Check out this new exclusive set by Pantasy brand - Sherlock Holmes apartment at 221B Baker Street.

Hey alt brick fans!  Welcome back to brickandfigs.blogspot.com !  Just wanted to share some pics of the newest Pantasy brand set, it's the Sherlock Holmes Apartment, set number is 86218.  Pictured above is the boxed set.  

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  This set depicts the residence of the fictional character Sherlock Holmes which is located at 221B Baker Street in London England.

I found this plaque on the wikipedia page for 221B Baker Street.

There are four minifigures that come with this set, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, the landlady Mrs. Hudson and I can only surmise that the other minifigure is the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty.

The set features three different rooms.  The first room is the kitchen where Mrs. Hudson prepares the daily tea she serves to Sherlock Holmes.   Here we see a well stocked kitchen with sand green walls, dark tiles on the floor, a large dining table and two chairs and curtains over the window.  On the table is an assortment of bottles and jars including a microscope.   The kitchen has lots of cupboard storage above the sink and counter.  There's even a single burner stove with a range hood and pot.  I really like all the different canisters of tea along the top of the cupboard.  I hope those are all printed pieces. 

The second room is the sitting room where Sherlock and Dr Watson make their deductions and solve the mysteries.  This room has burgundy coloured walls and hardwood floors.  In the sitting room, there's a fireplace with an assortment of nick knacks on the mantle and a big area rug under the two comfortable armchairs.  I'm very curious about what's in the closet next to the fireplace.   Other fun accessories include a table and chess set, a stand for sheet music, an old style rotary phone, a coat rack, book shelf and end tables.  Lots of old letters and newspapers litter the floor.

I'm not sure if the third room is a continuation of the sitting room or represents an entirely different room.  Given that the walls and floor match the sitting room, I'm going to guess that this is just an extension of the sitting room.  In this room, there's a big orange sofa (reminds me of the sofa in the Friends Central Perk set).  There's a hutch and desk with typewriter and chair.  More letters and newspapers on the floor.  The most interesting set piece is the deer head with the large antlers. 

This is a set I would love to get and then incorporate into one of my existing modular buildings.  I found this picture of the 221B Baker Street.

Coincidentally, the front facade of the Sherlock Holmes museum looks similar to the Juhang Garden Street modular building I just finished building.   I'm sure it would look awesome if I made some minor changes to the building and merged the two sets.

Let me know what you think of this exclusive set by Pantasy .

That's it for now, see you in my next post!

My latest creation is the motorcycle shop modular building!

 My custom motorcycle shop modular building

Hi brick fans!  Welcome back to bricksandfigs.blogspot.com!   Just wanted to show you a few pics of the motorcycle shop modular building I made last month.  If the ground floor shop looks somewhat familiar to you, it's because this moc originally started life as the Lepin 02047 Service Station set (Lego 60132 City Service Station).

Here's how the service station looked in my review on my Its-Not-Lego.blogspot.com blog.  

Here's the full modular building consisting of three storeys which sits on a 32x32 stud baseplate. There's two floors of furnished apartments above the motorcycle shop. This MOC is comprised of bricks from the Lepin service station and lots of other bricks from spare parts stash.

The Building Design

This contemporary style modular building features a central tower flanked by different coloured wall sections.  As you can see, I'm missing a few pieces so the building is about 98% completed (for example, I'm waiting for delivery of the smaller gray windows on the main floor.  I wanted the building to have different tiers so I added some balconies, terraces and a sloped roof for visual interest.  The 7up sign was an afterthought but I've included it into this latest picture.  The light fixtures from the Lepin gas station were replicated on the third floor and the billboard.

Here's the side view of the modular building.

And here's the rear of the modular.  Kind of reminiscent of those buildings made from stacked shipping containers, lol.  The exterior wall bricks are from various brick brands, hence the colour variations.  And some bricks are just old, sorry about that! To maximize the interior space I pushed the building footprint all the way to the back of the baseplate. I used crappy Brick Tech windows for the second and third floor.  The entrance to the second and third floor apartments is through the burgundy door.

The motorcycle shop

As I mentioned earlier the front facade of the motorcycle shop was taken from the Lepin 02047 Service Station, but I also added a garage bay with roll-up doors.  Unfortunately, the doors don't move as the tolerance of the doors is too wide for the track, so it's permanently stuck in this position. That's the downside for using not Lego bricks, I guess!  Outside, there's parking for several bikes.

Inside the garage is a fairing hung on the wall and another bike waiting for service.  

This motorcycle shop provides both sales and service.  The front of the shop has Batgirl's motorcycle on display as well as several retail items such as helmets and whatnot.

The store manager is sweeping the floor while one of the mechanics is repairing a bike at the back of the shop.  Extra supplies and parts are stored under the stairwell.

There's a service counter with cash register and a trophy.

I still need to create a portable tool cart, but for now all of the tools are located on the staircase wall.  There's also a drill press on the counter.  Bike parts hang from the walls inside the shop and garage bay.

The Second Floor Apartment

The second floor apartment is completely furnished with living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom with hardwood flooring throughout.  The terrace is accessed via the bedroom.  The living room has floor to ceiling windows and has a sofa and TV.

The functional kitchen has a fridge, stove, sink and drawers with more storage in overhead cupboards and a fanhood.  I need add a couple of extra burners to the stove!  There's no dining room, so you would have to eat your meals in the living room.  I should add a coffee table in the living room.

The bathroom is also a shower room that houses the sink and toilet too.

The bedroom features a single bed and two nightstands.  Just need to add a table lamp.  The patio is covered by the awning I took from my Sembo Hong Kong flats building.

The Third Floor Apartment

The third floor apartment also has hardwood floors, entrance to it is at the top of the lighted stairwell.  Apartment has living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, pretty much the same as the apartment below it, except the layout is different.

The selling point of this apartment is the large bathroom with tub, toilet and sink.

The drawback to this apartment is the very small kitchenette.  There's just enough room for a stove and sink with open pantry on the wall next to it.  The bedroom is tiny too but does lead to a small walkout balcony.

Hope you've enjoyed this tour of my motorcycle shop modular building moc!  Let me know what you think in the comment box below. See you next time, Bye!

Here are all the not Lego minifigures I got in June 2021!

Hello fans of the brick!  Welcome back to my blog!  Today's quick post will update you on my latest non Lego minifigure acquisitions from Aliexpress.  I'll put a link to the stores I got them from at the bottom of this post.

I'm always on the lookout for inexpensive minifigures, especially those that I can get for less than one dollar each.  I found a store that was selling batches of 10 to 12 minifigures for around $6 CDN.  I also found another store that carried the latest minifigures made by World Minifigures, Kopf, and Pogo brands.

I'm just displaying the minifigures in no particular order.  At the time of this writing, I might have already changed some heads or hairpieces of some of my new minifigures, so don't expect yours to look exactly like mine, if you get them.

Here are some fine ass kicking ladies from the Kopf and Xinh brands. Pictured left to right KF1276, XH1678, KF599 and KF515.  I swapped the 2 heads on the two leftmost minifigures, so that the first one looks like the bride from Kill Bill.  These ones I bought from the Cheering Minifigure store on Aliexpress.

Some more minifigures you might recognize from the Stranger Things, Fortnite and Wandavision franchises.  Chengyi brand CY008 Joyce Meyers (leg swapped), Xinh XH1651, Kopf KF600, and XH1673.  These minifigures from Aliexpress Cheering store also.

The remainder of the pictures are some generic minifigures, I'm not sure of the branding. There are 4 or 5 different sets sold by the Leyu2018 store onAliexpress, each set having 10 or 12 minifigures.  This store is the one I have found selling these sets of minifigures.

In this first picture, I got a male and female security team, a person from the military and a special ops minifigure.

There's a couple of minifigures here that look like they are from the Friends franchise. The other two, I don't know but I can place them in my not Lego city.

Here's some more generic minifigures for my city.  I can't tell if the short one is a boy or girl.  The guy with the banana shirt has a Harry Potter face.

The lady in the red jacket has an id tag, not sure what her profession might be.  I can certainly use the barista minifigure for my coffee shops.  I could see the lady with the gray jacket as being a flight attendant or someone who works in a mall.  Not sure how I can use the guy sporting the british colours.

Here are a couple of painters, a young lady and a female tennis player.