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Custom LEGO prints by Brick Builders Pro

by on July 30, 2018
in LEGO Customizers

When we discussed The LEGO Neighborhood Book by Brian and Jason Lyles, I mentioned that there are a couple of websites that offer high-quality instructions for custom LEGO Modular Buildings. The authors themselves run BrickCityDepot.com, and BrickBuildersPro.com is another great resource. Besides custom LEGO instructions, Brick Builders Pro also started offering custom stickers and printed parts. The demand for these naturally grew from the need of LEGO fans who wanted to customize their official and custom LEGO Modular Buildings. Stickered and printed shop windows, food items, signs, and other accessories can really enhance a LEGO city display, while also making it unique. I recently placed my first order for custom printed parts at BrickBuildersPro.com, so I thought to write a review of my experience. 🙂

We talked about the custom LEGO Modular Buildings instructions by Brick Builders Pro in the Brick City Depot & & Brick Builders Pro review, so we won’t be discussing those today. In summary, I would just say that there are some exceptionally nice designs in the selection, compatible with the LEGO Modular Buildings, and/or LEGO City in general.

Brick Builders Pro also caries a vast selection of custom printed LEGO elements. Comic books and magazines, computer and gaming console parts, vending machines, arcade games, tiny LEGO set boxes, and more.

Brick Builders Pro also has a large selection of printed food items; cereal boxes, food jars, snacks, chocolate bars, sodas, takeout boxes, pizza boxes, bakery items, and more. Other food-related items are gumball machines, candy dispensers, printed menus, and printed window signs for restaurants, grocery stores, and bakeries.

LEGO Space is another theme Brick Builders Pro covers to some extent, with some really sweet LEGO Classic Space, LEGO Blacktron, LEGO M-Tron torso prints, consoles, etc. One of the items I got is a very large LEGO Classic Space Super Computer on an 8×16 tile. It’s such a beauty! Speaking of large printed tiles, they have some other interesting prints on the same large tile piece.

I also really like the large printed murals pictured below. They are perfect for covering the outside of a building, or even the inside of an arcade, record shop, coffee shop, candy shop, etc.

Unfortunately, the navigation options of Brick BuildersPro.com are not well developed, so you pretty much have to take the time to go through all the pages to familiarize yourself with the products and find the items you might be interested in. If you register to the site, there is a wish-list option, which is very helpful to save some of the items you may be interested in.

The items I got from Brick Builders Pro are high quality, with vibrant colors and sharp edges. I’m very happy with them. In fact, I’m already thinking about placing another order. It’s actually better to order all the items you want at once, as it make the shipping fee more affordable. However, since I was just trying out the products for the first time, I didn’t want to go overboard. Now that I know I like them, I can place larger orders. Unfortunately, some of the items are only available in small quantities. For example, I could only order one blue LEGO Classic Space torso, because that’s all they had in stock.

One other thing I was not too happy about is that when I checked out at the BrickBuildersPro.com online shop, there was a notification that there may be several weeks of delay due to processing a large number of orders. I did get my order in exactly three weeks, so the waiting time wasn’t too bad. However, it’s a good idea to keep in mind that this can happen with small shops that are run by an individual or small team.

All in all, I’m very happy with my first order for custom printed items at BrickBuildersPro.com. The printing quality, color matching, and design selection are all excellent. I wish shipping was a bit cheaper and faster, but I can live with that now that I know what to expect.

What do you think? How do you like these custom printed items by Brick Builders Pro? Have you ever placed an order with them for either custom instructions or printed LEGO elements? Feel free to share your own reviews in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Modular Building post office & more!

by on July 28, 2018
in Featured LEGO Creations

The LEGO Creator Modular Buildings is a fantastic series many LEGO fans love to collect and display. LEGO has been releasing one new set each year, and with the most recent #10260 LEGO Creator Downtown Diner, we are up to thirteen buildings in the collection. Collecting, building, and displaying the LEGO Modular Buildings is a rewarding hobby in itself. More adventurous LEGO fans will go even further by customizing the interior and exterior of the buildings, and even design and build their own structures compatible with the Modulars. This can eventually lead to designing brand new structures that fit the style of the LEGO Modular Buildings. 🙂

A LEGO fan whose custom LEGO Modular Buildings I really like goes by the name Bricked1980. He started out with customizing some of the official LEGO Modular Buildings, which eventually led to designing his own structures from scratch. The picture below features the official #10218 LEGO Creator Pet Shop, and the #10243 LEGO Creator Parisian Restaurant, with a custom post office sandwiched in between.

The British-style building has a split layout, with two structures sitting on a 32×32 baseplate (standard for the LEGO Modular Buildings). In between the buildings, there is a shared stairwell, which can be accessed from the street. This is how minifigs can reach the upper floors. There is also a small square at the front with sitting arrangements and a flowering tree. Both buildings follow similar designs as the official LEGO Modular Buildings; decorative stonework, windows with white frames, window box planters with flowers, and somewhat muted colors.

The late 1950s post office is the main attraction, but there is also a fish & chip shop, a mail sorting room, a café, and a generic business office. They are spread out between the three floors of the two buildings. (You might have figured out by now that Bricked1980 is British.) While the spaces are small, they are tastefully decorated with realistic details. Here, I included some pictures, and you can find a lot more at Bricked1980’s flickr gallery. Also, there is an old style mail van that can pull up to the post office to pick up mail and packages.

While in the first pictures the post office was placed in between two official sets, Bricked1980 also designed two other buildings; a convenience store (using parts from the #31036 LEGO Creator Toy & Grocery Shop, #31050 LEGO Creator Corner Deli, and #31065 LEGO Creator Park Street Townhouse), and a British pub named The Queen Bricktoria. You can see all of the buildings together in the picture below, and find more images of the interiors and exteriors at Bricked1980’s flickr gallery.

If you would like to experiment with designing your own structures, it is a good idea to start with one of the official LEGO Modular Buildings to learn advanced building techniques, techniques for decorations, layout ideas, color matching, etc. You can redecorate some of the spaces, change colors, add extra stories to the buildings and/or widen them, and make other modifications. All of these prepare you to eventually being able to design your own structures from scratch. You can find the currently available sets at the LEGO Creator section of the Online LEGO Shop.

Also, if you like Bricked1980’s building style, you may want to take a look at his project at LEGO Ideas, featuring a classic steam-powered traction engine. If you like to see it as an official LEGO set, make sure you support it with your vote: THE OLD WORKSHORSE – TRACTION ENGINE

What do you think? How do you like these custom LEGO Modular Buildings? Do you collect the Modulars? Have you ever customized them or added your own buildings to the layout? Feel free to share your thoughts and own experiences in the comment section below! 😉

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