Jim Posted May 23, 2018 REVIEW - HISPABRICK MAGAZINE KIOSK INTRODUCTION Last year I was asked if I wanted to be the Eurobricks person to maintain contact with HispaBrick Magazine. I had never met Lluis or Jetro in person, but of course I was eager to maintain our good relationship with this great magazine. Due to some random events, I got to meet both Lluis and Jetro in Billund last year (2017) during the LEGO Fan Media Days. Turns out they are just as annoy...uhmmm.....friendly as they are online It's nice to meet people with the same, or even more, passion for the LEGO brick as myself or our own Eurobricks members. This month marks the 10th Anniversary of HispaBrick Magazine and they decided to design a commemorative set for this event. Being the contact sometimes pays off, because I was asked if I was interested in reviewing the set. Of course I was excited to see what the set was all about and do a little review. It isn't the most elaborate reviews of all time, but it's written with lots of respect for the team behind HispaBrick Magazine. Before you dive in the review, here's the link to the topic about HispaBrick Magazine 030. SET INFORMATION Set number: 1001 Set name: HispaBrick Magazine Kiosk Number of pieces: 249 THE BOX The box show that it's the 10th Anniversary Set and apparently I am one of the 50 proud owners of this unique set. Unless all the boxes show 38 of 50 The back tells us a bit about the history of the magazine in Spanish and English and it shows us the complete part list of the set. CONTENTS OF THE BOX The box contains: 1x Big bag filled with most of the parts. 1x Disclaimer note 1x Green 16x16 baseplate 1x Green 16x8 baseplate 1x Stickers sheet I wonder how HispaBricks customer service is?! Lucky for me, the set was 100% complete! The sticker sheet contains all the covers of the past magazines! How cool is that?! I do see a lot of familiar MOCs on those covers. I really love the one with that cool life sized Mindstorms Robot made by Jim from Eurobricks. Yeah, that's probably never going to happen SPECIAL PARTS The set contains three very special printed parts: The first HispaBrick Magazine printed, with the alien from the arvo brothers on the cover HispaBrick Minifig Torso HispaBrick 2x2 Tile PART LIST Here's the complete part list of all the bricks used in this set. Which more or less boils down to these parts: THE BUILD You start by building the kiosk booth, which shows a computer screen for the register and a wonderfully designed coffee machine. You can't read a great magazine without a great coffee to go along with it The roof of the kiosk is made by using an interesting building technique. You basically lay the two windows on the top of the building as a roof. They can be easily removed. There's a fresh coffee waiting for you on the counter. How about getting the latest edition of HispaBrick Magazine and reading it on the bench next to the kiosk. The backdoor of the kiosk...."Employees Only"! This lovely set doesn't consist of the kiosk alone. You can also rent a bike. And you don't even need to go to a front desk, it's fully automated. Connecting the bike to the rack is very cleverly done, using the Technic plate with hole to connect to the headlight part of the bike. COMPLETED MODEL Taddaaaa....the completed model. I haven't used the stickers on the two magazines, because I wanted to keep the sheet as new. The photographer is reading the latest edition... ...while the girls is fooling around with her skateboard. Isn't this the cutest set ever. I really like it and it will definitely look good in a bigger LEGO city display. One final shot of the set. CONCLUSION I like to express my special thanks Jetro and Lluis for sending me this set. I absolutely love it and I am very proud own it, and to have contributed to the the 10th Anniversary of HispaBrick Magazine. I wish you guys all the luck in the future and hopefully I will be writing another review in 5 or 10 years. Take care! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Dude Posted May 23, 2018 Nice way to celebrate 10 years of Hispa Brick! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MOMAtteo79 Posted May 23, 2018 great connection between bikes and rack! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jetro Posted May 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Jim said: The sticker sheet contains all the covers of the past magazines! How cool is that?! I do see a lot of familiar MOCs on those covers. I really love the one with that cool life sized Mindstorms Robot made by Jim from Eurobricks. Yeah, that's probably never going to happen Start building that robot already!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Posted May 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Jetro said: Start building that robot already!! I have started it ages ago Time, time, time....and other hobbies/activities. I will continue the project some day Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zux Posted May 23, 2018 Cool set and nice review! I would like to add, that HBM#30 issue contains the instructions for the model if anyone needs it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigginsd Posted May 24, 2018 I love that bike rental area. The way they attach the bikes is clever, will definitely pinch the idea at some point. A very cute set overall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vindicare Posted May 24, 2018 Great little set. That bike rack is just fantastic, I love the connection point. And the, what looks to be, movie rental machine is cleverly built as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kjellevirus Posted May 24, 2018 Nice review like usual. This is a neat little set. I can imagine you must be proud to get the chance to review this set. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KristofBD Posted May 24, 2018 Very cool and clever set! Thanks for the excellent review! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravelino Posted May 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Vindicare said: Great little set. That bike rack is just fantastic, I love the connection point. And the, what looks to be, movie rental machine is cleverly built as well. Very nice little set indeed! That bike rack just took me back to a holiday in Sevilla where I saw those things everywhere. That vending machine is cool but I think it's for softdrinks, since I haven't seen many movie rental machines in Spain(or Europe in general) a lot. I could be wrong though.. I also like that even though it's a small set on a low quantity production(only 50 if the box is correct) they still have gone the extra mile on design by putting 2 custom printed tiles and a minifig body in it AND adding a sticker sheet for all HPB's issues to be put on a 2x3 tile. Good work guys and you too, Jim, this review really puts the set in the spotlights! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteFang Posted May 24, 2018 Awesome work Jim. Your review has made this excellent custom set so appealing. I like it very much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lluisgib Posted May 24, 2018 11 hours ago, Ravelino said: That vending machine is cool but I think it's for softdrinks, since I haven't seen many movie rental machines in Spain(or Europe in general) a lot. I could be wrong though.. Yes, it is suposed to be a Vending machine for softdrinks, although the colour is not related to a well known cola brand... It was only because red colour is common and when searching for parts, they were easy to get. BTW I would like to thank you for all the nice comments about the set. I am especially happy that you like the way to put the bicycles in the rack. There are some hours behind the final design. Enjoy it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
