Keith Watanabe * NET 2.0

One thing i noticed about the Spiderman Lego series is that there's a ton of useful sets if you overlook the hero/villain theme. For instance, 4852 has one of the few Lego taxis in existence. Also, there's a cool, one-of-a-kind cable car, and bridge. The construction set a few years back which featured a highway was the last one I remember where they use an elevated type of road. This set could provide very useful if you want to add a bridge to your town. Also, 4850 is neat which I got on discount at Target. Lego really doesn't make cars outside of Race cars and police cars, so just getting a "normal" car for your town is rare these days. It has that and a fire hydrant. Lego never has produced a fire hydrant despite having tons of fire stations. 4851 is a good supplement to what basically could be a science classroom or lab. There's no walls, but you can get some of the spare parts sets to compliment this. But the scenery is original. However, I don't really care for the Spiderman 2 series sets. 4856 is good as an original set and could probably make a good church with a few decorative elements. The rest aren't very good imo. There's too many police elements which Lego just has an abundance of. The Fusion Lab is kinda neat since this one has an ambulance, which hasn't been seen in years (along with a black driver!) The rest is bleh. One of my main criticisms though is the cheapness of some of these sets. There's too much of a "studio" feel (which of course is what part of the goal is here). But I want "whole" buildings, rather than a shallow facade. It's like Lego is skimping the way Hollywood does. But this is the few things you get that still relates to city and has some innovation. Lego is still too reliant on police, fire, gas, race, and harbor themes when it comes to their town lego. I think most of us veterans wish they would give us a bone and create a few "normal" town sets every year that isn't one of the above.