New York City – The Big Apple (LEGO 21066)

About this set

LEGO 21066 New York City is an Architecture skyline set with 1465 pieces and a 5/5 difficulty rating, so it sits on the tougher end of the line. The build uses black, white, gray, blue and yellow parts to layer a dense city skyline: the Empire State Building, the World Trade Center, the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty all sit inside one continuous silhouette, and the base carries New York, New York lettering. Behind it stands an apple-shaped backdrop panel dotted with stars and a moon, which frames the skyline from the side as well as the front. My advice is to square up the base and lettering first, then work through the towers from low to high; the height variation depends on each building's own stacking order, and the switch between gray and white sections is where misalignments creep in, so bag the parts in batches. The apple panel has a wide footprint and scattered clutch points, so press it together last. The 5/5 rating comes mostly from that repetitive stacking and fine alignment, which suits builders who have already done an Architecture set and want a display piece with a backdrop composition.