Review: 10350 Tudor Corner
Posted by Huw,
10350 Tudor Corner is the 20th in the modular buildings collection, which so far has included buildings inspired by European and American architecture.
It is the first one that has distinctly British features, including Tudor half-timbering and a pub clad with dark green tiles. Some of the minifigures are stereotypically British as well...
Summary
10350 Tudor Corner, 3,266 pieces.
£199.99 / $229.99 / €229.99 | 6.1p/7.0c/7.0c per piece.
Buy at LEGO.com »
Architectural authenticity notwithstanding, this is an excellent addition to the modular building series
- Pub exterior colourful and prototypical
- Wonderful interior details on all floors
- Nougat bricks
- Fairly priced
- No alcoholic beverages for sale in the pub
- A lot of pavement
- Superfluous chimney stack
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
The completed model
As its name suggests, Tudor Corner is a corner module, the seventh one in the collection. The three floors of the main part of the building are architecturally very different to each other, which has resulted in a visually appealing model.
However, CapnRex101 and I have been debating whether a Tudor-aged structure would have been rebuilt in this way. The ground floor would certainly have been changed over time, but we're not convinced that the half-timbering on the first floor would have been replaced with bricks, given it would almost certainly be a listed building.
The building itself is actually quite small because, being a corner unit, it's surrounded by pavement on two sides, and space has been allocated for a staircase on one of the other sides. Nevertheless, it's well-proportioned.
Ground floor
The establishment on the corner of the ground floor is named The Old Guarded Inn, a tribute to the popular classic Castle set, 6067 Guarded Inn. The dark green, gold lining, red awnings and hanging baskets make it look spectacular, and also very typical of pubs found in London particularly.
Pubs clad in colourful glazed tiles are very much a thing in the UK. It became a popular way of decorating them, often in colours to match those of the owning brewery, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Because of the material's durability, many survive to this day, looking just as good as when they were built.
The pub's facade has been extended out at an angle on the left-hand-side, which adds interest to the structure. The small triangular roof above it has a gold railing around it, made with super battle droid legs.
Outside, there's a small seating area and menus on chalkboards.
On the left-hand side of the building there's a staircase leading to the first floor, and in what little room is left there's a back door into the pub, a waste bin, and a climbing plant.
Thr right-hand side of the ground floor is occupied by a haberdashery that, in addition to selling items you'd typically find in one, also sells hats for some reason. The pub and shop signs, and indeed all decorated elements in the set, are printed.
The ground floor has a fully tiled floor, as we've come to expect, and is packed with details. Inside the haberdashery there are reels of cloth, hats, a mannequin, and a cutting table. Behind that is a small kitchen area for the pub, with a sink, oven, hob, extractor hood, and storage.
The pub itself has a bar, bar stools, a table and chairs and a full English breakfast ready to be served to a customer. Beer pumps are conspicuously absent. There's a toilet under the stairs which is completely hidden from view, although the stairs can be lifted off to access it. There's a better picture of it amongst the 'under construction' pictures below.
A coffee machine, lamps, a few bottles and a till can be found behind the bar, but no beer pumps!
First floor
The first floor room occupies the whole area of the building and is used by a horologist. The facade on the Tudor part of it is constructed from nougat-coloured masonry bricks, while the other half above the shop is light royal blue matching the ground floor. There are no ground-breaking techniques used for the windows or their surrounds, but nevertheless they look fine.
Inside there's a wonderful array of different types of clock, including desk, grandfather and cuckoo, and I imagine the designer had great fun coming up with the designs, and I certainly had great fun building them all.
The printed faces on the clocks all display the same time, about eight minutes to twelve, but the clock outside on the wall reads ten to two. A note in the instructions suggests that the horologist needs to have a look at it to get it working again!
Behind the door under the stairs there's a cupboard in which a vacuum cleaner and box are stored.
The staircase leads to the flat on the top floor, which means that its occupant has to go through the horologist's workshop to access it.
There's a fireplace in the room, with a flue behind it that runs up through the top floor to the chimney stack, although there isn't one in that room for some reason.
Top floor
The half-timbered exterior of this part of the building looks excellent. You can see how the sloped timbers were built in the 'under construction' pictures below. The smooth sloping roof and gables are seamless and also look superb.
The inhabitant of the top floor flat is a cat-loving female. I did not know this while building it, so I could not understand why there was a newspaper with a box on it in the corner. It was only when constructing the cat tree/scratching post that it became obvious!
There's no bed or facilities to toilet other than a small sink, but there is a sofa, bookcase and a couple of vivaria on shelves: 1x2 transparent bricks with a 1x1 round tile with a beetle print inside.
Also of note is the sunflower lanyard on the white printed tile on the wall by the stairs representing a small shelf and key rack, part of LEGO's Building Inclusive Play initiative that was announced yesterday.
Roof
A hatch provides access to the roof, via a ladder on the wall of the flat. Bizarrely, a second chimney stack has been plonked in the corner which, unlike the one on the right-hand side of the building, does not have a flue underneath.
Minifigs
Seven minifigs are included to bring the set to life. In the set's description, LEGO states that there are eight. The one missing from the lineup below is the faceless mannequin in the haberdashery.
Publican
Dressed in a cardigan to keep her warm while working in the draughty old pub.
Horologist
The moustachioed, bespectacled character is attired in a brown shirt and apron, perhaps a leather one.
Chef
There's no mistaking her profession, although she looks a bit over-dressed to be cooking full English in a pub.
British woman
It's always raining in the UK, right? With her Macintosh, so'wester and umbrella she'll remain dry whatever the weather.
Haberdashery shop owner
Smartly dressed in waistcoat and pinstripes, he clearly knows his way around a sewing machine.
Cat girl
The occupant of the top floor has a hidden disability, so perhaps the headphones are to help manage her sensory sensitivities.
She has two cats and I believe it's the first time they've been made in white and sand yellow. Minifig-land is overrun with different breeds of dog, so more cats are always welcome!
Sha has a three-wheeled bike with a basket on the front, perhaps for taking her pets for rides.
Chimney sweep
Finally, we have the archetypal symbol of Dickensian London, a chimney sweep. Attired in a flat cap and hood, he's ready to tackle even the dirtiest flue. Unusually, there is no printing on the torso, probably because it's covered in soot.
Verdict
As is always the case with modular buildings, it offers an enjoyable build that incorporates interesting techniques, plenty of lovingly-crafted small details, and novel parts usage, although perhaps not as much as some.
The exterior is covered with features typical of this kind of building, and it just begs to be studied and admired. The half-timbering is cleverly built and looks great, although perhaps the building would have been more realistic had both the first and second floor walls been constructed using this method, but I can understand why the designer wanted to introduce a different colour and texture into the mix.
The interiors are very impressive as well. I particularly liked the horologist's premises filled with dozens of different clocks, and as an ailurophile, I love all the cat-related details -- scratching post, litter tray, and food bowls -- in the top floor room.
Price-wise, I have nothing to complain about. It will cost the same as the similarly-sized 10312 Jazz Club and 10297 Boutique Hotel, yet has hundreds more pieces than either of them.
Overall, then, it's a fantastic addition to the series which will not disappoint collectors. It's my favourite modular yet, in part because the architecture is familiar to me.
10350 Tudor Corner will be available at LEGO.com from 1st January 2025. Those buying it within a week of that date will also receive 40757 Corner Kiosk as a gift with purchase.
Check back in a few days for pictures of it next to other recent modulars.
Construction
The review is already long enough, and I expect you are bored with reading it by now, so I won't write anything about the under construction pictures below.
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Whooee. This is looking like Day 1.
Nice review. I look forward to the supplement with showing this set among it modular brethren.
Not sure that timber framing is exclusive to Britain. Most of the communities in the US (outside of New England) usually favor timber framing as an homage to Germanic architecture.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timber_framing
Nevertheless, I suppose the name speaks for itself regarding the significance of English influence.
I know a lot of people are gonna be haters who say it doesn’t fit in the modular street, but would you rather only have a lot of the same?
I’m definitely down with the interesting variety.
No handpumps! :'( Lego should shave just said in instruction they are for soda! I am definitely modifying mine, adding a couple of punters and a screen for football as well. To make it authentic of course.
Looking forward to unwrapping this for Christmas. Just over 12 months to go. Can't wait!
@Your_Future_President said:
"I know a lot of people are gonna be haters who say it doesn’t fit in the modular street, but would you rather only have a lot of the same?
I’m definitely down with the interesting variety. "
Seconded. Who wants a street that looks all the same?
I heard Jang mentioning the 'two door' under the outside stairs and couldn't help to wonder if it could have been intended as a reference to the set's name (apart from its architectural style)...
@Your_Future_President said:
"I know a lot of people are gonna be haters who say it doesn’t fit in the modular street, but would you rather only have a lot of the same?
I’m definitely down with the interesting variety. "
Take a walk down a British Highstreet you've got modern looking brick builds next to these Tudor style ones it's very nomal for us haha
Could you show it next to the Boutique Hotel? I want to pair them and they should work nicely together
"The printed faces on the cocks all display the same time" ?? ??
Might need to edit that sentence before you get the site shut down ??
@DecodaMMI said:
""The printed faces on the cocks all display the same time" ?? ??
Might need to edit that sentence before you get the site shut down ??"
He put that in there just to see if you read all of it. Maybe you get a prize?!!
@Huw and @CapnRex101 : You're quite right that a Tudor build would have never had the first floor rebuilt in the way of this set, but it was quite common during the era, and the later Stuart period that the wattle and daub between the timbers would be replaced with bricks in a process called 'nogging'. The timbers would still be on show if that were the case though.
I'll also note that it quite common now in modern redevelopment of places, they'll remove the chimney flues from rooms to create extra space, but leave the stack at roof level as its harder/more expensive to remove and it'll be supported by some steel joists. With this though its right over a stair well, and by a window, which you'd never have so it is an odd design choice which takes from accuracy.
Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
You've identified the chef as a man for some reason, but the minifigure uses a distinctly feminine face print.
I wish they would have varied the colour scheme of the buildings a little more. Brown and blue might make for a good contrast, but we’ve seen something similar in at least 4 other modular buildings now.
@Huw The white kitten has been in a few sets since it first came in 2022 in 60321 and 10306 .
@vizzitor said:
" @Huw The white kitten has been in a few sets since it first came in 2022 in 60321 and 10306 ."
76232 the Hoopty being another. But its been in 7 sets already according the the database.
Printed faces on the what now? I think you should probably fix that spelling error to keep this review rated G...
Also about the Sunflower Lanyard: as an AFOL with a autism myself, I can appreciate what LEGO is going for here to help make more characters with hidden disabilities. It definitely allows for them to make more minifigures with autism, OCD, hearing impairment, etc.
But at the same time I can also kinda see how it might make people act more condescending towards me. I feel like the more I call attention to my autism, the more people will start babying me like "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know. Do you need help with this simple miniscule task, sweetie?" Which gets on my nerves a bit because they're probably focusing on more stereotypical autistic challenges, like sensory overload or mood swings - and not on challenges I do have, like stutter and maintaining eye contact.
I dunno. I just thought that as one of the people the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program is directed at I might as well give my two cents.
@8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
You've identified the chef as a man for some reason, but the minifigure uses a distinctly feminine face print."
The review does mention hats in the haberdashery and the pictures show 5 on the shelves, plus the top hat on the mannequin.
There are a couple of errors in the minifigure section vs the official images - the woman identified as the haberdashery owner is the publican in official images, the mustachioed man should be the horologist, and the well-dressed man should be the haberdashery owner - but this is Lego, so of course they can be whoever you'd like them to be.
It's overly fussy of me, but I don't love that the apartment doesn't have its own entryway and that the occupant has to pass through the clock shop.
If I owned this set I'd have to just roleplay that the shop owner lived in the upstairs flat. But now LEGO has me evicting someone with a hidden disability! Some days you just can't win...
Anyways, the set looks great but would make for an awkward partner with the Boutique Hotel, which is the only modular I own. Probably would look out-of-place next to the Jazz Club, too.
For people with a lot of modulars, I think this would be a fine addition to their cityscape, though. It reminds me a bit of cities in Canada which often have little "pops" of Englishness here and there throughout. For a USA streetscape it's a bit of a more unusual entry, but I can think of a few Detroit-area establishments with Tudor-y styling.
Overall, another real winner but a likely pass for me. I expect there'll be a lot of MOCing going on to turn the bottom restaurant into a proper pub!
@Murdoch17 said:
"Seconded. Who wants a street that looks all the same?"
Suburban Americans LOL.
:heart-eyes-emoji:
this will be my first modular in 3 years - but I'll be waiting for a 2X VIP points event to buy it
Great review! This will be my return to buying modulars and I think my first 'day one' purchase ever of a modular.
Not thrilled that it's a corner building, but will make do.
@dimc said:
" @Murdoch17 said:
"Seconded. Who wants a street that looks all the same?"
Suburban Americans LOL. "
...another Pleasant Valley Sunday, here in status symbol land...
@8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. "
Not in the UK. Wikipedia states "In British English, a haberdasher is a business or person who sells small articles for sewing, dressmaking and knitting, such as buttons, ribbons, and zippers; in the United States, the term refers instead to a men's clothing store that sells suits, shirts, neckties, men's dress shoes, and other items."
@WemWem said:
"If I owned this set I'd have to just roleplay that the shop owner lived in the upstairs flat. But now LEGO has me evicting someone with a hidden disability! Some days you just can't win..."
Why can't they be a couple? ;)
There are a lot of German restaurants in the US with a similar style.
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g36456-d429508-Reviews-Edelweiss-Norridge_Illinois.html
https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60763-d459348-Reviews-Heidelberg_Restaurant-New_York_City_New_York.html
Well written review, but needs the word "haberdashery" more within. One of the most underrated words and you have a great excuse to use it.
For example:
The establishment on the corner of the ground floor next to the haberdashery is named The Old Guarded Inn, a tribute to the popular classic Castle set, 6067 Guarded Inn. The dark green, gold lining, red awnings and hanging baskets make it look spectacular, and also very typical of pubs found in London particularly. This makes it feel like the focus over the haberdashery, though the haberdashery is obviously the focal point of the set.
AND
The pub's facade has been extended out at an angle on the left-hand-side away from the haberdashery, which adds interest to the structure. This angle allows the focus to move your eye right to the haberdashery, which is important for all haberdasheries to ensure that they direct their customers.
Having spent some time in the UK, I immediately had the same reaction about the first floor. With some googling I found that buildings like it do exist, but it is definitely more common to see both the first and second floor (or higher) to be half-timber. Still, lovely review. But is it a restaurant, inn (which should have spaces to sleep, right?), or a pub? life is just so complicated...
@StyleCounselor said:
" @DecodaMMI said:
""The printed faces on the cocks all display the same time" ?? ??
Might need to edit that sentence before you get the site shut down ??"
He put that in there just to see if you read all of it. Maybe you get a prize?!!"
I'll happily accept this set as a prize! ;)
Looks great, I could find in the town I live now and grew up a pub that could have been inspiration for this set. Simple convert the shop make the pub bigger, the clock shop turn it into the pub's upstairs function room. Then add stickey floors and smoke and you have a classic English pub, or add a strange pattern carpet and more table and you have yourself a spoons'
@8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
"
In the UK a haberdashers sells all the things you need to do sewing: thread, ribbon, needles, scissors, buttons, zips etc. It wouldn't sell hats or clothing or indeed fabric on the roll as that was traditionally sold by a draper.
Haberdashery!
At Brickset I learn words I didn’t learn at school!
The tudor part reminds me a lot of the house from 6000 LEGOLAND Idea Book
@jackiebritton said:
" @8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
"
In the UK a haberdashers sells all the things you need to do sewing: thread, ribbon, needles, scissors, buttons, zips etc. It wouldn't sell hats or clothing or indeed fabric on the roll as that was traditionally sold by a draper. "
Interesting. Not often frequenting them, I was not aware you'd not find rolls of fabric in them.
The haberdashery sections of John Lewis and Dunelm, for example, do sell it though, right?
Architecturally I believe this represents more so a Victorian building of a romantic neo-Tudor style, rather than an original 1500s building.
Goes hand in hand with neo-gothic, scots baronial and Queen-Anne revival, the Victorians really liked recycling old styles and combining it with their own technology.
I think as a result it works very well and I can imagine it fitting in to any UK high street, but the same can't be said for the neighbouring blue building unfortunately.
Listing for buildings is relatively modern and might not existed when this modular was renovated. A lot of landowners pulled old houses down for completely new buildings in a fashionable style, without a care as to history.
And some were covered in newfangled materials like concrete or bricks. There is a problem with the former that affects a lot of buildings now which forces people to spend a lot of money to remove and replace it.
Two famouse cases are Hill House in Scotland and Castle Drogo, both listed long after they were built, and both having to be repaired because concrete has damaged them.
Floors would jut out over lower floors as well in Tudor buildings. Some houses in London would almost touch each other yet they were built on opposite sides of the street.
There's also other rules such as making renovations obvious rather than keeping to the same style of building.
@billydeewilliams said:
"Looking forward to unwrapping this for Christmas. Just over 12 months to go. Can't wait!"
Exactly. This one and the new Nigel Mansell set as well. Why is Lego torturing us???
@Huw Can you provide the weight of the set? Thanks.
@Elcascador said:
"I heard Jang mentioning the 'two door' under the outside stairs and couldn't help to wonder if it could have been intended as a reference to the set's name (apart from its architectural style)... "
I was wondering if the name was a pun on "chewed a corner" which is a thing AFOL's find frustrating when it's happened to their bricks!
Battle droid legs on the railing and astromech legs supporting the flowers on the exterior of the pub. They've had these pieces in their inventory for 26 years, and I've never seen them used for decoration like this. I love it
@Huw Why are the minifig's roles described differently as to how they are on the box art? In the photo the haberdashery owner is serving food at the inn, the publican is tinkering with clocks, the horologist is holding scissors at the haberdashery and also the cat girl is riding around in the chimney sweep's cart? Do the instructions set them up this way different to the promo photos?
If those clocks indicate it's close to midnight, it might explain why there are no patrons in this pub.
It's probably one of the best modular buildings, at least one of the most appealing to me, but I do think the interiors are somewhat... lacking? Not that they need more, because you'll hardly ever see them, but I feel they could've been a bit more cozy than they are.
I do hope that cat lady has a vacuum cleaner with two cats, because those cat hairs will get all over that stairway...
@jackiebritton said:
" @8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
"
In the UK a haberdashers sells all the things you need to do sewing: thread, ribbon, needles, scissors, buttons, zips etc. It wouldn't sell hats or clothing or indeed fabric on the roll as that was traditionally sold by a draper. "
I for one only sew while wearing hats. So it is 100% a need for me.
@inversion said:
"No handpumps! :'( Lego should shave just said in instruction they are for soda! I am definitely modifying mine, adding a couple of punters and a screen for football as well. To make it authentic of course."
"HE'S HERE! HE'S THERE! HE'S EVERYBRICKINGWHERE!"
@inversion said:
"No handpumps! :'( Lego should shave just said in instruction they are for soda! I am definitely modifying mine, adding a couple of punters and a screen for football as well. To make it authentic of course."
I’m tempted to change the first floor into the archetypal ‘function room’. There’s so much scope to make an accurate pub in that building.
So your telling me parts of this set have been around 500 years?
"The printed faces on the clocks all display the same time, about eight minutes to twelve, but the clock outside on the wall reads ten to two. A note in the instructions suggests that the horologist needs to have a look at it to get it working again!"
Then again, the clock in the inn's kitchen shows 7 past 3. Now which one is to be trusted?
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I think my major MOC will be replacing the small section of nougat wall above the external staircase with its original half-timbered construction. I don't see why people would bother altering such a tiny surface in such a cramped location--sure to be more trouble than it was worth, and so hard to see anyway if there's another building immediately to the outside of the staircase. Also, the tenant's route from the street to the flat impinges as little as possible on the horologist's space--or one could, perhaps, move the door into the internal staircase to angle alongside the tenant's path, giving the haberdasher an emergency exit and a *small* amount of extra space while preserving the tenant's privacy. Or one could assume that the tenant is married to the haberdasher, or is the landlord of the whole building, or whatever....
@ToysFromTheAttic -- I don't agree that the interiors are lacking. I think they're very nicely detailed!
@Huw -- The flue assembly under the "false" chimney may have been removed when someone decided to knock the two buildings into one and move the internal staircase. *Someone* did a lot of redesigning on this edifice, what with expanding into the sidewalk space and all. I agree that the wide entry to the haberdashery was probably a passage for horses to a stable in earlier times!
Anyway, as I've said before, definitely a Day 1 purchase, even if (IMO) the GWP doesn't really match this part of Modular Row. That kiosk will definitely fit in somewhere else!
The balcony looks very fragile - can you actually place a minifig on it without the floor coming off?
@Huw said:
"The staircase leads to the flat on the top floor, which means that its occupant has to go through the horologist's workshop to access it."
Well at least the "flat" (no bed/kitchen/bathroom) has its own door, unlike the one in 10264 Corner Garage!
@Huw said:
"Superfluous chimney stack"
The drainpipe by the balcony is rather odd too.
@sklamb said:
"I @ToysFromTheAttic -- I don't agree that the interiors are lacking. I think they're very nicely detailed!"
I think they're fine, overall, but I guess I was expecting a bit more of a full apartment. I mean, take out the clocks and the cat stuff, and you're left with a couch and a desk. Even the cats have more furniture! :'-)
Let's chalk it down to me not being the biggest cat person. Nor clock person. I only have one in my house, and it's not even running. So, one clock. No cats.
This is what the fuss was all about this morning? Wake me up when it’s time to review the Fordor Corner.
*ducks*
I haven't bought a modular when it first comes out since 10243 Parisian Restaurant. This one might have to be my New Year's Resolution to myself! I like the angled bumpout to fit in the one table.
Looking forward for additional mods folks make bringing in more easter eggs to the Castle sets— and easy one for me is to put a Forestman hat in the Haberdasher shoppe. After that next essential mod will be a couple/few beer taps (Potter wands should make nice handles) and some proper glassware and spirits bottles.
Though I wish the stairs had internal access so that the clock shop would naturally segue conceptually into extended pub space for some tables, wall darts and shuffleboard table.
@d_m_t_arnold said:
" @Huw Why are the minifig's roles described differently as to how they are on the box art? In the photo the haberdashery owner is serving food at the inn, the publican is tinkering with clocks, the horologist is holding scissors at the haberdashery and also the cat girl is riding around in the chimney sweep's cart? Do the instructions set them up this way different to the promo photos?"
LOL -- I did not look at that! I made assumptions about their roles. I guess ultimately you can have them be who you want them to be but nevertheless I will change the article.
That "clock shop" in not a true shop clearly- there is no cash register. Its just the old guy who has an obssesion (and like fixing people cloccs) and his daughter is living upstairs.
On the subject of the "superfluous chimney stack", as well as these being left in place after internal redesigns have made them redundant, it's also not uncommon for chimney stacks to be added for purely aesthetic reasons to provide visual balance. They may also be added to meet planning regulations during renovation work in order to match adjacent buildings (although I don't think there are any matching chimneys on an earlier modular).
@Huw "The printed faces on the clocks all display the same time, about eight minutes to twelve, but the clock outside on the wall reads ten to two. A note in the instructions suggests that the horologist needs to have a look at it to get it working again!"
My conspiracy-brain wanted to look this up, equating the times with set numbers:
- 8 minutes to 12, or 11:52 ... 812 Gear Set (1974) ... 1152 Electric Wire (1977)
- 10 to 2, or 1:50 ... 102 4.5V Motor Set (1968) ... 150 Straight Track (1966)
I think the minutes-to-the-hour phrasing is way to go ... Only 812 is not labelled under the Train theme, and gears are certainly needed for clocks to function! Installing a motor in a clock might result in it running too fast, perhaps about 2 hours too fast...?
Clearly to much time on my hands...
I got to know the word ‘Haberdashery’ when watching Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. That’s reason enough to get a LEGO set containing a printed piece with that word on it :-)
Look at the gun on the kitchen floor! There is a murder out there!
In the USA, I've definitely heard people talk about a haberdashery being exclusively for selling hats.
@Adrianucho said:
"Look at the gun on the kitchen floor! There is a murder out there!"
That's the tap that fell off between photoshoots :-)
@Huw said:
" @Adrianucho said:
"Look at the gun on the kitchen floor! There is a murder out there!"
That's the tap that fell off between photoshoots :-)"
So you're saying it was Huw, in the kitchen, with the pipe? (If you don't get it, you need to play the game Clue!)
@Spike730 said:
" @WemWem said:
"If I owned this set I'd have to just roleplay that the shop owner lived in the upstairs flat. But now LEGO has me evicting someone with a hidden disability! Some days you just can't win..."
Why can't they be a couple? ;)"
Fair point, problem solved!
The pub round the corner from us has a fake chimney which is really a mobile phone mast. Maybe the extra one here is the same.
@WolfpackBricksStudios said:
"Printed faces on the what now? I think you should probably fix that spelling error to keep this review rated G...
Also about the Sunflower Lanyard: as an AFOL with a autism myself, I can appreciate what LEGO is going for here to help make more characters with hidden disabilities. It definitely allows for them to make more minifigures with autism, OCD, hearing impairment, etc.
But at the same time I can also kinda see how it might make people act more condescending towards me. I feel like the more I call attention to my autism, the more people will start babying me like "Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't know. Do you need help with this simple miniscule task, sweetie?" Which gets on my nerves a bit because they're probably focusing on more stereotypical autistic challenges, like sensory overload or mood swings - and not on challenges I do have, like stutter and maintaining eye contact.
I dunno. I just thought that as one of the people the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program is directed at I might as well give my two cents."
I think the tie up with the Hidden Disability Sunflower is fantastic. Lego are normalising it to generations of kids (and therefore their parents) which will hopefully reduce the patronising moments. Lego have a lot of power and responsibility and they appear to be using it well.
A lot of buildings in France have "fake" or "dead" chimneys. The stuff underneath was renovated such that only what is on the roof is left of it. To avoid cracks and leaks, they try not to touch the roof if possible.
That being said, that extra chimney can easily be removed, right? From the front, it does make the roof a bit more busy and lively.
@WemWem said:
"It's overly fussy of me, but I don't love that the apartment doesn't have its own entryway and that the occupant has to pass through the clock shop.
If I owned this set I'd have to just roleplay that the shop owner lived in the upstairs flat. But now LEGO has me evicting someone with a hidden disability! Some days you just can't win...
Anyways, the set looks great but would make for an awkward partner with the Boutique Hotel, which is the only modular I own. Probably would look out-of-place next to the Jazz Club, too.
For people with a lot of modulars, I think this would be a fine addition to their cityscape, though. It reminds me a bit of cities in Canada which often have little "pops" of Englishness here and there throughout. For a USA streetscape it's a bit of a more unusual entry, but I can think of a few Detroit-area establishments with Tudor-y styling.
Overall, another real winner but a likely pass for me. I expect there'll be a lot of MOCing going on to turn the bottom restaurant into a proper pub!"
AGREED. Hate when modulars have apartments only accessible by walking through a storefront or another building. My biggest pet peeve about them.
@Phoenixio said:
"A lot of buildings in France have "fake" or "dead" chimneys. The stuff underneath was renovated such that only what is on the roof is left of it. To avoid cracks and leaks, they try not to touch the roof if possible."
Same in the UK. You'd need to reinforce the walls to support the load though.
It's interesting that we are having this discussion about architectural authenticity: I don't remember having one in the reviews of previous modulars.
Is the news kiosk GWP meant to fit into that street corner spot with the checkered tiles?
First modular since Parisian Restaurant that is an unqualified YES from me. Great review.
Finally interesting and eye-catching modular!
@Huw Roof on official photos is brown and on yours is red. Which is true?
Also what is purpose of those tan tiles on corner of sidewalk?
"It is the first one that has distinctly British features, including Tudor half-timbering and a pub clad with dark green tiles."
While the pub clad in green tiles is distinctly British, the half timber construction is really a Western European thing - you also find that all over Germany and France, for example.
@Huw said:
"It's interesting that we are having this discussion about architectural authenticity: I don't remember having one in the reviews of previous modulars. "
Bring 'em on. I work in the field, so it's interesting to me.
@pirro said:
"I think the tie up with the Hidden Disability Sunflower is fantastic. Lego are normalising it to generations of kids (and therefore their parents) which will hopefully reduce the patronising moments. Lego have a lot of power and responsibility and they appear to be using it well."
I'm not sure how effective this will be in a broad sense. On one hand, it definitely normalizes it for people with hidden disabilities, which is great. On the other hand, if you don't know about the Hiddn Disabilities Sunflower (which is likely true for most people who don't have a hidden disability or a family member with one, or work in a field related to those disabilities), it will be completely missed, and won't serve to normalize.
"Price-wise, I have nothing to complain about. It will cost the same as the similarly-sized 10312 Jazz Club and 10297 Boutique Hotel, yet has hundreds more pieces than either of them."
I wish that was so everywhere, it has gone up another notch in Sweden. The previous modulars are currently at 2749 SEK (~€239), but this new one is listed at 2899 SEK (~€252). Anywhere else were it isn't the same price as the last ones, or is it just here?
Pricing in general has started to become weird here, I think. Lego obviously have their official prices, and other retailers with physical stores usually stay pretty close to those, with the odd exception. They seem to be around the high end compared globally. That's fine I guess. Not fun, but fine. But when retailers like Amazon then sell at their international prices, and list the discount percentage compared to our local RRP's, it looks insane. The list in the feed here on Briskset currently have 110 (of this years items alone) listed at over 33% discount, with the highest at 53%! And that's not during any special-deal week, that's just regularly how things are. I'm not complaining at those discounts, that's great for the consumers, as long as they can keep track of it all. You need to be really into it to know what is a good deal. It's just such a weird market with so wildly different listed prices in regions not far from one another.
@liamastill said:
"Architecturally I believe this represents more so a Victorian building of a romantic neo-Tudor style, rather than an original 1500s building.
Goes hand in hand with neo-gothic, scots baronial and Queen-Anne revival, the Victorians really liked recycling old styles and combining it with their own technology.
I think as a result it works very well and I can imagine it fitting in to any UK high street, but the same can't be said for the neighbouring blue building unfortunately."
Yes, I would imagine that this is a Tudor revival style building, rather than a 500-year-old Tudor. This is a pretty good example of a Tudor revival build from 1899 that has similar styling elements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudor_Revival_architecture/media/File:Beaney_Institute_002.jpg
@RTS013 said:
"I wish that was so everywhere, it has gone up another notch in Sweden. The previous modulars are currently at 2749 SEK (~€239), but this new one is listed at 2899 SEK (~€252). Anywhere else were it isn't the same price as the last ones, or is it just here?"
In Canada it's the same price as the Jazz Club, but the Boutique Hotel is $10 cheaper... so the price is a bit higher here as well.
(comment got swallowed, if it shows up as a duplicate, apologies!)
I prefer this style of modular to last year's museum, I much prefer having lots of detail and different styles crammed into a small space, even if it is a little unrealistic!
I imagine the horologist's workroom and bedroom above is a single flat, for a couple with a cat - in the UK they certainly wouldn't be able to afford to live individually these days! Just needs a small corner bathroom modded in somewhere. (Plus taps on the bar, of course!)
I'm amused to see the obligatory roof access is provided, I forget where I read that this must be the strictest building regulation in Lego city!
I'd need to clear some space, but I think this would look great next to 10270.
@Murdoch17 said:" @dimc said:" @Murdoch17 said:
"Seconded. Who wants a street that looks all the same?"
Suburban Americans LOL. "
...another Pleasant Valley Sunday, here in status symbol land..."
Felt the need to Monkee around, did you?
@markisnot said:
"Well written review, but needs the word "haberdashery" more within. One of the most underrated words and you have a great excuse to use it.
For example:
The establishment on the corner of the ground floor next to the haberdashery is named The Old Guarded Inn, a tribute to the popular classic Castle set, 6067 Guarded Inn. The dark green, gold lining, red awnings and hanging baskets make it look spectacular, and also very typical of pubs found in London particularly. This makes it feel like the focus over the haberdashery, though the haberdashery is obviously the focal point of the set.
AND
The pub's facade has been extended out at an angle on the left-hand-side away from the haberdashery, which adds interest to the structure. This angle allows the focus to move your eye right to the haberdashery, which is important for all haberdasheries to ensure that they direct their customers. "
"10350 Tudor Corner, or Haberdashery et al., is the 20th in the modular buildings collection, which so far has included buildings inspired by European and American architecture."
Overall really love this set. Having spent 16 years in London, it feels very 'Inn-keeping' with British vibes! I personally prefer straight modulars rather than corners as I don't have a lot of room and fits easier with my modular street, but I may have to make this an exception, and try to place it on the end of a shelf.
On the top floor, there seems to be plenty of space to plan it with rooms, but I wonder if that got nipped in the bud in the design process as that would've meant increasing the part count. Mind this set is already 200/300 pieces more than 10297 Boutique hotel, 10278 Police Station or 10312 Jazz Club.
@VaultDweller_197 said:
" @Your_Future_President said:
"I know a lot of people are gonna be haters who say it doesn’t fit in the modular street, but would you rather only have a lot of the same?
I’m definitely down with the interesting variety. "
Take a walk down a British Highstreet you've got modern looking brick builds next to these Tudor style ones it's very nomal for us haha"
I think that’s why I love it - it’s so British, I’m seriously considering a day one
100% gonna plop this guy next to the Natural History Museum, hopefully it can add more visual interest to my street!
Would be interesting to see the Natural History Museum with the Tudor Corner to its right, and the Parisian Restaurant to the left. I just wonder how the respective external staircases would help to make the museum better blend into a modular street?
A pub with no beer, whatever next
@meccanotwitch said:
"A pub with no beer, whatever next "
Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
:)
@Mister_Jonny said:
"I wish they would have varied the colour scheme of the buildings a little more. Brown and blue might make for a good contrast, but we’ve seen something similar in at least 4 other modular buildings now."
The same exact colours (light blue, nougat, dark green) in the same exact order were used in 10246 Detective's Office, which was one of the best modulars released 10 years ago. Last year's Natural History Museum also used the same colour (olive green) than 10243 Parisian Restauran which was released 10 years before. Maybe since many people don't own those sets, the new ones pay somehow homage to the old ones.
@gearwheel said:
"I'm not sure how effective this will be in a broad sense. On one hand, it definitely normalizes it for people with hidden disabilities, which is great. On the other hand, if you don't know about the Hiddn Disabilities Sunflower (which is likely true for most people who don't have a hidden disability or a family member with one, or work in a field related to those disabilities), it will be completely missed, and won't serve to normalize."
And there you have it, why the sunflower is a good idea. The comments in this thread have probably informed a few people of it’s meaning.
‘Normalizing’ (whatever ‘normal’ is) isn’t it’s purpose.
@Brickchap said:
" @meccanotwitch said:
"A pub with no beer, whatever next "
Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
:)"
Makes me want to wear a cork hat and study some philosophy. Eh, Bruce?
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Brickchap said:
" @meccanotwitch said:
"A pub with no beer, whatever next "
Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
:)"
Makes me want to wear a cork hat and study some philosophy. Eh, Bruce? "
There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'bout the raising of the wrist,
Socrates himself was permanently pissed..
I'm not surprised about the lack of beer pumps on the bar, but that's a fairly simple mod. A bit more complex will be to remove the haberdashery and extend the pub frontage to include the whole ground floor, but I think it'd be worth it.
The set looks lovely as is though, I've never bought a modular on day 1 before but this might be the set to break that trend!
Normally my Jan 1 buys are Chinese New Year sets, with modulars waiting until later in the year. But the Tudor Corner just has too much gorgeousness to not be a day 1. CNY can wait until the Year of the Snake is released!
I still don’t like the outside stairways. It leaves a annoying gap when paired with other modulars. And you want to display the building in this angle, because it’s the prettiest side.
For a horologist the place is pretty tidy. I’d like to see more clutter personally, so i need to adjust that myself. Brickdesigned made a good clock workshop. https://www.instagram.com/p/CzeT_vSJZog/?img_index=1&igsh=MW5neDVqb2c0NDR0Ng==
The pub needs a bit of a change as well, and i like the idea someone opted about a soccer game on tv.
By the way, there are no beds?
@MonsterFighter said:
" @gearwheel said:
"I'm not sure how effective this will be in a broad sense. On one hand, it definitely normalizes it for people with hidden disabilities, which is great. On the other hand, if you don't know about the Hiddn Disabilities Sunflower (which is likely true for most people who don't have a hidden disability or a family member with one, or work in a field related to those disabilities), it will be completely missed, and won't serve to normalize."
And there you have it, why the sunflower is a good idea. The comments in this thread have probably informed a few people of it’s meaning.
‘Normalizing’ (whatever ‘normal’ is) isn’t it’s purpose. "
Indeed, I was wondering how @Huw knew she had a hidden disability, until I read said comments.
@Huw said:
"It's interesting that we are having this discussion about architectural authenticity: I don't remember having one in the reviews of previous modulars. "
Think if you'd not mentioned having a discussion with @CapnRex101 about it in the review, we'd probably not have mentioned anything on it either. Its certainly what sparked my comment about them 'nogging' the old timber frames with bricks.
@Brickchap said:
" @meccanotwitch said:
"A pub with no beer, whatever next "
Oh it's-a lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night we'll hear the wild dingoes call
But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer
:)"
Wasn't expecting to see a Slim Dusty reference in the comments!
@WemWem said:
"It's overly fussy of me, but I don't love that the apartment doesn't have its own entryway and that the occupant has to pass through the clock shop.
If I owned this set I'd have to just roleplay that the shop owner lived in the upstairs flat. But now LEGO has me evicting someone with a hidden disability! Some days you just can't win...
Anyways, the set looks great but would make for an awkward partner with the Boutique Hotel, which is the only modular I own. Probably would look out-of-place next to the Jazz Club, too.
For people with a lot of modulars, I think this would be a fine addition to their cityscape, though. It reminds me a bit of cities in Canada which often have little "pops" of Englishness here and there throughout. For a USA streetscape it's a bit of a more unusual entry, but I can think of a few Detroit-area establishments with Tudor-y styling.
Overall, another real winner but a likely pass for me. I expect there'll be a lot of MOCing going on to turn the bottom restaurant into a proper pub!"
In Assembly Square the tenant has to pass through the bakery and the dental office to get to their apartment. I find it odd, but hey LEGO people don't even have restrooms to use most of the time, so hey...
I hadn't heard about the sunflower lanyard and its special meaning before this set appeared, so I am glad it was included. More and more I'm concluding that the flat is two stories and the horologist is the one with the hidden disability--anyway, it makes a good story. Now, why are the two clocks not under his care in disagreement over the time?
As for the bed, I suspect that's a pull-out sofa. I'm sure the horologist would rather use any possible extra space for more clocks!
I'm more surprised that there don't seem to be any rooms for the Inn, at Christmas or any other time. Still, maybe the current residents of the flat inherited the Inn from relatives and chose to transform the upper floors into their new home, without bothering to change the well-established name of the commercial establishment.
@Huw said:
" @jackiebritton said:
" @8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
"
In the UK a haberdashers sells all the things you need to do sewing: thread, ribbon, needles, scissors, buttons, zips etc. It wouldn't sell hats or clothing or indeed fabric on the roll as that was traditionally sold by a draper. "
Interesting. Not often frequenting them, I was not aware you'd not find rolls of fabric in them.
The haberdashery sections of John Lewis and Dunelm, for example, do sell it though, right?"
Nowadays you will usually be able to buy haberdashery in a fabric shop, but traditionally they were separate. It's harder for a dedicated haberdashery to survive as a business and people don't want to visit multiple shops for their project supplies.
As for the balcony, I can confirm it's very fragile and shouldn't have made it into the set without some modifications. After watching a build video I built the balcony and wall from some spare parts, and unless you're VERY careful when you place a minifig on it the floor will come off, as there's nothing that supports it from below. A rare mistake in Lego's otherwise rigorous stability tests. (Curiously, out of the six sponsored reviews I've read/watched, none mentions the balcony.)
Something about the exterior model makes it look like an AFOL's creation rather than an official Lego set. Maybe it's the compact use of space on the facade?
You should note in the reivew that the set was gifted from LEGO. It's obvious to many, but I would say most are not aware how LEGO hands out free sets as a form of publicity.
Love the set and the review.
@MrClassic said:
"As for the balcony, I can confirm it's very fragile and shouldn't have made it into the set without some modifications. After watching a build video I built the balcony and wall from some spare parts, and unless you're VERY careful when you place a minifig on it the floor will come off, as there's nothing that supports it from below. A rare mistake in Lego's otherwise rigorous stability tests. (Curiously, out of the six sponsored reviews I've read/watched, none mentions the balcony.)"
It's slightly precarious but doesn't detach that easily.
Nice. I used almost the same building technique on my TGV trains as is used for the angled timber framing.
@followsclosely said:
"You should note in the reivew that the set was gifted from LEGO. It's obvious to many, but I would say most are not aware how LEGO hands out free sets as a form of publicity.
Love the set and the review."
The review has a "Sponsored" tag, and the bottom of the summary box says "The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author."
Oh my, having somewhat lost interest (and space) for more modulars and hence being a bit behind this one might just get back to me”day 1 order” mode.
reminds me of the joy of spotting Detective Office (of which it certainly shares some elements and colors now that I look up at it ??)
@Mister_Jonny said:
"I wish they would have varied the colour scheme of the buildings a little more. Brown and blue might make for a good contrast, but we’ve seen something similar in at least 4 other modular buildings now."
Correct. PetShop - Detective´s Office - Tudor Corner. These are different versions of the same set.
Anyhow I think all 3 of them a great.
Same for me. Pet Shop, Detective´s Office and Tudor Corner look the same to me. And I really like all 3 of them a lot.
On a bad day I think this looks like a Chinese cheap copy of real Lego, but on a good day I love the look of it.
Very great building, nice finish on the corner for your city.
I think the toilet and the kitchen of the inn is hard to reach, bit it was a good idea to hide it under the stairs. As I watch a speed-buld video, I think some steps are overcomplicated, see the top level black-white motivs. A chimney is not necessary, one could be enough :))
I wanna to purchase but it is too expensive for me :((
@Huw: You are British and you are saying superfluous chimney stack? Honestly, you have a total misunderstanding of British architecture in my humble opinion. As a German who spent in total two years in England in different cities and returning many times as a tourist, the most obvious British design feature of any (old) house are the chimneys. If you enter London or Brighton by train, you are welcomed by houses with perfectly aligned chimneys. And all of them have like 6-8 pipes in it. Older German houses have max. 1 chimney, no matter how many flats there are in.
Seeing the set for the first time, it was not the timber that made it British (German houses have that as well), it were the chimneys for me.
Thanks for the great review! I think this looks fantastic and forget the pub, the one thing my city needs is a haberdashery!!!!
I find myself wondering how this will look next to older Modulars like the Cafe Corner or Market Street.
A first day purchase for me!
Good review. Though I would hardly call a lack of alcoholic beverages a major downside to the set. On the contrary. I love how Lego was able to capture this architectural style, and still make it all-ages appropriate. If you want the beer pumps, you can easily add them yourselves. If you're like me and would rather keep the temperance movement alive in your Lego City, then you're all good! Canonically, the modular street's prohibition was about cookies, haha!
Also, as a Shovel Knight fan, hats are the first thing I expect to see in a haberdashery.
@Huw Other modular pics? It’s been a few days.
@Paperdaisy said:
" @Huw said:
" @jackiebritton said:
" @8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
"
In the UK a haberdashers sells all the things you need to do sewing: thread, ribbon, needles, scissors, buttons, zips etc. It wouldn't sell hats or clothing or indeed fabric on the roll as that was traditionally sold by a draper. "
Interesting. Not often frequenting them, I was not aware you'd not find rolls of fabric in them.
The haberdashery sections of John Lewis and Dunelm, for example, do sell it though, right?"
Nowadays you will usually be able to buy haberdashery in a fabric shop, but traditionally they were separate. It's harder for a dedicated haberdashery to survive as a business and people don't want to visit multiple shops for their project supplies."
What sad times when haberdashers are distraught. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred.
Even those who arrange and design shubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
@8BrickMario said:
"Why should a haberdashery not have hats? Generally, it refers to a men's clothing shop. I don't think LEGO would be so technical as to have a separate millinery, and I've never seen a hats-only shop in the modern day.
You've identified the chef as a man for some reason, but the minifigure uses a distinctly feminine face print."
I had to look this up as the hats were the only part of the haberdashery that made sense to me too. You & I might consider it to be a men’s clothing shop, but apparently in British English a haberdashery is a shop that sells notions.
We actually have a hats only shop (they can’t possibly make them there, so it might not be a full on millinery) at our good mall in the city not far up from my house. I’ve bought one there & get a lot of notice wearing it. Chapel Hats. I can’t say I’ve seen another, not counting Lids baseball cap stores.
I feel a classic British-style sitcom coming on, starring these quirky characters and their hijinks on this set as they attempt to relate to one another and go about their days. Title of the show is "Guarded", perhaps?