Random set of the day: Breezeway Café
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Today's random set is 6376 Breezeway Café, released during 1990. It's one of 27 Town sets produced that year. It contains 183 pieces and 5 minifigs, and its retail price was US$23.
It's owned by 3,312 Brickset members. If you want to add it to your collection you should find it for sale at BrickLink, where new ones sell for around $293.80, or eBay.
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"Ride on a breeze to get to the second floor, because we ain't got any stairs to climb!"
Also, is it my imagination, or did someone "enhance" the faces of the two second-floor patrons with a black marker?
Ristorante Ristorante! The Ristorante so nice they named it twice!
It appears all the food done blown away. I guess that's what happens when you eat in a breezeway.
This is one of the first sets that jumps to mind when I'm thinking about my childhood sets.
I mooned over this set SO MUCH in an old LEGO catalog I had.
Never managed to find it in stores, but you better believe I jumped on PARADISA when those sets were released.
@PurpleDave said:
"Also, is it my imagination, or did someone "enhance" the faces of the two second-floor patrons with a black marker?"
I had the same exact thought, the package designers of the time must've felt like the faces weren't obvious enough behind the windows. Promo shots like this were always prone to enhancements, ESPECIALLY later in the 2000s... I believe it was usually for marketing to retailers instead of the consumer.
@WemWem said:
"I mooned over this set SO MUCH in an old LEGO catalog I had.
Never managed to find it in stores, but you better believe I jumped on PARADISA when those sets were released."
Same, except I never got any Paradisa sets, what I jumped on was 10037.
'Breezeway' is an understatement..more like freezeway...come nightfall the evenings must be pretty cold as there are no walls!! That said, i really love these simpler sets which really left a lot to the imagination to make things work (even without my nostalgia goggles on).
Literally just bought a used version of this set for $15 (!) today.
Very basic, but very charming.
This always felt like a Paradisa protoype to me. Just replace the red pieces with pink and put it on that baseplate from the Sand Dollar Cafe and you've got yourself a Paradisa set.
That chef can dress as fancy as he likes but when all he has to work with is a hot plate we know he’s only doing the basics
This set could be easily redesigned to fit todays standards.
My first lego set. I had it to this day. Very used.
This set looked absolutely magical in the catalogue, overlooking Formula 1 race (page 17 of 1990 big UK catalogue if you want to have a look). I was so happy to finally buy it couple years ago
Round 1x1 plates attached to the underside of an arch? I've never seen this technique in a Lego set.
On page 24 of lego ideas book 260, there is a cool alternative build of this set placed on the raised baseplate from Eldorado Fortress. I just saw a couple of days ago some guy on Facebook build that and it looks so good! Also, I concour @myth that scene is beautiful!
This was one of the few sets my sister had and it was most certainly hers as she told me if i tried to touch it. Luckily she decided she didn't want it any more and it became mine!
I managed to get the rerelease of this set when I was younger. Still a great restaurant model and a great exemplar of its era, even if there’s no food to speak of in it.
I had it, I sold it when I became a teenager. Fantastic set. When I returned as AFOL, I bought 41379 as some kind of a replacement.
@Arnoldos said:
"Round 1x1 plates attached to the underside of an arch? I've never seen this technique in a Lego set."
It works with some versions of the arch, but the wall thickness has changed over the years. Bricklink, of course, only tracks part variations that they recognize as being functional, and this is one of the many, many, many functional differences that they don't understand.
It's such a charming set. At the time places to eat were rare outside of instances where you could get a small snackbar. So it must have stood out like a beacon amidst its contemporaries. The design is also very memorable with the giant windows and even now it's not often you see sets with an entrance area, outside seating area and second floor seating area like that. Touches like the fairy light arch, the green branches inside and outside, and stylish splashes of red amidst mostly white and the outdoor lights are just magical.
Overall an absolute classic that deserved getting a re-release!
Awesome vintage set! I have 10037 the re-release set from 2002. This needs to be modernized like sets 40601, 40580, and 40567
@Nuclearxpotato said:
" @PurpleDave said:
"Also, is it my imagination, or did someone "enhance" the faces of the two second-floor patrons with a black marker?"
I had the same exact thought, the package designers of the time must've felt like the faces weren't obvious enough behind the windows. Promo shots like this were always prone to enhancements, ESPECIALLY later in the 2000s... I believe it was usually for marketing to retailers instead of the consumer."
The box art of the re-release set 10037 didn't enhance the faces on the second floor.
Isnt this featured as the Pizzeria in Lego Island? Or was that another similair set.
@PurpleDave said:
""Ride on a breeze to get to the second floor, because we ain't got any stairs to climb!""
Oh no! Children having to use their imagination? What a nightmare!
@Eightcoins8 said:
"Isnt this featured as the Pizzeria in Lego Island? Or was that another similair set."
The pizzeria in LEGO Island is a very different model, I’m not sure it even appeared as a Lego set in real life. The police station in the game is definitely a real set, but the other buildings are a mix of actual models and original creations.
Never had this set, but I've always admired it's beauty and serenity.
Loved seeing this in catalogs as a kid. Finally got one a few years back in a bulk lot, I love it now. Planning to add some to it before it goes into my city, make some stairs and more seating on another baseplate.
Lego city never has enough eateries. This, Pizza-to-go, the hamburger stand...was that it for food through the 80s and 90s?
I'm glad to see so many food trucks in the city line now, and of course there's Chez Albert and little coffee places in train stations and the Chinese restaurant.
You know, I usually don't have very much attachment to sets from this era, due to ones like this predating me by a year and predating my interest in themed Lego by almost a decade; but this set is sort of an exception due to seeing the re-release all over my Lego Shop @ Home catalogues in 2002. As much as I liked what Lego was putting out at the time (I'm in the minority here, I know...! But Bionicle, Alpha Team, Lego Island characters getting physical minifigures in IXS, and Attack of the Clones sets, kept 2002 from being a disaster Lego year for me!), I always found it fascinating to see the re-releases of older sets, definitely poured over them a lot in the catalogues, even though I never did actually get them myself.
I especially always would have liked to get one of those chef minifigures, as a kid I thought they were very cool both for the hat piece and the outfit print - although I have preferred the moustached version from e.g. 6350 since I was never a fan of the classic smiley... even though that face was literally only two triangles different from it xD - but never did in the end.
Also, based on his outfit: is that Slyboots from Adventurers upstairs? Before he grew a beard, got glasses, and turned to villainy???
@dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach.
@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach."
I'm imagining some stairs!
I will pass on the McDs, that's a terrible set. I did forget Paradisa had those two, I don't have either of them yet, sadly, but they're on my wantlist.
Did the big rig truck stop have any actual food areas?
@Arnoldos said:
"Round 1x1 plates attached to the underside of an arch? I've never seen this technique in a Lego set."
This set mad the Most Viewed Sets list a couple of years ago (https://brickset.com/article/101149/what-s-hot-this-week) apparently because of that. I wondered at the time if it would still be considered a legal technique. Before Lego really codified what was and wasn't okay to do, many sets used techniques that would be verboten nowadays, especially plates between studs, but now only tiles between studs are allowed.
@dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach."
I'm imagining some stairs!
I will pass on the McDs, that's a terrible set. I did forget Paradisa had those two, I don't have either of them yet, sadly, but they're on my wantlist.
Did the big rig truck stop have any actual food areas?"
I was going by sets that had the Restaurant tag, but I wasn't looking too closely at the images. There were also airports, train stations, and trains in the mix, but two of those would require booking passage in today's world.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @Arnoldos said:
"Round 1x1 plates attached to the underside of an arch? I've never seen this technique in a Lego set."
This set mad the Most Viewed Sets list a couple of years ago (https://brickset.com/article/101149/what-s-hot-this-week) apparently because of that. I wondered at the time if it would still be considered a legal technique. Before Lego really codified what was and wasn't okay to do, many sets used techniques that would be verboten nowadays, especially plates between studs, but now only tiles between studs are allowed."
It doesn't stress the arch at all, which is the main concern. Some versions of that arch won't even contact the stud on two sides, so it would only be possible if you built it upside-down. I think there might also be a version where the clutch would be so weak that it'd never make it past the Design Department into an official set.
@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach."
I'm imagining some stairs!
I will pass on the McDs, that's a terrible set. I did forget Paradisa had those two, I don't have either of them yet, sadly, but they're on my wantlist.
Did the big rig truck stop have any actual food areas?"
I was going by sets that had the Restaurant tag, but I wasn't looking too closely at the images. There were also airports, train stations, and trains in the mix, but two of those would require booking passage in today's world."
I guess there are a few more with food places in them than I realized, but we still need more dedicated restaurants!
@dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach."
I'm imagining some stairs!
I will pass on the McDs, that's a terrible set. I did forget Paradisa had those two, I don't have either of them yet, sadly, but they're on my wantlist.
Did the big rig truck stop have any actual food areas?"
I was going by sets that had the Restaurant tag, but I wasn't looking too closely at the images. There were also airports, train stations, and trains in the mix, but two of those would require booking passage in today's world."
I guess there are a few more with food places in them than I realized, but we still need more dedicated restaurants!"
I wonder how the numbers stack up between actual restaurants vs. "street food" (food trucks and carts).
@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach."
I'm imagining some stairs!
I will pass on the McDs, that's a terrible set. I did forget Paradisa had those two, I don't have either of them yet, sadly, but they're on my wantlist.
Did the big rig truck stop have any actual food areas?"
I was going by sets that had the Restaurant tag, but I wasn't looking too closely at the images. There were also airports, train stations, and trains in the mix, but two of those would require booking passage in today's world."
I guess there are a few more with food places in them than I realized, but we still need more dedicated restaurants!"
I wonder how the numbers stack up between actual restaurants vs. "street food" (food trucks and carts)."
There must be a few more restaurants now, but little stands do exist in the train stations. Even the Airport Shuttle has a burger stand. I'd guess most of Lego City is food stands and trucks, especially since they seem to release new food trucks yearly these days.
@PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @dimc:
Apparently you're only allowed to use imagination to get them to the second floor, so hold up on adding stairs. 3438 was 1999. If you count Paradisa, 6411 was 1992, and 6402 was 1994. There were also a couple truck stops, if you've got a cast-iron stomach."
I'm imagining some stairs!
I will pass on the McDs, that's a terrible set. I did forget Paradisa had those two, I don't have either of them yet, sadly, but they're on my wantlist.
Did the big rig truck stop have any actual food areas?"
I was going by sets that had the Restaurant tag, but I wasn't looking too closely at the images. There were also airports, train stations, and trains in the mix, but two of those would require booking passage in today's world."
I guess there are a few more with food places in them than I realized, but we still need more dedicated restaurants!"
I wonder how the numbers stack up between actual restaurants vs. "street food" (food trucks and carts)."
Friends almost certainly has a higher proportion of restaurants than City.
At the time this was the only way to get a palm tree and parrot outside of a pirates set. Also includes the very rare 6 x 24 white plate.
The cowboy got lost and wandered in
@stevild3 said:
"The cowboy got lost and wandered in"
There was a time, back when miniquins ruled the tiny little earth, that cowboy hats were code for "civilian male". Pigtails were "civilian female", and officers caps were for uniformed workers. That was it. No other options.
@BabuBrick
To answer your question from yesterday, my favourite is probably 75076 Republic Gunship.
@Miyakan said:
" @BabuBrick
To answer your question from yesterday, my favourite is probably 75076 Republic Gunship."
Cool! That's a good one.
Ah, the good old days. This is again a classic example of having substantial builds without going over the 200 / 300-piece count. Sets today with 183 pieces would only feature a couple of minifigs, a motor/bike or small car and a tiny little side build. Only the Juniors theme was able to create decent playsets that had good balance of big and small parts.