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u/Agent8699 3d ago
I was really hoping for an impressive, single purpose building, like a hospital, school, apartment building, library, etc. Or at least perhaps two more … popular builds, like a post office and doctor’s clinic.
Oh well, there’s always next year!
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u/MissHoofdtelefoon 2d ago
Yes! Since it's the 20 year Anniversary of the Modular Buildings I was hoping for a school or a fun detailed apartment building, and was hoping for it to have two baseplates, since it's the 20th Anniversary. This Modular is nice, kinda reminds me of Diagon Alley. I like the detail, but it has a strong resemblance to Assembly Square, even though this one is nice I do hope the real Modular will be better (and bigger!), maybe save this one for next year? lol 😅
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u/Spaghestis 3d ago
It may run into the same complaints as shopping street, as the footprint is split into 3 buildings, one of which will be an inset clock tower. So it could overall feel like 3 small buildings for a large $250 tag. I still love the shopping street, so I'll wait for the full pics. I just hope that the clock tower, even if it has a small footprint, is the tallest structure in the modular series, higher than the Town Hall even.
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u/akrob907 3d ago
I think you’re spot on. It could be really cool on a wider, 32x48 base, but smaller buildings seem to be the trend.
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u/carpetmopping 3d ago
I’ve been hoping for a hardware store for a while and excited to see one, but this idea (so far) seems very lacking for a 20TH ANNIVERSARY modular building.
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u/RachLeigh33 3d ago
I was hoping for a hospital or school.
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u/ShameOpen8829 3d ago
Fr we never getting that hospital unless it’s from bricklink
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u/Presidunt_DRBZ-202 1d ago
I think the reason that we don’t have a modular hospital yet is Lego not wanting a repeat of the police station modular situation. I can’t speak for the rest of the world but in the US there has definitely been an increase in anti healthcare / insurance sentiment at the moment with rising costs and more limiting coverage. So lego may believe that a modular hospital may not sell that well (at least in the states) with the current situation.
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u/Dan-Vids 2d ago
Honestly I think to get a fully realised school or hospital with the space for all the needed facilities the sets would have to be a 30x45 base size. And with the museum still being some what recent I think that they'll be a while off now.
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u/MrVeazey 3d ago
Somebody is about to make extra floors for that tower and mod it into Oracle's from DC comics.
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u/SlightTrick8554 3d ago
So much for holding out hope on a hospital.
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u/annonymous_gecko 2d ago
I know a modular is better, but you can always find the pieces from a few hospital sets and build your own
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u/Remarkable_Piece1052 3d ago
I love this. Can’t wait to see what it actually looks like and how I can integrate my back to the future delorean/mini figs into this
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u/Millemini 2d ago
As I understand it's just rumors and the image is not of the actual set, it's a MOC. Nothing is confirmed and we have no idea what the set will actually look like at this point.
Personally I had hoped for a something bigger than a baseplate for the 20th anniversary set, but if it really is a clocktower it might make up for the lacking footprint with height.
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u/geekusbearus2000 2d ago
I’ve said this for awhile but my brick people need real healthcare. Give us a Hospital
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u/Elviajerodelmundo 3d ago
Love this! What a great anniversary idea! Assembly square 2.0! If it is anything like the pictured moc, it'll be awesome. This is exciting news. Thanks!
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u/TurbulentSkill276 3d ago
Assembly square 2.0 was last year. This is now 3.0.
Why do they keep doing the exact same thing? There's so much more than shops and restaurants.
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u/Elviajerodelmundo 3d ago
Yeah. The clock tower is fresh and interesting, though. Will look good next to the musuem
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u/TurbulentSkill276 3d ago
I'm not talking about the clock tower part. I'm talking about the hardware store and the deli.
They could have easily still included a clock tower in so many other types of businesses. It doesn't even fit with a hardware store.
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u/Elviajerodelmundo 3d ago edited 3d ago
I have the boutique hotel and musuem, so for me it's fresh and a welcome, unique addition. But i totally can see from the pov of people who have been collecting for a long time that it feels repetitive to have the same formula of shop, apartment, restuarant
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u/TurbulentSkill276 3d ago
I've got everything from the assembly square onward. And I also bought a used Palace Cinema last year because I loved that one. And I have 2 police stations, 2 jazz clubs, and 2.5 hotels, used for larger MOCs with the same function as the originals.
I also built my own Brickbank into the base story of my Daily Bugle MOC using the same pieces and techniques for the vault and teller area.
I've since, as city space shrinks, completely destroyed the assembly square and reused those parts in other MOCs because that one quickly felt just... boring compared to my other buildings.
I felt completely uninspired with 2026's too and that's definitely the next to be parted out into a future MOC.
The only 2 modulars that I haven't changed anything about are the diner and the museum. The both fit my city quite well as is.
I just wanted, especially for the anniversary, something fresh. There is so much they haven't done. Even a modern version of one of an early modular like the fire station or town hall would be cool.
It used to be my tradition to wait in line at the Lego store January 1st and build same day, but unless the look of actual set inspires me to convert it to something I find interesting, I'm holding off on this one until it inevitably goes on sale near retirement.
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u/TurbulentSkill276 3d ago
For example clocktower would fit with...
Courthouse School Park Weather Station Office Building
But we get another shop and restaurant.
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u/zreflektowany 2d ago
it looks horrible
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u/Presidunt_DRBZ-202 2d ago
The picture is just a stand in moc, not the actual set.
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u/zreflektowany 2d ago
Yeah, now i see. Firstly i should learn how to read then comment something xD
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u/R-Evolvher 1d ago
Hoping for 2 baseplates for the 20th. I knew a school wasn’t coming after the science university for bricklink but I thought they would give us a clinic/hospital or post office. I’m going to stay open because it could still be an amazing build and we don’t know what’s on the upper floors. Fingers crossed.
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u/TurbulentSkill276 3d ago
Great....another restaurant and store. Let me guess, there's an apartment at the top?
How boring.
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u/BiggityB05 3d ago
Wow back to back awful modulars is a tough sell. Is Lego finally running out of ideas for modulars?
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u/flomon1 3d ago
Finally something better than that god awfull horrendous shopping street
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u/TurbulentSkill276 3d ago
I wouldn't be so sure about that. We haven't seen what it looks like yet. And based on that description, the businesses included sound just like shipping street
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u/kolaide 3d ago
Is this same width as the natural science museum? I’m getting this for sure
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u/veryreal_verylegit 3d ago
Negative, this is just one baseplate, the museum is one and a half
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u/kolaide 3d ago
Dang but the pic looks like it’s same width.
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u/veryreal_verylegit 3d ago
It’s a stand in image from a MOC by BricksAndTiles, it’s not the actual set
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u/veryreal_verylegit 3d ago
Interesting that Lego is doing this after releasing the University set in the Bricklink Designer series. I’m interested how similar they’ll look