LEGOCity Stuntz The Shark Attack Stunt Challenge 60342 Building Toy Set for Boys, Girls, and Kids Ages 5+ (122 Pieces)

My 8 year old Grandson enjoyed the assembly and action. He really enjoyed the motorcycle.

This kit, a stunt rig with a pair of rotating sharks and a motorcycle that will attempt to clear them, is a fun diversion for kids in the target age range! It goes together quickly (under an hour for a 7 year old who is good at LEGO and declared it 'easy'), but the set has play value afterwards: the motorcycle has a fun built-in flywheel that helps it move quickly through the stunt apparatus and the sharks can spin at your desired speed. A variety of accessories are included, too: a pile of barrels with gems, a stunt driver and a mechanic, a treasure chest with a map, and - inexplicably yet best of all - a skeleton with a pirate hat. Yarrr.Not sure why we've got sharks, a pirate skeleton and a stunt rider who looks suspiciously like Indiana Jones, but somehow it all works together and was a fun play diversion for a while. I don't think this set necessarily has a huge amount of staying power, and there aren't really any attachment points for you to build your own additional elements. If combined with other Stuntz kits, it's possible you could create a full obstacle course that would provide additional play value, though.It's fun that Lego is branching out into new styles of kits. If the fun for your intended recipient is in the play time and not in the construction, this could be a great option for you. If the build time is the fun part and sets are cast aside once constructed, though, keep in mind the piece count on this is pretty low and it goes together really quickly.A couple oddities to note: the two ships wheels on the top of the stunt frame are not linked to the sharks, so while they spin they are disconnected from the rest of the shaft, which was confusing to our test builder as they were concerned they might not have assembled it correctly. The flywheel on the motorcycle also doesn't work the way you might expect; it revs up when you move it either forward or backwards, so it's not just a "pull back to wind up" toy like you might be used to. We actually think this is cooler, but it was confusing to everyone at first as we expected it to be a pull-back toy until we learned how it worked.

The Lego Stuntz series was a completely new one for me when I received this Lego set for review. I had to do a little research to see what it was all about before I set about building the set.Basically, the Stuntz series takes flywheel equipped motorcycles and pits them against various ramps, loops and dangerous contraptions available in different playsets. Looking at the different sets in the collection, it really feels like the series is really isn’t well designed for standalone play, with the sets complimenting each other better than they work as standalone sets.This is pretty evident in this set, 60342, which contains a swinging arm contraption that the cyclist is supposed to ride through without being hit. Of course, to make it interesting, sharks are attacked to the end of the arms. The motorcycle is equipped with a flywheel as opposed to a spring. You give it energy by rolling it quickly over a surface and then let it go once the flywheel is spinning at a good speed. It’s fun the first few times you do it, but running a motorcycle through a shark doorway gets old after a short time.I think the designer tried to make up for that by giving it a pirate theme with a pirate skeleton, palm leaves, ship wheels and a treasure chest. It also has two minifigs, the bike and a bunch of barrels to knock over.This set is one of the less substantial ones in the Stuntz series and it shows in the design. There’s not much exciting going on there, and given the pieces in it, there aren’t a lot of good alternate build options. As said earlier, this set really feels like it works best with other sets in the same line rather than on its own.Don’t get me wrong, I think the Stuntz idea is fun in principle, but does Lego really want to compete with the hot wheels toy segment?On a positive noe, I absolutely love the minifig heads. The expressions are imaginative and fun.Bottom line here is I don’t think this is all that exciting a set. I have an 8 year old son and he was underwhelmed by the set. There’s not much that’s cool about it and the playtime with it gets old quick. Plus, you can’t build much more with it than what’s there. A weak set in my opinion.

My boys, ages 5 and 10, were super excited to try out this LEGO Stuntz set. My youngest loves sharks, and they both think the LEGO skeleton minifig is the greatest, so this set has those things going for it, right off the top.Honestly, I was a bit apprehensive about this set. You see, we also got two other Stuntz sets (the knives one and the big loop) and those were *really* frustrating for my kids. It's very tricky to execute those stunts easily and correctly each time. There was a lot of kid rage when it didn't work out. So as much as we all love LEGO, I held my breath a bit with this one and hoped it was better.Thank goodness, this one is considerably more reliable and less fussy. The shark wheel spins for a good, long time, so you've got enough time to get your motorcycle lined up just right to try to run through it and knock down the barrels. So this one is actually really fun!Outside of just the stunt, I would say this set has more overall playability than the other Stuntz sets we have. So that improves its value proposition a little. But only a little. Because, let's get real. This set is only 122 pieces, and it costs just shy of $35. C'mon, now, LEGO. I know. I know. Inflation, blah, blah. But in any universe, $35 should get you more than 122 pieces!Of the three Stuntz sets we have, this is the only one that my kids actually liked. It's frustrating in the right way -- it's a challenge! -- not because it's hard to set up or perform the stunt correctly. They have a lot of fun taking turns with this set, and they keep coming back to it. That *almost* makes the high price worth it.

This is a fun little set first released August 1, 2022 in the almost 1-year-old Stuntz line of Lego City. The idea here is that there is a spinning shark wheel, and the stunt rider needs to ride through the spinning wheel on his motorbike and knock over the barrels set up on the other side without hitting the sharks. While it might provide some extended play with various ways of setting up the stunt and creating different targets for the stunt rider to knock down, the stunt itself is over pretty quickly and it would be more fun when paired with other Stuntz sets.With the set you get two full minifigs plus a cool skeleton wearing a pirate hat. The skeleton is either set decoration to set the pirate-y mood for the stunt or a failed stunt rider who unfortunately had a run-in with the sharks. The stunt rider has a fun face print and a nice pirate-inspired stunt costume, as well as a helmet with goggles. The mechanic is fairly run-of-the-mill (but of course nice to have women mechanics represented here). You also get a pirate chest with some jewels inside--perhaps booty for a successfully completed stunt.One minor gripe: the ship wheels that adorn the center axle of the shark wheel don't actually turn with the shark wheel. You might think that turning the ship wheels might be a nice way to get the shark wheel going, but that's not the case--they turn independently.