Review: LEGO Creator 3-in-1 31148 Retro Roller Skate

Today we take a very quick look at the contents of the LEGO Creator 3-in-1 set 31148 Retro Roller Skate, a small box of 342 pieces which will be available from January 1, 2024 at the public price of €29.99. This small product offers, as is always the case in this range, three constructions including a main model which uses the entire inventory and two secondary models which simply take advantage of a more or less substantial portion of the elements available. This involves assembling a roller skate with vintage accents, a cassette boombox and a skateboard.

I remind you of this for all purposes because LEGO presents the three models on the same presentation visual: It is not possible to assemble one model without dismantling the other, even for secondary constructions which do not reuse the entirety of the model. inventory available.

You read correctly, we only build one roller skate and even if the construction is completely convincing, I find it a bit of a shame not to have a real pair of roller skates to display on the corner of a shelf. The main model of the set, however, makes its small impact with its large yellow laces and its pink wheels which should bring back memories to those who experienced the colorful debauchery of the 80s.

We obviously remain here in nostalgia lifestyle already wrung out for several years by the LEGO ICONS range and adapted for the occasion to the codes of the Creator 3-in-1 range, and even if LEGO promises children to "replay fun stories" with the three constructions offered we all know Who is this product really for?

The skate is pleasant to assemble with some interesting techniques, particularly when it comes to integrating the lacing and giving it its final shape. Everything remains relatively simple but the object will have its small effect even if it is obviously not on a 1:1 scale (16 cm long by 14 cm high).

Please note that LEGO provides a variation of the decoration installed on the sides of the slipper with a choice of a DOTS mode pattern or a rainbow with a cloud. The boom box and the skateboard, however, struggle to convince me, they only use a very small portion of the total inventory and their finish frankly leaves something to be desired.

The boombox lacks volume even if it reuses two of the four white rims for the speakers and the skateboard is in my opinion frankly disappointing because it is too crude and poorly proportioned. I added the four pink tires, they don't disfigure the construction and I said to myself that there might be something to make a little radio-controlled car out of it. But I gave up.

This small set will therefore not revolutionize the concept of the Creator 3-in-1 range, it remains within the usual codes without innovating or showing panache regarding the two alternative models imagined by the designer. Other boxes do much better on the benefit of secondary constructions which slightly extend the lifespan of the product, in my opinion this is not the case here.

I think that I will still let myself be tempted by two copies of the product when it becomes available for around twenty euros at Amazon and company, just to have enough to assemble two skates and to be able to benefit from a real pair. I am from the generation of this type of colorful products, so I will make the effort. Concerning the target invoked by LEGO, children from 8 years old, I don't really see what they could do with these constructions beyond possibly displaying the single skate in their room.

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