My brother will have to help with this set when my nephew stars building as it's quite complicated and has a lot of moving parts that need to be out in exactly the right place. The kid is good and building Lego though so he's up for it.
My nephew likes the idea of getting my Lego, he's not one of those kids who has to have new things all the time...he thinks it's cool to recreate something I've already built and he's had his eyes on those set for a while.
Oh, and yeah Lego has changed a lot since I first started playing with it as a kid...I kind of miss the simplicity of it but one can't stop progress I guess.