Review: LEGO 40585 World of Wonders

Today we quickly go around the contents of the LEGO set 40585 World of Wonders, a small box of 382 coins available only via the VIP rewards center where you have to redeem 2700 points, or about 18 € in counter value, to obtain the unique code which will allow you to add this promotional product to the basket during a future order.

On the program, four micro-things representing the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, the Parthenon and the Khazneh of Petra. Two of these monuments have already had an official set in the LEGO Architecture range via the references 21041 Great Wall of China (2018) et 21056 Taj Mahal (2021), the latter having also been the subject of two large boxes in the defunct Creator Expert range, the sets 10189 Taj Mahal (2008) et 10256 Taj Mahal  (2017). The Parthenon and the Khazneh have not yet had the honors of the LEGO Architecture range, those who like to see particular clues or signs everywhere will no doubt imagine that these two monuments will one day arrive in the catalog of the maker.

As you can imagine, the contents of this little box are very quickly assembled. This does not mean that the product is of little or no interest, I must admit that there is something very satisfying about building these mini-models without spending too much time on it and quickly spending time on it. to each other. The result is aesthetically very correct and offers a certain decorative potential. The four constructions being dissociated, it will also be possible to present on the corner of a desk or a shelf only some of them according to your travel memories.

Too bad for the Tiles black which bear the name of the monument concerned, they are not pad-printed as is usually the case for products in the LEGO Architecture range and here we have to be content with four stickers riddled with micro-printing defects which look a little task upon arrival. It should also be noted that at this scale, the injection points and the scratches on the parts are even more noticeable, it is up to everyone to find the best compromise to limit the effect by positioning the parts in one direction or another according to the possibilities. There is only one instruction booklet and the parts of the four models are grouped together in two sets of bags, so it is difficult to envisage an assembly with eight hands so that everyone builds one of the four mini-models.

In short, this promotional product seems to me despite everything rather successful, it would have in my opinion easily found its audience in the manufacturer's catalog for around twenty euros. Having to redeem points accumulated in previous purchases on the official online store and then place an order to use the code obtained is a bit of a double penalty, this product presented as a "limited edition" undoubtedly deserved more visibility in being simply offered under condition of purchase without having to go through the VIP rewards center.