Showing posts with label Town Hall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Town Hall. Show all posts

Saturday, 9 November 2013

Our Growing Lego Modular Town - Seven and Counting

It has been an eventful November thus far. Where shall we start? Well, last week, Mr. and Mrs. Little Yellow Brick were at Legoland Malaysia! The trip is worth a post by itself, and is not the focus of today's post.

Per Little Yellow Brick tradition, a new addition to the Modular Building series is followed by a post on the ever-expanding town. So without any further ado, we present to you (rather belatedly) our Growing Lego Modular Town - Seven and Counting!


Put another way, this post could also be renamed the Complete Lego Modular Town 2012, given that the latest building to this series is the 10224 Town Hall!

We have truly come a long way since our first Modular Building purchase. Today we have 7 completed Modular Buildings, with our 8th, the 10232 Palace Cinema, to be added to the collection once we get down to building it! We have presented the buildings in one entire stretch, which is the last opportunity for us to do so as the 10232 Palace Cinema is the 3rd corner building after the 10182 Cafe Corner and 10211 Grand Emporium. Not sure if Lego is going to create a 4th, that would be pretty strange to have the buildings form a rectangle given that some of the buildings have a functioning back exit, such as the 10197 Fire Brigade, which allows the fire truck to enter and exit.

Enough talk for now. We shall leave you to enjoy this long-overdue post (more pictures in the extended post). As always, thank you for supporting Little Yellow Brick!

For the extended post, click here.

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Saturday, 28 September 2013

Our 16th Lego Project - 10224 Town Hall

1 year, 3 months and 13 days. That's how long it has taken this author to finally publish this post. If, as they say, procrastination is the thief of time and time is money, then Little Yellow Brick has probably lost a fortune.

Well, we do hope that we haven't lost too many readers (although your patience must be wearing very thin)! Without much further ado, Little Yellow Brick presents our long-awaited, overdue-is-the-epitome-of-understatements-to-describe, 10224 Town Hall!


  • Model: 10224 Town Hall
  • 2766 Pieces
  • Released in 2012
  • Retail price: $199.99 USD


  • Front view of the building!

    Front view of the box




    Back view of the box


    The largest modular building released by Lego yet, the Town Hall is a must-have for collectors, especially Modular series fan. With a clock and bell tower stacked on top of three storeys, this majestic structure dwarfs the other buildings in the series.

    The 10224 Town Hall is also the first Modular Building not to have stairs inside its structure - instead, it has an elevator to transport minifigs up and down its three floors.

    The 10224 Town Hall comes with 8 minifigs - the mayor, one town hall office staff, one town hall cleaner, two newly-weds, a wedding photographer, and two children.

    Display-wise, the 10224 Town Hall is an imposing building which would look grand on its own. Alongside its other Modular buildings, it makes for an increasing well-equipped Modular Town. As fans of the Modular series, we would recommend combining the 10224 Town Hall with all the other modular buildings - on that note, do stay tuned for our combined modular buildings post!

    We could probably go on all day about this mammoth building, but we would prefer to let the pictures do the talking. So, as usual, enjoy the pictures in the extended post!

    Thursday, 12 September 2013

    Sneak Peek: 10224 Town Hall

    Hello everyone! We finally built the 10224 Town Hall around 2 weeks' back! And wow, I realised that the Town Hall was purchased more than a year ago! Sorry for taking so long! We were distracted with wedding plans (just celebrated our 10 month!).. and work and travel.

    Regardless, we are thankful for having a steady number of daily visitors despite our infrequent blogging.

    Well, we managed to build the Town Hall because I have been down with awful hives for about 3 weeks now! We spent our previous weekend indoors and decided to finally open the set!

    Here's a sneak peek of our completed 10224 Town Hall. I will get the hubster to work on his review of the set soon! Till our next post! Stay tuned! :)

    10224 - Town Hall

    I must say, we were pretty impressed with this modular building! There's a lift on the right side which can be controlled by the grey knob below!

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    Friday, 17 February 2012

    Little Yellow Brick News #2 - 10224 Town Hall Official Release

    It has been officially announced!




    Just married!





    Photos and description credit to Eurobricks:

    10224 Town Hall
    2,766 pieces.
    US $199.99 CA $249.99 DE 179.99 € UK 149.99 £ DK 1499 DKK

    Keep the wheels of commerce turning with the authentic Town Hall!
    This classic 3-storey town hall building is the latest addition to the LEGO® Modular Buildings series. This highly-detailed model features large entrance-way columns and coat of arms, a tall bell tower with clock and a large skylight giving a view inside the building. On the ground floor, the large hall, tax office and auditorium are perfect for servicing the town’s citizens. Take the working elevator up to the secretary and mayor's offices on the second floor, furnished eloquently with desks, chairs, paintings and even a frog sculpture. There’s even a balcony for addressing the town's citizens. On the third floor, a spacious meeting room features a large conference table, chairs, globe and plants. Includes 8 minifigures: mayor, secretary, bride and groom, press woman, janitor and 2 children.

    • Includes 8 minifigures: mayor, secretary, bride and groom, press woman, janitor and 2 children
    • Features painting, desks, chairs, sculpture, lamp, conference table, globe, plants and bench
    • Functioning elevator with space for 2 minifigures and ladder access to roof
    • Bell tower features bench and maintenance ladder
    • Roof features skylight with view inside the building
    • Measures 10” (25.5 cm) wide and 20” (50 cm) high
    • Address the citizens from the balcony!
    • Combine with other LEGO® Modular buildings like the 10218 Pet Shop and 10211 Grand Emporium!

    Do view the YouTube video here: http://youtu.be/bYlVOlwxM2E

    Looking forward to having a set of our own! :)

    
     

    Friday, 13 January 2012

    Little Yellow Brick Investigates #2: 10224 Town Hall

    Photos of the Lego Modular 10224 Town Hall box have leaked.

     (10224 Town Hall box, photo credit to Eurobricks)

    Update 16/01/12
    It seems that dodys from Brickset managed to get his hands on a set of the 10224 Town Hall and has completed it!

    (Pictures credit to dodys, brickset forum)

    Will Lego be releasing an official statement on the new modular building soon?
    Stay tuned!

    Little Yellow Brick Investigates #1: 10224 Town Hall

    News has been swirling around about Lego's next Modular Building release - rumoured to be 10224 Town Hall. We at Little Yellow Brick were also part of the bandwagon which helped spread the word.

    In our previous post, we asked some questions about the Town Hall's uncanny resemblance to the 10197 Fire Brigade and the 853340 Minifigure Wedding Favour Set. In this post, we will take it one step further and make some pictorial observations.

    At the time of publication, we believe we are probably the first blog in the world to do this - please do let us know if someone else has beaten us to this. We invite you to check out our observations below. Thanks!

    10224 Town Hall vs 10197 Fire Brigade


    1. The shape of the Lego box. We have collected close to 15 different Lego sets, including 6 Modular Buildings and 3 Lego Winter Village sets, yet we have never seen a Lego set that is portrait-shaped.

    2. The year at the top floor. Is Lego running out of ideas?

    3. The bell tower on top of a clock on top of the Modular Building. Looks suspiciously like the Fire Brigade as well.


    10224 Town Hall vs 853340 Minifigure Wedding Favour Set

     4. The wedding couple. They look like they escaped from 853340.

    Are we thinking too much? Is Lego running out of ideas? Or is this a hoax? We leave it to readers to decide for now. After all, as the saying goes, the truth will come to light. We wait with abated breath for the next Modular Building to be officially announced (and released) by Lego!

    Original 10224 Town Hall post
    Little Yellow Brick News #1 - 10224 Town Hall

    Updated 10224 Town Hall posts
    Little Yellow Brick Investigates #2: 10224 Town Hall
    Little Yellow Brick News #2 - 10224 Town Hall Official Release

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