Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[HibiscusDrive]

I agree with that, jonwil. 

But I do agree it would be cool to see some Asian architecture that's not 100 different colors and so bizarre looking. I do like the ninjago city sets quite a bit, but something more realistically Asian would be cool.

[hikouki]

I really just think that the previous "Houses of the World" should have just been modulars, and Lego could have featured different buildings from different lands.

 

Edited January 31 by hikouki

[Pauolo]

Speaking of GWwp series, here's an upcoming minifig-sized one. It's a Japanese-themed food stand: https://www.lego.com/en-id/product/restaurants-of-the-world-japan-40906

It's also not a Ninjago set.

 

Edited January 31 by Pauolo

[HibiscusDrive]

6 hours ago, hikouki said:

I really just think that the previous "Houses of the World" should have just been modulars, and Lego could have featured different buildings from different lands.

 

It's really a shame they didn't at least make those minifigure scale. Not necessarily with backs, etc, but minifigure scale. I guess I'm thinking like the size of the holiday town set with the music store/toy store. That set was incredibly popular and inspired SO MANY alternative builds/modifications. Making the HOTW series that size would've been outstanding. Lego could keep their costs down (as opposed to a 3000+ piece set) and demand would've been really high I think. Oh well.

[Elysiumfountain]

 

12 hours ago, HibiscusDrive said:

I agree with that, jonwil. 

But I do agree it would be cool to see some Asian architecture that's not 100 different colors and so bizarre looking. I do like the ninjago city sets quite a bit, but something more realistically Asian would be cool.

Totally agree! It would be cool to see what they could do with roofs and things. Or maybe a couple molded dragon parts for the roof like I've seen on some sets from brands that cannot be named here. 

Edit (removed some random words that I guess I started typing at the beginning that just said "ooh and a")

Edited February 1 by Elysiumfountain

[Lion King]

On 1/30/2026 at 11:34 PM, jonwil said:

I suspect the answer to "I want Asian architecture" is "Ninjago"...

 

No thanks. 

On 1/31/2026 at 12:34 PM, Pauolo said:

Speaking of GWwp series, here's an upcoming minifig-sized one. It's a Japanese-themed food stand: https://www.lego.com/en-id/product/restaurants-of-the-world-japan-40906

It's also not a Ninjago set.

 

Thank you for the info! Japanese food stand sounds cool to me. 

15 hours ago, Elysiumfountain said:

 

Totally agree! It would be cool to see what they could do with roofs and things. Or maybe a couple molded dragon parts for the roof like I've seen on some sets from brands that cannot be named here. 

Edit (removed some random words that I guess I started typing at the beginning that just said "ooh and a")

Agreed. I don’t want to see Ninjago-focused modular sets. I prefer realistic Asian modular buildings like Sushi Restaurant from BDP. I was hoping that Chinese New Year’s restaurant set was a 16x32 modular building but nooooo :/ 

[Yoggington]

I like the idea of some Asian architecture, but it would have to still fit in with the rest of the modular line - which is easier said than done. So I think you're limited to things like the Palace Cinema with it's faux facade. Or say, this MOC by LEt.sGO:

It has that "facade in a regular street" vibe.

(Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0PHk2IRJT/ )

[hikouki]

4 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I like the idea of some Asian architecture, but it would have to still fit in with the rest of the modular line - which is easier said than done. So I think you're limited to things like the Palace Cinema with it's faux facade. Or say, this MOC by LEt.sGO:

It has that "facade in a regular street" vibe.

(Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0PHk2IRJT/ )

I do love how this blends "Chinatown" into an otherwise western style street!

[Lion King]

9 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I like the idea of some Asian architecture, but it would have to still fit in with the rest of the modular line - which is easier said than done. So I think you're limited to things like the Palace Cinema with it's faux facade. Or say, this MOC by LEt.sGO:

It has that "facade in a regular street" vibe.

(Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0PHk2IRJT/ )

This is why I want to see Lego taking on new challenge with blending Asian architecture into Western landscape like Chinatown / Japantown. I feel like it’s time for Lego to go beyond their “standard level”.  This looks great!

[Elysiumfountain]

10 hours ago, Yoggington said:

I like the idea of some Asian architecture, but it would have to still fit in with the rest of the modular line - which is easier said than done. So I think you're limited to things like the Palace Cinema with it's faux facade. Or say, this MOC by LEt.sGO:

It has that "facade in a regular street" vibe.

(Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw0PHk2IRJT/ )

Oooh yes, I do like something like that, that looks fantastic! I can also imagine like the blue building in Assembly Square where the first two floors of a smaller corner building are that style and then the other buildings still fit. 

[Lion King]

I can see Hispanic and Asian archiectures (not Ninjago ones, mind you, jonwill….) can blend with existing modualar buildings real nicely. Say, we can build Hispanic and Asian communities. I still can’t believe there are no office modular buildings sets based off House of the World GWPs! Oh and cherry blossom form Natural History Museum kinda mocks me becuase there is no Asian place….  COME ON LEGO! 

[Lion King]

I havne’t built Shopping Street set yet but I subsided building Vintage Parade Car GWP. That vehicle is very very cool because of advanced building techiques. But I feel weird while building banner with two lampposts. I don’t know - can’t we can put that banner into Modualr Building city? And it also feels with to have silly hats… I will ignore silly hats and I will adore the car itself. 

[Pauolo]

I wish Lego would make more retro vehicles like that. I'm less interested in modern-looking vehicles from the City theme. Even the recent 60407 Double-Decker Sightseeing Bus feels off to me. I'd rather try and make a MOC of a minifig-sized red London bus from the 50s with actual stairs inside to access the top deck.

I also recently learnt of another exclusive and extremely rare set, 4000008 Villy Thomsen Truck. It's a reproduction of a truck the Lego company used for delivering their production across Europe in the 60s. Stickers aside, very few of the parts are rare, so I'm thinking of ordering parts on PAB to build it. I think it will look good next to GE.

[Lion King]

As BDP’s Sushi Resttaurant is about to be available for preorder on Feb 16, is it a form of testing a water for Lego? I mean - Sushi Restaurant does have Asian architecture and actual culture there than the Asian flux Palace Cinerma and “not-so-realistic” Ninjago’s ones. I mean, Lego would allow a fan design something like modular building, then why can’t Leog do an offends Asian-focused mistake buidling beyond Ninjago?

[Pauolo]

On 2/13/2026 at 11:46 PM, Lion King said:

As BDP’s Sushi Resttaurant is about to be available for preorder on Feb 16, is it a form of testing a water for Lego? I mean - Sushi Restaurant does have Asian architecture and actual culture there than the Asian flux Palace Cinerma and “not-so-realistic” Ninjago’s ones. I mean, Lego would allow a fan design something like modular building, then why can’t Leog do an offends Asian-focused mistake buidling beyond Ninjago?

It all depends whether there is a market for it or not in the US/Europe. Also, the competition is selling that kind of set already both in the Asian market and outside of it, so Lego may not see it a worthy investment.

[Lion King]

7 hours ago, Pauolo said:

It all depends whether there is a market for it or not in the US/Europe. Also, the competition is selling that kind of set already both in the Asian market and outside of it, so Lego may not see it a worthy investment.

 For I feel it’s “odd” that Lego let BDP sell Sushi Restaurant as a short-lived omega it looks very amazing instead of bronzing an official Lego set. I suspect it’s a toe dipping in water for Lego. Future, I’m curious where did you get that idea -  not worthy for investments in Asian market? There are Lunar New Year and Japanese sets worldwide. 

[Roebuck]

Are not the BDP sets voted on by the customers so other than Lego can see what is popular I do not think it mean much what sets that show up there If anything BDP sets are probably stopping similar sets showing up as official sets  Without doubt Castle is the most popular theme within BDP with usually at least one set every round, however I do not see them pop up as normal/Icons set at Lego despite this 

[Pauolo]

12 hours ago, Lion King said:

 For I feel it’s “odd” that Lego let BDP sell Sushi Restaurant as a short-lived omega it looks very amazing instead of bronzing an official Lego set. I suspect it’s a toe dipping in water for Lego. Future, I’m curious where did you get that idea -  not worthy for investments in Asian market? There are Lunar New Year and Japanese sets worldwide. 

Like Roebuck said, BDP is not an indicator of the broader market. At best, it's closer to Ideas, without Lego filtering the projects based on what they think would sell best.

Also, there's a distinction to be made between sets that are inspired by modern Asian settings (BDP's Sushi restaurant) and sets that are inspired by festivals (the Lunar Year ones) or fantasy settings (Monkie Kid, which seems to be currently discontinued). They don't have the same appeal.

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, Pauolo said:

Like Roebuck said, BDP is not an indicator of the broader market. At best, it's closer to Ideas, without Lego filtering the projects based on what they think would sell best.

Also, there's a distinction to be made between sets that are inspired by modern Asian settings (BDP's Sushi restaurant) and sets that are inspired by festivals (the Lunar Year ones) or fantasy settings (Monkie Kid, which seems to be currently discontinued). They don't have the same appeal.

Understood. It just bothers me that the fact that Lego made BDP rules agaisnit modualr buidling sets a few years ago and now they are doing Sushi Restaurant. It made me wonder if it’s a toe dipping in wat er. I’m still unsure about Asian market as marekting is not my language but i will take what you said.