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"School Day earns a BrickScore of 35 and a "Skip It" verdict: LEGO's first City school building is widely criticized as structurally unfinished, overpriced at $0.162 per piece, and poorly designed for play, with only 37% of LEGO.com buyers recommending it despite the school bus being a genuine highlight."
The City School Day lands a BrickScore of 35 and a "Skip It" verdict, anchored by substantive design criticism: an unfinished-looking school building with missing walls and no roof, a school bus with room for only one seated passenger, poor value at $69.99 for 433 pieces ($0.162 per piece), and an overall sense that LEGO's first-ever City school set squandered a long-anticipated concept. The owner data reveals a meaningful split: Amazon buyers average 4.80 out of 5, but LEGO.com buyers rate it just 2.56 out of 5, and LEGO.com signals show only 37% recommending it with value for money scoring 2.16 out of 5.
Where they split: The owner data tells two different stories. Amazon buyers rate it 4.80 out of 5, likely reflecting play satisfaction from parents of younger children and the bus appeal. LEGO.com buyers, who tend to be more experienced and quality-focused, rate it 2.56 out of 5, and only 37% recommend it, much closer to the expert BrickScore of 35. The LEGO.com value-for-money signal of 2.16 out of 5 is among the more damning owner signals for a City set.
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"overall a disappointment this thing is has a lot of good stuff in it a lot of little good stuff but on the whole does not work as a big school set for many figures"
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"This is not a good set. I just don't know what to think: all ingredients are there to make this a great set."
Rebrickable Reviews"overall a disappointment this thing is has a lot of good stuff in it a lot of little good stuff but on the whole does not work as a big school set for many figures"
"This is not a good set. I just don't know what to think: all ingredients are there to make this a great set."
Buyers are split: young children and casual players enjoy the set's playability and minifigures, but long-term LEGO collectors are deeply frustrated by poor design (missing roof and walls), overpricing for piece count, and the trade-offs caused by the new road-plate system.
Amazon4.8
LEGO.com2.6
