10278 Police Station

[Rick]

10278 Police Station
2,923 pieces
€179.99 / £169.99 / $199.99 / AU$299.99 / CA$269.99
Available: 1 January 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Island Chronicles]

I saw it. It's definitely the nicest police station I have ever seen. 

[JintaiZ]

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Edited January 22, 2021 by JintaiZ

[AFOLguy1970]

Another PS!  Let the confusion begin....

I cannot tell whether or not the ads are printed or are stickers.  The people on Brickset think they are stickers, but I do not see any definitive evidence either way at this time.  

I like the colors.  The lavender works well with the donut shop.  Also, it looks like they widened the donut shop on the interior in order to allow our hands easier access.  The jail cell on the other hand, not so much!  Not a complaint, but I am surprised there is not a car.  Plenty of room on top for the bat signal.  I like it.  Unless someone gives me money for Christmas, probably not a day 1 buy, but I will pick this one up at some point.  

[DimiNi]

People that worry about the side buildings being too small or too far in the back, take a look at this picture:
 

 

its so nice :) love it. Day 1 purchase. It looks so much bigger than the Bookshop :O 

Btw: anyone sees the crack in the wall in the backyard? ;) what could that be? Hidden function/gimmick? :D  

Edited November 27, 2020 by DimiNi

[rzmpf]

1 minute ago, DimiNi said:

People that worry about the side buildings being too small or too far in the back, take a look at this picture:
 

its so nice :) love it. Day 1 purchase. It looks so much bigger than the Bookshop :O 

Because it is.

I have to say, the donut shop building still looks rather squished in, but not as bad as I thought and with the green building being actually part of the station I am way less concerned about it than before.

[imvanya]

Is this a new part or have I missed it in a released set?

Looks like a half of an inverted 1x6 arch: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=92950

Edited November 27, 2020 by imvanya

[Legochaek]

I would’ve like the whole modular to be the doughnut shop- it’s so pretty. It is the best Lego police station I’ve seen, but no buy for me because I’m not really into police stations. However, I like the little play features like the jail and the board. 

[DimiNi]

Just now, rzmpf said:

Because it is.

I have to say, the donut shop building still looks rather squished in, but not as bad as I thought and with the green building being actually part of the station I am way less concerned about it than before.

The cool thing is, that they took a bit of a bite from the police station so the donut shot has more space inside! :) And there is a play feature. Also, have you g uys seen the nice water tank on top of the donut shop?

[CopperTablet]

Throughout the years, Lego has made a number of "villain lair" sets, like 4748, 70809, 70631 and now they expand this tradition to the Modular line with 10278.   You can teach your children about the brutal enforcers of capitalism with this set.

Great design, though, the $199 price point gives Lego more space to work with.

[ddavid]

I love the reference to Soap n' Suds! But why did they remove the n' ?!

 

[Legochaek]

Just now, CopperTablet said:

Throughout the years, Lego has made a number of "villain lair" sets, like 4748, 70809, 70631 and now they expand this tradition to the Modular line with 10278.   You can teach your children about the brutal enforcers of capitalism with this set.

Great design, though, the $199 price point gives Lego more space to work with.

? 

[Friscorays]

4 minutes ago, Lego-fire said:

? 

One would hope so as price is in line with recent years.

[JintaiZ]

I have very little complaints about the set, but if I were to nitpick... I wish all parts would have been printed.

[gotoAndLego]

Looks great and the two side buildings add nice variety to a row of facades. I like the technique for the dark tan corner brick-work.

Edited November 27, 2020 by gotoAndLego

[DimiNi]

2 minutes ago, JintaiZ said:

I have very little complaints about the set, but if I were to nitpick... I wish all parts would have been printed.

Which are not? For me, the advertisement parts do not look like stickers but printed. Stonewars also says it's printed and in the closeup screenshot it looks printed. I could see it immediately in the Sesam Street Set, but not here? Is it? Am I blind? 

 

Edited November 27, 2020 by DimiNi

[Paperballpark]

Yeah deffo printed :)

[tomorrowboy]

I was disappointed by the book shop because the book shop portion was so small and it made the likelihood of a full library modular seem incredibly small. Now a police station that I'm completely uninterested in. Some day they'll release one I want...

[alsielou]

Wow this is beautiful, I love it. It will look truly magnificent in a city layout. 

[ddavid]

Does anyone know what building it is based on. I can't quite figure it out

[AFOLguy1970]

Still running the Black Friday Youtube reveal in the background hoping we eventually get to this and the designer explains the set in more detail.  I am convinced at this point there is nothing more I can possibly learn about the Colosseum.

[ddavid]

Haha, same

Just now, AFOLguy1970 said:

Still running the Black Friday Youtube reveal in the background hoping we eventually get to this and the designer explains the set in more detail.  I am convinced at this point there is nothing more I can possibly learn about the Colosseum.

 

[JintaiZ]

8 minutes ago, DimiNi said:

Which are not? For me, the advertisement parts do not look like stickers but printed. Stonewars also says it's printed and in the closeup screenshot it looks printed. I could see it immediately in the Sesam Street Set, but not here? Is it? Am I blind? 

Whoops... my bad. Looks like an even better set then!

[gotoAndLego]

4 minutes ago, ddavid said:

Does anyone know what building it is based on. I can't quite figure it out

Looks like an American-style city precinct but I doubt its based on anything specific.

[JopieK]

14 minutes ago, DimiNi said:

Which are not? For me, the advertisement parts do not look like stickers but printed. Stonewars also says it's printed and in the closeup screenshot it looks printed. I could see it immediately in the Sesam Street Set, but not here? Is it? Am I blind? 

I think it is a reference to the 'money laundry' of the Modular Bank set.

I like the set, I have my own modular Police station, mine is more British style than American.