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Lego Modular Buildings
Lego Modular Buildings (stylized as LEGO Modular Buildings) is a series of Lego building toy sets introduced in 2007, with new sets usually being released annually. Created in response to feedback and suggestions from the Adult Fans of Lego bricks (AFOL) and Teen Fans of Lego (TFOL) communities, the sets in this series are generally intended for more advanced builders.
Although the sets are still scaled around the minifigure and depict town and city life, they are much more complex than traditional Legoland Town/City sets; they contain more than 2,000 total pieces and make use of unorthodox building techniques not usually used in previous official Lego sets. In contrast to most Lego sets aimed at children and adolescents, the suggested age of most sets in the Lego Modular Buildings series is 16 years or older. The Lego Modular Buildings sets have been received with positive reviews and are considered by Lego designers and fans as an "adult collection".
In 2006, a poll was taken, aimed at the community. Adults were asked to share and opinions about what concept they would like to see for a future model from the Lego Group. Some of the common ideas submitted were more town and everyday buildings, structures with more architectural detail, realistic buildings, minifigure scale buildings, and solid and enclosed buildings. These ideas were taken into consideration, and a year later, the first set in the Modular Buildings series, Café Corner, was released. Some LEGO fans were invited to provide feedback and suggestions during the design of the set.
All sets in the series can also be joined to form a larger neighborhood layout of several buildings standing adjacent to each other. Connectors at the base of the models are aligned for easy connection with other models in the series.
Café Corner (set number: 10182) was the first of the Modular Buildings series sold exclusively through LEGO stores. It was originally released in April 2007 and was loosely based on a corner building in Denmark, as well as other countries around the world.[citation needed] The set contains 2056 pieces and is recommended for builders 16 years of age or older. Some of the set features include a three floor building set on a street corner, a vertical 'Hotel' sign, opening doors and windows, café tables and umbrellas, a striped awning and three minifigures. Many unusual building techniques were incorporated, such as annexes, fanned minifigure-sized skis as decoration, angled corner, and a 3D façade.
During the development of this first set in the series, the designer team, led by Jamie Berard, considered the cost of several options. One more expensive version had additional café features, dark green interior walls, a bike, and an additional minifigure. In contrast, a lower-cost version of the set was considered, which lacked rear exterior walls, interior stairs, and extra interior walls on the second floor, and had only two minifigures but no bike.
Market Street (set number: 10190) was the second of the Modular Buildings series and designed by Dutch Lego fan Eric Brok under the Lego Factory theme, a theme composed of sets primarily designed by fans of Lego and not by the Lego design team. It was originally released as a follow-up to Café Corner in Fall 2007. The set contains 1236 pieces and is recommended for builders 10 years of age or older. It was one of the first leading buildings. The set features include opening doors and windows, a gate, a striped awning, and three minifigures. Advanced construction techniques used in Market Street include: curved staircases, "stripped paint" sections on the walls, interchangeable floors,[citation needed] Dutch/Belgian stepped roof, a basement, offset windows, and wrought iron-look decoration and gate.[citation needed]
Market Street is a unique set in the Modular Buildings series in that it has fewer than 2000 pieces and is recommended for builders 10 years and up, rather than the usual 16 or 18. One of the reasons this set was smaller than the others was to provide a lower-cost entry point into the Modular Buildings series. Prior to 2018, this was the only Modular Building set to have minifigures that did not all have the LEGO Classic smile face.
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Lego Modular Buildings
Lego Modular Buildings (stylized as LEGO Modular Buildings) is a series of Lego building toy sets introduced in 2007, with new sets usually being released annually. Created in response to feedback and suggestions from the Adult Fans of Lego bricks (AFOL) and Teen Fans of Lego (TFOL) communities, the sets in this series are generally intended for more advanced builders.
Although the sets are still scaled around the minifigure and depict town and city life, they are much more complex than traditional Legoland Town/City sets; they contain more than 2,000 total pieces and make use of unorthodox building techniques not usually used in previous official Lego sets. In contrast to most Lego sets aimed at children and adolescents, the suggested age of most sets in the Lego Modular Buildings series is 16 years or older. The Lego Modular Buildings sets have been received with positive reviews and are considered by Lego designers and fans as an "adult collection".
In 2006, a poll was taken, aimed at the community. Adults were asked to share and opinions about what concept they would like to see for a future model from the Lego Group. Some of the common ideas submitted were more town and everyday buildings, structures with more architectural detail, realistic buildings, minifigure scale buildings, and solid and enclosed buildings. These ideas were taken into consideration, and a year later, the first set in the Modular Buildings series, Café Corner, was released. Some LEGO fans were invited to provide feedback and suggestions during the design of the set.
All sets in the series can also be joined to form a larger neighborhood layout of several buildings standing adjacent to each other. Connectors at the base of the models are aligned for easy connection with other models in the series.
Café Corner (set number: 10182) was the first of the Modular Buildings series sold exclusively through LEGO stores. It was originally released in April 2007 and was loosely based on a corner building in Denmark, as well as other countries around the world.[citation needed] The set contains 2056 pieces and is recommended for builders 16 years of age or older. Some of the set features include a three floor building set on a street corner, a vertical 'Hotel' sign, opening doors and windows, café tables and umbrellas, a striped awning and three minifigures. Many unusual building techniques were incorporated, such as annexes, fanned minifigure-sized skis as decoration, angled corner, and a 3D façade.
During the development of this first set in the series, the designer team, led by Jamie Berard, considered the cost of several options. One more expensive version had additional café features, dark green interior walls, a bike, and an additional minifigure. In contrast, a lower-cost version of the set was considered, which lacked rear exterior walls, interior stairs, and extra interior walls on the second floor, and had only two minifigures but no bike.
Market Street (set number: 10190) was the second of the Modular Buildings series and designed by Dutch Lego fan Eric Brok under the Lego Factory theme, a theme composed of sets primarily designed by fans of Lego and not by the Lego design team. It was originally released as a follow-up to Café Corner in Fall 2007. The set contains 1236 pieces and is recommended for builders 10 years of age or older. It was one of the first leading buildings. The set features include opening doors and windows, a gate, a striped awning, and three minifigures. Advanced construction techniques used in Market Street include: curved staircases, "stripped paint" sections on the walls, interchangeable floors,[citation needed] Dutch/Belgian stepped roof, a basement, offset windows, and wrought iron-look decoration and gate.[citation needed]
Market Street is a unique set in the Modular Buildings series in that it has fewer than 2000 pieces and is recommended for builders 10 years and up, rather than the usual 16 or 18. One of the reasons this set was smaller than the others was to provide a lower-cost entry point into the Modular Buildings series. Prior to 2018, this was the only Modular Building set to have minifigures that did not all have the LEGO Classic smile face.