It’s that most wonderful time of the year: sure, Christmas is coming, and the advent calendars are opening day by day. But more importantly, the latest LEGO® modular building has finally been revealed.

Modular buildings have a special place in my heart: back when I discovered such as thing as an AFOL, the modular buildings were just taking off. This was a time when the Modular buildings were a cornerstone of the AFOL experience. With only a handful of adult-focused sets being released each year, the modular was the one purchase most people seemed to agree with, whether they were otherwise into cars, trains or Star Wars.

These days, we see sets focused on grown ups being launched every other week. It is almost routine and mundane. But still, the modular always feels special.

And so, today, we see the 20th Modular building, the 10350 Tudor Corner. And with this title, and architectural style, we move on from the early to mid 20th century American architectural styles to a decidedly English style of building.

We will be reviewing the set shortly on the blog, but I had the chance to see the set revealed when I was visiting Billund earlier in the year.

There are a number of features to consider.

Downstairs we find the ‘Old Guarded Inn’ – named after 6067 The Guarded Inn from 1986 – is this the same building, with a new floor, some updated walls and windows, and a upstairs extension altering the roofline? I suspect the floor plan has changed a little too. Next to the Inn is a haberdashery – a fabric seller, just the thing for the Tailor we saw in 10312 Jazz Club.

Moving upstairs is the clock maker: there are lots of different clocks included in here, and we will look closer at them when we get the set together. I have to admit, the clock maker very much looks like the magnificent master craftsman he is, and there is something about that particular shade of teal that makes that vacuum cleaner satisfying to look at.

Upstairs is a small, single-room apartment with a couch and a cat post, while a chimney sweep takes care of business on the rooftops.

The sets sits, as tradition demands, on a 32×32 baseplate (I recognise that Assembly Square and the Natural History Museum both have larger footprints), and has the requisite footpath, along with the holes allowing it to line up nicely with other sets meeting the modular standard.

There are 7 minifigures in this set, including the mannequin from the haberdashery. We have the clock maker, the landlady, the cook, the tenant from upstairs, and the Haberdasher. But who is that last in the red hat. She looks like she is striding purposefully along. Could it be Pippin Reed, having given up her life of Adventuring, she now takes on the shonky world of Olde Worlde Inns and critiques their counter meals?

The final model is 31 cm tall, and features the hodge-podge of building materials that you might expect from a building that has been reshaped and evovled over hundreds of years.

I find this one of the most appealing looking modulars that we have seen in recent years. The framing/wattle and daub infill has been achieved in a number of ways over the years, but this looks like it might be one of the more satisfying techniques used to day: I look forward to looking at it soon.

The LEGO Icons Tudor Corner set is available for LEGO Insiders from 1^st January 2025 both online and at LEGO branded Stores, and available for all from 4^th January 2025 priced at AUD349.99/€229.00 / £199.99 / $USD229.99.

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