Ultimate Review 1: Arcitecture.

[alexrider7]

Ok... lets start with the Taj Mahal.

It has three instruction manuals. yes. only three. let me start out to say that the Mobile Command Center has four so wouldn't it make sense to... you know... add some more!!!

But anyways, first the box.

Pretty Genaric. I put my avatar (Banana Pike) to scale. Inside, there were three sliding cartons that came out with tons of bags and 6 blue baseplates for (you guessed it!) the base.

Now, I forgot to take pictures while I was building it...

But, I did take pictures afterwords.

The Taj and all its glory.

Pretty cool. With a confuusin build. Very confuusin.

Now, the base. It is awesome. It is very colerful on the inside! But this is really cool because once you enter the second stage of the build, its only white, baise and light blue. It. Gets. Boring. Here are the ends. Made of the little hinges. I thought they would use the stuff that fits on the tile, but it was TLC's idea to make this confuusin. Anyways, here are the corners.

The front. (Sorry, a bit blurry. Ok, a lot blurry.)

Now. Next, we have the middle. As I said before, it was confuusin and repetitive. You have to build four of the same thing over, and over, and over again. It sucks.

The Dome! The most fun part of the set. It is awesome. Here, we have a marrage of pictures of Banana Pike and the Dome. Enjoy!!!

Ok, thats it for the Taj. Overall:

Minifigs: 2/10

You may be thinking, what! But, it came with a barrage of blank white and yellow minifig heads. Pretty cool if I may take this part some day and moc with it. That won't happen.

The Build: 8/10

Fun, but very repetitive. Took me two days to finish!

Displaying: 10/10

I've put it in my office, and it always grabs questions from people walking by like: how long did that take you to build? and how long have you been a fan of Lego? Its fun answering.

GOOD SET. But, now the Tower.

Also, three instruction booklets. They are all very good. Great! i mean.

Now, there is the base. FLIMSY! It kept falling apart during building. It was crud. Now, the picture with an elevator.

The middle is self explanitory. It is so easy to build. Now, the top. Ok, and the comparison with Banana Pike!!!

and the rest.

The Build: 6/10

Flimsy, flimsy, flimsy!!! You can do better than this TLC!!!

Display: 9/10

It is a little big. While I was transporting it to my office, the base fell apart in the car. It is in my office right now displayed.

Wow. A long night of reviewing! Check back in a couple days for Ultimate Review 2: The Green Grocer, Market Street and Cafe Corner strike back!

alexrider7

[Asuka]

Thanks for that review, alexrider7.

I have to say that Taj Mahal´s one of the most impressive sets I´ve ever seen...

Who would´ve ever thought that we would get such marvelous and grandiose sets like these two or three years ago?