LEGO - Art Hokusai – The Great Wave 31208

This is a beautiful set that I enjoy viewing every single day. This is one of my favorite sets that I have had the pleasure of building.

bought this for my daughter she loved it for her collection. way bigger than we thought it would be

This was fun and easy to build. It moves really fast with a minimal level of frustration. Beautiful finished product that I actually want to hang on my wall.

Two big problems arose with this build; one that is specific to my legos, the other with the design. The first problems was one of my large Lego pieces was warped, so I could not attach another piece to it. Luckily, it didn't cause a problem in the long run, so I'm just accepting it rather than going to the bother of asking for a new one. The other problem was when it came to attaching the frame to the picture. The “pushpin” action on the back of the frame makes no sense considering one side of the pins don't actually secure to the frame (literally what even is the point). Because of this, they aren't secure, and getting the picture secured without popping the pieces off the back was an utter nightmare. I feel like there was a very simple solution to this, but whoever designed this set didn't realize the problem and so never fixed it. But truly, the design is so flawed that not only did it make my building experience in the last chunk irritating, but I do not feel it safe to hang up the picture since it feels as if it would be too fragile to stay together. I'm very disappointed. I LOVE legos and have wanted this set for years. All they needed was a few extra pieces to avoid this and it would have been great…

I had a great time assembling this project! The directions were easy to follow. When I finished there were 7 flower shapes that looked unfinished because there wasn't a piece to cover them. However there were 7 white discs that were extra pieces from each step left over, and I used them to make it feel more complete. Thanks for that!