Beginner
≈ 38 minSuggested range22 min – 1 h 1 min
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Juniors · SET 10723
Ariel's Dolphin Carriage
Ariel in a dolphin carriage beside a small palace.
- Pieces
- 70
- Release year
- 2016
- Theme
- Juniors
- Set number
- 10723
- LEGO recommended age
- 4+
- Archived regional retail price · Germany
- 14.99 €
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build Ariel's Dolphin Carriage?
A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.
Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 25 minSuggested range15 min – 40 minExperienced
≈ 18 minSuggested range10 min – 29 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment: Ariel in a dolphin carriage beside a small palace. A large pink dome covers the small marine building. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks, subsequent play and any alternative models are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
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- LEGO · set manual ↗
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Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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Inside the set
Golden carriage
Two golden wheels flank Ariel's seat.
LEGO sourcePink dome
A large pink dome covers the small marine building.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
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Rediscovered drawings
For the 1989 Little Mermaid, artists studied drawings Kay Nielsen had made for a Disney project in the 1930s.
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Disney had considered the fairy tale in the late 1930s. Nielsen’s archived sketches later inspired the 1989 artists and earned him a visual-development credit. An abandoned project could therefore contribute ideas decades later, making the archive a working resource rather than merely a store of past material.
A fairytale and two Oscars
Inspired by Andersen, the film won Oscars for its score and the song Under the Sea.
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Howard Ashman and Alan Menken wrote the songs. D23 also highlights effects work across nearly eighty per cent of the film, including water, reflections, bubbles and storms. Ariel’s underwater world depended on the environment’s movement as well as its characters.
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The Secret Life of Pets offers a comic character for small figures and everyday scenes. The affinity is lively domestic storytelling, not nature in general.
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The Secret Life of Pets (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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