This is a beautiful display set with some novel features that add to its charm. My daughter (7) and her friends loved playing with the runaway elevator. The addition of a light brick feature is also fun (and goes well light-sets provided by external vendors; Lego please consider doing your own light-sets). There are some interesting builds - I particularly liked the techniques that went in to building the organ. The set also has a generous allowance of minifigures

The only (very) minor niggle with this set is the chain on the elevator - don't use all the links otherwise the elevator can stutter while attempting to raise it.

The set was bought for Halloween 2022 and was a hit with the family. I am looking forward to bringing it out again later this year.

This was frustrating at times. The instructions were terrible. They didn't outline/highlight where the parts were supposed to go, so some of it was just a guess. We build using the book and the builder app, and they were both terrible. We did buy the powerpack for it. Once it was built, it was fun to use the app and make the ride go up and down instead of having to do it by hand. Consider myself an expert builder and I had some issues. This definitely isn't a good set for a kid.

I'd give this 4.5 stars if I could. There were just a few possible improvements that keep me from giving it 5 stars. I wanted to write a review because I saw this one got more negative reviews than I expected. I think this is one of the coolest looking sets for sure, some cool mechanical stuff and a lot of fun little details. I wish there were a lot more haunted house/halloween themed sets.

I actually didn't have any issues with the elevator - while building I made sure that all the gears and wheels were fairly loose and free spinning, and when I attached the chain I made sure it was tight (I think I used the recommended # of links). At first I thought the elevator was getting stuck at the top but then I realized you have to just stop turning the crank and it will have a brief delay before falling. If you keep turning the crank the elevator won't fall all the way to the bottom either.

Some other details I really enjoyed like when I was building the front doors I thought wouldn't it be cool if these open simultaneously, then you end up adding gears so they do that. And liked the little dangling skeleton, snakes and stuff.

The only other issue I had was that I can't quite get 2 of the big fold-out sections to fit together squarely but I think that happens on some of these sets if the bottom isn't square or it's not on a perfectly flat surface. I've tried making sure all the pieces are tight but there's still a little gap. Also difficult to fit all the minifigures in the house when it's folded up. It's nice that they have a minifigure with disabilities and a ramp for the front entrance, but then ironically you can't really fit him in the house or elevator very well.

The only things I would have changed - I wasn't familiar with the references to the older adventure theme so the references were lost on me. There also could have had more detail on the roof like adding tiles or little mossy bits, leaves and snakes and stuff. And I would have rather had it just be a "haunted house" than a haunted house amusement park attraction. Like I would have rather had monster minifigures rather than 6 humans. But if you don't like some of that I think this would be a great set to take and add some of those features yourself.

But overall it looks really cool, lots of fun to build, fun mechanical features and lots of details. I hope there's more like this in the future but doesn't need to fit into the amusement park theme.

When I first put this set together, it was wonderful. The elevator worked perfectly and everything was great. But, I took it apart and put it back together again, and the elevator started having problems. It started jamming and the chain broke a few times. I wonder if the bricks used for the tower are maybe slimmer than ordinary bricks so that the elevator runs smoother. I hope to get feedback from Lego. Still a great set, just don't take it apart.