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Eiffel Tower

The tallest LEGO set ever, and it makes you earn every centimetre.

3.9/5

Set 10307 · 2022

Pieces10,001

Minifigsn/a

Year2022

Set number10307

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The verdict

If your mate has the wall space, the budget, and the patience for a proper long build, this one delivers a genuine showstopper at nearly 1.5 metres tall.

It's not cheap and it's not quick, and there's a lot of repetition to push through, so go in knowing that. For a display centerpiece that makes people stop and stare, though, few sets come close. It's retiring soon too, so the window to grab it at retail is closing fast.

Best for: display builders with serious floor space and serious patience

The full review

What it is

So your mate is eyeing up the LEGO® Eiffel Tower, and honestly, good taste. This is the big one, the set LEGO dropped on Black Friday 2022 as the tallest thing they'd ever put in a box. We're talking 10,001 pieces (yes, the extra one over ten thousand is the brick separator, which is a lovely bit of cheek) and a finished model that reaches roughly 149cm, or about 4.8 feet, once it's standing on your shelf. It is not subtle. People walk into the room and their eyes go straight up. At its heart this set is a proper piece of engineering, built as genuine open lattice rather than a solid approximation, and when those separate sections start clicking together into recognizable chunks of the real tower, it's satisfying in a way photos don't capture.

The catch

Now the honest bit, because that's what mates are for. This is a marathon, not a sprint. Reviewers clocked it at around 17 hours, and a good stretch of that is repetition. You'll be making the same little truss segments over and over, including 168 similar cross-braces, and opinions split hard here: Brickset's reviewer found it one of the least pleasant builds they'd done, while Jay's Brick Blog reckoned LEGO sequenced the repetition thoughtfully enough to stay pain-free. Where you land depends on your temperament. The 3.9 out of 5 community rating (from over 100 votes) reflects exactly that divide. The price stings too at 629.99 USD, and since there are no printed parts or stickers anywhere, the whole thing is one big study in dark grey. You also need real space, both to build it and to keep it, because very few shelves are 58 inches tall.

Who it's for

So who should actually grab it? If your mate loves a long, immersive build, has the budget sorted, and genuinely wants a landmark piece that anchors a room, this is a yes. It rewards patience with one of the most impressive display models LEGO has ever put out. If they get bored by repetition, want minifigs or playability, or love varied builds like the modular buildings, steer them toward something smaller and gentler. One more nudge: this set is scheduled to retire on July 31, 2026, so if they're on the fence, the clock is ticking on getting it at normal retail before the aftermarket takes over. For the right person, it's an easy recommend.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building this is very much a sectional affair, and that's the whole trick to surviving it. You work through countless small sub-assemblies, cross-braces and lattice segments, then combine them into bigger and bigger chunks until suddenly you're holding a recognizable leg or arch. You start on a landscaped base with green tiling and little trees, then raise the four legs, which are built around internal grey frames that (fun fact) don't actually hold any weight and are purely there so the insides look right. The curved arches beneath the first floor are the showpiece technique, using flexible roller coaster ramp track that lines up beautifully. Up top, scooter stands form the antenna, though they can be a pain to keep aligned. The whole tower splits into three parts for moving, and the sections lock together snugly without a single Technic pin doing the job.

For a 10,001-piece set, the surprising headline is that there are no new molds at all, which the designers treated as a point of pride. It's all clever reuse. Around 7,543 of the parts are Dark Stone Grey, so you're swimming in one color. Standout quantities include a whopping 660 Bar Holder with Handle elements as structural connectors, 704 of the 1x1 plate with clip, and 345 candlestick pieces (a part that debuted with just one copy in The Office). There are even hot dog elements tucked in as decorative bits. At roughly 6.3 cents per piece it's fair value for the scale, and there's a hidden splash of Medium Blue and Olive Green buried in the base for the curious to find.

Fun facts

01At about 149cm (4.8ft) tall, it's the tallest LEGO set ever produced, and the model is roughly 1:200 scale to the real Paris landmark.
02The 10,001st piece is deliberate: it's the brick separator, tipping the count just past ten thousand.
03The whole project started during a LEGO 'boost week' as a fun side build by designers Nick Vas, Joel Baker and Alice Geiger before Rok Zgalin Kobe turned it into a retail set.
04The first-floor balcony carries 72 small ingots, a nod to the 72 French scientists and engineers whose names Gustave Eiffel had engraved on the real tower.