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Ultimate LEGO DUPLO Building Set | 
 enlarge | Brand: LEGO
Category: Toy
Buy New: $24.99
New (22) from $24.99
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 314
Batteries Included: No
Age: 1.5 - 5 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 7.7 x 13.5
MPN: 5380
Model: 4498910
UPC: 673419091497
EAN: 0673419091497
ASIN: B000SI6JEA
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
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| Features:
| • | Little builders with big imaginations will love diving into this new tub of bricks. | | • | Comes with building plate, wagon base and figure to help inspire role-play fun. | | • | New container allows for easy clean up and efficient storage. | | • | Optimized mix of bricks that spark the imagination | | • | 71 pieces |
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Product Description
Little builders with big imaginations will love diving into this tub of colorful LEGO bricks. Comes with building plate, wagon base and figure to help inspire role-play fun. New container allows for easy clean-up and efficient storage. The transparent lid lets little builders display their models. 71 pieces. Tub measures 7.56"H x 15.12"W x 7.56".
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
 COSTLY MISTAKE January 6, 2009
Lorraine T. Thompson (USA)
Black Lightning Sales had the best price listed for the Lego set on Amazon on the day that I was e-shopping. I ordered the set for my grandson. However, the $50.88 I paid for it was way over priced, according to other websites and even local stores. When I contacted BLS about returning it for full credit I was told that there may be a restocking fee and I would have to pay for shipping and to have it insured. Since the Lego was intact and not opened, I packaged it and took it to be shipped for return. The cost was over $13, not including insurance. I could have shipped it a cheaper way, however, since it was going to a post office box, that was not an option. So I swallowed my loss and kept the high priced Lego. My grandson won't know the difference!Ultimate LEGO Building Set
Awesome first Lego set for little ones December 31, 2008
Alexis Coxon (Holt, MI, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We got this Duplo set for our son, who is almost 21 months, for Christmas. He loves it! He's too young to make particularly complex creations, but he really loves snapping the blocks together and taking them apart, as well as playing with the stuff Mom and Dad make. (And we have tons of fun with these, too!) Heck, he even has a great time just dumping the blocks out of the bin and putting them back in ...
The set comes with a good assortment of rectangular and square blocks, and a few sloping and curved ones, as well as one small baseplate, a wheeled rectangular block (my son's favorite!) and a "guy" (he looks like a construction worker to me).
The blocks seem as durable as they were back when I was a kid, and they have just the right degree of "snappiness" -- they're not too hard to snap together or take apart, but they don't come apart too easily, either.
A couple of notes:
* Be sure to check the prices carefully before you buy. A lot of third-party sellers on Amazon are jacking the price WAY up. You can find much better deals if you buy directly from Amazon or Lego, or at brick-and-mortar stores. This is NOT a hard-to-find item.
* Consider getting the big 15-by-15-inch baseplate, which you can buy separately. It definitely adds a lot of play value. (Again, check prices carefully, though!)
Good quality toy December 26, 2008
Stefan Piesche
Bought this for our 2-year old daughter. She loves it. The quality is great and she even enjoys putting the pieces back in the bucket.
Good Lego starter kit for toddlers.
 great toy - don't buy it here! December 10, 2008
J. Ward (NJ, United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My 3-year old son loves the Lego Duplos but they are WAY overpriced by all the sellers on Amazon. I purchased one at Target today for $24.99. I am returning the one I bought on Amazon to the seller.
It's the wheels and the little guy that make this set best December 3, 2008
Andrew J. Riemer (Winsted, MN United States)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
As a father of ten, we've had a number of Duplo sets over the years. Whenever we need to replenish our supply (this year being one such time), we look for a new set based on three basic factors: wheels, people, and price.
Price is a general constraint for us. We're willing to spend $25-$30 for a set of Duplo blocks. They're tremendously durable, and you can even run them through the dishwasher (in one of those cages used for baby bottle accessories). Within that price range, we try to maximize the number of bricks we get. If wanting only bricks (no special pieces), then you should be able to get 80 or more bricks starting at $20 on sale. If you want those parts (wheels and a character)--and in our experience, they are some of the most used parts when the kids play--then you are looking in that $25-$30 range with at least 65 other blocks.
All of our kids, especially the boys, loved having the wheels. They would make cars and trucks, and eventually airplanes and rolling robots. Sure, they could make many of these things without the wheels, but they seemed to play longer when they were making wheeled things.
Both the boys and girls like the little characters, but the girls would often take the Duplo person away to play with other dolls or for other activities. The boys would almost always make the boy a driver, or some person who was running from (or fighting) the giant robot, tank, or whatever they built with the other blocks.
Many people might not think of Duplo blocks as educational, but they are a great tool for teaching little ones about colors, numbers, and matching. It also helps fine-motor coordination as they try to assemble the bricks (especially at the youngest ages). We have a special needs child who was grown very fond of the bricks, and really enjoys assembling and disaassembling small stacks of them (this year's purchase was targeted for him).
**A SPECIAL NOTE ON THEME SETS**
Unless you have a specific desire to get your kids the specially themed Duplo sets (e.g., Bob the Builder), I recommend skipping those and getting just a basic set like this one for these reasons:
1) Cost. Themed sets cost more for less. You end up paying for the name/theme, and little else.
2) You simply get more blocks with the non-themed sets, and more blocks means more fun play.
3) Themeed sets usually have more special (unique) bricks. They can be used with any set, but those specialized bricks often aren't used as much (based on our experiences) in general play.
4) Most kids don't keep the sets together as displayed on the box. They like to tear things apart and build new things. Knowing that they will do that anyway, it seems to decrease the value of the special theme sets. By the time they are old enough to care about keeping sets togehter (or restoring the set to its original layout after playing with the bricks), the kids are about ready for the first regular Lego set.
**ONE EXCEPTION ON THEME SETS (ANIMALS)**
The only theme sets my wife and I will occasionally purchase are the ones with the animal figures and extra people. These are a great gift for a child who already has a supply of Duplo blocks, as they add to the fun.
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