BrickJonas

It is indeed haha! I totally agree with you! Thank you so much!

It is indeed! ;) Thanks!

Hey fellow AFOLs! Last week, one of my dreams finally came true — I managed to collect the necessary pieces for two old modular buildings that were missing from my collection: the Café Corner and the Fire Brigade. I was sorting my loose bricks during the summer and realized I had many 1×2, 1×4, 1×6, and 1×8 bricks in various colors that I hadn’t really used over the last couple of years in my builds, so I started playing around with the idea of checking how many of the necessary bricks I already had for these two classic LEGO sets. After a quick check, I found I already had around 30% of the parts, so I thought it would be a good idea to order the remaining bricks and finally build these beauties. Café Corner This set is from 2007, and it contains some bricks that I knew I’d need to substitute: There’s an old 1 × 4 × 5 gray door on the side of the building which is just too expensive for me, so I used a newer 1 × 4 × 6 light bluish gray door instead. This meant I had to redesign that section of the building a bit, but it’s not a big deal for me. In contrast, I didn’t replace the famous front door of the café, because I really liked it and managed to find it for under 10 euros — which, in my opinion, was an acceptable price for a rare, discontinued part in new condition. There’s a nice decoration above the door made out of ski pieces. There’s a new mold variant of these pieces that is significantly cheaper than the old one, so I decided to use the newer ones. The designers used a beautiful 1 × 8 × 2 dark blue arch piece above the side door. Since I believe there’s a chance LEGO will re-release that piece in future sets (it’s a common part, and I don’t see why they wouldn’t use it again), I just used a dark bluish gray one for now and I'll change it in the future. It doesn’t spoil the overall look, and I had plenty of those lying around. To my surprise, the 2 × 2 light bluish gray turntable pieces used for building the 45-degree walls are also pretty pricey, but they can be substituted with 2 × 2 jumpers, so I changed those too. Of course, I replaced the old white wall pieces with real 1 × 2 × 3 windows, and also the big 2 × 4 × 3 windows with the new type. The parrots that decorate the tower come in two different mold variants, so I just used the cheaper one (I believe it’s the new one). The designers used 1 × 2 + 1 × 1 tiles because 1 × 3 tiles didn’t exist back in 2007, so I replaced those with 1×3s in some places. Overall, I’m very satisfied with the result! Anyone familiar with modular buildings can tell this is the Café Corner, and these small piece substitutions are noticeable only after a detailed inspection. Fire Brigade This set is a bit newer, so I didn’t need to modify much of it: The designers used a big 8 × 16 tile as the base of the garage, but I had plenty of 2 × 2 and 2 × 4 tiles in my collection, so I just used those instead to save a bit of money. The back doors aren’t produced anymore and are hard to find, so I just designed and built my own doors — I think the outcome is pretty solid! The fireman’s pole was yellow in the original set, but I found silver ones on the online Pick a Brick website, so I ordered those instead.This way it was cheaper, and it also looks better! And the red garage doors... well, I almost gave up when I saw that those pieces are around 6-8 euros each on BrickLink, but luckily I noticed they were reintroduced in the City Tower set earlier this year, so I just had to wait around 3-4 months to get them from PAB! I was very impatient, but it was worth the wait. ;) Verdict For modular building collectors, I believe this is a fantastic way of building these old sets, since they’re very expensive if one wants to buy them sealed. I paid around 440 euros (including postage) for the two sets, using all new pieces except for the gold dish on the bell and the three special grille pieces — but fortunately, I managed to get those in very good condition. Now, let’s see all three of my BrickLinked modular buildings together — they’re beautiful and I still can't believe I finally own them! :) I displayed all of my modular buildings and the beautiful Creator Expert carousel on a local LEGO exhibition last week, the visitors really liked the layout! I'm planning to motorize the carousel and add some trains to the layout next year! ;)

Thanks, I'm glad you like it! Well, technically, you can fold the legs, but of course the chair itself can't be folded 100% flat (backrest on the seat) unfortunately. :) On the other hand, the backrest folds down, so the chair can be converted to a sunbed 🏖️

Thank you! Yep, I wanted to keep the model's size as small as possible, because I think there's a demand for smaller BDP sets. :)

Thanks! ;)

This time I've brought the tiny house movement to life in LEGO! My modern mobile home creation captures everything that's made these compact dwellings so popular among tourists in recent years — stylish aesthetics, eco-friendly design philosophy, minimal environmental footprint, and surprisingly comfortable living spaces. I've carefully recreated these features in brick form while adding my own creative touches to make this LEGO mobile home both realistic and playful. ;) I've also submitted this MOC to the BrickLink Designer Program, so if you really like it, you can vote for it and it could become an actual LEGO set ;) You can also access a 3D view of this model on my website: https://brickjonas.com/bdp-s8-coastal-escape

I absolutely love these, and I also like the scale, great work! I wonder if there's a way to make part 18591 work as the cockpit for the a-wing or it would look ugly / too big in this scale. Now waiting for some hangar MOCs from you with these ships ;)

Gorgeous buildings, I especially like the white one. Hats off for building the detailed interiors too!

Thank you guys, I'm glad you like it!

Thanks!

I just saw that same image on Twitter (won't link it, because I wouldn't like to share fake news), I'm sure it's a fan creation, it looks too similar to the latest modular, it uses the same technique for the roof, the same pieces for some facade details and olive green bricks for the middle section. LEGO designers want to make something fresh each year, so I'd expect much more from them. ;) It's a good MOC though!

Thank you so much!

Hey, I'd like to present my latest creation, the Microscale Townhouses! I usually build in minifigure scale, so it was quite challenging for me to build in microscale this time, but I had so much fun designing this model. I created building instruction for it too, just to practice using Stud.io and I also made a 3D website where you can view the MOC from all angles, and download the instructions if you'd like to build these houses or just check the different building techniques I used in it. ;) Hope it's okay to link it here: https://brickjonas.com/microscale-townhouses

Wow, it's pretty big!