Making a modular building from the Lepin 01011 Friends Pizzeria

Hi bootleg brick fans, today I wanted to show you my latest project, which is turning the Lepin 01011 Friends Pizzeria into a full fledged modular building.  I reviewed the Lego bootleg set back in the fall of 2017 and you can find the original pics and build here.

So I wanted to retain the look of the original building but wanted a multi-storey building which would integrate into my Its-Not-Lego town.  This modular building has three floors, the lowest floor being a pizza takeaway shop, and a pizzeria restaurant occupying the second and third floors of the building.

We will look at each floor in detail later, but for now we will tour the outside.  The building depth is 20 studs deep with the building centered on the 16x32 base plate.  That leaves 8 studs for the front walkway and similar amount in the back.  I've used a variety of bricks to construct the modular.  From the side of the building, you can see that I've got a few colours happening.  Mostly burgundy on the main floor, tan and beige on the second, and mostly beige on the third floor.

I managed to retain the windows and awnings on the second floor.  On the original Lepin/Lego design this would have been the first floor with a door separating the windows.  I've added some detailed bricks  to the front of the building, both on the first and second floor.  The third floor also retains the outdoor terrace and arched windows.  Even the foliage and awnings were maintained.

Since the original Lego/Lepin design didn't have a backside to the building, this is where I had to make it up as I went.  On the main floor, I added a back door for deliveries.  The second and third floors get some protruding windows sourced from an old Wange 34052 villa set.  The burgundy wall panels on the fist floor are from the Sluban building that came with the Building Tower set M38-B0555.  The tan bricks on the second floor were sourced from the Sluban City School building M38-B0333.  Additional beige bricks for the third floor also come from the Wange 34052 set.

The First Floor

The first floor pizza takeout shop has a big picture window next to the front door.  Inside there's a stair case that goes up to the second floor for patrons who want to dine in.

 For express take-away service, customers  place their order at the counter.  At the counter, there is a display for pizza slices (currently empty) and a cash register.  Over the counter is future signage for the menu.

In the picture above you can see a pizza cooking in the pizza oven.   There's a small counter by the front window for those who want to eat there.  It's hard to see but there is also a prep table by the rear wall where pizzas are prepared.

The Second Floor

The staircase leads up to the open kitchen on the second floor.  There's another prep table and another pizza oven dedicated for the third floor pizzeria restaurant. 

 Right now I have a huge counter where the pizza orders are prepared and ready to bring upstairs.
Only one problem though, I haven't added a second staircase going up to the third floor, doh.  Soon!

 The mixer and rolling pin have been saved from the original set.

The Third Floor

 So here is the top floor of the pizza restaurant.  On the terrace, there are two tables with dishes and mugs.  Need to add seating for four people out here.

For inclement weather dining, there's an indoor area, with another two tables adorned with pizzas and table lamps.  If I want to maximize the seating, my future staircase to the third floor might have to be on the outside rear of the building.  Still designing it in my head.

Here's the pizzeria with the roof added.  I'm not sure if the red roof is going to be permanent or not.  I might switch it to gray or black instead.  What do you think, should I keep the red roof?  I'll provide a future  update once I add the staircase between the second and third floor.

And finally, here's the the Lego/Lepin modded pizzeria situated between my Lepin Fire Brigade and Lepin Town Hall.    Reddit user /u/tarataqa suggested I feature the Bela 10648 Pizza Van and scooter from Lepin 07057 Scarecrow Delivery with the Friends Pizzeria, so here it is!

Hope you've enjoyed this look at my custom pizzeria made from spare bricks and the Lepin 01011 set.   As always, thanks for visiting Its Not Lego and See you next time!

Hsanhe 6411-2 McDonalds Restaurant converted into a modular building (not Lego MOC)

 

I've featured my modded Hsanhe 6411-2 Fast Food (McDonalds) restaurant in many of my blog posts about Its-Not-Lego town but just realized I never reviewed the modifications I made to the original model. If you haven't seen my review of the Hsanhe Fast Food Restaurant, you can find it here.

I didn't change the front facade of the fast food restaurant from it's original design except that I changed the pavement to use up some of the black minifig plates I have so many of.  

You can see here, how I've increased the depth of the restaurant to make it fit on a 16x32 baseplate.  I didn't have enough red bricks so I had to use some Sluban bricks which are a deeper red.  I'll swap those out when I get some new bricks.  There's windows on each side of the building.

Hmm, can't tell if my picture is out of focus or the window glass is foggy.

On the other side of the restauarant is an even bigger window and a takeout window.

More mis-matched bricks, sorry.

You can see where the original Hsanhe building ended and the new extension begins.  I also added an air conditioning unit to the roof.

At the back we've got a service door with awning, and a garbage can and container.  Got some weeds growing in the back.

I think my takeout window is a tad too low, I'll revise it soon.

Ok, let's check out the interior.  I made it so the roof comes off in two parts.

Here's the two roof panels removed.

The restaurant has a counter with two staff and two eating counters along the side walls.

I added 5 new customers in addition to the one that came with the set.  He's the one seated outside.

The original cooking area has been retained.

 And also the order counter which is also next to the takeout window.

 One thing I need to improve is to put up signage over the length of the counter.  Gotta find me some stickers of some menu items.

Here's a few more pics of my modded Hsanhe restaurant.

 After I took most of the pics, I decided to make a trash can and put it at the entrance.  As always, thanks for visiting Its Not Lego and See you next time!

My HISHE Super Cafe MOC (not Lego)

Hey Everyone!  I'm back to show you my latest build.  I'm a huge fan of the Youtube channel called How It Should Have Ended or HISHE for short.   If you haven't seen the awesome animation lampooning the latest movie blockbusters, you need to check it out here.

Anyways, I was watching some of the Super Cafe videos, where Superman and Batman shoot the breeze on various topics, and it occurred to me I might have in my bootleg Super Hero minifig collection, the same ones as featured in the videos.   Sure enough, here are Superman and Batman with the same costumes as the ones in HISHE.

The HISHE Super Cafe Lego Version

So then, the next thing that came to mind was re-creating the Super Cafe that is featured in their video ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQxxNYSHR0. Some screenshots are above.

Let's do some research then.  We see that the HISHE Lego version of the Super Cafe has dark gray seating and beige walls.    It's hard to make out the windows and what's outside.  The table is light gray and six studs wide.  We can see salt and pepper shakers and napkin dispenser on the table.  Batman's mug is light tan in colour.  The table height is just under the lower part of the window.
Green Lantern stands quite high up, not sure if he's floating or not.

The HISHE Super Cafe Animated Version

For reference purposes, I've gathered some screenshots of the animated version of the Super Cafe.

 In the above pic, there are two tables side by side, and there are ceiling pendant lights over each table.

Here's another scene where you see other chairs from the other tables.  Whenever there's a large crowd, they are usually seated at a round table instead of a square one.

The yellow car shows up a lot in all the Super Cafe videos.

The seating at the square table should allow for someone to sit next to both Superman and Batman.

Batman almost always is nursing a mug of coffee or something.  There's a few scenes of Superman checking his cell phone, but never eating or drinking.

This pic shows the height of characters standing outside the Cafe windows.

My Super Cafe MOC

So first of all you should know that I use a lot of different brick brands, not all of them Lego.  I just cobble together different building bricks from whatever I have on hand to make my creations, but I can assure you that there are at least a few pieces of this build that are actually Lego.

I didn't have any pale green bricks, so I used these beigy bricks instead for the floor,  upper walls and ceiling rafters.  I used white bricks on the lower walls.  My Moc has the ceiling lights.  I've used some grid pieces for the ceiling to allow light to filter into the seating area.

I didn't have any dark gray bricks to simulate the seating so I used some black seats and bricks instead.  My seating is a bit lower than the animated version to keep the table height close to the bottom of the window line.   My table is six studs wide but white in colour, not light gray like the HISHE lego version.  I decided to use a smooth surface because it looks better IMHO.  I've got my versions of the salt and pepper shakers, and decided to use a clear square piece for the napkin holder.
I've got lots of floor space should I decide to move the seating out to accommodate bigger groups.

In the HISHE animated and Lego versions of the Super Cafe you never see what the Cafe looks like from the outside.  I decided to add an awning over the big picture window.  I also added a sidewalk for any minifigures who want to be visible from inside the Cafe.  It also makes them stand up a little higher.

Superman and Batman decide to check out the Super Cafe.  Hmmm, I should add a door on the side.

Our favourite Super Heroes are seated at the table.  My MOC only focuses on the square table version, not the round table group version.

Superman's got his phone and Batman has his mug.  I didn't have a tan mug so I substituted a yellow one instead.  I even got the yellow car going by in the window.   The seating is a tad low but this keeps the table low as well.

Hey, look there's Green Lantern!

Wonder Woman joins the table as Wolverine looks in from the street.

Well, that's all folks.  Hope you liked my version of the  Lego style HISHE Super Cafe.   See you next time!