We purchased this for my son's birthday and he loves it. He specifically asked for this and he was not disappointed. I am usually not a fan of these types of Lego sets as they tend to break apart quickly and what was once a nice play set turns into a bucket of unused Lego pieces. So far this setup has stayed up without breaking apart, for now. This set was easy for him to put together and comes with the Police Station and a couple of police cars. He loves playing with this and making it part of the Lego City he has built that also includes the Lego train and Fire Station. The best part of this set is the Amazon price. Amazon has a great price on this set, compared to the Lego store and other retail outlets. Not sure how they are getting the price this low but it saved me at least thirty dollars at the price point we paid. The regular price of hundred dollars is expensive but if your child loves Lego's then this is a great set to have.The Lego City Police Station arrived the day earlier than promised, in excellent condition. Upon preparation to begin assembly we quickly checked the parts and found everything appeared to be intact. Grandpa and grandson who is five years old will work hours at a time and become so engrossed they lose track of time. The instruction books are large with easy to read pictures on the pages. I will have the child search the pile for the part we are looking for and show him where to set it in place. In the mean time, the 5 year olds jabber between us continues to unlock a young mind. The detail put into the design of the buildings is just unbelievable. The design and planning of these buildings were well thought out. There were no "loose ends". Everything, every piece, every wall and door was accounted for. Can't say enough about these LEGO products. My grandson wants your email address so he may forward you complete photos of his work...........THANK YOUAs a child, we moved around a lot, and quite often flew Lufthansa, and my sisters and I would receive little toy boxes of Lego's. I told my son this, and he looked at me as if Lego's were just invented last year.So, thirty plus years later, my 8 yr old has become infatuated with Lego's, to the point that we save each box; when taken apart, each section is placed in the bag with it's individual instruction booklet- if he could, he would set up an invisible laser system to keep my 3 year old from touching his sacred City.He has most of the City, and if Lego came out with more items to purchase for the City collection, he would pick up sticks, again, in the front yard for money to buy them.Granted, Lego's are not the cheapest toy, but if it makes him use his imagination, and not have something (T.V.) do it for him, I'll gladly spend what money I can budget into keeping his mind at work.Definitely a keeper- but I don't remember the pieces being that small.This set comes with one dog (as well as a kennel and dog dish and bone), two police cars (as well as garages with doors that slide up to open!)two criminals and four police minifigs, two jail cells(with secret compartments and escape panels. And sliding cell doors! And also potties!), a helicopter landing pad (all our LEGO helicopters fit on the landing pad because of their standard landing gear).The cell door-opening mechanism is very cool -- it is a light that slides to the left and the doors open, then to the right and the doors close.The station is three stories tall, with stairs and offices and a mugshot station. This set is great fun!**check out our action pictures in Customer Images!**First of all, although the outside box was in perfect condition, the inner box with the lego set was ripped in more than one place. I was keeping this for myself so I didn't care, but it would look pretty awful to give as a gift something that looked like it took a beating in someone's cart or on someone's store shelf.The lego set is really fun. My six year old is very happy to play with it. Just know when you buy it that it leaves little room for the imagination when constructing it. You have to follow the directions exactly. If you lose these specialty pieces, the toy loses a lot of its value.I think that if I was in the market to buy such a toy again, I would buy the largest bucket that I could find of lego and leave it up to the kid's imagination to put it together.You just cant go wrong with LEGO period !! There are tons of look alikes & for all I know are more robust but for ME personally its nothing like playing lego. Its educational in a way, creative, colorful, basic & most importantly FUN !! I believe it played along with my nephews for an entire hour & couple days later my nephews were already sending me pics of the school bus, helicopter, house, car & the feeling of joy is priceless. Not to say its easy on your eyes compared to ANY electronic game that requires TV (the devil to human kind) lolMy 5 year old son wasn't interested in any of his other presents once he'd opened this. He quickly disappeared to the dining room and started work. It took him from 10am to 17:15 to fully complete it only breaking for a 10 minutes for lunch. Never heard a peep out of him all day.It's been a long time since I played with large Lego sets so it was nice to see how they've improved it. The set is split into several instruction books for different parts and the parts are split into numbered bags so you don't have the huge pile of bricks sitting in front of you like in my day. The instructions have always been clear and straightforward and my son never had a problem through any of it.The set has a lot of detail, even the Police dog has a dish with bones in it! It's so good even I was itching to play with it, despite hiding sweets around the house to try and tempt him away, it didn't work :)It's impressive and nice to see the quality hasn't diminished. I've learnt my lesson buying non-Lego brands!This was a birthday present for an 8 yr old. This kept him and a number of his friends quiet and occupied at the end of his birthday. No arguing or fighting. Anything that can do that is good in my opinion. Subsequently it has been used and played with lots of imaginary scenarios played out. It has now been dismantled and is currently being used to build other things. There are lots of different bits to this that would seem just ripe for the hoover. i.e the cuffs the dog bed etc.. but all of these little things seem to be what my children find the most amusing. Even when not playing with lego they will use these things in their various make believe games. This product is definitely a must for children who like lego and with a lively imagination.I bought this as a christmas present for my son. The box it was packaged in was not damaged or tampered with in any way, yet the actual Lego box was damaged and it seemed like the box had been crushed and opened before sending it to us. I checked all the lego was in the box which it was and therefore I did not bother returning the item. I just feel it is poor to send an item in that state to a customer without notifying the customer or offering a discount.The actual toy has yet to be played with as it is waiting for christmas, but I know the set and it is a brilliant toy offering hours of play for my son. Lego is Lego and is brilliant.Great present for my grandson he loved this.My five year old son has just started getting into Lego and already has a fantastic little collection. He really loves this Station. My husband didn't find it too tricky to build either which is a bonus. Great toy!