LEGO over the years has released Spring Festival sets to celebrate the Chinese/Lunar New Year and one of this year’s set is the Fortune Firecracker (80118). It has 1,039 pieces and retails for $89.99.
Minifigures
There are six minifigures in this set including the God of Fortune. He has on a highly decorative red robe with some pearl gold detailing on both sides. He also wears a brick-built hat with a printed round tile.
The grandfather wears a gray striped suit. His accessory is a brick-built firecracker. If you watched any old school Hong Kong movies or even The Martian, he reminds me of Eddy Ko.
The grandmother wears a tan sweater with some brown pants. She does have a double-sided head showing smiles on both sides.
The father has on a sand green puffer jacket that seems to be new year themed as it has printing of a gold ingot on the back. His double-sided head shows him with a smile on one side and a winking expression on the other.
The mother has on a red jacket with a fur collar and blue pants. Her double-sided head also shows her with smiling expressions. Her accessory is a brick-built gold ingot.
Lastly we have the child who is wearing the same jacket as his father. His accessory is a printed red envelope.
Build
All six minifigures are able to fit on two minifigure stands that fit inside the firecracker. The stand for the God of Fortune minifigure has a more elevated stand for him.
The firecracker itself has a mostly red, teal, and pearl-gold color scheme. throughout the build. It is rather large with the center part being the main focus. If you look closely, there is a brick-built face of a dragon.
Right below the dragon head is a little button that you push in which the panel opens up in the middle and reveals the stands with the minifigures. As you push in the button more, the stand extends out more but won’t fall off. Here we have scenes showing a firework display or the main one with the family welcoming the God of Fortune.
The rest of the build features a very repetitive build with the firecrackers themselves. They’re basically decorated cylinder pieces and you put in studs to make the crackling noises of the firecrackers. Note that the cylinder pieces are printed pieces and you get eight of them in this set.
Like with some previous Spring Festival sets, you can also hang it on the wall but this one is mostly required since it is designed as a firecracker. LEGO does a good job of including the hook piece so you can easily hang it up.
Results
Overall the LEGO Spring Festival Fortune Firecracker (80118) is a decent set but it lacks something that I can’t put my finger on. The builds looks okay and I do like the design of the dragon on the panel but it doesn’t really convey the family storytelling for Chinese New Year like with previous sets. It does have a family but it’s mostly hidden and you don’t really see it unless you do the pop out scenes.
One nice thing is that all the pieces are printed and you can use them with other Chinese themed builds. The price of the set is also high for what you get and it’s better if you get it during double points or when it’s discounted at the end of the year.
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