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Hey ecmo47, thanks for the inspiration! I am working on something similar, with 2339 and 3308. The arch you used (assuming 2339) is closer to the original than the 1x2x8 arches (3308). I'm trying to find a way to avoid those 1x3 pillars in the middle, so I will try to make all pillars 2 wide. My design as in the photos has the advantage that all pillars are the same width if you put another house in the row (2 wide in the middle and 1 wide on the edges. I notice now, in the picture of the original row, that the pillars have different widths too. I shall see what I can come up with. Thanks again!

Cheers very much for your positive reaction Kristel!The only inverted arches I know are 30099, which doesn't look like the ones you mean. I'm fiddling about with 2339 and 3308. If anything decent comes out, I'll post some pics. Hey, thanks very much for that, Readhead1982!I don't intend to stop here; it's great fun and a real challenge. And thanks dr_sarcophagus and JackJonespaw for taking the trouble to write these nice words.

Thanks dylanfarrow, and please do! You will not regret it. It was a great journey, and I don't intend to stop here. My next one's already on the drawing board. Thanks ecmo47, I had not even thought of that! Extra advantage is, that the gaps above the arch can be used for some decoration.I'll definitely look into it! You're too kind, Colossus, thanks for commenting on my post!Thanks Dazz and Wodanis, it means a lot to me.

Bricklink is down again! Can't see any images, once again. Time for a flickr account, Yooha! (edit) I see you have one; maybe post them there?

What a lovely MOC this is. It's darkish, but it works a treat! Makes a nice change in a modular street. The façade is great, with good colour combinations, and the back-set front door gives it a nice depth.. And the yoga studio is a very original idea. Love the lockers and the use of the mirrors. Now all we need is some singing-whale-music from those speakers Keep clicking those bricks together!

Don't worry, Craig, it'll get worse. You'll see! Welcome to the club, and keep clicking those bricks together.

Hey all, Thanks very much for all the kind replies. Re. the arches: I think they can be done better as well. I have fiddled about with them so often, I can't even count the times I redid them. My first thought were the 1x8 arches as well, but I could not get them to look right, somehow. A few days ago, I thought of another idea to make that work, which I'm working on right now (even though I wanted to leave it like this at first; can't ignore a Lego idea, can one). If I get it right, finally, I shall post some new pics.

Like so many others here, both my wife and I were great Lego fans throughout our childhood. My dark ages have been completely black for 25 years, and my wife's, well, let's call them Dark bluish grey. They both ended when, on an impulse, I bought my wife Lego set 10220 (Volkswagen T1 Camper Van) for Christmas in 2011. A great set. And as it happened, the manual of this set had a picture of Pet shop on the back. Unaware of the modular series, we checked it out, and well, from that moment on we were hooked. And I mean properly addicted beyond recognition. We started buying all modulars in production plus all the new ones, and also bricklinked MS, CC and GG. Oh, and anything to do with winter village, too. Also, we bought a number of MOC Modular instructions we liked, which we built as well. I've seen so many brilliant MOCs from various people here (we even reverse-engineered one or two of them), that I was inspired to have a try myself. A few years back, we were on holiday in Hamburg, where I took a picture of the "Alsterarkaden", a row of white houses alongside the water, with a "covered" pavement as an arcade. One of those houses (maybe even more with different façades) would be a nice idea, I thought. In hindsight, very naive, and way too ambitious for a first MOC, but I had a go, and this is what came out 3701 pieces later (after a very long time of designing, redesigning and learning). I'm happy with the result; there are a few minor construction issues, but overall, I'm pretty chuffed. I especially like the extra depth the pillars alongside the windows provide. Overall, a very exciting journey, during which I learnt a lot, also from other MOCers and their solutions. I paid some attention to the back; backs of modulars are usually a bit plain. So, by creating different floor plans for the levels, I tried to make it a bit more interesting, design-wise, by creating these two small terraces. I'm particularly happy with the way the ground floor awnings turned out (and yes, the one in the front is useless, because of the covered pavement, but I didn't want to break the pattern). I removed the arches here, for a better view. Ground floor is a sort of souvenir and art shop. I think the desk looks nice, the art work needs improvement. Polly definitely needs a cookie Separate stairs to access the apartment above Above the shop is an apartment. Not very original, but the official modulars seriously lack living space. I may have nicked a few ideas from other MOCers here, like Kevin8's kitchen cabinets and Kristel's bedside cupboards. I solemnly swear that my next MOC will not contain an apartment. I have a lot of space to work with in this MOC, and I still couldn't fit everything I wanted in there. I have a tremendous amount of respect for people who squeeze this in a 16x32 modular. And I've even seen a 10x32! Living and kitchen Staircase to the bedroom Bedroom and bathroom Access to the roof The roof is a roof, a roof, of course, and no-one can do without roof, of course In between Petshop houses Jerry's enjoying a drink Fresh eggs for breakfast Well, there are many things to improve on this one, but I think I'll leave it like this. It is a first, after all. I may design another one or two of these with different façades, to create a row, like in Hamburg. But first of all, I have my beady eye on a few buildings in The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, which we visited a few weeks back. Some more on my flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/130421735@N02/ I would love to hear what you think.

Excellent tsi, I love your design. Facade is brilliant, and finally someone who pays attention to the back of the building! Nitpicking: The colours of the awning on the ground floor (yellow and lime) look slightly out of place with the rest of the facade. But this is a detail, and also subject to personal opinion. Keep clicking those bricks together!

Great work so far, Yooha, and a great idea. Can't watch the latest addition at the moment, due to the usual brickshelf "issues". I shall be back later! Keep clicking those bricks together.

I think Nacho means "sold only through the Lego site and LEgo shops". It can sometimes take a while before other stores like TRU or Amazon get new sets, in some countries.

Very slick vehicle, Keros. I would love to see this in real bricks. I hope all orange parts you used are available, though. Keep clicking those bricks together!

No problems with the pictures here. Looks brilliant! Great original design on the structure of the building. Pity your blinds have these holes to let the sun to speckle all over the building. Keep clicking those bricks together!

I like the look of that. Would love to see some more. Keep clicking those bricks together!

Well, I love the effort and time that has been put into this. The design is lovely. Problem is, looking at the pictures, this can never be built in real life. A lot of parts seem to be suspended in thin air. Also, the structures with the masts, booms and gaffs will never be stable in real life, by the looks of it. Being a Lego purist, that sort of puts a damper on things. A brilliant effort, but it looks like a virtual one (if I'm wrong, please do enlighten me on the techniques used!). By all means, keep up the good work; I enjoy seeing it.

Oh yes, I like this one! A few pavement tiles and four technic bricks with a hole, and this would make a lovely modular corner building. Nice colours, and I love the arched window. The transparent blue glass might look to be out of place at first glance, but it does work nicely, in my opinion. As does the black ground floor façade. Keep clicking those bricks together!

Well, I would agree that the tree is very much out of place (also colour-wise), but that house is a nice design! It's quirky and original; I like the different roof levels and the dark red window frame on the right side of the ground floor. Keep clicking those bricks together!

Some lovely structures there; the medicine@ building looks very much like BrickCityDepot's Architecture firm (don't know who was first), but all-in-all, a great set of buildings. Love the facades on all of them. Keep clicking those bricks together!

Cheers for putting in the time to create a wonderful review. I am not a huge fan of this set; I like the colour combinations, but it all seems a bit all-too-simple. It can (and will) be nicely modularised, though!

Nice one! Great front, with some nice asymmetry built in. Fits in well with your other MOCs! Red, white and dark gray work very well together. Very creative. Nice interior too. The restaurant looks a bit darkish (it might just be the lighting of the picture; maybe a tan floor?), but it does work well in combination with the rest.

Another brilliant one. I love the facade in white, dark tan and dark gray. I expected the grille plates to be off-putting, but they actually work very well as pillar-like structures. And the fact that it's a "double corner" building is great. In the store, my favourite parts are the coolers and freezers. Keep clicking those bricks together!

Yes, and the recent Easter set (40121) and Valentine's day set (40120) can be used as well. I used Friends Emma's design studio (3936) for a MOC we made. Changed the colours around a bit. And so on...

Well, as stated by others before: If you can't buy both at the same time, start with PS. PR will be around for a while.Experience teaches us there's hardly ever any regret over a bought modular, but almost always over the ones that you decided not to buy, and is now out of production.

Lego set 6671. http://brickset.com/sets/6671-1/Utility-Repair-Lift

Nice MOD! Well, it's a MOC, really. I especially love the way the left part with the entrance is "indented". Great facade, too, with a great combination of colours. Keep clinking those bricks together!