I have greatly enjoyed the movie Aladdin when it came out where, as usual, I was most delighted by the sidekicks in the form of Abu the monkey and the Genie. Aladdin was a little bit too much of a diamond (in the rough or not) and princess Jasmine too straight to provide much entertainment value for me.

But, Disney Princesses, and Jasmine certainly is a princess, have very high standards to uphold, and have strong fan-bases in the world. It behooves a princess to have some place to store her jewellery so it seems appropriate for LEGO to create a set that combines an iconic scene from the movie of her origin, with the ability to store jewellery. Or so it seems on paper.

For me, this LEGO set with 458 pieces, retailing for AU$79.99/£44.99/US $49.99/€49.99, unfortunately falls a little flat as both an iconic scene and as a jewellery box.

But don’t just take my word for it: Read on to make up your own mind.

Starting a Jewellery box

The box is bright and colourful and promises some of the magic of the movie (the cartoon at least). Inside the box are 6 bags, which is an indication of the 6+ age rating; keeping things simple.

There are two booklets included so you can build together with a friend, and only a couple of stickers. So far it’s all looking good.

Building the box

The construction commences with a base and a solid enter piece. You may not some bowing of the bottom plates, which is not uncommon with LEGO but tends to be associated with cheaper building blocks.

Once the base is complete, a few drawers are added and some LEGO jewellery to put in them.

From the sides the drawers look quite neat but there is clearly something missing from the front. But do not dispair; the next few bags make quick work on that by adding a cloud cover to the top, as well as the peaks of Agrabah and a large sun (or is it a moon?) at the back. Front panels are included that are decorated with some of the stickers a little later.

We can see the genie’s bottle and a few stars, but our main Disney Stars are still missing, Jasmine, Aladdin and the flying carpet! Up next:

the end result looks more like a music box than a jewellery box to me. The front contains a handle that, when cranked, bobs the carpet up and down above the clouds. My best effort the shake of the passengers did not succeed, they hold on well! (see video below). I guess this passes as a kind of ‘swoosh’ test for the carpet. The overall scene is cute, but not quite ‘iconic’ enough for what it could be. The mini palace of Agrabah from a few years ago felt more iconic, albeit less cute and was cheaper than this set!

And as a jewellery box the set also falls short a bit. See in the picture below; there is not really that much storage to store extra LEGO jewellery, and there is no good spot to hang up some earrings or necklaces. Jamming it all in the drawers would be an option but this is not ideal in my book.

Do you fly away on a carpet?

This set introduces some nice LEGO build techniques for quite a young audience, and the result is pretty to see, but it is expensive! Many LEGO Friends sets offer much more play value for the same money so you really need to like Jasmine or Aladdin to pay the extra premium. The ability to store a little bit of jewellery is nice, but the impractical drawers are sure to annoy quite quickly.

I give this set 3 out of 5 arbitrary praise units, because I do really like Aladdin, and the overall appearance of the set but I do not feel like you get good value for money.

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