Seasonal

Spring Animal Playground

A tiny seesaw full of bunnies that somehow made me smile more than sets ten times its size.

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 40709 · 2024

Pieces172

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number40709

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The verdict

I built this one in under an hour on a quiet afternoon and kept grinning at it the whole time.

It is a promotional freebie at heart, so I never expected an engineering showcase, and it does not try to be one. What it gives you instead is a handful of chubby little animals balanced on a seesaw and a swing, and that combination of small scale and big personality is exactly why it works. If you are the kind of builder who collects the seasonal giveaways just to see what LEGO does with a tight piece count, this is one of the sweeter ones.

Best for: collectors of LEGO's seasonal gift-with-purchase sets and anyone who wants a quick, cheerful shelf build

The full review

What it is

This set landed as one of LEGO's spring seasonal promotions, the kind of small giveaway build that shows up at checkout rather than on a store shelf with its own price tag. I went in expecting filler and came out charmed. The animals are the whole show, and LEGO's designers packed a surprising amount of personality into a small parts budget. The seesaw is the centerpiece, and watching it balance once the last animal clicks into place is a genuinely satisfying payoff for such a short build.

The catch

I will be straight with you about the caveats. Because this was a gift with purchase rather than a retail set, it never had a normal price, and that means the only way to get one now is secondhand, often at a markup that feels steep for 172 pieces. There is also no getting around how quickly the build is over. This is not a set you sit with for an evening, it is closer to a fifteen or twenty minute palate cleanser. And with no minifigures included, it lives purely as a display piece rather than something a kid will act out stories with.

Who it's for

I would point this one toward people who already chase LEGO's seasonal promo sets and want a complete collection, or anyone who just wants a small, cheerful spring scene for a windowsill or desk. If you are looking for real building substance or a set you can actually go buy at a fair price today, this is not it, and I would steer you toward a proper retail Icons or Creator set instead.

The parts story

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

The build itself is quick and gentle, which fits the set's role as a promotional extra rather than a main event. You move through the animals first, small clusters of curved and rounded pieces that click together into recognizably cute shapes, then assemble the playground frame that holds them. The seesaw mechanism is the one moment of real construction interest, a simple pivot that actually has to balance once both ends are loaded.

There are no headline exclusive elements here the way you would get in a big licensed set, but the animal pieces do their job well, using soft curved shapes and cheerful colors to sell the spring theme at a glance. For a 172 piece set with no minifigures, the piece count goes almost entirely into the scene itself rather than filler bricks, which is part of why it reads as more charming than its size suggests.

Fun facts

0140709 was distributed as a LEGO gift-with-purchase promotion tied to the spring and Easter shopping season rather than sold as a standalone retail set.
02The set skips minifigures entirely, building its scene purely from animal figures and playground equipment.
03Like most seasonal GWP sets, it had a short promotional window before disappearing, which is why it now trades mainly through the secondhand and collector market.
04The seesaw is the interactive centerpiece of the build, giving the small scene a working play feature despite its compact size.