Hey brick fans!
Look what I found on Temu last week, it's a Lego compatible coffee shop that comes with 5 minifigures, a ton of accessories, and it only cost $8 CDN.
The Temu store is called Happy Building Blocks. Here's the current Temu listing, the price changes often, so keep checking to see when it goes on sale again. But even at it's current price of $16 CDN, I think it's still a great little deal for what you get. Here's the link:
>> 390pcs Street View Building Blocks Set - Includes Coffee Shop & Store, Perfect for Birthday, Christmas, Valentine's, Halloween Gifts
🎉 Coupon price[CA$16.66]
On the Temu listing and the manual, it doesn't tell you the brand, so I went sleuthing on brick4.com and searched by the set number 19006 and found that the brand is called Brick Elements. It seems like a one off because I didn't find any other sets from the brand on brick4. The set was produced in 2021 and it's comprised of 398 pieces.
Here's the set contents. For cheap price of $8, I was worried that the set might be Loz sized and not Lego sized, but I'm happy to report that this set and the minifigures within is fully Lego compatible.
Here's the instruction booklet. Instructions were very easy to follow.
There is a small sticker sheet for the signage but suprisingly there are also some printed parts.
The Coffee shop set comes with 6 bags of parts and two 16x16 double sided baseplates. One of the bags contains the minifigures and accessories. Note: The bags are not numbered, so I just opened all the bags and dumped them onto the table.
The base is made up of placing one of the baseplates on top of the other. I don't know why as each plate is rigid enough to hold the set, so I decided to only use the grey plate and save the white one for a future project.
The minifigure bag contains the minifigs themselves, set accessories and printed parts. There are 5 minifigures, two who work at the shop and 3 customers. There is also a baby, a dog, a bike, a hotdog, a broom, a sack and lots of mugs and glasses.
As mentioned earlier, the base dimensions are 16x16 studs. I found the bricks to be excellent quality with great fit and finish. Just look how smooth the tan and gray tiles are. No scuffs or defects.
The first build after the base is what looks to be a coffee bean roaster?
Here it is placed on the baseplate.
Next up is what looks like a phone booth but it's actually the room that houses the coffee roasting machine. The door is transparent glass, which is a piece I've never seen before.
Here's the coffee station with grinder, expresso machine and sink. Coffee mugs sit on top. Another unique piece in this set is the transparent purple coffee mug.
A printed love sign is attached on the customer facing side.
Next there is a set of drawers with a small blender and payment machine. Note the printed pieces.
There are some baked goods for sale along with the coffee and in case you are really hungry, they have hotdogs available as well.
With all the interior finishings built, it's time to put up the exterior wall. There's a printed clock piece on the interior side of the wall.
There are two stools next to the counter, or are they tables? Not sure.
The coffee shop roof has an exhaust stack from the roaster room, and a moveable sign board.
Ten goblets are mounted to the underside of the roof using this cool technique.
And here's the completed set!
With the stickers applied, the coffee shop looks even better.
The perfect spot for the red bike that comes with the set.
This is the rear view of the coffee shop.
Side view.
Adding the included minifigures brings the set to life. Just a great little set for a great price!
Hope you enjoyed this look at the Brick Elements 19006 Coffee Shop! Bye!
