Hey brick fans!
I recently had the pleasure of building this new set called the Graffiti Bus Stop F9066. It's part of the FunWhole Street Fusion series and features three separate components that can be displayed in a number of variations. My quickie review of the original set can be found here if you want to see what's included.
While it's a cool little set, I needed it to fit into the format of my not Lego city. So, I set about integrating it into my typical layout.
I've customised my set by placing it onto a 32x32 stud raised baseplate, some of you might know this better as a MILS plate. The original set came as three separate components which you could link together, and move around, but in my setup I have created a transit hub. The transit hub serves as a connection point between the bus terminal and train line.
The transit hub consists of the bus terminal shelter, the grafitti laden mezzanine and a train line in behind. The small flea market is no more. With the raised baseplate, I have included a studded sidewalk on which to attach my minifigures. FunWhole typically only uses smooth tiles in the majority of their sets so I always end up replacing them with studded plates so that minifigures can be more easily affixed.
Here is the mezzanine which serves as the entrance to the local rapid transit train line. The recycling center and sign post from the original set was retained, but is now supplemented by a vending machine. I've added a few extra minifigures and another bike. I've also added a few of my own minifigures to give it a little more hustle and bustle to this upgraded transit hub.
The silver bench from the OG bus stop has now been replaced by a turquoise bench that spans the length of the bus shelter. I've hidden the wire connection hub for the lighting under the bench. Lighting for the bus shelter has been retained. The payphone stays pretty much in it's original location, but the extra trash can is a new addition. I incorporated the smaller grafitti wall from the flea market directly into the bus shelter.
The majority of glass panels from the bus shelter have been repurposed into the train platform which is located behind the bus shelter.
It's hard to see the train platform when viewing the transit hub from the front, so here's an overhead shot. Stair access to the train platform is via the large mezzanine next to the bus shelter. The accent light from the grafitti wall has been repurposed as lighting for the train platform.
This is the view from the train tracks with a better view of the reused grafitti glass wall.
In this view, we can better see the new vending machine and the light green bike from the OG set. In the FunWhole Newsstand set, there was a printed ad for fresh farm produce and I've placed the ad on the fence as an easter egg.
The mezzanine area is a bit underlit so a future project may be to include some extra lighting in that space.
Thanks for looking at my modified Grafitti Transit Hub, see you next time, Bye!
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