Today on talking about one of my interests that rarely gets talked about: I really like LEGO. I had a few sets as a kid and always liked making up stories and connecting the sets together no matter how different they were. While I had initially considered doing a video, we still don’t really have things set up for longer unboxing-type videos or more detail focused stuff plus our camera is still missing (I’m hoping we’ll find it whenever we finally manage to actually get unpacked), so I decided a blog post would work instead– besides, I don’t really get to talk about my other hobbies as much as I’d like just yet (also partially due to the whole unpacking situation and other issues).
Plus, writing a blog post lets me talk a little more about my interests beyond just seeing me put it together with my husband (or well, seeing our hands– you wouldn’t really see us).
I never had many sets as my family has never been in the best financial situation and as I grew older, that kind of turned into no sets at all really (at best, just maybe the occasional super tiny $15 or less sets) as the prices went up and they became even less affordable for me. And thus, despite not really being able to necessarily buy any, I still would look at them longingly from afar (or my internet browser).
This has been especially taunting between some beautiful new castle sets, but also various gaming-themed sets such as the Super Mario 64 Question Mark Block. Super Mario 64 is a very special game to me and one of my all-time favorite Mario games so it’s not really a surprise that I’d want that set.
In that same vein, the Sonic Adventure series is very special to me, being the game that really got me into Sonic (even though I’d played earlier Sonic games prior to them), but also being the game that led to me meeting my husband as I stumbled upon a forum while looking up Chao Garden information online. Speaking of which, Chao Garden set when? (And hoping I could even afford it…)
Anyway, all that said and with the extra bonus that Amy Rose is my favorite Sonic character, I was really excited to receive Amy’s Animal Rescue Island as a Christmas gift this year. It was the Sonic set I most wanted honestly, probably for obvious reasons if you know me or are familiar enough with my content.
The set consisted of four bags and an instruction booklet.
One really cute detail was the instruction booklet featured Amy running along to show you how close you were to finishing:
The very first thing we got to build was Amy herself. My husband took care of making her hammer.
Next up was Crabmeat which honestly feels a little out of place in the set, but they were made nonetheless.
And that was more or less it for Bag 1. Bag 2 featured Tails and his hoverboard (which I don’t think I actually managed to get a full picture of). To be honest, while I like Tails, I am surprised he is part of this set over like… Cream.
The main part of Bag 2 though was the actual start of Amy’s Animal Rescue Island with a hidden Chaos Emerald as well. I really love the interactive details in the set.
Bag 3 was essentially the other side of the Island.
And Bag 4 was the rest of the top part and decorations.
There’s honestly a lot of details even in the back as well, but I just love how it came out even if it was a bit smaller than I expected. With the Island done though, it was time to add everyone else in:
Hopefully I’ll have more opportunities in the future to build more LEGO Sets~ And I hope we’ll continue to see more neat Sonic sets too.