Can we see a link/ picture of this arch?

http://www.newelementary.com/2015/01/nuremberg-toy-fair-lego-bow-arch-window.html

How about a nightclub? With disco-dancefloor, some DJ's and a cool record-store on the top floor?

Bank + Office Space above.

Has there been any word that for 2016 they will release the second series of the Mini Modules to include PS, TH, PC, PR & DO? Does anyone remember what month the first set came out in?

The first one came out in January of 2012, nearly two years after Grand Emporium, so by that logic I would think a second set would come out in 2017, if at all.

I don't know how popular of an opinion this is, but I think we need the next set to be something like the Petshop again. For a proper lego town, I think we need more townhouses in the Modular sets. At the moment, we have only 2 sets for a residence. GG and PS. That doesn't make much sense, especially with us having a movie theater, a mall, a town hall, a hotel, a street market, a french restaurant, a detectives office, barber shop, pool hall, pet shop, fire station and a grocery store. I mean that is a lot of commerce for a total of 3 or 4 apartments across the board. I have been thinking of getting more petshops for this, but at the end of the day, I like having different sets. Which actually makes me want another set like the pet shop for the next modular.

This has also given me a SEVERE itch for the GG. But that is one expensive itch to scratch. VERY EXPENSIVE. At the going rate, I could build a Petshop neighborhood at that price!

I don't know how popular of an opinion this is, but I think we need the next set to be something like the Petshop again. For a proper lego town, I think we need more townhouses in the Modular sets. At the moment, we have only 2 sets for a residence. GG and PS. That doesn't make much sense, especially with us having a movie theater, a mall, a town hall, a hotel, a street market, a french restaurant, a detectives office, barber shop, pool hall, pet shop, fire station and a grocery store. I mean that is a lot of commerce for a total of 3 or 4 apartments across the board. I have been thinking of getting more petshops for this, but at the end of the day, I like having different sets. Which actually makes me want another set like the pet shop for the next modular.

This has also given me a SEVERE itch for the GG. But that is one expensive itch to scratch. VERY EXPENSIVE. At the going rate, I could build a Petshop neighborhood at that price!

A lot of people would like to have something like the Pet Shop with two detachable sections. Most are expecting a corner building for the next release as this would fit the pattern. Also, don't forget that the Parisian Restaurant is residential above the actual restaurant. I am not sure the next one will be residential given the typically commercial nature of corner buildings. They tend to be things like stores or banks in most of the towns around here.

I would like an Emmet's apartment building.

A lot of people would like to have something like the Pet Shop with two detachable sections. Most are expecting a corner building for the next release as this would fit the pattern. Also, don't forget that the Parisian Restaurant is residential above the actual restaurant. I am not sure the next one will be residential given the typically commercial nature of corner buildings. They tend to be things like stores or banks in most of the towns around here.

Really good points. I forgot about the Parisian Restaurant. I haven't gotten around to buying it yet since I was trying to catch up on the older ones (FB, TH, GE).

As for a corner unit, I think if they wanted to, they can still do a business on the ground floor and apartments on the second and third floors. I see that in NYC all the time. The question is, how did the 1950ish era the Modular's are going for handled that? That would work actually pretty well.

Edited May 20, 20159 yr by Alucard1977

As far as the pattern is concern I do believe the DO broke it. For sake of point Im excluding the MS.

CC - Corner Business

GG - Commercial Residential

FB - Civic

GE - Corner Business

PS - Commercial Residential

TH - Civic

PC - Corner Business

PR - Commercial Residential

DO - Commercial.

So the pattern should have been a Civic modular for the DO which is as we know is a commercial type instead. I do hope this is a "one off" type situation and we get a corner business modular next!

Im still hoping for a Bank or a Police Station!

There is an arguement to be made that the detective could be civic (sort of police). I know, a stretch. But still.

I mean it is called a detective agency, not a PI. And he is investigating illegal cookie making, which is a matter a of civil lego law.

Edited May 22, 20159 yr by Alucard1977

Civil law......maybe the next modular might be a court house ?

Civil law......maybe the next modular might be a court house ?

I sure hope not since I finished my first MOC this year---of a courthouse. I do not see how Lego could do it justice with the size and budget constraint (no pun intended). They could in theory give it the Town Hall treatment and make another $200+ building, but I can hear the outcry now. Also, it would not be the best candidate for a corner building. Most courthouses are given a prominent position on the Town Square, if not the center of the square itself, at least the ones here are like that.

It seems like each new modular has very little in common with the previous one for the sake of variety in terms of architecture and theme. Therefore, I would expect that the new one will not be "crime" related.

Bought the Detective's Office today, its the best set of 2015 so far easily (only things that I know of that might top it would be Ideas sets like the Dr Who set)

Still building the barber shop (bag 2)

Awesome parts selection too (lots of great parts for the Italian Pizzeria I intend to build)

Bought the Detective's Office today, its the best set of 2015 so far easily (only things that I know of that might top it would be Ideas sets like the Dr Who set)

Still building the barber shop (bag 2)

Awesome parts selection too (lots of great parts for the Italian Pizzeria I intend to build)

Hope you have small child-like hands else you will not be able to physically build bag 2 per the instructions.

I inadvertently posted this in the city thread before when it's obviously more relevant here, so here I go again:

I'm moving abroad and so I'm going to have sell the few modulars I've accumulated. What's the best way to do it? Should I ebay or try via forum like this one? I have the Pet Shop, the Parisian Restaurant (which I love) and two bike shop sets that I'd like to sell as one 'lot'.

Edited May 26, 20159 yr by totallymodular

I inadvertently posted this in the city thread before when it's obviously more relevant here, so here I go again:

I'm moving abroad and so I'm going to have sell the few modulars I've accumulated. What's the best way to do it? Should I ebay or try via forum like this one? I have the Pet Shop, the Parisian Restaurant (which I love) and two bike shop sets that I'd like to sell as one 'lot'.

You could bring them with you. That was what I did with my fire brigade, grand emporium, pet shop, town hall, palace cinema, parisian restaurant and haunted house. All the way from NZ to Malaysia

You could bring them with you. That was what I did with my fire brigade, grand emporium, pet shop, town hall, palace cinema, parisian restaurant and haunted house. All the way from NZ to Malaysia

Well I'd like to, but my girlfriend has made it clear in vaguely passive aggressive terms that 'we won't have room'...I think I lost my leverage with how much it's going to cost to ship out my record collection.

I would try selling on Bricklink or an afol forum like this one unless you already have high ebay rep. I just sold a Unimog on Ebay (my first auction in years) and was shocked by the fees (10% just for the auction and I included shipping free). I'd like to buy a Parisian Restaurant, but fiancee will kill me...

I inadvertently posted this in the city thread before when it's obviously more relevant here, so here I go again:

I'm moving abroad and so I'm going to have sell the few modulars I've accumulated. What's the best way to do it? Should I ebay or try via forum like this one? I have the Pet Shop, the Parisian Restaurant (which I love) and two bike shop sets that I'd like to sell as one 'lot'.

I would try selling on Bricklink or an afol forum like this one unless you already have high ebay rep. I just sold a Unimog on Ebay (my first auction in years) and was shocked by the fees (10% just for the auction and I included shipping free). I'd like to buy a Parisian Restaurant, but fiancee will kill me...

Cool, thanks. If you think you could survive then you're welcome to my PR for £100!

Cool, thanks.

You could also pack them up and keep them as parts until you have room for them (give you time to convince your fiancee as well)

I see that the Natural History Museum Ideas project got turned down on the latest Ideas set announcement... Figures...I think any type of building is doomed, too complex and competes with their existing lines.

I see that the Natural History Museum Ideas project got turned down on the latest Ideas set announcement... Figures...I think any type of building is doomed, too complex and competes with their existing lines.

If I were entering any type of modular structure on Ideas, this would certainly be disheartening. I think the museum had the best chance of any set that size, and I truly believe it would have sold well. Maybe the museum did not have enough of a storyline or play features

Very disappointing indeed :-( I just watched the video and was really hyped up. Poor, poor, poor...

Thats too bad. it was a good idea. maybe he should have tossed a criminal and a couple cops in the museum