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@ GSR_MataNui: On the subject of 3-in-1 houses, I really regret not getting 31038.

Somehow alternate models look better. Maybe it's a taste thing.

@WemWem said:
"I had no idea LEGO had done a tie-in product with cult classic 1970s surreal Japanese horror film, HOUSE.

I’m not sure this is a *super* faithful rendition of the titular house, and the lack of minifigs hurts a lot of the play value, but I applaud them for doing something different."

I’m sure all the minifigs are either dead or being treated by House, M.D. Of course, it’ll take him an hour and three guesses to figure out what ails them…

I never bought enough of this range of houses, because I did love them. I bought the slim yellow house, which I loved.

, M.D.

Maybe boring but a lot of brick and MOC opportunities like this:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90012614 @N08/51503930483/in/photostream/

@Pink_Ice said:
"Man, I miss 2000’s Creator houses :’("

Same. This one along with 4886 were the ones I wanted as a kid so my minifigures had somewhere to live, but never got any.

House

Lego seems to do a lot of white-walled, red-roofed houses like this, does make me wonder if they’re based on anything real, or if each iteration is just copying the look of the last?

@Lego_lord said:
"Somehow alternate models look better. Maybe it's a taste thing."

This particular set has two "A models". The two big standalone houses feature on the two sides of the box.

@Brickalili said:
"Lego seems to do a lot of white-walled, red-roofed houses like this, does make me wonder if they’re based on anything real, or if each iteration is just copying the look of the last?"

Technically, 4000007 has red walls…

There have been some impressive Creator houses in the past, such as this one (which used to be on my wanted list for quite a while) and 4996 which is one of my most sentimental sets. However, 4996 has remained more impressive in my mind despite its smaller size, because the architecture and overall design strikes out more.

I remember that this one was sold with one of the alterative models as the main build here in the Netherlands, namely the right alt model with the triangle roof. Probably because the main image model here isn't a very common design here because there's usually not enough room for a porch overhang.
You can see the Dutch (European?) box here:
https://assets.catawiki.com/image/cw_normal/plain/assets/catawiki/assets/2023/1/17/a/2/8/a286aea4-86a9-4655-b6a1-8279301defd6.jpg

Compare with the US (international?) Box:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/snAAAOSwkHthtUZR/s-l1200.webp

The backs:
https://images1.vinted.net/t/02_005b1_5z1J4PGRoAkpTkeLfq4GgWGe/f800/1649975415.jpeg?s=6af6cd2fd07b9ecb5c01288a094a07778d460b03

Does anyone who saw this set from that time know how it was sold in your country? I'm guessing it had the triangle roof for Europe because of the packaging and logistics that at the time produced sets for the entire area.

@Ridgeheart said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Lego seems to do a lot of white-walled, red-roofed houses like this, does make me wonder if they’re based on anything real, or if each iteration is just copying the look of the last?"

Hey, bricks are real."

Yes but are they order those bricks are arranged in anything like this house in real life? Is this style of house a common thing in Denmark or American suburbs or something?

My first modular house.
I loved this series, it is a pity that LEGO has abandoned this series, it is one of my favourite ever.

Just to remember (assembly video): https://youtu.be/JNyiC6udVFk

@PurpleDave said:
"This just popped up in a list of similar sets posted to the comments on the "Open vs Closed-back" article earlier this week."

It's got 4 sides, but no floor. The carpet is astroturf green.... and no curtains.

I always thought it was a shame that this along with these houses - 4954 , 5891 , 4996 , 5771 , 6754 , 31012 -never had furniture or floors. These got me back into Lego.

@Spritetoggle said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @WemWem said:
"I had no idea LEGO had done a tie-in product with cult classic 1970s surreal Japanese horror film, HOUSE.

I’m not sure this is a *super* faithful rendition of the titular house, and the lack of minifigs hurts a lot of the play value, but I applaud them for doing something different."

I’m sure all the minifigs are either dead or being treated by House, M.D. Of course, it’ll take him an hour and three guesses to figure out what ails them…"

Could it be Lupus?"

It's never lupus.

She’s a brick … house!

Lego should do more of these; just simple, straight up houses, enclosed on all four sides that can be easily lined up in a city layout like 5891, 5771, 6754, 4996 and 4954.
31139 is the closest they've come recently, but that set is open around the back and is pretty small.
I guess they were able to save pieces back when they weren't decorating the interiors or including minifigs.

@Binnekamp said:
"You can see the Dutch (European?) box here:
https://assets.catawiki.com/image/cw_normal/plain/assets/catawiki/assets/2023/1/17/a/2/8/a286aea4-86a9-4655-b6a1-8279301defd6.jpg

Compare with the US (international?) Box:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/snAAAOSwkHthtUZR/s-l1200.webp "

Something else I find curious is that the age recommendation starts a year lower on that Dutch version of the box: it lists the age range as 6-12, instead of the pictured US one's 7-12.

At first I wasn't sure if that meant that the model used as the main one in the Dutch version was considered slightly easier to build, or if Lego has more confidence in the building ability of 6-year-olds in some parts of the world than others... but I did a bit more looking around. Brickset and Bricklink both have box images that shows the same design as the US version but with the 6-12 recommendation; and then on eBay UK I see several listings including the box that all have the same image as the Dutch one (implying that was the box version we got in the UK as well) but it varies on which age range they display, with a slight majority favouring the 7-12 range.

I would guess this means that at some point there was a running change to adjust the low end of the age rating either up or down a year, considering that there seem to be examples of both designs of the box with each age range; though I couldn't guess which direction the adjustment had been made in.

In any case, it now that makes me idly curious if any other sets have had either differences in the advertised age recommendation in different regions, or an age recommendation that changed during the course of their run.

Even though its super generic, I'd still say it's better than most city houses Lego makes today.

@daniellesa said:
"I always thought it was a shame that this along with these houses - 4954 , 5891 , 4996 , 5771 , 6754 , 31012 -never had furniture or floors. These got me back into Lego."

Somehow, I always thought it was easy enough to add walls, and then adding furnishings would take care of itself. Should be simple with this set. I know I added things to the Apple Tree House set.

I realised pretty recently that somehow the only Lego houses I've ever owned are the ones in 3827.

@Brickalili said:
"Lego seems to do a lot of white-walled, red-roofed houses like this, does make me wonder if they’re based on anything real, or if each iteration is just copying the look of the last?"
Well, red tiles for roofs have gone a bit out of fashion, but back when I was a kid lots of houses over here looked very much like the one in this set.

These creator houses were the first sets to move into my LEGO City. Only this one still occupies a critical role, though, serving as the main house on my farm, situated on a beautiful plot just outside of the city, near the bay.

Aptly named set.

I think the lower-right model has slightly more interior room then the main, but the fireplace near the center took up too much space. So, I moved the chimney to the nearest wall. The hard part was getting the slopes to fit the new arrangement, requiring some slopes from outside the set.

The Creator houses without Minifigures included allow a purist to barely slightly offset the homeless population of their collection, but that's still something.

i think my sister got this one. She loved it and gave everyone bedrooms. Being her older sibling, I was banished to the garage :/

This is a certified hood classic

@Binnekamp said:
"I remember that this one was sold with one of the alterative models as the main build here in the Netherlands, namely the right alt model with the triangle roof. Probably because the main image model here isn't a very common design here because there's usually not enough room for a porch overhang.
You can see the Dutch (European?) box here:
https://assets.catawiki.com/image/cw_normal/plain/assets/catawiki/assets/2023/1/17/a/2/8/a286aea4-86a9-4655-b6a1-8279301defd6.jpg

Compare with the US (international?) Box:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/snAAAOSwkHthtUZR/s-l1200.webp

The backs:
https://images1.vinted.net/t/02_005b1_5z1J4PGRoAkpTkeLfq4GgWGe/f800/1649975415.jpeg?s=6af6cd2fd07b9ecb5c01288a094a07778d460b03

Does anyone who saw this set from that time know how it was sold in your country? I'm guessing it had the triangle roof for Europe because of the packaging and logistics that at the time produced sets for the entire area."

THANK YOU !

I was wondering why I had that set, but didn't recognise the main picture... in the UK we had your version of the box, so my set is built with THAT box's main model, being the house with the triangular roof.

@jkb said:
"The global housing crisis reacehd LEGO: This one is pretty expensive by now =("

Mint in box retired sets are always expensive. Used prices for this appear comparable to the retail price. 4954, on the other hand, IS in triple digits.

@TheOtherMike said:
"@ GSR_MataNui: On the subject of 3-in-1 houses, I really regret not getting 31038."

You can still buy it on Bricklink. It almost didn't go up in price at all.

@Norikins said:
" @jkb said:
"The global housing crisis reacehd LEGO: This one is pretty expensive by now =("

Mint in box retired sets are always expensive. Used prices for this appear comparable to the retail price. 4954, on the other hand, IS in triple digits."

I still have a copy of 4956 sealed but 4954 was one of my holy grail misses for years until the modulars came around.

Wasn’t this the model that was in the bonus level of Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga?

@yellowcastle said:
" @Norikins said:
" @jkb said:
"The global housing crisis reacehd LEGO: This one is pretty expensive by now =("

Mint in box retired sets are always expensive. Used prices for this appear comparable to the retail price. 4954, on the other hand, IS in triple digits."

I still have a copy of 4956 sealed but 4954 was one of my holy grail misses for years until the modulars came around."

I don't even care for mint or sealed boxes, even used ones in bad shape fetch high prices where I live. Original retail price? You wish!

I love this set: absolutely one of my favourite minifig-less sets. Enough so that I have two of the models built: the big main model and the two-houses model. Give me another spare baseplate and I might scrape together the third.