Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[ddavid]

1 hour ago, RuffDraft said:

Fingers crossed we'll get a leak on the next modular in the next month or so! 

Yeah. I can’t wait to see what will come. And I also hope I won’t be disappointed.

As for my favorite modular I would have to give an unoriginal answer: Parisian Restaurant, though I really like the calmness of the PS as well. It looks great next to almost every modular I own.

12 hours ago, jaesroe said:

Do hope to see some of classic European style building.

Although I really like the DD it doesn’t really match with the rest. And I would like some modular that will complement the Parisian Restaurant. Or something to match the Diner, like a Bauhaus (with the glass corner -OMG) or Art Deco style building.

I guess now we know Lego can go in some crazy directions, so a Chinese architecture inspired set might be possible in the future (i don’t think now, 'coz this years modular was a major change too, so next year it should be a bit less desruptive)

[RuffDraft]

Just now, ddavid said:

Yeah. I can’t wait to see what will come. And I also hope I won’t be disappointed.

As for my favorite modular I would have to give an unoriginal answer: Parisian Restaurant, though I really like the calmness of the PS as well. It looks great next to almost every modular I own.

Ah, I honestly think for as long as we have modular buildings, we'll never be too disappointed. Every modular has its own charm, and I think most people agree that the DD is a great build too, so I'm sure they have our best interests at heart. It's a long time to wait for each modular, so expectations inevitably reach greater and greater proportions, so hopefully we can all keep level heads and accept a direction that Lego goes in... which seems unclear at the moment... but I think if the next one is similar to DD, then we likely know the direction they will take for the next eight years... I always try to think that they're giving us a present each year, rather than making sure they fulfil our needs - I guess that's where MOCs come in, but I don't have the patience or time to do those. 

Thanks for sharing your favourite modular! It's great how many people love the PR, as I know it'll likely be my favourite too. I'm tempted to build the FB next, as I would love to have a fire engine in my small city. It's also one of the older builds, so I will test out how much I like the older versions, and if the answer is: not much, then I'll probably refrain from getting the Town Hall, Grand Emporium, Cafe Corner and Green Grocer sets... I'm hopeful for a re-release at some point of one of those... I think that would be epic for most newbies, but I'm just as happy to not have a few of the modulars, as I can't really place them anywhere at the moment and they cost a small fortune now that they're discontinued!  

Exciting time of year though! Fingers crossed someone finds another brochure and uploads it, so that Lego has to announce the next modular sooner rather than later!!! 

[Bricked1980]

Personally I'd quite like something in a similar style to DO or AS. I'm a big fan of the sets that give the impression of being 2 or more buildings on a single base plate.

[Aanchir]

With past modulars I typically got the feeling that it was a bigger priority for the designers that the designs stand out from their predecessors rather than fitting in. Not just in terms of colors but also architectural styles. Cafe Corner was very different from Market Street, which was very different from Green Grocer, which was very different from Fire Brigade, and so on. There were probably SOME guidelines to ensure continuity, but overall I think we AFOLs often fall prey to the human tendency for pattern recognition and to ascribe greater meaning/significance to those patterns than they actually have (consider the old rumor/urban legend that there was always a hint in each modular building to the next one, even though most of the time these were post-hoc connections drawn between minor details of the sets and never enabled anybody to reliably predict what would come next).

While the architectural style and content of Downtown Diner are more suggestive of a 50s setting than we've ever seen before, pushing the boundaries of what eras and styles a modular building can represent, that's not to say that future modulars will also be pushed forward in history by the same amount. And even if they go with another architectural style and subject associated with the same era as Downtown Diner, I think it's pretty safe to say it won't be another Streamline Moderne building, as that was one of Downtown Diner's signature features, and immediately following that building with another in the same style would diminish both buildings' sense of uniqueness/novelty. Also, I feel like the better way to make all modular buildings fit in together would be to stay true to the idea that they're not supposed to be pinned firmly to any one time or place and represent a cosmopolitan "world culture" condensed into one neighborhood, rather than to just establish new guidelines just as strict as ever for the next however-many years.

[SwissBrick]

2 hours ago, ddavid said:

I guess now we know Lego can go in some crazy directions, so a Chinese architecture inspired set might be possible in the future (i don’t think now, 'coz this years modular was a major change too, so next year it should be a bit less desruptive)

Well technically speaking you have the Lego Ninjago City and Docks sets that are Asian looking style and compatible with modulars.. But yes, it is not quite a "Chinatown" district.. but who knows.. There must be some sort of harmony in a modular town, but as we saw, between DD and CC, there is a great deal of differences.. I transformed with instructions PC into a small "kind of" chinese looking build..:

https://www.brickcitydepot.com/CB024/four_stars_comedy_club

We will definitely be surprised, unhappy, excited, dissapointed and finally very happy to build the 2019 modular in any case!

Also, if you missed the Ninjago city integration in a modular layout:

 

[paupadros]

There are rumours there's a new light red/salmon colour coming next year (just a rumour!). Do you think they could ideally put it to use with the new modular, like they did for PR?

[ddavid]

2 hours ago, paupadros said:

Do you think they could ideally put it to use with the new modular, like they did for PR?

That’s exciting! DD reintroduced teal, so everything is possible 

[Withacee]

12 hours ago, paupadros said:

There are rumours there's a new light red/salmon colour coming next year (just a rumour!). Do you think they could ideally put it to use with the new modular, like they did for PR?

Is that what BrickLink calls "Sand red"? That would be brilliant.
We've been trying to build a MOC modular in that colour, but the availability of bricks is very, very limited.
When looking at the colour, one must admit it is a great colour for city buildings.

[antp]

22 minutes ago, Withacee said:

Is that what BrickLink calls "Sand red"?

It seems not, from a comment read elsewhere

[peedeejay]

The next modular bringing back sand red is one my everyday dreams. I wouldn't mind the modular being an ugly dice with just a door and a window as long as it is made of sand red bricks. Not going to happen though I fear. :(

[Robert8]

Where are these rumors coming from?

Because the description does not sound like the old sand red indeed

[DeanLearner]

I’ve never seen sand red in the flesh, but there’s something it as a colour that I’m instinctly unsure of! I’ve seen it in some MOCs where it definitely works as a brick colour (where dark orange would be far too bright), but it’s the blue/purple tint that gives the colour a mauve-like look to it that I don’t really like (even the sound of the word is unpleasant).

Sorry, a bit of a random comment! I think this is what some people must have felt about teal!

[AVector]

6 hours ago, Withacee said:

Is that what BrickLink calls "Sand red"? That would be brilliant.
We've been trying to build a MOC modular in that colour, but the availability of bricks is very, very limited.
When looking at the colour, one must admit it is a great colour for city buildings.

The color being referred to is called salmon on Bricklink; it was a color used in Scala sets back in the day. Definitely not sand red.

[ReplicaOfLife]

1 hour ago, AVector said:

The color being referred to is called salmon on Bricklink; it was a color used in Scala sets back in the day. Definitely not sand red.

@cimddwc actually used that old salmon color in one of his builds:

The Fishmaster - Front 1 by cimddwc, auf Flickr

It works for his building, but I wouldn't exactly be excited if the next modular used a color like that in huge amounts.

 

[Lyichir]

1 hour ago, RogerSmith said:

@cimddwc actually used that old salmon color in one of his builds:

The Fishmaster - Front 1 by cimddwc, auf Flickr

It works for his building, but I wouldn't exactly be excited if the next modular used a color like that in huge amounts.

 

That's a great MOC, but the new color (Vibrant Coral) seems like it'll be much more vivid than that. So I don't know if it'd work quite as a subdued paint job like that. Which isn't to say it won't show up in the new modular (truth be told I have no idea what themes will use it).

[paupadros]

4 hours ago, DeanLearner said:

I’ve never seen sand red in the flesh, but there’s something it as a colour that I’m instinctly unsure of! I’ve seen it in some MOCs where it definitely works as a brick colour (where dark orange would be far too bright), but it’s the blue/purple tint that gives the colour a mauve-like look to it that I don’t really like (even the sound of the word is unpleasant).

Sorry, a bit of a random comment! I think this is what some people must have felt about teal!

For me, the most obvious use of Sand Red is for mables, especially those decorating churches all around Italy plus granite surfaces. Besides than, I would agree, it's maybe too dark compared to the other two memebers of the sand family.

38 minutes ago, Lyichir said:

That's a great MOC, but the new color (Vibrant Coral) seems like it'll be much more vivid than that. So I don't know if it'd work quite as a subdued paint job like that. Which isn't to say it won't show up in the new modular (truth be told I have no idea what themes will use it).

If it's even more vivid than that, I wouldn't be surprised if it showed up in Elves. The comback of teal was mainly due to their efforts. Curious to see how this colour may look like!

[cimddwc]

That's actually light salmon in my building. Regular salmon seems to be significantly darker and stronger. And I'm not sure if that would work well in larger amounts in a building.

Then again, the olive green in PR looked better than I had imagined, too...

[AVector]

3 hours ago, RogerSmith said:

@cimddwc actually used that old salmon color in one of his builds:

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It works for his building, but I wouldn't exactly be excited if the next modular used a color like that in huge amounts.

 

That is actually light salmon, another color that was sold under the Scala line years ago. Salmon is much darker with more saturation. Not many standard non-Scala parts were released in salmon with the exception of 1x8 tiles, 1x6 bars, 1x5 antennas, the minifig megaphone, ice-cream scoops, and the half barrel container; all are hard to find/get.

[jaesroe]

Me and everyone probably knows that the image in the link is a rumour and fan made image . But if the next modular comes in such a style...then I would say 'shut up and take my money'

http://sgbulkbricks.blogspot.com/2018/08/lego-2019-modular-building.html

 

[Robert8]

15 hours ago, DeanLearner said:

I’ve never seen sand red in the flesh, but there’s something it as a colour that I’m instinctly unsure of! I’ve seen it in some MOCs where it definitely works as a brick colour (where dark orange would be far too bright), but it’s the blue/purple tint that gives the colour a mauve-like look to it that I don’t really like (even the sound of the word is unpleasant).

Sorry, a bit of a random comment! I think this is what some people must have felt about teal!

Agree

That sand red clashes with most of the other LEGO colors

I could see it being used for some details here and there but not as much as they used teal in the 50s dinner

[Withacee]

5 hours ago, jaesroe said:

Me and everyone probably knows that the image in the link is a rumour and fan made image . But if the next modular comes in such a style...then I would say 'shut up and take my money'

http://sgbulkbricks.blogspot.com/2018/08/lego-2019-modular-building.html

 

That looks suspiciously similar to the post office by @Bricked1980
I love that one, by the way; would buy it instantly.

 

Edited October 24, 2018 by Withacee

[DeanLearner]

1 hour ago, Withacee said:

That looks suspiciously similar to the post office by @Bricked1980 
I love that one, by the way; would buy it instantly.

Agreed, I would love a post office and @Bricked1980‘s design captured it perfectly. I would definitely pay money for it!

[RuffDraft]

7 hours ago, jaesroe said:

Me and everyone probably knows that the image in the link is a rumour and fan made image . But if the next modular comes in such a style...then I would say 'shut up and take my money'

http://sgbulkbricks.blogspot.com/2018/08/lego-2019-modular-building.html

 

Definitely too similar, but I would love a Post Office... I think something like this would be up there with my favourites. 

Someone on the blog said the top of the box is identical to DD, but whether that's true or not??? I tried downloading it, but the top part of the box is too pixellated to confirm. 

[LegoSjaak]

It is this picture you are talking about? You can see clearly the pink and teal colors on top of the box...

Edited October 24, 2018 by LegoSjaak
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[Bricked1980]

1 hour ago, Withacee said:

That looks suspiciously similar to the post office by @Bricked1980
I love that one, by the way; would buy it instantly.

 

 

1 minute ago, DeanLearner said:

Agreed, I would love a post office and @Bricked1980‘s design captured it perfectly. I would definitely pay money for it!

 

Thanks guys! Yes that is my MOC. That fake box image has been floating around since August. At the time I had recently joined Instagram and had been posting pictures of my MOCs including several of the Post Office. I had received a few comments from people saying that they liked the model and wished it could be an official modular. So I posted that box image as a joke in response to those comments. I made it very clear in my picture title and caption that the image was fake though and didn't try to pretend it was a leaked image.

I'd only got a small amount of followers on Instagram and didn't expect the response that picture would get. It started to attract comments from people who had clearly not read my picture caption and were convinced it was a legit image of the next modular. So I deleted the picture after it had only been online for about 2 hours.

Despite this, other people have gotten hold of the picture and have been sharing it online ever since claiming it to be an exclusive scoop on the next modular. It seems to have become a favourite topic amongst various instagram and facebook posters and bloggers who are using it just as a way to get as many followers and likes as they can.

9 minutes ago, RuffDraft said:

Definitely too similar, but I would love a Post Office... I think something like this would be up there with my favourites. 

Someone on the blog said the top of the box is identical to DD, but whether that's true or not??? I tried downloading it, but the top part of the box is too pixellated to confirm. 

Yes the picture is essentially just the DD box art but with my model slapped over the top.