bjorn77

Since AS celebrated the 10 year anniversary for modular buildings, it was supposed to be a mish mash of all the building styles of previous sets. As a standalone set, I think it captures the essence of the modular line, it looks great and is a really fun build. But when placed in between the other buildings, there's nothing specific that stands out to give it character. It sort of just disappears.

I wouldn't buy a train station, or possibly mod it into something else. It just wouldn't fit my "main street" layout. But with that said, it could be a really cool building and I envy those who have the space for such a layout.

Great set. The one thing I know I am going to modify is the roof. it loks a little too "old" for my liking. That business wouldn't pass a workplace security inspection :).

Hi, I just recently got around to build Brick City Depot's modular consulate, and I'm thinking I need a fitting car. I did a modified version of the 60058 SUV in all black, but it turned out way too big. To even pass through the gate, the car can be at most six studs wide. I also want it to match the fire truck and limo from the official sets, in size and somewhat in style too. I'll gladly take any suggestions anyone may have. IMG_0543 by Björn Wessman, on Flickr IMG_0545 by Björn Wessman, on Flickr

Thanks for all suggestions everybody. I've got loads of options to try now. Really appreciate it!

To be honest, I nerver liked the Town Hall very much. It's too boxy and tall. It doesn't fit well with the rest of the buildings. I think It should stand by itself in conjunction to a square. I might rebuild it someday, my son loves the elevator play feature, but for now the consulate looks better. I think I will try with a four stud wide sports car, perhaps a convertible. Something similar to those in 60132 or 60119. If that doesn't turn out well, I'll try six studs, but something smaller than the SUV. That truck matches the fire truck an limo in style, but I want something a little more classy for a consulate. But perhaps I could use it as a base for something else. Thanks for the suggestion.

Yep, I can change so that it's only one spot. But the SUV I built is still too big, and slightly too modern looking. A total width of 6 studs for the car is fine, but the wheel caps cannot extend outside the cars' body, or it won't fit through the gate (which I don't want to redesign). It should also be a "formal" looking car that fits with the idea of a consulate. I just need some inspiration. :)

Yeah, I am perfectly aware of this, and I would be OK with that if they released a third series. But if they leave it with the two released so far, then it really feels like a missed opportunity. No Moe or Skinner? C'mon...

It was not that bad. The problem was that they included the whole Simpsons family again. Would they have left them out in favor for my top five, it would have been a great series.

It would be easy to feel Kang and Kodos through the bags :). But it wouldn't really be minfigs per se, so I doubt it. Perhaps a good candidate for a Lego Dimensions set though?

Does anyone think there's a remote chance of getting a Simpsons Series 3? The theme seems dead to me, but there's still so many essential characters missing. Here's my wish list for a series 3, in prioritized order: Moe Principal Skinner Otto Sideshow Bob Carl Lenny Barney Sideshow Mel Cletus Snake Rainer Wolfcastle Duffman Superintendent Chalmers Jaqueline Bouvier Major Quimby Fat Tony

Don't know what brand that is, but it looks to be a copy of the original elfa system. http://uk.elfa.com/site/en/gbr/products/classic/wall-hang

This design and color scheme is so clean! It is almost hypnotizing to look at.

Your "square" is becoming very big. Perhaps it is time to convert it into a "park"? :)

Now that I have built this set, here's my mini review: I love the look of the left-most, blue building. The flower shop building is ok, but not much more than that. The tower building looks pretty nice, but a little simplistic and also too small for such a building. I modded it with some more ornaments (I used square and round 1x1 tiles), which was easily done given that I just needed to attach them to the existing 1x2 plates with one stud. All three buildings are quite small, which is not a problem when you view the set standalone. It looks really impressive. But as soon as you line it up with the rest of the modulars, the buildings' character sort of disappear and becomes just three small buildings squeezed in among other larger buildings. Especially the tower building, with it's small windows, looks like it is almost in a smaller scale. I would have preferred this building to be bigger and angled to use the space where the "middle" flower shop building is now. The build was great fun with a lot of variation and the interiors are superb overall. Dollhouse play value is great for kids (and adults with The Donald sized hands :)). I would really recommend this set to someone who doesn't collect the modulars as it is a great piece by its own. For the rest of us, we will buy it anyway. Personally, I would have prefered one or two larger buildings over the three small ones we got. But it is a great set and I will be happy as long as Lego continues to release the modular buildings, although I am running out of space to display them all. I think I will soon have to remove some of the less attractive sets from my display and Assembly Square will not be among the first ones (Detective's Office is the first one to go, no competition). All in all, I would probably rate AS slightly above average, compared to all the other modulars (excluding CC and MS which I don't own).

Great, thanks!

I don't feel the need for remote controlling the train. Just being able start and stop the motor would be good enough. But then I guess it will always run at a fixed (maximum) speed? Will that be too fast for the train to handle, does anyone know?

That, and also not buying the set.

The two potential SW Lego sets that has always been on the top of my wish list is: 1. UCS AT-AT 2. UCS Hoth Base With the release of this set, I now know I will never get any of those. Maybe after a year's mourning, I will cough up the money and buy this set. I don't even think it's that awful, it's jus tnot at all what I had hoped for. But for now: :cry3: .

The fact that this is a system scale set means that I can now (once and for all?) stop dreaming about a UCS AT-AT :(. But maybe I'll still buy this and another system scale AT-AT. And pray that there will be a long due system scale AT-ST later this year. One big problem is that both mini figs, speeder bike and snow speeder differs from the Hoth sets I've collected over the years.

It does look quite good overall, but I have some doubts... I would replace the 2x2 bricks in the columns for your new floor with round bricks, how come you chose not to? Maybe even the square plates in the columns can be replaced with round ones to have a smoother transition between the floors? I understand you put a lot of effort into making the new floor one brick lower for the symmetry's sake (same distance between second and third floor windows as third floor and top windows) . But I am not completely convinced about the windows going all the way down to the floor. Did you decrease the height of the new floor in your design, before you even built it, or did you try the original height first?

Looking forward to see the first proper three storey mod.

The windows are already far bigger than on any other modular though, so I am not so sure. I think I'm gonna let the default design sink in a bit. Maybe I'll get used to the small size. I will also experiment a bit with the placing of the building, to see if the bank fits better with some of the other lower buildings.

I finished building my Brick Bank today and it is excellent. But like many others say, it is definitely on the small side. I have not made larger version of the other modulars, but this is the first on I feel really needs to be extended somehow. Has anyone tried adding an extra floor? I noticed LegoSjaak's photoshop example but I am not convinced. Just adding a floor might look weird proportionally (too high compared to width) and it's too much windows. That extra floor would need some customization, not just cloning. Has anyone tried this yet?

The newer buildings are very English in that sense -- a nice facade to hide the crappy build quality of the rest of the building. Come to think of it all modulars only have single glass windows too, just like in Britain! ;)