Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[RichardGoring]

15 hours ago, jde91 said:

Although to be honest i can't really think of many idea that would excite me. I think a hosptal us unrealistic, it would look silly on such a small base plate, a doctors office and pharmacy however could be cute. Other then that, the only other ideas are; 

Welcome to Eurobricks!

Nice ideas and a lot of people have expressed a desire for the first two, so you're in good company.

Fancy dress shop would be fun. There's an alt build of the Disney castle that does this, using the figures as costumes, which I rather like.

[Lion King]

Not bad idea for boutique store! 

I always want to see a Japanese shushi house with Kyotoian architecture.

[hikouki]

23 hours ago, jde91 said:

Boutique Hotel retires this year along with the jazz club. I'm excited for the next model, but furniture store/music shop doesn't sound that interesting to me! 

 

Although to be honest i can't really think of many idea that would excite me. I think a hosptal us unrealistic, it would look silly on such a small base plate, a doctors office and pharmacy however could be cute. Other then that, the only other ideas are; 

 

• Library 
• post office
• Antique store
• Fancy dress store
• Tourist information centre

Yes, I would definitely want a clinic or pharmacy! Post office would be good as well!!!

[jonwil]

On 10/11/2025 at 11:14 PM, Lion King said:

I always want to see a Japanese shushi house with Kyotoian architecture.

We are getting something very much like this in the Bricklink Designer Program

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-7/2667/Sushi-restaurant-(寿司屋)

 

[hikouki]

21 hours ago, jonwil said:

We are getting something very much like this in the Bricklink Designer Program

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-7/2667/Sushi-restaurant-(寿司屋)

 

Yes! I absolutely love that set!!! Can't wait til its online!!!

I have to say, I am really hopeful that for one, Lego has allowed a 'modular' to be on the BDP roster.

[Lion King]

23 hours ago, jonwil said:

We are getting something very much like this in the Bricklink Designer Program

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-program/series-7/2667/Sushi-restaurant-(寿司屋)

 

That looks very nice, although I wish this set doesn’t include several stickers. But it’s BDP, so….

1 hour ago, hikouki said:

Yes! I absolutely love that set!!! Can't wait til its online!!!

I have to say, I am really hopeful that for one, Lego has allowed a 'modular' to be on the BDP roster.

I don’t know how likely they will BDP modular sets back on roster. Did they explain why? 
Personally, I wish Lego would release 0.5 modular building set every year. Ramen shop, seance, insurance agency, townhouse, apartment, antique store, etc.   i feel like it would be $150.  I know it would be $200 realistically. However, i won’t spend money too much on other big Lego sets than than Modular Building Colleciton itself.  It’s a sad reality that Lego sets get expensive. 

[Lion King]

While waiting for some leaks or info on the next Modular Building set,  if it’s indeed a furniture store set, what GWP would be to accompany the set? We already having a Moving Van GWP two years ago.  I hope it own’t be another GWP like Corner Kiosk. 

[street87]

15 hours ago, Lion King said:

While waiting for some leaks or info on the next Modular Building set,  if it’s indeed a furniture store set, what GWP would be to accompany the set? We already having a Moving Van GWP two years ago.  I hope it own’t be another GWP like Corner Kiosk. 

I was sad, when they put the kiosk as s GWP and break the tradition to have a vehicle with the modular buildings as a GWP. Postal Van would be cool. It will hint that we can have Post Office later down the line. The kiosk, in my opinion, was ugly set.

[lifeinplastic]

I don’t really care for GWPs. Would much rather Lego spent the money giving us the best set they can. In fact they’re not really a ‘gift’ at all as the cost will have been accommodated into jacking up the set price.

i was hoping the music shop rumours would be somewhere that sells musical instrument and hopefully providing us with some new moulded instruments like the Jazz Club’s double bass. However, the Star Trek set includes a character with a brick built trombone - Lego choosing the cheap option yet again.

[Roebuck]

10 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

In fact they’re not really a ‘gift’ at all as the cost will have been accommodated into jacking up the set price.

I do not think I agree (if I understood you correctly). I do not think the GWP has anything to do with the budget of the bigger set, they only last a short period and only a few will get them when buying the bigger set during its shelf time. However I agree it is a "gift" since you have to pay full retail price for the bigger set to get it instead of waiting some month and probably get a much higher discount than the "value" of the GWP 

I try to get the modular GWP if I can for cheap (without buying the big set on day 1), but have a much more relaxed attitude towards GWP these days. I like to get them when I buy PAB, but I usually do not buy sets for full price from Lego and if I miss out of most GWP in a year its fine by me 
Must be a very attractive Castle or Pirates GWP if I actively will go in to get it.

[lifeinplastic]

 

1 hour ago, Roebuck said:

I do not think I agree (if I understood you correctly). I do not think the GWP has anything to do with the budget of the bigger set, they only last a short period and only a few will get them when buying the bigger set during its shelf time. However I agree it is a "gift" since you have to pay full retail price for the bigger set to get it instead of waiting some month and probably get a much higher discount than the "value" of the GWP 

I try to get the modular GWP if I can for cheap (without buying the big set on day 1), but have a much more relaxed attitude towards GWP these days. I like to get them when I buy PAB, but I usually do not buy sets for full price from Lego and if I miss out of most GWP in a year its fine by me 
Must be a very attractive Castle or Pirates GWP if I actively will go in to get it.

I don’t believe Lego are just simply giving away things away out of the goodness of their heart. GWPs are far more prevalent these days to try to justify the enormous increases in price in recent years, which will have been altered to factor in giving away so many sets ‘for nothing’. It’s a marketing ploy to make people think they are getting something more and yes, those that buy earlier will benefit whereas those that don’t may miss out (or actually benefit from a different GWP available at a later date). The specific GWP may not be linked to the cost of specifically that set, but it is quite naive to think customers don’t end up paying for them in the end. It’s just a case of having to play the game to make sure as a customer you feel you are getting something more than the next customer. The same with double points weekends - it’s all designed to make sure as a fan base we spend more overall. Lego doesn’t care two hoots if it’s fair or not but it’s no ‘gift’!

[Lion King]

2 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

 

I don’t believe Lego are just simply giving away things away out of the goodness of their heart. GWPs are far more prevalent these days to try to justify the enormous increases in price in recent years, which will have been altered to factor in giving away so many sets ‘for nothing’. It’s a marketing ploy to make people think they are getting something more and yes, those that buy earlier will benefit whereas those that don’t may miss out (or actually benefit from a different GWP available at a later date). The specific GWP may not be linked to the cost of specifically that set, but it is quite naive to think customers don’t end up paying for them in the end. It’s just a case of having to play the game to make sure as a customer you feel you are getting something more than the next customer. The same with double points weekends - it’s all designed to make sure as a fan base we spend more overall. Lego doesn’t care two hoots if it’s fair or not but it’s no ‘gift’!

Eh, I don’t know if i agree or disagree with you….  Sometimes,  modular GWPs are cool, like Vintage Taxi, Moving Truck/Van, Retro Food Truck becuase of some neat building techniques. But some of them include stickers, which it’s a shame. Last time we saw a vehicle included in a. Regular set was Downtown Diner in 2018. If you want a vehicle included in a modular building set, the price might go up for another $10 or $15.

When I was in Japan, I bought a few and they gave out some items like a cool Mt. Fuji origami and cute mouse decoration. Yet, Lego GWPs are sometimes lame. It depends on your buying preferences. 

And I agree with Roebuck that GWPs has nothing to do wiht the biggest sets’ budget. 

[Roebuck]

4 hours ago, lifeinplastic said:

don’t believe Lego are just simply giving away things away out of the goodness of their heart

No they get to sell the big set for say 200$ directly to the customer, compared to maybe 100$ if they had to sell it to another store first

I agree with rest of your post 

[Lion King]

On 11/6/2025 at 7:28 AM, street87 said:

I was sad, when they put the kiosk as s GWP and break the tradition to have a vehicle with the modular buildings as a GWP. Postal Van would be cool. It will hint that we can have Post Office later down the line. The kiosk, in my opinion, was ugly set.

Ooo, yes a postal truck would be a great GWP! I don’t know when we will ever see a Post Office set but I do think a postal truck GWP might “relieve” us from impatience after waitiing for so long until we get a modular post office set. 

To me, I  like kiosk becuase of its appearance but I don’t like stickers. Obviously it’s a GWP so…. Also, I don’t like he fact that I don’t know here to put it into the city somewhere.  I would like to see more vehicles, please. 

[HibiscusDrive]

I don't care for vehicle GWPs because they don't fit the scale of my town, but that's just me. And I do know they complete the set for other builders.

I do get a lot of value out of GWP that I can use the parts for.

A few I'm thinking of is the Botanical Garden gate, which gave me a lot of good pieces to add to my Botanical Garden's flower beds. The Jane Austen set and the Books Are My Passion (I think this one was a GWP) gave me a lot of good extra pieces for interiors, etc. Actually Botanical Garden Gate & Books Are My Passion came out together, and the potted plant in the BAMP set saved me as I needed those leaf pieces for my flower beds. The Jane Austen set has a bookshelf, piano, fireplace and a few good pieces that make good art for an art gallery. 

I have modded each and every modular set in some way. And a lot of times the GWP give extra pieces that I normally wouldn't just order from Bricklink.

 

[RichardGoring]

There is a new Ideas competition to design a vendor for a modular street that will be turned into a future GWP. 150-200 pieces and no vehicles allowed.

[HibiscusDrive]

Watch everyone flock to the idea that the winner will be what the new modular will be based on! 

For example, had the news kiosk that was gwp with Tudor Corner won the competition, everyone would think the coming modular was going to be a newspaper office. In reality, the Tudor Corner + haberdasher didn't have anything to do with the news kiosk.

[Toast]

17 hours ago, RichardGoring said:

There is a new Ideas competition to design a vendor for a modular street that will be turned into a future GWP. 150-200 pieces and no vehicles allowed.

I don't know if it's a good thing vehicles aren't allowed, meaning Lego themselves will be designing the GWP vehicles, or a bad thing, meaning vehicles are a GWP of the past and they are fully invested in vendors for now on. I loved getting a classic gwp car with my modular building so I'm hoping they keep it up.