[REVIEW] 40018 Easter Bunny

[atmail35]

The Breakdown
Set Name: LEGO® Easter Bunny
Set Number: 40018
Year: 2011
Pieces: 95
MSRP: $4.99 (USD)
Price per piece: $0.0525

Description from S@H:
Hop into spring with the LEGO® Easter Bunny!
Here comes the LEGO® Easter Bunny, hopping into town with buildable fun! Give the gift of building fun with this funny bunny and 3 LEGO eggs. Makes a great holiday gift for LEGO fans.
•Includes a LEGO® Easter Bunny with 3 buildable eggs
•Easter Bunny’s head really turns!
•Measures over 4” (10cm) tall
•Makes a great holiday gift!

The Photos
We picked up this set after attending the Monthly Mini Build. My almost 6-year-old was able to do most of it herself. The bag does say ages 7 and up. She had trouble putting the ear section on the back of the head and the nose/whiskers section on the front (the whiskers kept popping off).

A picture of the bag


The bunny all assembled, he looks innocent right? And there are three oddly shaped eggs to go with it.


The back of the bunny. Notice the cute white flower used for his cottontail and the tail spins.


His head swivels, 360 degrees to turn into exorcist bunny! The red nose doesn’t help.


A picture of his head taken off the body and the nose/whisker piece.


There were quite a few spare pieces.


I replaced the red Rudolph nose with a tan one since the spare pieces included the tan piece…he looks a little friendlier here. You can position the ears so they are leaning towards the front or back or one of each, which is a nice feature.


Final thoughts
I think it’s a fun little set for Easter. I do think it is a bit expensive for what you get, although the per piece price is decent, it has a lot of very small parts. I don’t really like the look of the “eggs”. I’m not sure what kind of eggs are flat on the bottom. I suppose they wanted them to stand up, but they seem odd to me. I give this set a 7/10.

[legitimatealex]

Thanks for the review : )

[akunthita]

Nice review! Good pictures, just enough text - nicely done! As far as the bunny; definitely cute tail. But those eggs; oh my! I thought they were bombs! :o

[doodlebird]

I think this set is a gem. 95 pieces for $5 is a nice value. its got pretty good detail for being so tiny. and nice possibility that you don't often find in the seasonal sets.

i agree 100% that the trans red nose had to go. we happened to pick up the Easter basket with eggs polybag at the same time- and it has an extra pink 1x1 round plate, so we used that for the nose.

thanks for sharing the pictures. I hope others agree that this is a nice little Easter decoration.

[doodlebird]

nice possibility that you don't often find in the seasonal sets.

ooops... i meant,
nice pose-ability!

[atmail35]

Thanks for the nice feedback on the review, as it was my first one I was a bit nervous.

doodlebird, I like the idea of a pink nose even better...off to find one in our spare parts area!