We're on the 20th LEGO Ideas set already. Can you believe it? Ship in a Bottle was released on 2 February 2018 in the US for $69.99. With 962 pieces, this works out to be $0.073 per piece. This is quite a different set from what LEGO has released in the past so let's take a look. Here is the box, both front and back sides.

Instead of the box opening up from the sides like many sets do, this one opens up on the top. It reveals an instruction booklet, 4 large clear pieces, and 4 sets of bags. Numbers one and two are single bags, 3 has 3 bags, and 4 has 2 bags.

Bag one is the ship. The build is very detailed considering how small it is and uses a lot of SNOT techniques. There are a number of the teal colored pieces used, but they are hidden for the most part. The cannon ports look pretty realistic considering how small it is. There's a crows nest, a steering column, and a bridge area too. Pretty impressive in my opinion.

Bag two is the bottom part of the bottle. This part was surprisingly more challenging than I expected. Mainly the bottom part uses all clear tiles and bricks. It was a challenge to build in the same color for that entire part of the bottle (in my opinion). The rest of the bottle wasn't too bad, but it was more fragile than I expected.

The third set of bags are 3 bags of 1x1 round translucent blue plate (there is probably a more technical term for these pieces so I'm sorry if I screwed it up). The instructions say that you need to complete step 59 a total of 284 times. I don't think I've ever seen a LEGO set have 284 steps on one page. Thankfully it's easy to dump the pieces in.

The final set of bags completes the bottle and the base. In the picture below you can see the top of the bottle. It is pretty realistic looking and there is a 2x2 round tile with what would be a wax seal, but is printed with the initials of the LEGO designer who made the set (a nice touch in my opinion).

The base is also a great design. There is a brick made compass below where the bottle rests, 2 globes on either side of the base, and the name of the ship which is Leviathan. If you want to know where the name comes from, look up the philosopher from the 1600s named Thomas Hobbes. He has a book with the same name. My recommendation is to avoid the book and just build the set.

Here is the completed set. I am very impressed with the final design and how it looks. In my opinion, it is one of those sets that is worthy of display in your Brick Cave.

Final thoughts... get this set! It's another great model from the Ideas range and it's definitely worth it. The build is challenging, there are some great pieces to use if you plan to build something else with the pieces, and it really looks impressive when it's done. What are your thoughts?