Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

[jus1973]

Assuming that the ‘prediction’ and/or ‘leak’ is right, just residential is quite a departure, and although the modular ‘town’ really lacks homes for the people who work in all the shops and services, I think its got to be something special to look at, especially if it is just a house or two.  Whilst the house in Birch Books was a welcome addition, just slapping two more of these together for a new modular would probably seem like a cop out.  A apartment building might work, but it’s got to look good, as well as fit in with at least some of the existing sets.  Lots of those around the UK are brutalist concrete blocks, which i think would struggle to sell.  Maybe if they went more sort of southern European in design, perhaps in a pastel shade, then that would be interesting.

 

[Lion King]

Looking at the first post of this thread, i see 7 apartments and two townhouses. I will have to say, i do agree that we need more housings for citizens. A whole apartment building is a great idea. . 

[BrickFit26]

On 9/25/2024 at 4:57 PM, Lyichir said:

Not really. Modular GWPs are often only loosely related to the modular they release with, if at all (for example, the food truck that came with this year's museum).

You're right. I hope there is room to have it set up on the sidewalk. I don't like stand alone mini builds that aren't some way connected to the modular. Vehicles I can understand, but not a mini stand like what the GWPnis going to be.

[DonQuixote]

On 9/25/2024 at 6:24 PM, ReplicaOfLife said:

If it is indeed a townhouse, I'm curious which architecturalk style it'll be. Might be the first interesting modular since the Boutique Hotel.

I agree. Museum was to plain for me and the Jazz club... the colors are Fabuland like.Yikes!

Boutique Hotel was the last modular I bought.And in my opinion, the best one ever made so far. 

I am not a city builder, so I don't need them all. I display my modulars on a shelf. 

If the residential town house looks something like the bookshop+house, I will be really interested. Bookshop+house is one of my favourite modulars ever.

On 9/24/2024 at 9:50 PM, kuzyabricks said:

Don't know how to feel about this...On one hand it's nice to have residential housing on the other, imo the book store townhouse was quite underwhelming.

For me it's one of the best. Lego can't please everyone. Everybody has a different taste. The Jazz club and the museum were dissapointments for me because I inspected something else. 

On 9/23/2024 at 4:23 AM, hikouki said:

Residential corner building?

I really hope so. I love corner buildings. Normally we get a corner building every other 3 years. So it should be a corner building now. I am so excited. Can't wait to see the actual images. 

[Hippocampe]

My city is in dire need for an appartment building since I often buy some minifigs in surplus of those included with the Modulars. I think it would be nice to have wraparound balconies (if it is indeed a corner building) on the second and third floor, in wrought iron like the ones we can see in New Orleans. Or some colourful tiled buildings with small balconies like the houses of the Ribeira quarter in Porto. I would be quite surprised if the next Modular was an all appartment building: I think a hardware store, a pharmacy or a convenience store could take place on the first floor; it could have a separate entrance for the floors above just like the hotel in Cafe Corner, or a small lateral business on the first floor like the laundry in the Brick Bank. What do you think ?

[Lion King]

It would be interested to see Painted Ladies in San Francisco.

[BrickFit26]

5 hours ago, Hippocampe said:

 could have a separate entrance for the floors above just like the hotel in Cafe Corner, or a small lateral business on the first floor like the laundry in the Brick Bank. What do you think ?

Could be. An entrance, something like the pet shop was separate too.

[kuzyabricks]

9 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

I agree. Museum was to plain for me and the Jazz club... the colors are Fabuland like.Yikes!

Boutique Hotel was the last modular I bought.And in my opinion, the best one ever made so far. 

I am not a city builder, so I don't need them all. I display my modulars on a shelf. 

If the residential town house looks something like the bookshop+house, I will be really interested. Bookshop+house is one of my favourite modulars ever.

For me it's one of the best. Lego can't please everyone. Everybody has a different taste. The Jazz club and the museum were dissapointments for me because I inspected something else. 

I really hope so. I love corner buildings. Normally we get a corner building every other 3 years. So it should be a corner building now. I am so excited. Can't wait to see the actual images. 

Don't get me wrong I REALLY want a residential building but I would prefer apartments for example, but it's different for everyone.

[hikouki]

11 hours ago, DonQuixote said:

I agree. Museum was to plain for me and the Jazz club... the colors are Fabuland like.Yikes!

Boutique Hotel was the last modular I bought.And in my opinion, the best one ever made so far. 

I am not a city builder, so I don't need them all. I display my modulars on a shelf. 

If the residential town house looks something like the bookshop+house, I will be really interested. Bookshop+house is one of my favourite modulars ever.

For me it's one of the best. Lego can't please everyone. Everybody has a different taste. The Jazz club and the museum were dissapointments for me because I inspected something else. 

I really hope so. I love corner buildings. Normally we get a corner building every other 3 years. So it should be a corner building now. I am so excited. Can't wait to see the actual images. 

The Jazz Club has got to be the ugliest modular. I agree that the Hotel has been the best so far.

[Roebuck]

34 minutes ago, hikouki said:

The Jazz Club has got to be the ugliest modular. I agree that the Hotel has been the best so far.

I believe it is the same designer that did both of them

[Pirate_King_1982]

I like the idea of a residential building, but do hope there is some small business at the ground floor like a new stand or small coffee shop or something even if it only takes up a small section of the floor space.

[Lion King]

5 hours ago, hikouki said:

The Jazz Club has got to be the ugliest modular. I agree that the Hotel has been the best so far.

I disagree with that…. Jazz Club is a fun building to see! I mean, I get that combined color scheme is too much for you and others. I just think they look great to me. Dark red and blue colors are good and yellow color could “glow” at nighttime. 

It looks like they just converted old firehouse into jazz club, which I like that. 

5 hours ago, Roebuck said:

I believe it is the same designer that did both of them

I believe you are correct.

[hikouki]

20 hours ago, Roebuck said:

I believe it is the same designer that did both of them

I knew that! I just seemed like most of his creative juices were squeezed out when he came up with the Boutique Hotel.

[Roebuck]

It also seemed that he had a higher budget for some reason on the first one, after reading between the lines in interviews at the time

[Lion King]

Okay it’s October 1! One month left…..

[ReplicaOfLife]

On 9/30/2024 at 7:57 AM, hikouki said:

The Jazz Club has got to be the ugliest modular. I agree that the Hotel has been the best so far.

It's a tight race. Corner Garage is up there aswell for me.

For me, it's not so much the colors, though. The only thing I don't like about the color scheme is the azure tone for the ground floor of the Jazz Club. Dark red/light gray and bright light yellow/medium nougat are cool color combos for the buildings, imo, and also fit together overall.

But the overall look of it doesn't work for me. The entire Jazz Club part of the set just looks lackluster and not very appealing. It's basically a big dark red box with some totally random details tacked onto it. I fail to see an architectural idea behind it. And the 'stained class' style windows on the upper floor don't help either, making the set seem rather gloomy in any normal setting (without lighting inside).

It's propably the first modular where I like the throwaway smaller building better than the main one. Usually, those just annoy me .

Edited October 2, 2024 by ReplicaOfLife

[hikouki]

7 hours ago, ReplicaOfLife said:

It's a tight race. Corner Garage is up there aswell for me.

For me, it's not so much the colors, though. The only thing I don't like about the color scheme is the azure tone for the ground floor of the Jazz Club. Dark red/light gray and bright light yellow/medium nougat are cool color combos for the buildings, imo, and also fit together overall.

But the overall look of it doesn't work for me. The entire Jazz Club part of the set just looks lackluster and not very appealing. It's basically a big dark red box with some totally random details tacked onto it. I fail to see an architectural idea behind it. And the 'stained class' style windows on the upper floor don't help either, making the set seem rather gloomy in any normal setting (without lighting inside).

It's propably the first modular where I like the throwaway smaller building better than the main one. Usually, those just annoy me .

I don’t disagree!

But at least for me, Corner Garage can fit into the usual Lego Town. But the Jazz Club is that “wanna be something else, but just isn’t” LOL

[DJMace]

3 hours ago, hikouki said:

I don’t disagree!

But at least for me, Corner Garage can fit into the usual Lego Town. But the Jazz Club is that “wanna be something else, but just isn’t” LOL

I'm the opposite - I prefer the looks of the Jazz Club and Corner Garage. In fact, the Jazz Club was what got me interested in the modulars and I like the more gritty vibe it gives off. It's one of my favorites. I guess a big factor could be what style you're going for in your city/neighborhood. I am super excited to see the 2025 modular -  a townhouse is perfect for my needs on the other side of town from the jazz club .

[Shiva]

Could it be 2 side by side? each occupying a 16x32 baseplate? Wait, ain't Bookshop set, half a townhouse?

[RichardGoring]

54 minutes ago, Shiva said:

Could it be 2 side by side? each occupying a 16x32 baseplate? Wait, ain't Bookshop set, half a townhouse?

If tradition remains, it will be a corner, so unlikely to be split. Also, they've done that before with both previous residential places (Petshop + townhouse and Bookshop + townhouse), so I hope that they don't make it a tradition that residential places have to be half a baseplate.

If they're doing residential, then a block of flats would be different and have the potential for more interest (less internal wall structure and fewer staircases needed.

[franzal]

Concerning the staircases: Maybe there could be an elevator again (as on the fire station or some MOCs). Would fit to an apartment house…

[Lion King]

8 hours ago, Shiva said:

Could it be 2 side by side? each occupying a 16x32 baseplate? Wait, ain't Bookshop set, half a townhouse?

How can it work if the next modular building turns out to be a corner building?

[RichardGoring]

5 hours ago, franzal said:

Concerning the staircases: Maybe there could be an elevator again (as on the fire station or some MOCs). Would fit to an apartment house…

Could be. The new worm gear and lift piece might be useful to them for a new technique, although that would limit the ability to remove each floor entirely, so maybe not. Something could be made to work for sure though.

[Hippocampe]

7 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Could be. The new worm gear and lift piece might be useful to them for a new technique, although that would limit the ability to remove each floor entirely, so maybe not. Something could be made to work for sure though.

Not necessarily : I made an elevator for a MOC appartment building (not yet completed !): my elevator shaft looks like a chimney with a door on every floor (4) and is fixed, a little bit like like the Lighthouse. Each appartment floor tough is removable. The removable floors are kinda U-shaped and the fixed elevator shaft is in the middle ou that U-shape.

[hugore]

53 minutes ago, RichardGoring said:

Could be. The new worm gear and lift piece might be useful to them for a new technique, although that would limit the ability to remove each floor entirely, so maybe not. Something could be made to work for sure though.

It doesn't. As long as the elevator core is fixed, you can remove the floors. I'm working on a MOC with that technique.