpful.

  • Beach House

    <h1>Beach House</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/4996-1/Beach-House'>4996-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Creator'>Creator</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-3-in-1'>3 in 1</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Creator/year-2008'>2008</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2008 LEGO Group</div>

    Beach House

    ©2008 LEGO Group
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    Awesome House, No Furniture?

    Written by (AFOL , bronze-rated reviewer) in United States,

    I bought this to add some regular houses to my Lego city. The house is designed perfect, its structure is very sound. I put it in the middle of my city since it can be viewed from all angles.

    Pros

    • 4 sided design
    • Sound structure(hinges and 2nd floor remove perfectly)
    • Bar-B-Q
    • Tiled walk ways
    • Tree
    • Stairs

    Cons

    • No Furniture
    • No Minifigs

    I bought this off Ebay for $40, but it included 3 minifigs that the previous owner must have threw in. I would recommend this to anyone adding to your Lego city. This was my first creater set and I will be buying more of the houses.

    3 out of 5 people thought this review was helpful.

  • Beach House

    <h1>Beach House</h1><div class='tags floatleft'><a href='/sets/4996-1/Beach-House'>4996-1</a> <a href='/sets/theme-Creator'>Creator</a> <a class='subtheme' href='/sets/subtheme-3-in-1'>3 in 1</a> <a class='year' href='/sets/theme-Creator/year-2008'>2008</a> </div><div class='floatright'>©2008 LEGO Group</div>

    Beach House

    ©2008 LEGO Group
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    A Nice House with Wrong Color

    Written by (AFOL , platinum-rated reviewer) in Indonesia,

    I got this set from a person that did not want to play Lego anymore in a really cheap price. Paid around USD 15 for this set, and that is really cheap, since in Indonesia, the new one cost me around USD 54.

    I am a City theme person. And I really like this set, since I can add a house into my town. I love Lego, but I think they create too many police, coast guard, fire fighter, and every other man-with-uniform sets. I mean, what's the meaning of a city that have no regular houses?

    Love the building process and the details. You can see that the set own the satellite dish on top of it. Really simple yet people can understand what it means easily. The other components that I love is the BBQ grill and the letter box. The designer is really making sure that all the details in a regular house available here. and all of the alternative models available is really looks good.

    The only thing that I dont like about the set is the color. I think yellow is something unusual to be used in a house, especially as a dominant color. But it doesnt mean that this set is not worth buying. It really is. So if you still stumble with this set, just grab one.
    Guarantee that you will love the set.

    PRO :
    - Very detailed : BBQ grill, satellite dish, letter box

    CON :
    - Yellow color is quite uncommon for a house

    5 out of 8 people thought this review was helpful.