It's about time Lego finally came out with a set for the limosine ridin', jet flyin', kiss-stealin', wheelin'-dealin', son-of-a-gun in town! WOOOO!

I like this set for a number of reasons. To my knowledge, Lego has never offered a set like this before, with the chopper and limo, which offers a lot of play possibilities. Say you have some of the old NBA Basketball Lego characters. Shaquille O' Neal needs a ride to the Green Grocer, you can't very well pick him up in the town bus! Or, lets say you have a wealthy town villain? He can pull up in his limo to make people miserable. Or, an imporant businessman similar to Tony Stark? The limo driver can be Happy Hogan and they go on a bender and the police pull them over...the list goes on and on.

Anyway, you get the 4 minifigs, the air-taxi copter and the limo. I've only put together the helicopter so far, which was fun. The only complaint I had during the build was that the slanted blue roof bricks where the "Air Taxi" stickers are to be attached have what I can best describe as a fine "sand" like surface, not the typical smooth surface. This made the sticker application a bit tricky as they didn't want to stay in place. You could probably just eliminate the "Air Taxi" stickers altogether, which would make the chopper seem more exclusive to the businessman that comes with the set. But, I digress.

The female minifig is also an exact rehash from several sets that Lego has already introduced, such as the Grand Emporium set, and the Public Transport set. Same hair, head and shirt. The male "angry" face with the orange-shaded sunglasses seems to be getting recycled quite often as well. It's a shame Lego doesn't dig back into it's archives from time to time if they won't come up with new character faces.

I saved the limo for my daughter to build. It's almost as much fun watching and helping her put these sets together as it is for me. For me, it's relaxing. For her, not only is it fun, but she is learning how to follow an instruction manual, use her hands and gets the reward of accomplishment upon completion. Legos are just plain good.

Anyway, the price is right at $29.99 USD, which is fair compared to say, the Pig Farm & Tractor set which was grossly overpriced at $34.99 USD. Not to always complain about the cost of sets, but with this recent court case maybe not going in Lego's favor, and the market no doubt about to be clogged with cheaper and inferior imitations...perhaps Lego will drop their costs on smaller sets such as these. Nothing will make them...but for those on a budget (who isn't these days?), it'd be nice!