I completely rebuilt the Cada C66007 Japanese Summer Breeze Coffee Shop (not Lego MOC)

 

Hey guys, I'm back to show you another set of mods I made to my Lego compatible Cada Japanese shops.  Today, we will be looking at my major revision to the Summer Breeze Coffee Shop C66007 building block set.  

I have been updating my Cada Japanese shops to conform to the standard baseplate dimensions of 16x32 studs, and the summer breeze coffee shop is the last building to get the treatment.  I use the MILS system to strengthen the baseplate for easy handling and rigidity.

In case you are new here, or are unfamiliar with the Cada Summer Breeze Coffee Shop, here are a few pictures I took earlier this year.  It's a smallish building with an even smaller baseplate.

It's a very unique design from designer exesandbox, however I found it too small to display with my minifigures.

And it was really cramped behind the counter!

For this modification, I plan to enlarge the building to make the inside roomier.  Here was my initial idea after disassembling the coffee shop.  I pretty much deconstructed the entire building and rebuilt it from the ground up.  

Here's a complete list of the modifications I made:

• convert to standard size baseplate
• convert to MILS system
• widen front sidewalk
• add rear patio
• increase the interior space
• change the floor tiles
• reduce the height, and shorten the serving counter
• improve distance between counter and back wall
• add separate counter for seating and relocate stools
• add a clock
• move the service entrance from the side to rear of building
• move the shelf to the side wall
• add a shelf and coffee cups
• add a standard door for service entrance
• change the front window glass to turquoise
• add an extra chair and table
• add two removable glass panel walls to side of the shop
• remove two display cases
• remove the side awning
• retain as much roof detail as possible
• modify the rear wall exterior detail
• add barista and customer minifigures

Now, just enjoy the picture tour and see if you can find all of the modifications I listed above.

Of all of the Cada shop mods I have done, this one was the most challenging, because I had to pretty much reconstruct everything including the floor and the  walls.  But I still wanted to retain the essence of the exesandbox design as much as possible.  The only major item I had to discard from the original design was the slide-out awning on the side of the building.

With the expanded interior and the removable side wall, coffee shop patrons can truly take advantage of those summer breezes.

Here's my other Cada shop modification posts:

Cada Japanese Tea Shop C66010 mods

Cada Japanese Steamed Bun Shop C66006 mods

And here are my reviews of the original sets, designed by exesandbox:

Cada C66006 Japanese Steamed Bun Shop Set Review

Cada C66007 Japanese Summer Breeze Coffee Shop set review

Cada C66010 Japanese Tea Shop Set Review

Want this set?  Get it from Afobrick.com, and don't forget to get an extra 5% off using code itsnotlego.

My project to completely convert every Cada modular building is now complete!

Thanks for looking, bye for now!

Cada Steamed Bun Shop and Summer Breeze Coffee Shop Picture Show (Special Promo by Afobrick.com)

Hey, what's up people, welcome back to Bricks and Figs!  I recently built both of the @exesandbox designed Japanese themed buildings for which I posted separate detailed reviews of the Steamed Bun shop and the Summer Breeze coffee shop.

You can find pictures of the individual buildings on various websites, but I've yet to come across many pictures of both the bun shop and coffee shop together, so that's what this post will do.  

For a limited time only, afobrick.com is doing a special promo, buy both the CADA C66007 coffee shop and the C66006 steamed bun shop together and get 8% off their already low prices.

The side you mostly won't see.

Drone view

Side of the bun shop

Beauty shot

Coffee shop with doors closed

The buildings really shine at night!

Hope you have enjoyed the pictures of both the Cada buildings together.  Don't forget to take advantage of the special pricing only found at AFOBRICK.com!

See ya!

Cada C66007 Summer Breeze Coffee Shop Review (Not Lego)

Hey brick fans, welcome back to Bricks and Figs!   Ready for another review?  Let's go!

Today, we will be reviewing another beautiful designed building by Exe Sandbox (instagram: @exesandbox) in partnership with Doublee_Cada blocks.  Not too long ago, I reviewed the Cada Steamed Bun Shop which was Exe Sandbox's first collaboration with Cada, and I can say that that was an awesome set.

Thanks to afobrick.com, I get to review the 1108 piece Summer Breeze Coffee Shop.  You can find this set on their on-line store right now.  Shipping is free and superfast, as I can attest to getting my set in under 2 weeks.

Here's what the building block set consists of, besides the instruction manual.  There's a small sticker sheet, an LED light string with USB adapter, and several bags of parts. Bags with the number 1 on them correspond to building instructions starting with A in the manual, and bags with the number 2 on them are to be used in steps with  the letter B.

Just like in the Steamed Bun shop, there is an introduction on the first page of the manual by ExeSandbox.  The instructions are clear and easy to follow on this set.

Here's some of the pics I took during the build.  Lots of nice detailing!  Bricks are top notch and have their own logo on them.  They don't use Gobricks but the quality is just the same.

"CaDA Bricks is a brand of building bricks created by the Double Eagle Group, located in mainland China (Shantou city). Our toy bricks are produced from high quality raw materials and certified according to leading International Safety Standards. CaDA was established in 2016 and has since developed many successful building bricks sets."

Source: https://decadastore.com/pages/about-us

About the summer breeze coffee shop, it's a smaller building that has a footprint of 17 studs wide by 19 studs deep.  There is a small sidewalk in front of the shop that's occupied by a construction pylon and what appears to be a manhole cover.  The raised platform is home to several plants and a signboard listing the coffee prices in japanese yen.

Here's a better look at the shop interior.  There's a counter that runs the width of the shop with seating for three on the stools.  A small shelf next to the counter has more plants.  The coffee machine sits on the counter with a small sink behind it.  The coffee menu on the wall is the same one on the signboard.  A large potted plant occupies another part of the counter.  Finally the back wall has a shelf and a ventilation unit.  For such a small building, this little coffee shop is packed with details.  

It's a tight squeeze behind the counter, but the barista can at least exit the shop via the side entrance with it's unique covering.  Notice the technic brick here, I think it can be used with a technic pin to attach it to the side of Cada steamed bun shop.

Here's another look at the interior.  There's a flip up window over the sink that could be used as a drive through window if one wanted to be really creative.

As with the steamed bun shop, the coffee shop is equipped with the same LED lighting.  I fed the lighting wire through a small hole in the back wall and  it snakes around the top perimeter of the shop.  You have to provide your own power supply because the building kit doesn't come with.  You can use the light's USB adapter to plug it into any device or battery pack that has a USB slot.

With the panel and sliding door installed, you really can't appreciate the interior details, which is why you'll notice that I purposely left them off in my pictures.  The lower part of the building is complete, time to move on to the shop roof.

I love the design that ExeSandbox used to create the retractable overhang in the roof.

It's controlled by this knob you turn on the rear of the building.

Another cool feature is the opening skylight with a pivoting support arm to keep it open.

Front features of the roof includes some kind of mechanical box with chrome piping. There are three small spotlights and signage for the shop.  Too bad these couldn't be lit up!

Here's the coffee shop with the roof on!  Looks amazing!  BTW, I chose to swap the positions of the sign board and the light pole.  I think it's a cleaner look this way.  And I left off the construction pylon in most of my pics, because I feel it detracts from the beauty of the shop.

Displayed with doors removed.

With canopy extended.

You can only feel the summer breeze with the windows and doors open.

Especially when you open the skylight in the roof.

Please know that the two mini figures in the pictures, do not come with the set. I added them from my collection so you can get an idea whether this set is compatible scale-wise to other Lego style modular buildings.  I think the scale of the summer breeze coffee shop is perfect.

I really enjoyed this build and the way it looks. The architecture and design really stands out.  So many details and features for such a small set, like the opening skylight, the cantilevered extension, and the sliding doors.  Even the stickers were great!  Five stars for the Cada Summer Breeze Coffee Shop!

Please check out their the afobrick.com store for this and other great Lego compatible building sets.  Don't forget to use coupon code ITSNOTLEGO at checkout to get a further discount off your purchases.

The two Cada sets look great together!   Bye and thanks for visiting Bricks and Figs!