Rent the LEGO Tropical Aquarium

Reckon on 14 to 18 hours. With 4'154 pieces, most of the time goes into the reef with its many small coral and plant parts, not into the frame. The mechanism for the fish, the crab and the treasure chest goes in early and should sit exactly as the instructions say, so that everything turns easily later.

It is 52 cm wide, 28 cm deep and 36 cm high. That takes up almost all of a chest of drawers or a sideboard, and it will not fit on a narrow shelf. The back wall is closed, so the tank looks best against a wall.

Yes, set 10366 is currently available in the LEGO Shop and costs CHF 469.– new. LEGO has not announced a retirement date.

Not hard, but fiddly. The set is rated 18+, and the real work is the corals: lots of similar pieces in unusual colours, assembled in small groups. If you have built the Botanical Garden, you know this way of building.

Four things: the fish swim, the corals sway, a crab comes out of its cave and a treasure chest opens. Everything is worked by wheels and cranks, with no motor and no batteries.

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.