Tuesday, March 7, 2023
My Custom Not Lego Initial D Fujiwara Tofu Shop (using the Cada C61033W building block set)
Friday, March 3, 2023
I made a Japanese style modular building from the Not Lego Sembo 601070 Crab Shop
Hello brick fans! I'm here to show you my latest creation and yes, it's another modular building.
This set started life as the Sembo Crab Shop 601070 which were readily available on Aliexpress about three years ago. The shop is one of four buildings in a series of Japanese themed facades. The shops are harder to find these days, with only one or two stores on Aliexpress selling them.
This is how the set came originally before my modifications. It was basically a small building facade with a building that was about 8 studs deep with a minor interior setup.
As soon as I saw this set, I had to get it and turn it into a Lego style modular building. Well, it's been three long years but I've finally achieved my goal.
First off you will notice that I narrowed the facade of the shop from 20 studs wide to the standard 16 studs wide to make it consistent with all of my other 16 stud wide modular buildings. The most challenging aspect of this was trimming off the sides of the fabric awning. To get a nice straight edge, I used a paper cutter.
There are four tan coloured arms that hold up the awning and they are attached by pre-made holes in the awning. To make it fit 16 studs wide, I had to reposition the awning arms and then used a hole punch to put new holes to where the arms attached.
The tiled roof overhangs were originally only 2 studs deep on both the first and second floor. I expanded the roof tiles to be six studs deep.
The vertical sign was moved from the right side of the building to the left.
The entrance to the shop was relocated as was some of the signage.Coming up the stairs to the second floor, we find the dining room. There's three tables with an entire seating capacity of ten customers.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
How I enhanced the Cada C55018W Initial D AE86 Trueno (started out as a review)
Hello brick fans! Just wanted to let you know that I recently won an Initial D prize pack that was part of a Cada contest on Facebook. The prize pack included two small sets from Cada, the Fujiwara Tofu Shop C61033W and this Toyota AE86 C55018W.
If you are interested in these sets, be sure to check out my Cada discount code at the end of this post!
Thank you Cada!In this post I'll do a quick review of the Toyota AE86 set, a black and white drift car featured in the very popular anime series called Initial D by manga author Shuichi Shigeno. The owner of a Tofu shop uses the car to make deliveries and ultimately it becomes a race car.
Here's some pictures I found on the internet of the featured vehicle.
Set Details
Brand: Cada
Set: C55018W Initial D Toyota AE86 Trueno
Piece count: 72pcs
Numbered bags? No
Stickers or printed parts? Both
Missing or deformed pieces: No
Extra parts: No
Minifigures: No
Lighting kit: No
Brick Quality and Clutch: Great
Measurements (approx): 1/35 scale
Age Rating: 8+
Unboxing
The Toyota AE86 set came in it's own box, but packaged together with the Tofu shop set. Initial D artwork is featured on the cover of the box. On the back of the box is the name of the Fujiwara Tofu Shop.Assembling the AE86
As you can imagine, with only 75 parts, this is a very easy set to put together, great for kids.