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  1. Pauolo
    That would be bold, but I feel a double-baseplate modular would be a space problem for those collecting them. I sure hope they make a detailled hospital one day though, and a single baseplate won't be enough. A circular shape is certainly tricky, especially if you take into account how to design the floors with plates and how to add anything inside without getting too much negative space. I'm all for it if they can actual pull large circular shapes though. And yeah, that would make for one lovely library.
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    The story of the chair being thrown out because no one would buy it was mentioned by the main designer in an interview. It's probably in the instructions book too, but I'm not yet at this part. I don't necessarily see it as depressing. I'm guessing the designers set themselves a challenge to not use the chair element even once in this build. Then the main designer still added one, but not for sitting on it. It's also a way to show designers are now aiming to have a lot of brick-built elements rather than relying on specialized parts. I could see with the past modulars and the Botanical Garden that they're having fun with these mini builds. I'm guessing Mike worked a bit on TC, or consulted on it. Anywhere where triangles are involved, I would expect his input. I honestly don't know what to expect for the 20th anniversary. 5th (TH) was the tallest, 10th was the largest (AS, by then), 15th had the most impressive shape (BH, by then). 20th could be a combination of a corner and a straight building (with NHM set for retirement at the end of this year, Lego won't mind having another large modular next year). Something novel could be a double-sided straight modulars, like the Lego employee exclusive Toy's Shop or Bricky_Brick's Music and Jewelry Ideas proposition that unfortunately didn't get approved. The problem though is that having a well-detailled back serves no purpose if most buyers only expose one side of it on a shelf. They could also try another skyscraper. I wish for an art deco tower, but I'm guessing that's what the super hero themes' designers are going for if they ever do a modular Daily Planet for this year or the next. As for the 20th anniversary modular's theme, again, anything goes. I wish for more public service buildings rather than another restaurant or place of entertainment.
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    There are more to be found of these "adults welcomed" blog posts, including on other modulars. I don't feel like they get communicated at all (unless through email subscriptions perhaps), and this one isn't an exception. I even found once on the website the press kits influencers use to write articles on new sets, including images that are not posted on the store page. Also, thank you for sharing your thoughts. That was a good read ! I just received the set today and will probably finish building it by the weekend. I wish I could have checked it out fully built in my Lego store instead of the Stranger Things set that didn't even need the exposition to be sold out on the first day of the year... I like that the alleyway is a bit hidden, but I get what you mean by giving it more exposition. The final design could have used some visual flair to draw the eye to it. I feel the bridging floor above it doesn't help in that regard. It looks more like a gate to a hidden courtyard, but the back is just too barren. I'll try to mod the back so that at least something is visible at the end of the alley (like another fountain or a statue?). In general though, I feel the last 3 modulars have pretty boring backyards. That Jugendstil style is pretty interesting. It makes me wish we got more North European architecture in the series (does Cafe Corner counts?). And that conical tower roof would have looked better imho. The final shape feels weirdly stubby in comparison. I'm surprised Copenhagen was referenced mainly as the inspiration source, because I swear both buildings do not look out of place in France. The façade of the music shop looks like your average art nouveau building in busy downtown/shopping district (not exactly what I would qualify as "old town" like in the interview). The furniture shop's style, I'm not sure what to call it, but it wouldn't feel out of place in actual old town districts of French cities (I feel I spied such style in Périgueux and Montpellier). Please do share your mods. Especially if you have a way to fix the interior stairs in BH that don't align well with the first floor. Nice catch. Like Market Street, they sure have an awkward way of naming a set with an alleyway...
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    My point was about how naive Dang's approach on the French Café was. I didn't think that about the PS because that façade looks like a building that could actually exist in Paris, minus the green olive color and the scale.
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    From what I understand in the interview, Jamie used to work alone on the first modulars. Then, Lego put design teams on each modular, and he would work with at least one designer for each to bring new ideas. And they're not alone either. He also mentioned that both Đặng Hoàng and Mike (Psiaki I'm guessing) helped bring SS's triangle shapes. Then there's also an artist for designing minifigs and printed parts, etc... Checking the instruction for SS on the mobile app, I'm disappointed all these details are not even mentioned there, nor the designers credited. I'm a nerd for creative processes in general, and I feel it would also ease a bit all the harsh criticism Lego sets are getting regularly these days by giving out those details.
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    Here's a fun video of the set's designers explaining their approach to its design: https://www.lego.com/en-us/adults-welcome/secrets-of-our-sets/lego-icons-shopping-street
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    I ordered it on the 1st and it's still not shipped. Which happens a lot when Lego releases so many sets at once on the same day... I would have bought it directly in store if not for Lego gift cards I had to use and which are not accepted in franchised store, only on the official website and in stores directly managed by Lego. Someone mentioned new parts are added to PAB around 4 months after a set's release, but I guess it's not always true. I too want to get some marching band uniforms to complete the fanfare for my modular city.
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    Đặng Hoàng also designed 10362 French Café and, tbh, I have a hard time identifying what he attempted there as art nouveau. Even the color palette choice feels questionable to me. But I'm probably harsh on it because I'm tired with the dumb romantic clichés of Paris... On the other hand, I feel he nailed the aspect of the music shop in the new modular. That's the kind of building and style you actually can see a lot in Paris and other big French cities. Even the furniture shop looks like small buildings I've seen in French cities. The color palette though is still more colorful than the real buildings (or else there would be a lot more of tan, sand yellow and dirty white), but that's to be expected from modulars. Replace PR's olive bricks with tan ones and you'd get a somewhat more realist yet boring building.
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    From what I know, the main negative criticism about DD was that its style clashes with the rest of the series, regardless of its awesome shapes and building techniques. Meanwhile, the Sanctum Sanctorum gets a lot of praise for how it integrates with other modulars, despite it not having the same scale as the rest of the series to the point of looking squashed next to BH. Just saying, there's a lot of double standards in the AFOL community...
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    That's my thoughts on the modular series. I've only been following it since the Jazz Club but I've seen a lot of criticism on most of the recent sets that don't welcome changes, different architecture styles and color usage. Or forget that the builds' scale have their own limitations. That said, I don't understand how off-brand modulars can be popular even though they look less professional and inventive than Lego's. Most I've seen are a mish-mash of colors and overbearing façade details, block-ish shapes with no clever angle techniques, etc...
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    I'm not sure what you mean by rapidly falling. This set's review situation seems like an exception compared to the past 3 years or so.
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    I doubt there's some form of embargo on reviews of the 2026's modular. However, there's so many sets of various size (79 according to the Lego website) coming out on January 1st that it may have bloated the reviewers' plannings. Also the fact that the set got revealed so late, and was probably shipped to reviewers late...
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    Not just Brickset, it's also true for a few other websites I follow. I know that most of them are getting their review sets from Amazon through an affiliation program. It could be Amazon didn't get or send enough copies to reviewers, or sent them late and those reviewers are still writing their review.
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    I'm fine with with modular-related GWP being either a vehicle or kiosk/food stand/fountain or simply scenery elements (like 40221). As long as it's a subject that hasn't been done repeatedly in City or Friends themes (like hot dog stands or coffee carts). But regarding scenery elements, I feel that Lego has been encouraging fans to make their own models. 2 years ago, they released 3 plans for free to be made out of Pick-a-Brick orders: https://brickset.com/article/101751/modular-building-compatible-models-added-to-pick-a-brick I certainly want to make a modular-compatible city park, integrate a modded 40778 and the past Fountain gwp.
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    In the end, my project wasn't selected. 😔 But of the 15 selected ones, I really like the urban face sketcher. I feel that was never done by Lego before. It could work well as part of a modular park. Anyway, here's the full list of the 15 selected submissions. Votes are open up until January 6: https://beta.ideas.lego.com/blog/50dccdde-f014-4e63-b461-e53225c4208e
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