The Jazziest LEGO Set To Ever Hit The Shelves!
And I built it, and you’re going to love it just as much as I did. Even if you hate jazz. Introducing LEGO’s Jazz Quartet #21334
Which you shouldn’t by the way. Jazz does not deserve any hate. Chances are if you hate jazz, you’ve only been exposed to the highly experimental style, which, admittedly, does only appeal to a select group of people. The rest of it though, oh boy, the rest of it is great, and perhaps the one thing missing from your life.
This is a LEGO set review, the Jazz Quartet set #21334 to be more exact, but I am going to do this one a bit differently by introducing you to as many jazz albums as there are musicians in this set, so clean your ears, blow your nose, this will be a musically charged review and if you didn’t know anything about jazz before, by the end of this article, I swear to God, you will.
A jazz set, really?
Yes, and it’s not just any jazz set, as it was inspired by a fan, so it’s a LEGO ideas set, idea number 42! I’ll be honest. This set may not be everyone’s tub of bricks, but anyone who loves music, just like the Rolling Stones LEGO Art set, this is a great one to get. What attracted me, wasn’t just the fact that it was music themed. After all, I’m no sucker to just buy any LEGO that’s in any way related to music. Money don’t grow on trees, yo!
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It’s the execution. It’s clever, downright artistic and that holds special value to me because it goes beyond just music, it veers into multifaceted art.
The various shapes and geometries and ingenious use of various LEGO pieces, make this set truly remarkable.
It’s a fairly large set, though still within the medium category at 1606 pieces. At 100 euros, it’s a pretty good value set, and while rated at 18+, it’s not complex enough to pose any challenge to anyone above the age of 12.
What you get is a stage, and a fairly large one at that, at 16×43 cm, followed by four musicians, each with their own instrument, of which the grand piano is the most impressive. The least impressive instrument build is the trumpet, but I think the pose of the musician makes up for it. You then have an upright double bass and finally the six-piece drum kit — equally great builds.
The posability of the artists makes this otherwise frozen snapshot highly dynamic and very much in line with the musical genius of jazz.
It’s a three male, one female band, and those paying attention to diversity will appreciate the various races represented in the set. Another interesting aspect is the multi-booklet approach to the build.
Each of the four major parts are covered in a separate instruction booklet, which makes this set great for groups or even someone who just likes doing builds in more distinct stages. The 5th booklet is just interesting info about the set, the original idea creator and jazz.
It’s begging for a stop-motion animation — Andrew Gribben
And Andrew is right. This isn’t just a set that’s fun to build and great to display. It can certainly lend itself to some further creativity. I myself am thinking of doing just that at some point, as it really wouldn’t be that difficult to do. For now here’s a quick, fun, musical view! 👇
Perhaps the least fun part is putting the stage together. There is a bit of repetitiveness going on, but at least you get several great parts, some large plates as well, so in terms of what you get for your money, it’s actually an excellent set and the building techniques are quite varied. Plenty of SNOT building going on if that’s your thing. 😉
The only downside of the Jazz Quartet set is that you’ll never have the heart to take it apart. 🙂 🎺 🎹 🥁 🎻
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