Such a fun build and great set to display anywhere in the home. The gear mechanism has to have 100+ small pieces itself. It works flawless every crank. Very nice design. I try to stick to particular themes but this was an automatic pick up. Reminds me of grocery store trips with mom back in the day.

This was a fun set to build. There were several nice touches to the construction. But the standout was using some pieces flexibility to butt up against another brick to prevent motion in one direction and flex and snap creating a click sound in the opposite. Little things like that are nice and add a lot more realism to the set.

Bought this for myself, collect Lego, Love building. Easy to follow instructions, great selection of mini figs, The mechanical design to retrieve the balls containing minifigs is a work of genius, Love getting ideas from the masters for my own builds.

Okay, I love this set way more than I thought I would. The Minifigure Vending Machine is just pure joy. The build is super fun and clever, and it actually works! You twist the knob and a little capsule pops out with a minifig inside. It legit feels like a LEGO version of those old-school toy machines you'd beg your parents to give you coins for. The best part… It comes with two exclusive classic LEGO Spacemen, one is shiny gold and the other in a super cool vivid blue, They look amazing and totally pop on display. I was mostly grabbing this for the novelty, but it’s turned out to be one of my favorite small sets in a long time. If you’re into quirky LEGO builds or love classic space minifigs, this thing is a must-have. Plus, it just makes people smile when they see it—total conversation piece on my shelf.

This is a fantastic, technically challenging build. The mechanism is really wonderful and that was the reason I wanted this set. Not so much for the mini figs, but for the vending machine itself. It's been advised in other reviews that attention to detail is a must or it won't work. I only found one stubborn smudge on the clear section, but everything else is great. Highly recommend!

I bought this for my son because it just looked so dang cool and you know what, it is!! He had a blast putting it together but it’s so neat that it actually works and the size is perfect because he can display it on his desk. The minifigures are a lot of fun, too! Great set!

I was very excited for this one as I loved these machines as a kid when they were around at every store. I was disappointed that there are not enough capsules to visually make it look full. I would even have been happy if there was a separate set you can purchase to add more.

Really happy I made this purchase. So much for to put together. 16 minifigures are great. Really like that the designer is represented with a minifigure. Brings back memories of kids asking for quarters to play the machine in stores. Great idea. Looks so nice displayed.

I don't always order kids that are not buildings, but this one looked interesting and fun, and was certainly both. In the past I've not had a good time with some of the mechanism-based kits, since it's easy to make misakes and sometimes hard to fix them, so I generally stick with buildings and similar that have a strong visual logic. But this one was more straightforward than others and I had zero troubles with it.

Gotta be honest, I primarily bought this set for the new colors of classic space new knight minifigures as Space was my pirmary theme growing up in the 80s and Castle was also and interest. That said, my 10 year old twins are obsessed with vending machines and minifigures in general so I'm busy finding fill ins for the half of the minifigures I pilfered. The mechanics of this thing are awesome and it's overall a very clever build and looks great. I do think it could have been at least $50 cheaper due to the number of parts and fact that it's not a licensed product.