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  1. Maple
    It sickens me that people defend a $1 price increase because LEGO now includes 2-3 pieces that total 5 cents. Thankfully I find these terrible and will not spend a dime on them.
  2. Maple
    LEGO told me they would send me a prepaid envelope because it's odd that two pieces were melted, warped weirdly and wanted to find out why. Then never did. I'd gladly send them back, just wondered what happened to it.
  3. Maple
    It was not on backorder. I ordered it at 12:01 Eastern. It still took them 4 days to ship it and another 9-10 days to go less than 1,000 miles. LEGO needs to stop being so darn cheap and fire the horrible shipping company they hire. I had warped / melted pieces ant they were sent from Denmark in less than a week. However they never did send me an envelope to send the broken ones back.
  4. Maple
    It's a great color and I don't think it looks anything like the Friends set besides the size which means nothing. It's a great use of an amazing color. I want to make a similar sized ice cream shop with a patio on top to eat it on but in what I think is called light aqua.
  5. Maple
    I'm not talking about the B&P parts, I'm talking about the Parisian Restaurant that I bought came from Indiana according to Fedex. Took nearly two weeks to go maybe 1,000 miles. The B&P took 5-6 weeks last time. I was in no rush.
  6. Maple
    Oh I know. LEGO should know better and have a better system for delivery. I ordered December 1st (Which once again I think the website is wrong and it was December 2nd.), didn't ship until the 6th. Target, Walmart and Amazon would have had it delivered by then, never minded shipped. Then it takes 8-9 days for delivery from Indiana to Massachusetts? That's not that far. I wonder if I shipped it to Western NY where I live if I would have gotten it sooner. (I ship big LEGO to my mom because the tax rate is 2% cheaper and I'll pick it up at Christmas.)
  7. Maple
    I ordered a set at Midnight December 1st (I thought it was the 2nd but whatever LEGO), it didn't ship until the 5th and I still have received it. I have no idea what LEGO is doing. They have the worst online experience.
  8. Maple
    I'm not here that often but are you a mod here? And if that is a cult... I mean community rule this is just another example that I'm right to stay stay away from the outlandish BS 'rules'. No one, NO ONE would ever know the difference between a LEGO grooved brick and a none lego grooved brick. I now feel like making a knock off brand MOC and posting it here and see if you would even notice.
  9. Maple
    The color is stunning. It's a perfect feel for an ice cream shop. Everyone always complains that Friends theme is too colorful for a city, but this why all colors should be used.
  10. Maple
    I have no idea what you are talking about. Do you know what you are talking about?
  11. Maple
    I'm not in favor of expensive. $180 is expensive enough. Heck $126 on sale is expensive to me. I say this as I build a $100 NinjaGo Movie Boat.
  12. Maple
    Don't you dare make that excuse. LEGO makes BILLIONS of Euros a year, they can afford to keep prices the same as the quality of the bricks go down and pay the few workers they have left a decent wage. Let's not forget that 1-3 years ago sales went down slightly and LEGO 'only' made like 1.5 billion Euros and LEGO fired 3,000 people. The price increases are so LEGO corporate can make insane amounts of money, they do not care about the well being of the common employees. I'm thrilled it's a two in one, it's exactly what the modular line needed to shake things up after two very 'ehh' sets. If you want one big modular then buy the garage. I actually hope the next 2-3 years have split buildings so the modular street can have a different feel.
  13. Maple
    I only watch Jangbricks because he buys his sets, so the cost is included in the review. I can't stand the Garage set, more so at an outrageous $200. However if LEGO set me a free one I'd spend 99% of the time praising how it's different and cool and whatever. Then 1% of the time on the cost and the blahs.
  14. Maple
    I have never seen that guy before, I have never heard of that website, but I will never go back. Not only was the reviewer wrong about the cost, but it was poorly made video. Like someone in middle school setting up a YouTube channel. I'm curious at what level does LEGO send you free LEGO? Like when Brickiest does any review, LEGO sent them a free set. I would be much kinder in the review.
  15. Maple
    The price could always be cheaper, but don't look at 'two small buildings', look at the fact there are no stickers. It's $20 cheaper than the garage for 50 less pieces. The garage should have been $180 also. You compare it to Pet Shop, which was $150 eight and a half years ago. Inflation alone would increase the price. Plus the Bookstore has 500 more pieces. They go on sale right before they retire. I got the Pet Shop, Cinema, DO for 20% right before they retire and with free gift. I got the PR last week for 30% ($112USD) off but no free gift. Amazon had it for $90 in the middle of the night, cheapest ever for a modular. I paid full price for the Bank because LEGO Shop screwed up the sale and it went OOS really quickly when it retired. PR is back in stock at full price on Amazon. It's really a game of waiting years and then being quick when it is on sale.
  16. Maple
    Thankfully it's only the basement now that we have seen more pictures and videos. Plus the pet Shop had green baseplates too, so maybe trying to match that.
  17. Maple
    As I get older and older I realize one thing, don't listen to others. But I've seen that BS (hehe) and those people are just being silly. Most people here don't have the first few. Anything that doesn't have an interior isn't the scale. There are 15 modulars now, 10+ of them are smaller. THAT'S the scale for the theme now. The only thing that seems to be the normal in the theme is that the first floor is taller than the others. But even the first ones are missing that. This will look perfect with the 'golden' age of modulars, BB, DO, PR.
  18. Maple
    The scale of the modular series has been all over the place. The first ones were massively huge. Since then they have gotten smaller so it's all good. Plus this is probably the scale the series will use going forward.
  19. Maple
    I fixed the typo! Stop quoting me! Looks great next to PR, which mine should come in this week. However the house does look a little small. No big deal though.
  20. Maple
    The thread title should really have the set name in it. I'm going to call it BB (Birch Books) or BS for short. :) It's nice. I'm still in favor of having the book store be a different color as I feel that brown is way too over used in modular sets. I want some pale yellow. Yellow and blue look great next to each other. The system is different, smaller, more simple, but really beautiful from the front. The designer did a nice job. The back needs a little life to it. I would have added a tomato plant vining up the house. It would have only have added like 10 pieces. But that's an easy fix. Overall very pleased with it and that LEGO didn't keep the $200 price point.
  21. Maple
    I think I'll call it BB, but BS works too. haha
  22. Maple
    Please don't feed the trolls.
  23. Maple
    Yeah, I've given up on sand red coming back, but a coral house I think would be fantastic too. Or keep the teal and have the book store be pale yellow, I think would look nice. Still when I get this set years down the line I will mix them in more to the 'street' and it will be fine. But please LEGO give orange brown (or whatever these brown shades are called) and teal a rest in this line.
  24. Maple
    EVERYTHING is a print!
  25. Maple
    I think the owner lives above the book shop. The back looks blah because there are no textures bricks in the set. Maybe a few brown brick bricks would have helped. Once it's 20-30% off in three years I'll buy it and ad a much bigger garden to fix the house.
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