LEGO will be releasing a couple of June Chinese Traditional Festival sets and the first one we’re checking out is the Prosperity Carp Leaping (80120). The set has 736 pieces and retails for $59.99.
The Chinese has a famous phrase 鲤鱼跳龙门 which translates to Carp Leaping over the Dragon Gate and that symbolizes good luck in one’s life achievements. This set is a brick-built representation of that symbolizm.
Build
The first couple of bags are used to build the base foundation of the set. This includes the turning mechanism at the back which utilizes the transparent light blue circle gear tracks.
The front of the base has a lot of forceful waves from the leaping fish. There’s a printed tile in the front which loosely translates to “fish leaping over the Dragon Gate.”
Between the section of waves and the wheel, there is the Dragon Gate itself. The pillars stand in the middle of the waves and right in the middle of the gear track so the fish are able to leap over it. Some detailing on the gate include the printed coin in the front and useage of the pearl-gold frogs and dragon head sword hilt.
As for the fish themselves, there are three of them, all different colored but built similarly. Two of them attach to the gear wheel while the last one is at the front right corner of the build.
The main play feature of the set is the turning wheel to simulate the fish leaping over the gate. The mechanism works well and the wheel turns smoothly. You can probably finagle the mechanism to add a motor to have it turn automatically.
Results
Overall the LEGO Chinese Traditional Festival Prosperity Carp Leaping (80120) is a fun little set that you can display all year long for a decent price. I really don’t have anything bad to say about the set. The build was actually fun especially at the crank mechanism area. The printed are also good as well. If I had to nitpick, the tails on the fish are fragile as they do pop off a lot since they’re just clipped on.
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