Set is available on LEGO S@H and Amazon:
LEGO Shop @ Home - 40121 Painting Easter Eggs
Amazon - 40121 Painting Easter Eggs
First the box, these holiday sets are theme-less but honestly it would fit well into Creator.
The back shows the vignette's scenario in detail with the kid dropping the egg because he's busy thinking of chickens... The one picture is a bit odd to me, it shows the egg falling AND one already broken on the floor.
A chicken for scale, cute.
Three bags, two loose plates, and the instructions were well preserved and not excessively bent. No numbers on the bags for the small build.
The instructions have a plain baby blue backgrounds that provides great contrast compared to some of the overly busy backgrounds these days.
Some of the great parts in this set. 7 dark red masonry bricks are the big standout. These currently sell for upwards of $0.75 so half the price of this set can be represented just in these bricks. The round plate with jumper is a fairly recent and very useful piece. The orange 1x1 round tile may not seem too special but it has only appeared in 6 sets previously. Of course the chicken, classic space themed torso, and painting supplies are all great pieces as well.
The first stage of the build is the chicken in the wild with its egg. Simple but a nice way to get the chicken into the set.
Here is the base with tiled floor and beginnings of the back wall, the alternating tiles and plates provides a nice flexible base for positioning the figures.
Note the cookies in the oven, I also like the simplicity of the "fume hood" represented by a 1x2 cheese slope.
The completed back wall, of course it must have a coffee maker. Simple but very evocative of a kitchen scene.
The completed vignette! The brown flowers make good egg holds but I kinda wish they'd used the normal 1x1 round with hole as those are more versatile than the flower shape.
The leftovers, the brush is the main standout.
Thanks for reading! Here are quick links for S@H and Amazon. Amazon tends to have a higher price but depending if you have prime it might be about the same with shipping.
LEGO Shop @ Home - 40121 Painting Easter Eggs
Amazon - 40121 Painting Easter Eggs
