Lego Palace Cinema–Night Two

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!

Lego Palace Cinema–Night One

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!

Lego Pet Shop–Night Four

Tonight was the final night for building the Lego Pet Shop!

We worked on the upper floors of the Pet Shop side, which is a nice little apartment, with lots of details.

It didn’t take too long to put together.

We also built a nice little roof for it:

And put the whole thing on top of the store:

It looks great side-by-side with the first half:

But, to display it on our modular street, we split it in half, and I love the way it looks!

I’m not sure which modular we’ll build next, or when that will be. We don’t have the Palace Cinema or the Town Hall yet, and since the Town Hall is the older of the two, that should be our next purchase. I like the Palace Cinema better (actually, I really love it, because it’s got such a unique look!), however, so whenever we have the money for it, that may be the next set we get!

Lego Pet Shop–Night Three

Tonight, we finally got back to work on the Lego Pet Shop!

The second instruction book contains the Pet Shop half of the building. That means people and animals!

I especially love the fish tank:

And the cat trying to chase the mouse:

The way the “Pets” sign came together is genius!

There are lots of great details:

Even half done, it looks nice:

And even better joined with the other half of the building!

Just one more night, and we’ll be done!

Lego Pet Shop–Night Two

Tonight, we finished the first half and the first instruction book of the Lego Pet Shop building (which happens to be the residential half):

We also added a minifig…this time, a painter:

The spiral staircase continued to wind its way up…I love it!

And, there were even more details, including a rooftop garden!

This continues to be a fun build, and I’m loving the split model more and more every day!

Lego Pet Shop–Night One

Tonight we got started on my Lego birthday present for the year…the Lego Pet Shop.

This set has two instructions books, and they’re each divided into two sections. I imagine we’ll use the natural breaks to make this a four night project. Night one introduced us to one minifig:

One of the first things we got to do was build a little flower bed under what would later become a nice bay window:

This set is different from all of the other modular buildings, in that it is built in side-by-side halves. I really like this model, and hope Lego might do some other sets like this in the future…it looks so nice, and it mixes up the display options!

There’s a Lego bathroom, which is endlessly amusing, and an interesting micro build:

The spiral staircase may be my favorite detail so far:

But there are lot of other cool details, too, including a trap door!

This was only the bottom portion of one half of the building…I can’t wait to add to it!

Lego Parisian Restaurant–Night Four

Tonight we completed the third and final instruction book for the Parisian Restaurant!

The third floor of the restaurant is the artist’s studio, complete with skylights. It has paints (and an adorable Lego paintbrush), and an easel, two works of art, and a really cool kiln. The kiln shares the chimney with the fireplace on the second flood, and I really like the way it turned out:

The outside details were, of course, very nice, and very detailed:

The final product is amazing, from all sides:

And, joined together with the Grand Emporium, we have a real start to our modular street:

This is a beautiful set, and it was really fun to build. Next up, we’ll be working on my (early) birthday present…the Lego Pet Shop. Not sure when we’ll get started on it, but I’m really excited about that set, because of the way it splits down the middle…it will give our modular street a whole new look!

Lego Parisian Restaurant–Night Three

Tonight, we worked on book two of the Parisian Restaurant.

The second floor includes a restaurant patio:

But the main feature is the upstairs apartment, which is awesome from the Murphy bed to the fireplace, and everything in between!

The back is very detailed:

But when you put it together with the lower level, it’s even better!

That’s nothing, however, compared to the full (so far) front facade:

Only one more book to go, and then we’ll see how it really looks next to the Grand Emporium…we’re having so much fun!

Lego Parisian Restaurant–Night Two

We finished book one of the Parisian Restaurant tonight!

Two more minifigs were added to the cast of characters, and they’re important–the chef and the waiter:

The restaurant has a name, now!

I love the completed kitchen, especially the refrigerator:

We added tons of details, including furniture, curtains, and artwork:

The pillars out front were an interesting build, and look so cool:

And I really love the menu board by the front door!

There’s even a dumpster out back now, and a mouse very interested in the cheese that has been thrown out (I can’t help but think we might be building the restaurant from Ratatouille!).

The staircase leading to the upstairs was added as well…can’t wait to see where it goes!

This has been a fun build so far, and it looks really pretty with the unusual olive green bricks. I love a fun Lego project!

Lego Parisian Restaurant–Night One

We’ve had the Lego Parisian Restaurant since I gave it to Ryan for his birthday FIVE MONTHS AGO, but we just now started building it. There are three books, but the first one breaks in the middle, so this should be a four-night build for us.

We got started with the first three minifigs:

It doesn’t look like we accomplished much because the walls didn’t go up, but there are tons of details in the flooring (notice the “Chez” written in tile), and the kitchen!

Even without walls, the main dining area is recognizable. I really love the table lamps and the greenery!

This is another beautiful set, and I can’t wait to see how the rest of it comes together!

Amanda Markel

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