Sonic The Hedgehog 76993 Sonic vs Dr. Eggman's Death Egg Robot Toy Building Set
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Web ID: 16754621Really wanted to like it
I have been a Sonic fan since before it was released (I saw it at an Electronics convention). I was happy when the Ideas set came out - it was a great representation of the Green Hill Zone in Lego. I bought all the sets that came out before July. This set was probably the most disappointing. The good parts: Sonic, Dr Eggman. The bad: The Mech and the animal thing (starts on page 25). The Mech goes together OK, but to me looks a bit clunky. The animal dome thing is the most frustrating. In step 4, you put the 2 red slopes on the 2 studs on the piece. Then, when you go to step 9, you build the cover over the animal and add it in, there is nothing to hold the piece that holds the cover, and the cover does not fit! I am tempted to swap in a black 1x4 so the darn thing stays. The cover is just a lost cause to me. The only reason that I would recommend this to someone with kids the right age. They may ignore these things and enjoy playing with them. Those 2 things just rubbed me the wrong way.
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Problem on the design
On p 29, how can u attach the piece when it is flat from step 7 and 8？ should use 1x4.
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Please reach out to LEGO.build/Service-BV, so we can help troubleshoot your build and get more information.
Careful on Your Copy...
Let's start off with the positives. As someone who is a fan of the Sonic franchise, this is a very accurate depiction of one of the more recognizable mechs in the games and with the proper play features.* The build is solid and easy to follow. I appreciate the amount of side builds (ramp, spikes, research center) that add to the environment and offer more options for play with the Speed Sphere. It only makes me wish for a few more accessories, perhaps a trail of rings to run down instead of only one. And while it's not included in the set, the Speed Sphere works well with enemy robots (Badnicks) from other sets to knock them over and free the animals captured inside. *so what's the issue? In my copy of the set, purchased in late January 2024, the instructions told me on page 30 that the first thing I remove from the Bag 3 were 2 animals. Those animals were NOT in Bag 3. Instead, they were packaged with Bag 5. I have built hundreds of LEGO sets in recent years, and I have never seen an error like this before. I corroborated with someone else who built the set in early January 2024. In their copy, there was no issue in the instructions. The second issue I came across was in the right arm of the mech. On the front and back of the box, as well as product images, there are graphics shown around the right claw hand, indicating it can rotate. In the construction of the model, the claw had cannot rotate, only the cuffs. There is an easy way to fix it but that requires extra parts beyond the set and some firsthand LEGO building knowledge from other past sets. All in all a great experience and a fun set to play with, just a few misleading yet minor details that I have never encountered from LEGO before, but I don't expect will happen again or with every copy of the set.
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We're happy to hear even with the issues you encountered you had a good building experience and are enjoying your new set! The instructions misprint you mentioned has been corrected and we'll be happy to send you a new one if you'd like. In regards to the right arm claw rotation, it should rotate without any additional pieces. If you've made sure all the parts are in the right place and it still didn't work, we'll be happy to take a closer look with you! You can find our contact info at LEGO.build/Service-BV, so give us a call or chat and we'll be happy to help!
Take that Baldy McNosehair!
A great looking set with both Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman with his classic Death Egg Robot that has been featured in many games. I was also surprised to see Cubot in this set, but I don't think I've seen Orbot in any of the sets, unless I'm missing him somewhere.
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Great my son loves this set
THR BEST SET EVER! Will recommend for all ages and anyone who loves sonic.
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Nostalgia at an all time high
As a gamer in my early years, especially sonic 2, it was definitely a fun set to put this one together & bring to life. Very easy set, was able to complete in about an hour & love the ability to launch sonic into the Death Egg Robot to break it apart. Only negative - where was metal sonic in the set?
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Awesome
My husband and my daughter built this she loves it. I like the fact that it actually had working parts to it and it came at the perfect time right after we finish watching sonic. All around I’m pretty impressed with the product.
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Amazing little lego set
I got this for my son who loves sonic, he absolutely loves this set, he actually will sit there and follow all the directions to build it correctly, and loves playing with sonic and trying to make his own sound effects, he tries to keep it together but his younger brother likes to take it back a part, and he just get his instructions back out and fixes it and makes up his own little fighting scenes, he absolutely loves this,
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