REVIEW: CREATOR 31139 Cozy House

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 2023 Creator 3 in 1 31139 Cozy House:

THE GOOD:

• Very good looking house in default configuration with both sides front facing.
• Extremely detailed in the exterior and garden.
• Lots of useful furnitures builds.
• The building experience is a lot more challenging than your typical 8+ set.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• Some of the smaller brick built items, at least for me I would have not guess what they are unless being told what they are.

This is one very good looking set.  And I did not anticipate the complexity of the build, which was a fun experience.  The exterior and garden have some very very nice details.  Especially the stone paths and the patio area.  The roof gives you a bit of taste on what you can expect for the upcoming Rivendell, and it's really a test of patience.  By far, in my opinion the default build look the best while the apartment build do look interesting, the A shaped Cabin build probably not as good when you also own the Ideas A shaped Cabin.  Apart from the lovely exterior, the interior is also very detailed with lots of useful furniture builds.  Is this the first time we have a Minifigure double bed?  While the build can be fully enclosed, once closed it does feel the house is very crowded inside and not cozy at all :). At 110NZD without discount, the set is not cheap but you can easily get 15~20% at launch for this, so this makes the pricing very competitive with the complex building experience and the details packed in this set.  This is definitely a set I would recommend and I'm very happy with it.

[danth]

Nice review!

Some (all?) of the toy builds are throwbacks to old sets, like the Rock Raiders Granite Grinder.

Everything about this set is fantastic...except for that dog-thing, which is the opposite of fantastic. :D

[Pchan1983]

On 3/3/2023 at 7:25 AM, danth said:

.except for that dog-thing, which is the opposite of fantastic. :D

is it a dog? I thought it's a car XD. exactly why not really a fan of brick built animals in this size.  too abstract to tell what are they.