Rent the LEGO The Endurance

Reckon on 10 to 14 hours. The hull with its 3'011 pieces goes briskly, because it is built in sections. The time then goes into the masts and rigging: the shrouds are tensioned with cord and want to be lined up cleanly, or the rig hangs crooked.

It measures 80 × 24 × 47 cm on the stand supplied. The length is the real issue: 80 cm takes a whole shelf, and because of the masts you need close to 50 cm of height above it as well. A normal bookcase is usually not enough.

No, the set contains no minifigures. It is meant as a scale ship model rather than a play set, and the wood-effect stand and the information plaque with the ship's data, which you place in front of it, fit that.

The hull is straightforward, the rigging is not. Tensioning and knotting the cords is the part most people get stuck on, and it asks for steady hands rather than experience. If you have built a LEGO sailing ship before, you know the principle.

Yes, the main deck lifts off. Underneath you see the cabins, the galley and the crew's stores. At the stern the propeller and rudder are modelled too. The Endurance was a sailing ship with an auxiliary steam engine, and the model shows both.

You pick a set from our collection and we send it to your door for free. You build it, keep it as long as you like, and send it back when you are ready for the next one. After a month at the earliest, with no upper limit. Then you choose your next set.

There are three options: the single rental at a one-off CHF 42.–, the monthly plan at CHF 39.– per month and the yearly plan at CHF 29.– per month. Included are the complete set, the instructions, delivery to you and the cleaning. You cover the return, and the label is already in the box.

Yes. The monthly plan can be cancelled to the end of any month, with no reason and no notice period. You send the set back and that is that. The yearly plan commits you for twelve months and costs about a quarter less per month in return.

Every set is washed at 30 °C with soap after it comes back, dried, and checked brick by brick for completeness. Only then does it go out again. So you never get a set somebody else has been through unchecked.

Up to ten lost small pieces are no problem and are included in the price. It happens, vacuum cleaners are merciless. We only get in touch for larger damage or missing large pieces. You do not have to go over the carpet with tweezers.

Orders placed before 14:00 go out the same working day. After that Swiss Post usually takes one to two working days. We deliver anywhere in Switzerland and delivery to you is free.

A LEGO set is usually built once and then sits on a shelf or in a cellar for years. With us the same set passes through eight to ten people. For the same number of sets built, that is up to 90 % less newly produced plastic.