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Set Name: Farm
Set Number: 7637
Theme: City
Year: 2009
Number of Pieces: 609
Minifigures: 3 (plus animals)
MSRP: $89.99 (USD) $109.99 (CDN)
Description from Brickset:
It's always busy on the LEGO' City Farm!
The sun is rising, and it's time for a brand new day on the farm! The farmer and his helpers get the tractor and trailer ready for the big harvest. Then it's time to feed and milk the cows, empty the silo for market, and store the fresh hay bales in the barn! Build a barn, cow shed, grain silo, riding mower and tractor with tilting wagon! Includes cat, mouse, 2 cows, dog, farmer minifigure, girl minifigure, farmhand minifigure and accessories Raise the roof panels on the barn, empty the grain silo, use the winch and hook to move the hay bales or tilt the wagon! Barn measures 6" (15cm) tall by 5" (12cm) wide; silo is more than 11" (27cm) tall.
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This set is now retired, but I was lucky enough to be online when shop@home found a few extra lying around and put them up at 50% off. My daughter was thrilled as she had been eying this set for some time.
Here is the front of the box. As you can see, this is a large set with over 600 pieces. You get a barn, a stable, a silo, a tractor with hay wagon, a riding lawn mower, 3 farmers, a dog, and cows among other things.
The back of the box shows some of the play features this set has, such as the silo being able to dump grain into the wagon, the barn with the hay bale lifter, and emphasizes the fact that each bag (or bags) builds a separate section of the farm.
Opening up the box, we find the following: Three instruction manuals in 3 separate sizes, something I've never seen before (in my recollection). Six numbered bags, an un-numbered bag, 2 green base plates, two A-shape large frame pieces, two cows in a separate baggy, and the dreaded sticker sheet.
Here are the three instruction manuals. The smallest is number 1 and shows how to build the lawn mover and other small items, the second largest is for the tractor and trailer, and the largest is for the building.
Here are the contents of bag number 1, plus the cows.
The cows. The horns are attached, as is the white block in their backs. I guess that's so you can minifigures ride them, or to pull a wagon with. The heads move up and down, and they have udders, just like a real cow. (You can see them on the cow on the right.)
The first of our minifigures are found in this bag, the male and female farm hands. Also in this bag is the farm dog. The dog is nothing new, and the female farm hand doesn't appear to be new to me either. The male farm hand does have nice blue overalls.
The backs of the minifigures are plain, and a bit dull.
Bag number one builds some of the farm implements. Such as these tanks which I assume are for welding.
And this tool cart. The cart looks great, except the oil can is not attached to anything (its bottom is smooth and there is no hook to attach it to, and there are two extra tools that don't go anywhere. So our farm hand has to carry them around all day.
Here is the lawn mover (minus bagging attachment). Its a nice little vehicle, and since its yellow (my daughters favourite colour) we had to stop building for a while so she could "go cut the grass" for a while. It was cute. The two wheel sizes, the side cutters, everything works here.
The complete lawn mover, and the extra pieces from the bag. Too bad about the stickers, but at least there are only a few.
The contents of bag #2. The blue tractor. Also in this bag is our farmer.
The farmer. A white farm hat, and green overalls. This guy IS a farmer. Very nice figure.
And from the back. The torso is printed on the back as well.
The tractor being built. Here we see the wheelbase before any of the wheels, or the engine or cab is attached.
The engine and the front scoops have been added, as have the wheels. The scoop works remarkably well. I am also impressed with the muffler coming up the side. It looks very accurate.
The complete tractor, with the extra pieces from the bag on the side. The tractor looks great with the cab added, but there is a problem.
There is no way to put the farmer into the tractor without taking it apart. Even taking the roof off the cab isn't enough.
You have to remove the roof and one of the two window pieces to get the farmer in. I suppose that the designers had to choose between appearance and functionality, and appearance won, but it still bothers me.
Ok, now that we've got our farmer into the tractor, and the tractor reassembled, there isn't a lot of room in there, but luckily, he's a minifigure, and doesn't have claustrophobia.
Ok, on to bag number 3. This bag contains all the parts needed to make the wagon. The frame of the wagon is blue, and the sides are in yellow. There are some nice pieces here as well, such as the Z shaped piece in the lower right.
The base of the wagon.
The base with the apparatus to hook it up to the tractor added.
The wagon bottom and sides are a strange contraption. The sides are attached like you see here, upside down, on hinges. When you turn this part over and attach it to the base, the yellow parts fold up to make the sides.
And the completed trailer. I'm not a farmer, but I've been to a lot of farms, and I've never seen a trailer this fancy in terms of colours, but aside from that, I have no complaints with this trailer, and its fully functional.
It dumps! Its on a hinge, and there is a door in the back section that opens up when it tips so you can dump the contents. An excellent play feature. My daughter loves it!
Next up we have the parts to start work on the buildings. Bag number 4, the base plate and some of the larger pieces from the un-numbered bag are seen here. They build the stable area of the farm.
We start by assembling the stalls for the cows.
As the assembly continues, we add such touches as the barrel, and the lamp on the wall.
The completed stable area. As you can see, the roof is hinged, and can be opened up for access to the stalls. You can see some bay hales pile up, some tools for the care of the cows on the wall, and the extra parts on the side.
And with the roof down. The roof colour is an odd choice, but this isn't a real farm, so that doesn't bother me. Its a nice, simple build, if a little flimsy. Moving the farm around is not a simple job.
Here we see the parts from the fifth bag, beside the stable, and the frames in place for the construction of the silo. There are a lot of large, unique pieces here, such as the red curved pieces, and the large yellow circular piece.
The silo is assembled in two levels. Here is the bottom half completed, at the bottom is the feeder, or hopper, where the grain will come out. The yellow piece at the front is the level you pull to open the bottom.
The completed silo. As you can see, it is pretty large. The construction is fairly straight forward, but the circular nature of the build made it a bit challenging for my daughter. Other than that, its a nice structure especially in terms of its appearance. The piles of 1x1 round studs represent the grain.
The final bag gives us the parts to build the barn. There are a lot of long bricks here, and the yellow bricks are bales of hay.
The barn is an interesting structure, as it is mostly empty, open space on the bottom level, and an enclosed upper structure where the hay goes. Here we see the first level of the barn in place. Its a lot of beige pieces.
The floor of the second level has been added now. The empty spot in the center will be filled with trap doors to drop hay down through.
The barn comes with a cat and rat. The rat is as big as the cat, so I'm not concerned about him.
The top floor of the barn is almost complete. The walls are up, and the trap doors are in place. Some hay bales are in place as well.
The roof has a winch on it, with a hook to haul hay bales up and down, and covered with a nice red roof.
The roof is complete. Like the stable, it is hinged, so you can open it up for play. You attach the black piece with the hole in it to the hay bales so you can raise them up.
The completed barn with ladder, hay bales, and cat and rat. If you look down at the bottom of the base beside the pile of hay, you can see a sticker. Its a sticker of a mouse in his house. It would be a nice touch if it wasn't a sticker that will probably fall off in a couple of days.
And the complete farm. I've built bigger sets before, but this seems bigger due to the number of sections in it. It looks darn impressive.
Some close up shots of the completed set. Here's the stable with the cows in, the farm hand fixing the lawn mower.
The tractor backing the trailer under the barn to get some hay.
The female farm hand and the dog beneath the silo. Better hope no one pulls the lever to drop the grain.
Final thoughts. The building look great, the accessories look great, there are a lot of nice play features, and the animals and figures work well with the set. However, the buildings fall apart easily, the tractor has to be disassembled to get a figure into or out of it, and the tool cart. Then there is the price. I could not believe how much they prices this set at. $110 for a 600 piece set! It isn't even a licensed theme! I still see it at Toys R Us (the entire farm sub-theme is a TRU exclusive) at full price, and Lego had to put it on 50% off to clear them out when their time was up. If you can find it on sale, I'd say get it. At full price, I can't recommend getting it. In terms of an overall rating, I give it a 8/10.
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