Sluban's Hot Dog Cart Building Block Set Review M38-B0565

Hi there, brick fans! I saw this little building block set back in 2016 and thought it might be a nice addition to my modular town. This Hotdog Cart is made by Sluban for its series Town Business Street. The set number is M38-B0565 and it contains 112 pieces.

The instructions for the Sluban Hot dog cart comes on a single two sided page.  This is the first side.

Here's the second part of the instructions.

 The hot dog cart set comes in two separate bags.  There's no stickers that come with this set.

 These are the Hot dog cart building block pieces removed from their bags.

 Sluban mini figures are made differently than Lego mini figures so they aren't compatible at all.

Here's a comparison of the Sluban mini figure versus a Lego compatible mini figure.  The Sluban mini figure actually has more mobility than Lego.  It's head can tilt side to side and it's hands can rotate in different directions.  The torso can also turn left and right.

 This Sluban set consists of one mini figure, a red scooter and a hot dog cart with an assortment of foods.  Despite it being a hot dog cart, the only things sold are buns and sandwiches.  There 2 green beverage bottles too.

The scooter can attach and detach from the the cart.  The cart carries two goblets and has tables that flip up on either side for serving food.

Here's the back view, but I'm not sure what the attachments are supposed to be.  To the right of the cart, you can see that you get a lot of extra parts that are leftover from the build.

 You get two sandwiches and a large assortment of buns.

Our vendor mini figure has setup his hot dog on a busy street in town.   But he doesn't look too happy that nobody wants to buy his sandwich.

This set only cost me about $2 back in 2016, but now seven years later is costs $7 CDN.  Do you think it's still worth it?   Let me know!

Brand:  Sluban
Series: Town Business Street
Model: M38-B0565 Hot Dog cart
Number of pieces: 112 with lots of extra parts

Hsanhe 6411-1 KFC Shop converted to a modular building (not Lego MOC)

Back in August, I reviewed the Hsanhe brand KFC Restaurant 6411-1 modular building.  You can find that review in my blog post here.  At that time I made a second floor for the shop and thought to myself, how cool would it be if I could integrate it with the Lepin modular town.   Unfortunately, that version of the building was only 6 studs deep.

I wanted it to sit on a 16x32 baseplate, so I set about making a full depth modular. You can see the front has not changed too much since I originally built it back in August.

But the biggest difference is when you look at it as a stand-alone model.   I just had enough bricks to build the walls, cobbled together from Wange and Kazi bricks.  You can see some difference in brick texture and colour, but when placed between the Lepin modulars you won't see the side wall bricks.

The two storey building has parking for two cars on the ground floor.  The second floor gets a back door and two windows.  There's even room for a small terrace.

I haven't furnished the second floor yet, right now it's just a monthly meeting place for Criminals Anonymous.

On the ground floor, the original fast food shop, gets a longer counter and two seats.  I didn't make any changes to the counter or grill area.

I'm not done with this modular yet.  I want to add a third floor.  The second floor will be furnished as a living and eating area and the third floor will be a bedroom and bathroom.

Unfortunately, I've run out of red bricks, but am considering doing the third floor in a different colour scheme while retaining the same front facade.  I might do a third floor terrace facing towards the front.

When I add the third floor, I will have to add two  staircases inside the building. That means I will have to give up one of the parking spots to make the stair well.   Until that time, I've added a temporary staircase to the side of the KFC shop.

Thanks for looking at my custom Hsanhe KFC shop modular building!

Pogo Brand PG8006 Not Lego X-Men Minifigures

 

Hey there! Let's look at another set of mini figures today.  These ones are made by Pogo and were never made by Lego, so technically they are not fakes or knockoffs.  Set PG8006 consists of 8 mini figures.  Some are good and some not so good.   Let's review shall we?

First up:  PG022 Wolverine

I cannot stand the face this used on this Wolverine mini figure. It just looks stupid.  The eyes are too close together.   

I love Wolverine's costume though.  I might pick up a few more of PG022 just to get the outfit and toss the heads away.  I'm hoping they will do one a female version of this costume, so I could put all the X-men together with the same outfits.  It's interesting that Pogo does some back leg printing on this set.

PG023 Rogue, nice touch on the hair colouring.

Rogue also has printing on the back of her legs.

PG024 Quicksilver - this character is based on a comic book version, not the movie version.

Not crazy about Quicksilver's hairpiece.

Here's PG025 Psylocke.  I don't like her face but not sure why.

The Psylocke minifg comes with a pink sword and purple thunderbolt which I chose not to display here.

PG026 Professor Xavier.   My favourite of the bunch.

He comes with a cool wheelchair.

Professor X from behind.

Professor X's wheelchair from behind  ;P .

PG027 Iceman - The derpy eyebrows and facial expression is not working for me.

Iceman backside.

PG028 Archangel.  Love the badass face and side printing on the arms.

Sadly, the chrome wings I got were all scratched to hell.  

PG029 Mystique - The only minifig in this set with two faces.  They should not have made Mystique the lead character in the X-Men: Apocalypse move.  Jennifer Lawrence is over-rated.

Mystique with angry face.  

Mystique rear view.

Thanks for looking!

Brand:  Pogo

Set: PG8006 X-men minifigures

Number of minifgs: 8