LEGO Spring Festival Good Fortune (80117) Review
With the Chinese/Lunar New Year just a few days away, LEGO has recently released some Spring Festival sets and the first one we’ll be checking out is the Good Fortune (80117). The set has 1,021 pieces and retails for $89.99.
Build
The whole build pretty much sits on a 16×16 plate. You can’t really see it later on but there’s a very intricate design made up of pearl-gold curves. There are some jumper plates and turntables for the various objects in the set.
The first of the objects are the three gold ingots. All three are exactly the same and the resemble the yuanbao used as currency during Imperial China. In present day, Chinese use it as a symbol of wealth and prosperity.
The next object is the persimmon fruit that is place in the middle of the build. It is actually made up of three sections that are stacked on top of each other. It doesn’t sit too well and it tends to roll around.
Following that we have the unrolled red scroll. It is made up of a lot of plates with the middle part showing 春 which means Spring. The right side of the scroll has some brackets to give the illusion of it being rolled out. The calligraphy pen is made up of a bunch of Technic axle connectors and is clipped on to the top part of the scroll.
The fourth item in this set is the blue and white porcelain vase. It is built symmetrically using some arch bricks … Continue
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