The Hsanhe Set
I first became aware of the Hsanhe brand of building blocks when they made some
mini modular buildings.
A few months ago, I saw that Hsanhe created a second series of mini modular buildings, that are bigger than the first set. I decided to bite the bullet and order one of the buildings to check out the quality. There are six other buildings in this Hsanhe series, but I got this set because I felt this design was the most interesting. You can see all of the other building sets
here.
Here's my set review of the Hsanhe 6704 model which has no name. The instruction booklet does say it's a 3-in-1 model but there aren't any instructions to be build any alternate models beyond what you see here.
The Details
While it's not a direct copy, this modular set does have some similarities to Lego's Corner Deli set 31050. This set has 472 pieces and the Lego Corner Deli has 467 pieces. The set comes with the instruction booklet, several grey baseplates and 5 bags of parts.
This bag of parts contains the black, yellow and green parts.
This bag has the dark blue and light gray pieces.
Orange and red pieces are grouped together here.
This bag has all the white and light blue pieces.
And finally, this bag has a mish-mash of other pieces.
The First Floor
Here's the building set after completing most of the first floor. It's got quite a few windows and doors and a colourful awning. The patio still needs to be built.
Inside the shop, there's a small table with some containers on it in one section and what looks to be a counter area in the other. It's still pretty ambiguous as to what this store sells. Definitely no sandwiches here, so it's not a deli.
The building closes up as pictured above.
As you can see this set has quite a few colours including the orange bricks, black windows and green doors. Accent colours are yellow, red and dark blue. The interior floor tile is brown and cream coloured with light blue accents.
I don't have the Lego Corner Deli set, so I guess the interior spaces are about the same. I guess Hsanhe could have done a better job of adding more details inside, because I find it kind of bare.
The Second Floor
After building the second floor, I found that the dark blue bricks were really scuffed. This is not typical of the other Hsanhe bricks which I found to be excellent quality.
On the second floor, there's a big armchair and a cabinet under the window.
Here's how the building looks closed up from above.
I didn't get any stickers with this set but it did come with lots of spare parts and a brick separator.
This building has an outdoor antenna with a bird on it just like Lego's corner deli. You can see that the patio is finished now.
Here's some views around the building. Side view above.
I guess this would be the front of the Hsanhe shop. There's a small balcony upstairs with another door and awning.
The opposite side of the building. I'm not sure if I like the dark blue second floor with the first floor orange colour.
And here's the back door and lots of windows and a fire hydrant. I wish the window pieces weren't so cloudy.
The Verdict
Ok, so I thought the set design and build was just so-so. Brick quality and window pieces could have been better. I found the interior lacked any detail or indication of what the shop was supposed to be.
The minifigure quality was good but not unique to this set. Since this set is double the size of other Hsanhe buildings, they could have added a couple of extra minifigs. It's also too bad that Hsanhe didn't provide any alternate build instructions despite the fact they call the set 3-in-1.
I give this set a rating of 6 out of 10 for the reasons above. The Hsanhe 6704 Mini shop cost about $15 USD on Aliexpress. In the future, I will probably rebuild it as a full modular or use the set for parts in another building.
So do you think you would buy this set? Let me know if you have another other Hsanhe building sets and what you think of their quality.
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