Should you buy LEGO Notre-Dame de Paris?

[@davidh7865]

When it comes to repetition, once you’ve built the Eiffel Tower everything else afterwards is simple and barely repetitive in comparison. To me anyway. As for this Notre-Dame, I preordered it on release day. I can’t wait!

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

At least the Eiffel tower is grey....neutral, benign. The color of this thing is a dealbreaker. Sorry Lego. Swing and a miss. You need to ditch the weird tan/beige/white/yellow architecture fetish you have. As a huge fan of both, this fact has always irked me. What in the name is wrong with grey.....all the time????

[@GoatzombieBubba]

@@Matt.Thompson.1976 Original color of Notre Dame is tannish brown. Eiffel Tower is brown.. Eiffel Brown is the official color.

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

@@GoatzombieBubba That may be, but A) I see grey for the tower b)I don't know what that tannish brown color is, but my eye hates it.

[@Joramee]

Alternate build - Westminster Abbey.

[@nedajenyap]

Westminster Abbey is white, though.

[@oKnuTo]

Bluebrixx has a westminster Abbey although on a smaller scale still an fanstic set.

[@ValkyrieKhalessi]

Thanks for this review I am new to Lego and just finished the London set and was looking for another architecture build but was afraid this might be too big of a skill leap. After your review I will give it a try 😊

[@raindogs]

Sacre Coeur is my dream set. Maybe, I have a hope after this.

[@ferrariforever1]

This, the Eiffel tower, the Colosseum and the Statue of Liberty are all roughly 1:200. They would look great together! Any other Lego sets in this scale?

[@Nosternum]

The titanic!

[@MikeMartin-l9d]

I'm from Tokyo. I also tried building this Lego set. The internal structure is just as I saw it when I went inside on my honeymoon, and I was so surprised at how accurate it was that I was moved to tears! I think it's Lego's greatest masterpiece!

[@MatthewFabb]

Looks like an amazing set that I will definitely be picking up. However, I am very disappointed that the front doesn't have any of the iconic gargoyle statues. I realize that the scale of the building makes it hard. Also there are so many gargoyles on Notre-Dame it becomes a question of which ones to include and which ones to ignore. Perhaps they could have been done with some sort of sticker or printed piece. I wonder if we might see some fan mods to add in at least something where the gargoyles are located.

[@silverwhiteknight]

Also some details of the doors or arches would have been appreciated

[@keelyhunt3008]

​@silverwhiteknight this! I'm looking to use the frogs as gargoyles, but struggling on how to connect them in the right manner. I also wish some artwork was part of the interior even if I can't see it in the end easily. And the stained glass medallions to have color, which I'm already planning to paint mine. Definitely a good baseline, but for me the fine details that really make it special missed the mark.

[@Foolsgarden97]

Luckily I learned a lot about the history of architecture during my architecture degree, so I wholeheartly agree with you plea for more historic details in the manual :)

[@chriswhite5665]

In the thumbnail image, "très BON" (very good), would be better than "très BIEN" (very well).

[@steve31287]

Just finished building it. Your review is spot on.

[@bernardwadding]

Im building it at the moment. Will light it up afterwards.

[@silverwhiteknight]

Very complete review! Thank you, greatly appreciated. I agree that the sets for historical landmarks should provide more historical background, and hopefully going forward the build process will follow historical constructive processes

[@TraceyHausel]

I agree that more history should have been added, especially since other sets have set the precedent.

[@TJRymer89]

While it's not the heaviest set ever, it *is* surprisingly heavy and I think that's all down to, as you say, everything being so densely packed into a build that has a relatively small footprint. I see reviews of people saying they don't know where the 4,000 pieces went: you definitely do if you build it because actually looking at it from different angles shows you all the intricate details and like you I have this prominently displayed on my coffee table where I frequently look at and admire it; it is that stunning of a display piece.

[@Marc76-qt7vp]

I think Lego's represention of the building and its history fits the Architecture portfolio quite well. That is to say, owners of the Eiffel Tower will appreciate having another collectable item to display it with. It's much more than a parts bin to make sand castles, for instance.

[@Gigau]

When i saw it wa coming, i was hesitating... with your review, i'm definitely getting it !

[@SashaandGeorgia]

What’s wrong with a repetitive build? I find it kind of relaxing.

[@Libertaro-i2u]

The only way this set could be any better is if Lego included stained glass pieces. Those pieces could be colored transparent one stud plates to form each window.

[@BrickHQ]

Great in depth review I agree there should have been more history More Lego sets should have a better build experience like this Now Lego can make a synagogue

[@msylvain59]

I just got this set new for 145 euros ! The shop had already very good price and there was a trick to get 20% cashback 🤫 Definitely my biggest Lego built ever, it was not difficult but my fingers still hurt.

[@iFish12]

I like the new box style for opening

[@iFish12]

But I can also see it maybe being annoying for long spread over days/weeks builds.

[@jaketeske6665]

I wish they would make the Colusseum in the same scale as Notre Dame!

[@schibur]

They are! Both are roughly 1:200 scale :)

[@davywavy4217]

Great video, very in depth

[@FitFitFit22]

Maybe 1200 had worker burnout from the repetition or like Lego fans they lost faith and went dark age. Great vid.🤠

[@joshlyman7059]

Gringotts actually has quite a bit of repetition

[@DavidJames.26]

Absolutely beautiful building and amazing video ❤

[@arghjayem]

It’s nice and all but not as big as I’d expected. I would rather have seen LEGO push themselves more and try to recreate the Sagrada Familia! 😂

[@SamAzzam82]

Excellent review!

[@Porsche997C4S1]

Great review.

[@lechandelier6672]

Vive la France 🇲🇫

[@thatoneguy8064]

"notch-ray dawm"

[@SpaceCattttt]

This doesn't look too repetitious. Imagine building the Great Wall of China...

[@f6scott]

You can just get on a Hovercraft and be in Paris in no time

[@williamhenderson1161]

The flying buttresses are inexcusably terrible. Hard pass on this one.

[@GoatzombieBubba]

It is the best they can do at this scale.

[@ivansmith654]

I enjoy your channel I thumb up all your videos! I am living in France, so I fully understand the meaning behind this building, and I am a big time world history buff, and I enjoy modeling as a way to pass my time! I am also a commercial building engineer of skyscrapers over 30 floors tall but in the States only! Having said all this I do not like this set at all, and I will not buy this set or even take this set for free! The set has to many things wrong with it that Lego could have fix, but did not; if you look at the main entrance door (the three big ones) the one to the far left is done wrong that is Lego fault, the flying buttresses don't touch the wall like in real life this is sad, and the black and white floor tile is at the wrong scale to the wall in other words very little makes any sense to me I will not build this set even though I very much want this set but Lego got this one wrong, and Lego should know better!

[@myrongoingbuggie]

some things could definitely be improved, overall it's still magnificent. my personal comment is the discontinuous pillars inside, and the somewhat odd portrayal of the cathedral's gallery i don't see how the leftmost door (the pointy one) is incorrect. It looks pretty spot on. Maybe you mean the rightmost one? you can try fixing the scale of the tiling by looking at the Rivendell set. it won't be perfect, but 1 x 1 tiles set diagonally will make much more sense

[@neilrusling-je6zo]

I want a York Minster or Saint Pauls or Westminster Abbey, not building the enemies buildings.

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

I just can't do it. It's the same reason I skipped the Colosseum.......that color is just gross. Heck, I'd go as far as to say, I hate that color. The color of this thing is a dealbreaker. Sorry Lego. Swing and a miss. You need to ditch the weird tan/beige/white/yellow architecture fetish you have. As a huge fan of both, this fact has always irked me. What in the name is wrong with grey.....all the time????

[@GoatzombieBubba]

Grey is boring as fuck