LEGO Creator Expert Volkswagen T1 Camper Van 10220

As a child I played a lot with Lego and enjoyed it very much. I am also a big fan of aircooled Volkswagens and the Splitscreen Camper Bus is awesome. A real life bus is very expensive and now lego gave everybody the change to own a VW T1 Camper for only a 100 bucks ! Great. I ordered the bus at Lego.com and received within 4 days ! great service and fast shipping. When I unpacked the box I was a child again :-) and very happy and exited. Started building for about 2 hours and loved it, many many (small) parts. There are so many great details it's just awesome. Lego did a great job looking how a real T1 Bus is like, great research. The model is looking almost exactly like the real one. The camper interior is like the real thing, kitchen, moveable seats (converts to a bed), table, etc etc. The pop-up roof is very nice extra. Thank you LEGO for making this VW T1 Camper Bus !

Honestly I don't even remember how I stumbled on the lego website or the T1 Camper page but I did remember seeing it in the store and wanting to check it out. Unfortunately in the store I didn't realize how much detail was actually in this thing and as someone who spent many many days of his childhood with his Legos, I knew I had to have it for a great nostalgic moment. After about 4 hours I had this thing all put together and I must say it is absolutely stunning both from a Lego fan and an avid car fan. The amount of detail is incredible and the size of this thing is fantastic. Big enough to display proudly without being overly large (and it definitely has some weight behind it too). I had no real problems putting this thing together although as someone mentioned before, sometimes it can be a little trickey to distinguish colors in the manual (black and dark gray would make me second guess sometimes). Fortunately most of the time there were no pieces available in both black and dark gray so you can usually figure it out. Other than that, it all came together pretty easily and the instructions are very well laid out (Tip: for each step, put together a little pile of what pieces that step needs before you start putting them on. It greatly helps in making sure you got it all). As for being flimsy? I'm sure this is a piece you would give a kid unless you either really trust them or they're very careful. But it only makes sense since this is such an elaborate piece. I've taken off the roof several times now and messed with doors and hinges without anything falling apart on me (occasionally a piece or two but no mass destruction). So my final verdict...amaaaazing and I love it and it was worth every penny. I will have this thing for years to come and hope my kids will enjoy it one day as well.

I have been collecting Legos for 30 years, and this is easily my favorite set. It's the small details that set this model apart from many others, including the piece de resistance: the pop-up roof. I would highly recommend this set to any Volkswagon or Lego enthusiast.

I fell in love with this set as soon as I saw it. I watched a YouTube review and loved it even more. The details in the set are awesome, my favourite being the little lava lamp near the back end. The seats in the back recline to make a bed, it has little checked curtains which really suit the van, the t-shirt in the window was a great idea and the foot pedals and dashboard are spot on. I wasn't keen on the stickers, but they do make the fine details, so it was worth the work to great them in the perfect spot. The roof pops up which is a nice touch and the engine was nicely thought out. I enjoyed building this and I liked the fact it took a while to build (not counting food breaks and dog walks). The guys at lego have really put the effort into this set and you can see all their hard work. I highly recommend this set for anyone who loves Lego or VW.

This was a gift from my mother and sister from their recent vacation in California. It took me maybe 5 or 6 hours of straight building to put it together. That meant that night I had no dinner, no cleaning my house, no talking to friends, zilch! WORTH IT!! Because once it was all put together, it looked just like photos I had of the real thing! Of course, because it was Lego, some things weren't exact, but they were close enough to satisfy me! This is honestly the coolest Lego set I own. I wouldn't recommend this for people looking to buy for their kids, unless they are REALLY into Legos. It's more of a collectors piece than it is a toy, but once put together a RESPONSIBLE kid would be able to play with it with little to no problems, like losing or breaking pieces. I'm such a Lego dork, I've already taken it apart and put it back together, lol! The first time I put it together, I had problems with how some of the things fit together. The windows never would open without coming off, the doors took a little extra effort to close, the roof wasn't structurally sound (kept breaking apart). However, after I took it apart and put it back together, I found where I didn't exactly put some things together the way the instructions indicated they should be (oops for me!), and everything seemed to fit together perfectly afterward. The windows don't even break off anymore! Long story short (too late), this is awesome project for an adult or responsible older child and an excellent collectors item for ALL Lego lovers. Can't go wrong with this!

I have built many of times large lego models and by far this has been the best model I have built. The detail in making the Volkswagen was outstanding the detail designer but lots of hard work and hours to get this looking exactly the same as a real camper van. The curtains had to be my favourite idea surprised to see that they aren't stickers! For £80 I must say that this is well worth the money and they building is ever so fun! Does take a few hours but it keeps your mind on the roll of what your building and where it's going next! I loved this and wish lego did a few more of these type builds maybe a caravan or a trailer for this camper van model!!

This is the first Lego build that I've done since, oh man.. before I was a teen, but I had a blast working on it. I don't remember Lego being this detailed, but this is over 10 years ago... The detail that is put into things such as the engine bay and the interior of the van and the opening camper roof are amazing. From the opening doors, windows and hatches down to the VW licensing makes this build worth checking out. Made for an awesome day build. Not only that, but upon completion, it does make a great collection piece. I happen to have an older VW camper van on my "dream car" list, so this one will hold me over! Overall, I would recommend this build!

I received this as a Christmas gift and simply couldn't put it down. The finished product is truly amazing the only disappointment if anything is the front part of the roof which isn't as stable as I would ave wanted it to be but ok if I don't touch it too much! Also missing a crucial piece at the filler cap but have sent off for a free piece from the store so the van will look as it should in no time at all! Would love to own a Lego beetle as well now but can't find one on the store.

This review is primarily to warn those that already have the Volkswagen Beetle that the Van is about half the scale of the Beetle. I was rather dumbfounded as I realized this little by little during the build. I was expecting the Van to be larger than the Beetle since that's, you know, how it is in real life. However, despite this, it still is a very interesting build with several of those elusive AHA! moments Lego fans are looking for in new sets. Just don't expect it to be huge. Would have given this 5 stars except for the size. I'll include a picture if I can with the two Volkswagen sets side by side for comparison.

Arrived quickly but the entire lego box was taped with the outside packaging so when we ripped it off, the lego box was completely destroyed. Everyone knows lego collectors don't want the box it comes in ruined! Who would package/ ship like this! It had to go back!