Tonight we finished the Lego Palace Cinema. One of the first things we worked on was the door leading to the roof:

The roof tiles were also an early addition to the set:

As was this gong, which I think is a really fun touch!

One of the best parts of the set, though, is the signs…they look great on their own, and even better put together!

The moviegoers have discovered that the stairs lead to the secret roof door:

The front facade of the building, minus the signs:

And from the side and the front, once the signs were added:

Because this is a corner piece, I decided to leave a street between it and the Pet Shop, so the limo can drive through:

A view of our entire Lego street:

This was a fun build. I really love how it mimics Grauman’s Chinese Theater. I also love that it’s our second corner building…it really adds options for how we display our street. The next building we add will be the Town Hall…we already decided that it will be our Christmas gift this year, and it’s even been purchased already. Since it is for Christmas, though, it will be a while before we build it. After that, we’ll be looking forward to finding out what the next modular building will be, and how it will fit into our street!

Tonight we worked on instruction book two of the Lego Palace Cinema. As usual, we got started with the minifigs…tonight, we built the moviegoers:

Since the theater seats were one of the first things built, our happy couple was seated pretty quickly.

A short time later, the projector was assembled, and the overworked theater employee moved upstairs to operate it.

Once the big screen was added, we were ready for some movie watching! I love the curtain details, and even though I’m not a huge fan of Lego stickers, this one looks really good.

This was a pretty basic floor, with just the seats, the projector, the screen, and the stairs to the roof added to it. I think it’s probably the quickest build of a modular building floor we’ve ever done.

The windows look nice, but this is the one part that bothers everyone in our house. What theater has windows?

Even with the window complaint, it’s still a great looking building…I can’t wait to add the roof and the signs, because they’re the most detailed parts, and quite beautiful!

It’s Lego time again! This time, we’re working on building the Palace Cinema, the latest addition to our modular Main Street. Night one of building introduced us to four minifigs: a child movie star and her chauffeur, a photographer (complete with very cool Lego camera), and an obviously overworked theater employee. We also built a cool Lego limousine.

The first night of building focused on the ticket and concession areas inside the theater:

There are also some really cool outside details, too, including a walk-up ticket window, as well as a really cool walk of fame. The printed star tiles were what made me fall in love with this set in the first place…they’re beautifully done!

I also love the Lego movie posters…very creative, and I’m pretty sure we’re living “Forever Sorting!”

It’s a very nice design so far, and I’m enjoying that it’s another corner building like the Grand Emporium.

The second floor will be the actual theater room…I can’t wait to see how it comes together!