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Our 16th Lego Project - 10224 Town Hall

Our Growing Lego Modular Town - Six and Counting

After six individual writeups and two combined entries, we have finally completed our Lego Modular Town.

And so,

Little Yellow Brick proudly presents...

Our Complete Lego Modular Town - 6 and counting! :)

From left: 10211 Grand Emporium, 10218 Pet Shop, 10197 Fire Brigade,

10185 Green Grocer, 10190 Market Street, 10182 Cafe Corner

Excellent view, ain't it?

Enjoy the rest of the entry in the extended post! :)

Our Growing Lego Modular Town - Five and Counting

With the completion of our 10190 Market Street set, the next post had to be on our expanding Lego Modular Town, no? :) Well, without much further ado, we present to you our Growing Lego Modular Town - Five and Counting!

Our Growing Modular Town: (from left) 10197 Fire Brigade, 10185 Green Grocer, 10211 Grand Emporium, 10218 Pet Shop and 10190 Market Street

Our Modular Town, anchored at a right angle by our Grand Emporium

This post features our latest addition to our Modular Building family - the 1248-piece Market Street, which we completed last week. Our Modular Town is now stocked with shops selling foodstuffs, groceries, pets and toys, while the fire station provides timely firefighting support should the need arise.

The Modular Town is a beautiful kaleidoscope of colours, a generous splash of red, green, yellow and blue. Next up in our series - the 10182 Cafe Corner (the first Modular Building produced by Lego), which we have already bought. More on that post after we complete the set; for now, do click on "Read more" to see more shots of our growing town!

Our Growing Lego Modular Town - Six and Counting

Our seventh Lego project - 10190 Market Street

Model: 10190 Market Street
1248 Pieces
Released in 2007
Retail price: $89.99 USD

Front view of the Market Street - comes in two parts: the Market Place (left) and the Building (right)

Back view of the Market Street - the simplest Lego Modular building produced

Side views of the Market Street

Previously mentioned in our What's in the Post entry, we purchased this previously opened set secondhand from an online seller. The second set produced by Lego after the 10182 Cafe Corner, the 10190 Market Street was created by a Lego fan. Similar to the 10218 Pet Shop, the Market Street comes in two independent parts - the Market Place and the Building.

Given that this Lego set was designed by a fan, its design is significantly simpler than its predecessor and the sets after it in the Modular Building series: 10185 Green Grocer, 10197 Fire Brigade, 10211 Grand Emporium and 10218 Pet Shop. At 1248 pieces, the Market Street is about half as large as the other Modular Buildings, as evidenced by the relatively bare Market Place.

The Market Street comes with 3 minifigs - way too few to play on its own. The interior of the Building is as bare as the Market Place (do check out the pictures by clicking "Read more" below). In terms of design, the building is aesthetically ordinary while the building experience was short and easy; the reason why we took so long to post this entry after receiving the set in the post was because we had to buy replacement parts for several missing pieces.

Overall, we feel that the Market Street is a sincere effort by a fan to design a Modular Building, but it would be fair to say that we have definitely seen more elaborate and jaw-dropping MOCs. The Market Street definitely cannot be played as a standalone Modular Building, so we recommend that collectors display it with the other buildings in the series - may we suggest the more colourful ones like the 10197 Fire Brigade and 10218 Pet Shop to add more vibrancy to the Modular Town. Not one of the more exciting builds, but one that is no less important to a Modular Building series collection.

Well, we'll stop here for the summary of this set. For more commentary and pictures on the individual parts - Market Place and the Building - do read the full post. Otherwise, do stay tuned while we post prepare our next entry - adding the 10190 Market Street to our growing Modular Town! :)

What's In the Post #2: 10190 Market Street

Well, before we get all excited about the latest addition to our collection, let us take a moment to celebrate Little Yellow Brick crossing the 1,000 pageview mark today! Thank you all for your support, and we hope you will continue to visit this blog and recommend others to do so as well! Lastly, we hope that the flag counter also keeps rising! :)

Alrighty, we shall not digress from the main topic...

Look what arrived today!!!

Moments before it was opened!

10190 Market Street

Here it is!!!

Back view of the Market Street. Being a secondhand opened set, the box is understandably slightly damaged. But it's ok! :)

We managed to snap this really good deal just over a week ago; however, this previously opened set comes with three missing pieces. Not a problem though - we will be hunting for the missing pieces to complete the building!

Designed by a Lego fan, 10190 Market Street is the second set in Lego's Modular Building series after 10182 Cafe Corner. Released by Lego in 2007, the Market Street is relatively hard to find nowadays, so we are very happy and grateful to get a set!

We are now left with 10182 Cafe Corner to complete our Modular Town. Well, it's about time to remove the Market Street from our wishlist! Stay tuned for our post on building the 10190 Market Street!

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