The LEGO movie 2 minifigures - review and feel guide

Another awesome week here at BrickGeekz, and i was incredibly honoured to receive a full box of The  LEGO movie 2 minifigures from

www.theminifigurestore.uk

huge thank you for providing us with these awesome figures ! really happy - and 2 weeks before release.. 2 whole weeks i was ecstatic, and immediately opened the box 👊

I was greeted buy the usual three rows with 20 figures per row and 60 figures in the box , this is not unusual for LEGO their box layout has pretty much always been the same - What is very different is the fact that on each row there is one full set of minifigures, they were placed in no order but very strange and something i haven't seen before.

 

I really like these figures they are extremely colourful, compared to series 1 of  the LEGO movie minifigures which instantly attracted me to them, there is also the white baseplates - which though not new as we have seen them before in team GB and the German football team, unlike the mentioned 2 series these are unprinted and look so so cool.


There were a few things i noticed on removing my first bag from the box - the bags are a lot larger in height than any of the previous other series of minifigures , and on opening the bag which i noticed in the unikitty series - there is bags in side bags - so you have your main bag then a bag inside that bag - but oddly not all the bags had internal bags ???? i was baffled by this
And secondly after removing the internal leaflet, they are of lesser quality, not as thick or glossy as previous internal leaflets

some might think i am being picky but i can assure you this is a mere observation, and did not affect the build of the figures. I was very impressed with the amount of extra accessories you get within the bags, and also the amazing quality of the prints - some super intricate and so so small, for example the watermelon guy, he has a watermelon slice as his accessory it has minute seeds , just visible to the eye ... even tough i have seen this food piece before only a couple of times - this is what makes these minifigures - the quality,  and this is what LEGO is all about  quality. And as LEGO fans, well what can i say LEGO is defiantly no lacking in quality....
I have to mention this is the first series, where there is no small legs present or the block used as skirts and robs, something esle that makes this set awesome too.

An amazing series full of colour and interesting characters

Pros = awesome series, lots of colour , and fun characters , and wizard of oz = sweet


cons = another unikitty ???

verdict - 9/10

Avail -1st feb 2019
rrp -  £2.99  - us $3.99



Now for our feel guide - to me i didn't find this series at all hard when rummaging through and i hope this is the way for you all, hopefully if you do get stuck this guide will see you through


 1) Awesome Remix Benny




Feel for ) Cup, 2x2 tile , headphones attached to head


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2)  Battle ready Lucy



Feel for ) Arrow back pack or binoculars

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3) Apocalypse Benny





Feel for ) Tool box and fork hand

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4) Giraffe guy




Feel for ) Elongated head - or plant

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5) Crayon girl



Feel for ) Pointed costume and 2x2 tile

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6) Sherry scratchin - post and scarfield




Feel for ) Spikey hair and tail (one piece)

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7) Hula lula




Feel for ) Disc (lp) and microphone + short stubby hair

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8) Watermelon guy (my fave)


Feel for ) Triangular head piece


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9)  Flashback Lucy




Feel for ) microphone, pointed hair off to the right , 2 x 3 gold record tile


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10 ) Swamp Creature


 

Feel for ) Whip (seprate from internal bag) and protruding ears( inside internal bag)

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11 ) Candy rapper



Feel for ) flat skirt , 2x1 tape tile + microphone

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12 ) Gone golfin - President busienss



Feel for ) Golf club , sqaure hair piece

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 13) Apocalypseburg Abe



 Feel for ) - round large hat, pole and axe piece

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 14 )   Vest friend Rex



Feel for ) Mini Raptor

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15 )  Kitty pop



Feel for ) Guitar , microphone , long hair and pointed ears

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16 ) Dorothy and toto



Feel guide ) Feel for toto abd his rough underside

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17 ) Cowardly lion









Feel for )  2x 1 tile + triangular pointed ears attached to mane


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18 ) Scarecrow

 

Feel for )  Shorty stubby hat and 2 x 2 tile

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19) Tin man



Feel for )  Axe + funnel shaped hat + heart

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20 )  Unikitty




Feel for )  only set that has no body parts ( easy find)



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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

It's been a while - a long while infact since our last blog -  the last blog we did, which was on LEGO set assembly square 10255. That was an epic build , the most detailed of all the modular buildings  and insanely large at 4002 pieces and rrp @ £179.99.

Since then, in the LEGO creator modular line there has been the release of 10260 - the LEGO diner which sells at £129.99 in the UK and consists of  2480 pieces

This baffles me - i am literally scratching my head  - why you may ask ?

Its the price tag and piece count difference between the sets


so to reiterate


10255 - assembly square - 4002 pieces - rrp £179.99
10264 - corner garage - 2569 pieces - rrp  £159.99  (avail 1.1.2019)
10260 - Diner - 2480 pieces - rrp - 129.99

as you can see this doesn't make much sense on the whole scheme of things, Assembly square is clearly the best value with the highest piece count - then the diner at £129.99 - leaving the corner garage last in value for money..

So why is this set so much more expensive.  is it any good , whats the design like, how long does it take to build and is it a worthy entrant into the LEGO creator modular line ? 

This is the 14th building of the LEGO creator modular line , starting with the legendary LEGO set  cafe corner ,  10182 , back from 2007 

Here is our quick review --

I was incredibly lucky to get this set before release - and was so exited, i missed some of the key details of this set. Printed on the box  Which were pretty awesome ..

LET'S go through the formalities first :

LEGO set number - 10264
Name : Corner Garage
rrp : £159.99 uk
release : 1.1.2019
peice count - 2569
Bag count - 20  : labelled 1- 6
Build time - 10 hours


So all these questions about this set that was announced less than a month before release !

Well i can tell you your going to be surprised,  this set is unassuming. I opened the box and was greeted by a sea of bags, 20 in total with smaller internal bags filled with smaller pieces, A standard 32 x 32 sandy beige baseplate - 2 x loose 16 x 4 light grey plates  and one huge manual - with 225 pages . I just didn't know what it was.  Was it the box that made me think this set wasn't so big . i was definitely wrong.


 You can watch the unboxing video here ---

It's now Christmas eve, all my chores are done, time to put the Grinch on and start this build !!

Bag one is opened and there is a huge amount dark brown / reddish bricks small and large- this is defiantly a sorter . Once sorted and into piles i am thinking this set is going to be a breeze and still baffled by the amount of price difference between the sets

 Bags 1, 2 ,3




Really steady build,  nice and breezy not too many small pieces . This is the base of the garage and consists of half the build , i am warming towards this set - what a great build this is turning out to be  - its all about the car bay , and the amazing new building techniques they have introduced - for example these new 2 x 1 flat rounded bricks - are an extremely unusual piece, but really help towards the facia of the building - they fit insanely well against traditional flat bricks , and enables to make a hinge with a low base, that you can attachs windows to  - the hinge in this set therefore creates the new angled design  and gives you the ability to build a 3 point structure as apposed to the traditional 4 corner structure. This is impressive also new and unique. There are some really nice touches inside the car garage, namely being the ingenious car lift , that raises via an external 2x16  that sits outside the building - you push the 2x16 into the building , and it raises the car lift - GENIUS -
 then there is also the amazing way In which the garage door opens - the transparent garage roller doors , intelligently clip into 2 axles that roll up and down - i am trying not to spoil the build too much, i will tell you that was  AMAZING  - very well conceived and one the major features of this set ....

YAY  to the  octan gas pump - its a shame we didn't have more !










I also love the tow truck that comes with this set it has a nice mechanism and is a pretty intricate build ! a lot more challenging than thought - you can also fit the tow truck into the garage !

You can fit a car into the car bay -













I also noticed we are getting more internal space for room inside the building






 after finishing bags 1 - 2 - 3  - the garage is complete, on completetion of the first stage of this building, . I am so infactuated with its imsplistic mechanisms , and little touches like tyre pump, car lift and cash register , and externally - the angled window is really something

  I can now see bags  4 - 5 are for the top 2 floors and 6 is for the roof -  your going to need more than  a coffee table to sort this pile out -

The vets

I was most looking forward to this - we have a pet shop and now a vets , to be honest i was hoping for more - not build wise , this floor will take at least 3 hours of build time, its not the pleasure of the build or the building of an item then realising what it is. Its the lack of actual accessories and animals -

yes we have a frog
yes we have a bunny
yes we have a dog
and an awesome green and yellow parrot

But where the lizards the chameleons , the hedgehogs , snakes and so many more smaller animals that could have been in there  ?

Granted it is Dr Jones vet clinic and there is a correlation between The vet in this set and Indiana Jones - hence the no snakes tile - i do like the frog incubator - and the fish tank, very cool touches
I just felt it was lacking animals - even throw some LEGO friends animals in there - we don't care.

Situated next to the vets is a nice waiting room with area with a sofa,  armchair and parrot stand some flowers in a vase - the new flower stalks are awesome and look significantly better that the older ones .....

I was convinced I was going to be more impressed with this floor than the previous, which was the garage . I WAS MISTAKEN, even though i do like the vet clinic - the garage is something else - nice features and a pleasurable build - 10 out of 10 -  the vet is cool, don't get me wrong and i did enjoy the build - but i didn't get that feeling that sense of  !! WOW !! as on the first floor -


This is taking some time - bag 4 was huge and full of small pieces that make up the bases - the sofas and parrot stand, infact, on the outside of the building you can really see it taking shape , we are using as lot  1x1 half curved flats this is to make the masonry work for the front of the building - and this does look fantastic , it gives you a sense of age , like when you go round a city - LEGO has done an amazing mix of buildings and this is really fitting in well - even with the Diner ..

So onto floor 3

Ahhh the obligatory Apartment - think we have seen this in almost all the modular buildings, even in the ones with sparse or little interior, i look forward to this part of the build , this has an awesome open plan area with kitchen, bed, cooker, salt n pepper pots, which i did find very cute.  Again there were problems - For example there is no rug, where did that go ?  i did feel a sense of space and more of it - bigger interioes to come ???


I have to say However there is some awesome printed tiles, and a cool toy lorry that fits onto a shelf above the bed

Minifigs


6 minifigs in total with this set and as most modular fans know this is not unusual for LEGO modular collectors as they are not filled with insane ammounts of minifigs - more about the build and this turned out to be an excellent one -

all figs apart from 2 are pretty standrard

1 x mechanic
1 x tow truck driver
1 x scooter driver ( with blinde hair peice and helmet)
1 x child
1 x vet awesome print on the vet and unique
1 x guy with jumper -

my fave of all the figures that come with this set , and one of ther best figures to come with the moduilar sets - the print on his beige jumper is awesome ! i am sure i have a jumper just like that

LEGO we need more jumpers 👌

over all 

Really intricate build ..
2569 pieces
Larger structure then thought
Larger interior than thought
Nice figs (especially the printed jumper)
Numbered bags 4 and 5 are a long haul ..
Really nice layout
New building techniques
Excellent shape of building


VERDICT !!


8 - 10



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BrickGeekz Review of Lego Modular set 10255 Assembly Square & More!

HEY BrickGeekz!
Another week and another blog - this time on the huge and beautiful Lego Modular set 10255 Assembly Square.


4002 pieces
35 cm high 
34 internal bags over 6 bag numbers
1 huge manual
no stickers
9 minifigs 

I am a huge modular fan, this revitalized my love for LEGO, brought me into the adult world of LEGO... and this set is just truly amazing - and strengthens this amazing line of sets.
I am lucky to be able to this review being able to base them on previous modular's right the way back 10 years to the first modular building Cafe corner and if you have seen cafe corner, though the birth of the modular's - the first in the line, it lacked any interior, so basically it has nothing inside non of the internal intricacies that make us love these sets but externally it still remains as one of the best looking sets and very distinctive. Okay, so 10 years later what has changed besides the obvious look of the buildings :

Well i can tell you this building is fantastic and its huge, it also celebrates 10 years of LEGOS' glorious modular line...

There are 12 sets in the modular line -

Cafe corner
Market street
Green grocer
Palace cinema
Brick Bank
Detectives office
Parisian resteraunt
Fire station
Town hall
Shpping emporium
Pet shop
and now Assembly square!

I love them all , all of them unique and perfect for anyone in their quest to produce a LEGO city.

So, Assembly Square

It is 4002 pieces and retails at
£179.99 in the uk

Hold on ill say that again 4002 pieces .. that put it up there in the top 10 biggest sets  and its about time a modular was in there!

Every second of this build was a pleasure - and its not for the faint hearted 
quitters ... this set deserves top shelf space and needs to be complete... as you can see it is labelled with the expert tag  ... though it does have 34 internal bags over 6 bag numbers ... you are inundated with countless amounts of minute pieces that makes this amazing set!


It is the size of a normal modular and a half ... so a huge flat plate and a half over three stories high

35 cm
slightly smaller than the town hall


As the build progresses you can see the intricacies that make up this set the flowers in the flower shop, the pieces of pie in the coffee shop and the cake shop is in a league of its own!

Just look at these pictures

 

 Front of coffee shop lines with seats and tables

 Inside coffee shop

outside flower shop  - look at the roses

Harder to take this photo of inside the flower shop ..

can see the flower bunches on the wall, the till etc ...

I have to say the first bags took a while but then i was zooming through, the cake shop is just epic, the windows made out of sliding door panels that clip into a 1 x 1 claw ... very fidgety but in the end we have a look of old .... Almost Dickensian looking - the warm feel of a Victorian bakery, and of course at the front of the window a huge cake all pieced together

 Front of bakery

Plastic Cakes and patisseries line the shelves

Huge cake in shop window

Okay,  so first floor done 4 hours of build time and 1500 photos in ... i can see the base structure ... the coffee shop the cake shop and flower shop are all formed. so many little details like the cherry pie on the shelf or the huge cake in the shop windows.. which i may add the hardest part of the build- starting to get a sense of this build now - and its beauty!

LEGO takes me away when i build, take photos, do animation nothing makes me think of nothing more than the job at had ... other than LEGO ... let me tell you 10255 set doesn't disappoint, it has enough entertainment level to keep you wanting to build more - when you're at the end of one bag ... dang so much left to do ... then oh there's the flower shop best carry on :p  But it isn't easy do not be misguided by the huge 300 page manual that comes with it , or the huge amounts of minute pieces ;),

So what next ? ahhh the second floor... could it be better than the first, which  had left me looking at this set thinking WOW .... 

 Still amazed - an not knowing whats coming next i was exsctaic to see a dentists waiting room , with a chair and some obligatory magazines

followed by a dentists surgery complete with chair sink and even a needle --- oh that dreaded needle

The chair is only a very small build but the sky blue colour LEGO have used is great  and it raised up and down!

The internal spaces seem to have gotten bigger in this set more space to move and take shots - talking of taking shots , another great room in this building is dedicated to a photography room - old style camera and white background - simply amazing so well thought out and put together - this is one of the many many reasons why Lego is superb and so well incorporated into 10255

Then on the second floor off as if it wasn't enough we have a music store

bland as it looks it was a nice feature, with a drum kit in the window, acoustic guitar, sax.... great!

Felt like the brunt of the build was definitely in the first 2 bags as the sets now is starting to winding off into a much more pleasant built...

Final floor, floor 3 - this set is more wide than high and is 14500 pieces more than the LEGO modular town hall!

In the top floor the build has not got any of its intricacies it stays strong through-out and the flat above presumably for the mother and baby - funnily i was piecing together the miniature train set.. it comes on 2 tables i didn't have a clue what it was meant to be until i put the tables together --- and again was like wow!

The sofa in the flat is retractable which too is another awesome feature, cooker, shelves with miniature toys .. toilet - oddly no shower ???

 Out door terrace on the top floor ... with ladder that goes up  onto the roof

 THEN my favorite of the upper roof, the simplistic - dance room, the piano is just awesome.
 

LEGO have done it again their designs getting better, harder to put  together, larger sets for us afols. This set is quite simply amazing , stunning - interface i dare say as far as modular buildings go this is one of the best ... so many details and its a long build no five minute and i am done - this set needs sorting out right from the off.. pleasurable and entertaining all the way though but lack of shower ???

The fountain at the front of the building


recap over some external photos

PROS =  just amazing, huge, long build , not easy (gets easier), so many intricacies which give you a warm feeling!

Cons = Very few , no shower in apartment, flower shop though cool not easy for photos, price tag!


VERDICT  : 9.7 out of 10



SIMPLY SUPERB ...

DONT FORGET NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT STOP MOTION BUILD OF THIS SET - 



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