Ok, let's get into it! There's a look of details to look at both inside and outside, so I've broken this post into several sections, namely: Exterior, Main Floor, Second Floor and Third Floor. Warning! There will be a lot of pictures!
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I made a Taco Shop Modular Building using not Lego bricks
Happy September brick fans! Welcome back to another episode of Bricks and Figs, my blog about minifigures and MOCs. If you want to see my latest not Lego set builds, please check out my other blog Its-Not-Lego. Today, I'd like to share with you this Taco shop that I made using not Lego bricks.
The inspiration to make a taco shop came from some of the minifigures in my collection.And the taco shop was born. It's a two storey modular building that occupies a 16x32 baseplate. It's got the obligatory sidewalk and street light that is standard with most modular builds. The roof has a surprise feature! Later, we will look at each floor and the rooftop in greater detail.
The Exterior (Front)
Main floor Interior
With the top floors removed, we can take a look at the main floor interior. I used red and green as the contrasting colour in the floors and walls and the yellow as an accent colour. Got a staircase that leads to the second floor. Added some details like the clock and broom.
Here's a different view of the first floor layout. There's the seating area with the menu on the wall. The prep area behind the cash counter is where the tacos are assembled. There are different compartments for the beef, cheese, avocado and tomatoes.I also added a drink dispenser with three kinds of soft drinks and cups above the machine. Both the food prep station and the drinks dispenser were inspired by Bevin's Bricks taco bell custom modular building.
Here's another view of the downstairs before we head to the second floor. At the moment, we have one employee manning the cash register at the taco store and one customer downstairs.
Second Floor Interior
The Exterior (Rear)
If there's one colour of alternate brand bricks I prefer not to use, it's red. There are so many colour variations across the different brick brands. Sluban brand red bricks are the worst because it's a much darker shade of red than the other knockoff brands. My building has a mishmash of red bricks.
Block Tech makes the bay window, but the window glass doesn't stay in. I might have to glue it down to make it stay. I placed an awning right across the back to cover the bay window. I'll probably add some garbage cans and bins to the back.
Rooftop
In order to showcase my masked wrestler minifigures, I put a red floor on the rooftop. It kind of looks like a wrestling ring. It's actually a fenced off terrace.
I hung up some heads to celebrate Dia de Muertos, Mexico's November holiday.