Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[Lyichir]

Looks lovely. I imagine it's not easy to come up with a layout as unique as this after almost 15 years of modulars.

EDIT: New Elementary has their review up with a good look at the parts (including the return of sand green 1x8 bricks and 1x2 bricks with slot), as well as a good look at those lovely lovely angles.

Edited December 4, 2025 by Lyichir

[Ivan Mani]

I’ll be quite happy for the 2027 modular to have a traditional shape, taking up the whole baseplate. 

[BrickFit26]

7 hours ago, HibiscusDrive said:

The view that we're seeing today makes me realize how small the furniture store must be. The first view shows studs in the back. And there's a lot of sidewalk space out front. So it must not be a very deep building. 

So of the two stores we suspected, the one you'd guess that needs a lot of space, the furniture store, is tiny. The one where you can put things on the wall, music, is bigger? Strange.

My feelings exactly. It should have been the other way around. The LEGO press release describes it as a 2 story music shop. That should have been the furniture shop with the more space on the ground floor and the workshop above it or just more furniture. The music store should have been the smaller one. I'm guessing when purchased some would do that swap out.

[Lion King]

2-floor music shop soudns out of place to me. I feel furniture shop should have more space as  there will be lot of funirutre pieces there. On other hand, buildalbe instruments are okay. But i wish that there should be a new molded piece, trumpet. Sadly, it won’t’ happen for modualr building series when it comes to new molds. I hope Lego will include a molded trumpet piece in.a CMF someday.  I’m fine with types of piano being built out of pieces but not trumpet.  That said, music store should have a smaller space. 

@RichardGoring, remember we talked about alleyway? Well, I take credit for it.  It’s not “less” noticeable. It seems they are able to do that. 

5 hours ago, Pauolo said:

Me too, I'm surprised it's not just the price in US dollars that got increased... Although, that set has more parts than any of the last 32x32 modulars.

I'm also a bit disappointed that the back has so few details. I would have hoped the narrow alley would lead to more than a bare backyard.

Agreed. That could explain why they have to build numerous musical instruments for two-floor store, rather than using molded instruments. 

[Lion King]

Wait a minute, is Shopping Street’s designer Dang Hoang? Is he very new?

[RichardGoring]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

@RichardGoring, remember we talked about alleyway? Well, I take credit for it.  It’s not “less” noticeable. It seems they are able to do that. 

Absolutely! Fair enough. They've done it well, although I wish it led to something more substantial. Still, easy to add something there, with perhaps a small food stall and eating area.

[Lyichir]

33 minutes ago, Lion King said:

Wait a minute, is Shopping Street’s designer Dang Hoang? Is he very new?

Relatively new it seems! Looking at his Instagram, he's worked on the Retro Radio, French Café, Smeagol and Deagol GWP, and Leonardo DaVinci's Flying Machine.

[Pauolo]

33 minutes ago, Lion King said:

Wait a minute, is Shopping Street’s designer Dang Hoang? Is he very new?

I think he is, yes. From what I gathered, he worked on 10334 Retro Radio, 21358 Minifigure Vending Machine and 10362 French Café. Honestly, I'm not impressed with the French Café as the architecture style doesn't look like anything French to me. SS looks certainly more art nouveau in comparison.

[BrickFit26]

22 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Absolutely! Fair enough. They've done it well, although I wish it led to something more substantial. Still, easy to add something there, with perhaps a small food stall and eating area.

In the pictures it looks like part of the tiling comes up to reveal some water. I don't know what it's suppose to be. Water run off? Sewer?

[diagonalley]

2 minutes ago, BrickFit26 said:

In the pictures it looks like part of the tiling comes up to reveal some water. I don't know what it's suppose to be. Water run off? Sewer?

If you watch the designer video he explains that that is the leak the plumber is coming to inspect. A few floorboards in the furniture store are discolored due to the water leaking in. I think it's clever. He also said the rat stole a piece of pipe.

[BenA]

I like it!  I'll wait and see what it looks like in hand, but I might be tempted to replace the cat statue with a tree... perhaps a tall, slender Birch like the one in front of the bookstore. I know that would obscure some of the architectural detail, but from the pics at least I think a natural element could boost the cosy feel.

Also, delighted to see the sand green bricks with groove included. It would be amazing if they appeared on pick-a-brick... 

[BrickFit26]

@diagonalleythanks. Im checking out the interviews now.

[Hrafn]

If this set were placed with its back (alley) corner touching the back (trash bin) corner of the Boutique Hotel, would the angled facades line up? That could be a way to make the angle of the BH make more architectural sense in a layout.

edit: just realized the set would have to be built mirrored for that to have a chance of working.

Edited December 5, 2025 by Hrafn

[DonQuixote]

The modular looks good. Nice angles. Reminds me of Boutique Hotel and Assembly Square.

But I am out for collecting modulars. 

[CardinalBricks]

I can appreciate SS for what it is. Different designers will approach the task of a modular differently, depending on what they care about, etc. At least the colors that maybe aren't as synergistic with the rest of it are still fun--the thing as a whole really evokes a celebration or a party to me, like a ticker-tape parade is gonna come through there any minute. It doesn't rank among the top of the series for me nor among the bottom.

My favorite parts are: the cupola finishing off the taller building, that red chair build, and the rooftop pigeon coop which reminds me a lot of The Royal Tenenbaums.

Not getting this though, it doesn't fit the bill for me. Might pick up Ninjago City Workshops instead... people don't understand the vision with that set... you're supposed to put a plant next to it and let it droop into the inverted corner!!

[Shiva]

Only missing a small kitchen/kitchenette. This gets a thumb up from me.

[hikouki]

Having a second and third look... I still like it. But it does not seem to be a modular that fits being beside most of the other ones. It fits well with the BH on the left side and the AS perhaps to the right.

Other modulars are "blocky" and imposing in build and seems to clash with the "soft" lines of this one.

It's just different and I do hope Lego considers making more modulars that complement this one.

[Roebuck]

12 hours ago, Lyichir said:

EDIT: New Elementary has their review up with a good look at the parts (including the return of sand green 1x8 bricks and 1x2 bricks with slot), as well as a good look at those lovely lovely angles.

Did not get the best review there, but have not seen the others yet..
 

6 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

The modular looks good. Nice angles. Reminds me of Boutique Hotel and Assembly Square.

The designer say this, so probably intentional;

"This is, I would say, our attempt to do one of the most crazy dramaturgs layouts ever yet. So if you can imagine those two Modular Buildings [Boutique Hotel & Assembly Square] having a child: this is it.” 

[Pauolo]

A reviewer posted pics of SS next to some other modulars: https://www.reddit.com/r/legomodular/s/j5PcgUYkSS

I really like the look with PR to the right. Especially with how the lines of the furniture shop continue on the restaurant's façade.

Edited December 5, 2025 by Pauolo

[Blazej_Holen]

I miss Jaime and Mike as designers of the series… This newest modular kinda screams “novelty for the sake of novelty”. I respect the designer, and his attempt to do something new. But this is not my cup of tea at all. 
 

At least it brings some i teresting an usefull parts, such as 2x5x1 trans clear panels with window frame print (such perfect piece), or printed oval shield woth the sign…  

 

[Lion King]

Is it me or Shopping Sstret pays tribute to both 10th and 15th anniversary sets (Assembly Square and Bouitque Hotel respecefiufully)? And GWP Parade Car pays a tribute to th 5th anniversary set, Town Hall (only logo in that GWP)?

[HibiscusDrive]

3 hours ago, Pauolo said:

A reviewer posted pics of SS next to some other modulars: https://www.reddit.com/r/legomodular/s/j5PcgUYkSS

I really like the look with PR to the right. Especially with how the lines of the furniture shop continue on the restaurant's façade.

First, how come the reviewer's shelf didn't have plants or books with the pages facing out? 

Seriously, thanks for posting this. I love to see the modulars in different arrangements. I don't think the set looks that good next to the others. It looks like two buildings faced at random angles in the middle of the block for no apparent reason, which is odd.

[Pauolo]

1 hour ago, Lion King said:

Is it me or Shopping Sstret pays tribute to both 10th and 15th anniversary sets (Assembly Square and Bouitque Hotel respecefiufully)? And GWP Parade Car pays a tribute to th 5th anniversary set, Town Hall (only logo in that GWP)?

Good observation! Also, the Town Hall logo is on the band kids' hats. It could also be a fortunate coincidence.

 

2 minutes ago, HibiscusDrive said:

First, how come the reviewer's shelf didn't have plants or books with the pages facing out? 

Seriously, thanks for posting this. I love to see the modulars in different arrangements. I don't think the set looks that good next to the others. It looks like two buildings faced at random angles in the middle of the block for no apparent reason, which is odd.

This angle makes sense if you imagine that the alley crosses the street and continues in the foreground. It makes for a believable old city street planning imho. I can think of real-life example where narrow streets are crossing and create this kind of small plaza because of the angles.

[paupadros]

The layout is very interesting, and the interiors look good too, I especially like the furniture store, although it's really really cramped. I really like the window on the ground floor of the instrument shop and the windows on the building on the right. I also like the cornices of both buildings. That's about it though, nice details throughout but the whole image falls flat. Upon first impression the proportons look really off. The building on the left is way too tall for the building on the right, which is exacerbated by the fact that the tall one has a tower thing and the short one, a flat roof. I do like the fact that from the building on the left you can get to the roof of the one on the right. My eyes go straight to that gaping hole on over the tan building. Architecturally, the building themselves feel a bit meh too, the white building lacks personality and those elves swirly flower pieces make it look like a Friends building and not a modular. The building on the right has a bit more personality but kind of feels like it is too discrete. Not awful, not great, Tudor is miles better.

[HibiscusDrive]

5 hours ago, Pauolo said:

Good observation! Also, the Town Hall logo is on the band kids' hats. It could also be a fortunate coincidence.

 

This angle makes sense if you imagine that the alley crosses the street and continues in the foreground. It makes for a believable old city street planning imho. I can think of real-life example where narrow streets are crossing and create this kind of small plaza because of the angles.

That makes a lot of sense now that I think about it more.

I've lived in the Chicago area the entirety of my 48 years. Everything is a very square grid with very few angle streets and odd-directioned alleys, etc. So the old streets with narrow alleys in odd directions don't immediately come to mind. But they said it was European styled and now that I think of European cities and villages, this sort of design would fit right in.