I offered this box to my grandchildren (6 and 10 years), in addition to a box of doors and windows, wheels, large base plate, a red tile box and a suitcase of "bricks and more ". An inexpensive investment initially but almost unlimited possibilities of construction! We keep the children all summer, and every day we look forward to these acquisitions. It lacks only the characters, and I regret that there is no "basic" character boxes and not too typed to be interchangeable. But not crazy, LEGO creators, we must sell their specific boxes containing 1 or 2 figures each. Too bad!