After I Buy LEGO Education Space and Airport Set 4579792 (1,176 Pieces)This set was just what I was looking for. I purchased this because I wanted something more open-ended than the typical Lego sets. I loved the idea of the Creator sets but still felt like there was something missing. . .and that something I found in the Lego Education sets.
The main reason why I like this set and rate it highly is because it leaves a lot to the imagination and requires the builder to be creative and experiment with their own ideas. Like other posters have stated, the set DOES NOT include instructions for building all of the examples shown. . . but what it does include is enough pieces to improvise, if need be. Unlike the predetermined Lego sets, there are very few constraints and most of the pieces can be used to construct additional items.
I do not agree with the opinion that this set is only for teachers (in a school setting). Anyone can be a teacher and parents are their children's first teacher. By giving their child(ren) the Lego Education sets, they are helping to build their creative skills in addition to enhancing their analytical skills. Children are capable of dreaming up the greatest creations and I believe that the Lego Education sets provide one method for them to accomplish that.
Maybe I am biased but some of my greatest memories from my childhood toys was sitting down with my sister with what seemed like THOUSANDS of Lego pieces and making crazy creations. Like so many of our peers, we were not limited by what we were "told" to build by instructions. . .but liberated by our imaginations. And we learned a lot from the experience (even through frustrations of not having the "right" piece or being able to get the pieces apart!). This is what I believe that the Lego Education sets are about (well, not about the frustration associated with the inability of being able to separate the pieces with one's nails or teeth!). . .learning by using one's imagination and creativity. And this is why I give it 5 stars.
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