Oh I have this set stashed somewhere. Forgot about it.

Was a time when this, the Apple Tree House, and another yellow Creator house were not uncommonly seen on our layouts, if we needed one or two blocks of filler. We’ve moved past the need for that, mostly, though we do sometimes still get the odd Modular, or some IP-based building (I’ve modified both Flintstones and Home Alone for layouts, so I can’t really complain).

I prefer the parts for the roof of this set instead of the parts needed for the roof of the Rivendell set!

Now that feels like a bit of a challenging 3-in-1; that’s a lot of deconstructing and rebuilding you’d need to do for each modern, feels like a child might find that a bit trying

Nice looking house. I've seen it but didn't feel the need to have it. Although I prefer the classics, new modularsa are amazing. Houses like these feels stuck in the middle, at least to me.

The car looks weird, as if it's pasted onto the render instead of rendered with the house.

It's a nice design, but I remember passing on it, at the time, because of the lack of interiors.

I'm not saying the set isn't great, but looking through the instructions, it does seem a little odd that there's not even an attempt at any sort of interior given such large windows.

@MCLegoboy said:
"I'm not saying the set isn't great, but looking through the instructions, it does seem a little odd that there's not even an attempt at any sort of interior given such large windows."

None of the creator houses to the time had an interior that came with the Set. I had the Red Roof one from the same year, interior also sparse.

This was the second set that I bought after my dark age (the first being 10182 Café Corner). I really enjoyed the build, at the time, but it is a little "basic" by 2025 standards. Eventually mine got rebuilt as a signal box for my Lego railway.

Today this would be 180$

I like the old style brick build walls and classic slope brick roof, going back to the original Lego sets and only 2 main colours makes a great parts set for your own architectural mocs, which avoids looking like a mess.

@dudeski said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Now that feels like a bit of a challenging 3-in-1; that’s a lot of deconstructing and rebuilding you’d need to do for each modern, feels like a child might find that a bit trying "

Huh? Don’t you always need to break a 3-in-1 set down completely to build the alternatives? There do not seem to be many challenging building techniques involved, so I’m confident most kids can do this, don’t underestimate them.

"

Yes, which is why they’re normally smaller than a house. I feel like having to take apart something that large would get monotonous for a child, it’s why the Dreamzzz sets usually try to keep a core build

This set would have 3000k + pieces these days.

…looks like modular announcement is coming..

@Miyakan said:
"A classic!

Apparently anyway. I never had it.

It would be nice if they did some larger scale creator houses again though."

Scale if quite alright, minifig can fit just fine...

I love this set (bought 2nd hand, but I love it just the same)

@Brickalili said:
"Now that feels like a bit of a challenging 3-in-1; that’s a lot of deconstructing and rebuilding you’d need to do for each modern, feels like a child might find that a bit trying "

I actually think this set is much easier to break down than most modern sets due to this sets bigger bricks.

I really miss this series. I've some of the models, but unfortunately not this one.
It would be great to see other sets like this again.

This was quite the set! I actually saw it on sale at a market this spring, but I didn't have the funds for it. T'was a good price too. Ah well.

I've got this one on MILs. Need to add furniture inside, but I absolutely love it.

I regretted missing out on this so much that I ordered the parts from LEGO. …but I had to make some modifications for available parts (like the new door height). I also added windows to the back because I can’t believe the original design had NONE!

@AustinPowers said:
" @Brickalili said:
" @dudeski said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Now that feels like a bit of a challenging 3-in-1; that’s a lot of deconstructing and rebuilding you’d need to do for each modern, feels like a child might find that a bit trying "

Huh? Don’t you always need to break a 3-in-1 set down completely to build the alternatives? There do not seem to be many challenging building techniques involved, so I’m confident most kids can do this, don’t underestimate them.

"

Yes, which is why they’re normally smaller than a house. I feel like having to take apart something that large would get monotonous for a child, it’s why the Dreamzzz sets usually try to keep a core build"
What's the matter with kids these days? When I was a kid we dismantled and rebuilt entire layouts without thinking about it. That was part of the fun of playing with LEGO after all, wasn't it?

If kids want near instant gratification they should play with something like Playmobil.

This house isn't a difficult build by any means so taking it apart and rebuilding it isn't much of an effort. "

I don’t think the kids are the issue here, I get the feeling that it’s more the parents’ lack of faith in them.

@Brickalili, 31109, 31120, 31132, and 31168 are all 3-in-1 sets with a similar amount of parts…

@Arnoldos said:
"The car looks weird, as if it's pasted onto the render instead of rendered with the house."

Could very well be. I’ve seen instances where the box art render is clearly a composite because the associated images from that set include exact duplicates of parts of the main image that are displayed individually, when there had previously been background elements right behind them.

@Brickalili:
Dreamzzz, like the TLM sets 2-in-1 sets, feel like the intention is that you’re supposed to be able to easily switch back and forth between the two versions. C3N1 requires a complete teardown between individual models. I can’t recall a single instance where it was just cosmetic tweaks to the exterior.

what a nice looking set. i miss the simplicity of some of these older 2000s lego sets

@PurpleDave said:
" @Brickalili:
Dreamzzz, like the TLM sets 2-in-1 sets, feel like the intention is that you’re supposed to be able to easily switch back and forth between the two versions. C3N1 requires a complete teardown between individual models. I can’t recall a single instance where it was just cosmetic tweaks to the exterior."

The only Dreamzzz sets I have are 30636 and 71487, and the latter is still in my backlog, so I can't speak from experience there, but didn't the TLM sets require complete teardowns between models, too? It's been years since I built one, but I'm pretty sure you did.

I remember when this set came out that so many of us AFOLs were mesmerized by it. We had been getting so many white houses with red roofs in the Creator line, that this more realistic looking and bigger house really wowed us.

@AustinPowers said:
"If kids want near instant gratification they should play with something like Playmobil."
You clearly never assembled a recent Playmobil set.....I totally get why they are close to bankrupcy ;-)

They really got creative with the names after 4956.

I fondly remember this era of Creator houses. Not sure if I saw this one specifically at Toys R Us (rip) many many years ago, but recall being amazed by these sets. Such a great looking house.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Brickalili:
Dreamzzz, like the TLM sets 2-in-1 sets, feel like the intention is that you’re supposed to be able to easily switch back and forth between the two versions. C3N1 requires a complete teardown between individual models. I can’t recall a single instance where it was just cosmetic tweaks to the exterior."

The only Dreamzzz sets I have are 30636 and 71487, and the latter is still in my backlog, so I can't speak from experience there, but didn't the TLM sets require complete teardowns between models, too? It's been years since I built one, but I'm pretty sure you did."

Honestly, the only one I ever built was the polybag that had micro versions of two of the vehicles, which used maybe a dozen pieces each.