Hello not Lego fans! Today, I'm reviewing the Sembo Hong Kong flats set
number 601095. This set consists of two building facades representing some
small shops with apartments above them. There is another set 601096 that
has the same theme but with buildings that have tan and white building
facades. I chose to buy 601095 because this set is more colourful with the
sand green and dark orange bricks used.
On the back cover of the instruction manual, you get an idea of how both sets
601095 and 601096 would look like side by side.
There are supposed to be 570 pieces in this set and comes with five
minifigures.
There are six bags numbered as 1.1 through 1.6.
Then there are 4 bags numbered 2.1 through 2.4. There are also 3
unnumbered bags, containing the baseplates, minifigures and a bag for a light
strips and battery.
Here's the stickers Sembo provides to adorn the Hong Kong flats. I
didn't use any of them on my set yet. I also didn't use the LED light
strips because I plan to deconstruct this set pretty soon.
Here are some of the leftover pieces that were extras or that I didn't
use. The technic pins are used to attach 601095 and 601096 sets
together.
There are 5 minifigures included with the Hong Kong flats consisting of a
police officer, two male pedestrians and two female pedestrians. The
torso prints are bright and properly aligned, however there's no leg
printing. With the exception of the yellow hoodie guy, everyone else
looks like they're scowling, which is pretty much on point if you've ever
walked along a busy street in Hong Kong. The green shirt guy has a
strange gray mark on his lips. That would be the only defect I could find.
The completed shops and apartments. I guess I would have to recommend using
the provided stickers otherwise these buildings do look kind of bland without
them.
Here's the backside of the set. There's just enough room to allow a
minifigure to pose there. Interior accessories include a cooking area
with woks and sauce bottles for one shop and a counter for the other.
Three of the four apartments above are each furnished with a table.
The sand green building is 5 studs deep, with the shop below being a mere 4
studs deep.
The dark orange building is only 4 studs deep overall.
The building facades look ok if you were to just display this set on it's on
or with the 601096 set. But when you display it with other Lego style
modular buildings, you definitely notice that the design of these flats are a
lot small in size. The three floors of the Sembo flats equals the height
of 2 storeys on a standard Lego style modular building.
Here's the final look at set 601095. As mentioned earlier, I will probably
re-build this set with extra bricks to increase the height and depth of the two
buildings. They will also be placed on a regular sized baseplate as well
so I can put a sidewalk in front of the buildings. At that point, I may
entertain putting some of the stickers on the buildings to make them look more
realistic.
