Here's all the equipment and furniture from the vet's room: An instrument table with microscope, an amphibian tank (there's supposed to be a frog in it but he hopped out when I removed it to photograph!), a desk with very cool lamp, and a operating/inspection table. New-for-January-2019 decorated elements include an animal clinic window, service station sign and a printed octane gas pump.

The sideways ship windows are attached to plates with clips, which in turn attach to columns of telescope pieces (as shown in this photo from the next floor up, which has less clutter in front of the window). Nevertheless, it's an outstanding model and one that fans of the modular buildings will want to add to their street. The floor is divided into two: a waiting room on the left and the vet's room on the right. A fish tank, which you can't see very well at all in these pictures, is mounted in the wall above the single-seat chair in the waiting room. The Corner Garage includes six minifigs — two garage mechanics, a biker, veterinarian, young girl, and bachelor. With the vet’s office on the second floor, the set also includes several animal figures, including a dog, frog, rabbit, and fish.

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There are dozens of recoloured parts in the set: sand blue windows, dark orange tiles and many more.

I also particularly like the muted Octan colours of green and red used for the garage which gives it an old-school feel. Before I start the review, I should give a big thanks to the LEGO AFOL Engagement team for getting the set sent out in time for me to review it on the day it's revealed. The press release was distributed last Wednesday, the set was sent on Thursday and I received it on Friday afternoon. I had a family commitment away from home over the weekend so had to take it with me and build it while my wife and daughters were off watching Mary Berry rustle up something tasty at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham. Like the recent LEGO Star Wars set 75251 Darth Vader’s Castle, the initial reaction from LEGO fans and collectors has been mixed. But how does the set hold up when we look beyond the box photos and actually start building? The biker is accompanied by her trusty scooter, looking gorgeous in medium azure (a new color for the scooter piece). One of the more remarkable aspects of the set is how the 1940’s style corner gas station fits with the upper stories of the building. I’m fortunate enough to live in a part of the United States where some of these corner gas stations have been preserved and converted to other purposes (such as coffee shops or micro-breweries — this is Seattle, after all), and I see buildings very much like this one around the city every day.The colour palette changes now to dark orange and sand blue for construction of the first and second floors. When complete, the second floor has a waiting area for animal patients and their owners, as well as an examination room with a variety of equipment. Notice how the LEGO designers have used 1×1 round tiles as well as corner wedge tiles to accommodate the off-grid construction of the walls. The roof section repeats the greebling of the second floor and finishes it off with decorative finials.

Both the second and third floors include a bay window on the right side, above the garage door. The bay windows are built from pairs of boat bridge windows on their sides, with a central 1×2 column of windows to fill the gap.At first sight the looks of this new modular are a bit bland compared to previous ones, but for the kind of utilitarian building it is supposed to be, I find it OK. It might not blend well with all the MB's, but i.m.o it will go fine with e.g. DO, PS, BB, FB and the likes who also have a bit a rougher look. The wall turns the corner by having a 1×1 round column as the corner, with the 1×2 rounded plates extending from the column into each connecting wall. A small balcony on the left is accessible via a door by the stairs. The bay window is the work of a genius. More about it below. Mid-level animal clinic features an examination table, parrot perch, fish tank and a waiting area with sofa, armchair, table and flowerpot, plus the animal doctor's desk lamp, microscope, mug, newspaper, envelope, scissors and syringe. Like the front wall on the ground floor, this next floor follows the same off-grid angle, using 1×2 rounded plates to connect the wall on each side. To fill in gaps on either side of the angled wall, there are columns with a row of 1×1 “double-cheese” (or “tent”) pieces in light gray. The walls look flat as a result, with a column of 1×1 pieces providing an accent — a remarkably clever way of filling what would otherwise be an unsightly gap.

The sixth and final set of bags includes the parts for the roof, which is a fairly simple construction with details largely focused on the studs-out cornice.Bags #3 provide the remainder of the parts for the ground floor structure, the petrol pump and the awning above. LEGO’s modular buildings have always been remarkable for their logical consistency — something that builders and collectors may not have noticed until the logic is broken. Personally, my all-time favorite modular building is 10246 Detective’s Office, with its pool hall, barber shop, and so on. Similarly, 10243 Parisian Restaurant features an artist’s loft on the top floor. The logic of a vet’s office above a mechanic’s garage with a bachelor pad above the vet just doesn’t hold up to the unstated logic of past modular buildings.