Hey brick fans, welcome back to Its-Not-Lego.blogspot.com! Today I'll be showing you my build pictures from my latest modular building. It's a coffee shop from the Sembo brand, set number is 601143. Don't forget to check out my other blog over at bricksandfigs.blogspot.com too!
This set has a total of 1295 brick pieces and comes with six minifigures, a cat and a bicycle. I'd normally only expect two or three minifigures for a set this size, so extra minfigs is quite generous. There are two sheets of mostly coffee themed stickers, with a particularly large graffiti sticker for the wall. This is a three storey building that sits on a 16x32 baseplate. I purchased this set from Aliexpress around the end of June 2021 and it arrived around mid July, so the Aliexpress delivery times were acceptable.
The instruction booklet is printed on decent quality paper and the instructions are easy to follow. The instructions are broken down into two sections and the numbered bags of parts reflect which section that pertain to.
The first thing you might notice about this building is the rather unflattering use of dark yellow bricks and light yellow bricks, rounded out by brown framed windows. Not gonna lie, this is one ugly building in my opinion. But what drew me to this set was the french style architecture of the top floor, which has some similarity to the Lego Bookshop roofline.
All three floors of this modular are furnished inside although only the main floor is fully tiled. Sembo blocks are generally of good quality however I did find a deformed brick in this set. Other than that all pieces were accounted for and had decent clutch.
I didn't apply any of the stickers but there are some tiles ready for some coffee posters, flanking an unexpected pink and green gramophone. The counter has some mugs and baked goods with a large shelf on the back wall that has more mugs and a coffee pot. There's a winding staircase that goes over the back entrance to the second floor. Other accessories on the main floor include a microwave oven and cash register.
On the second floor of the coffee shop there are two round tables with seats and some glass mugs. Other furnishings include two pedestals with flowers and a bookshelf under the second floor staircase.
At the back of the building, there is an awning over the door, with light and a cool looking dumpster.
The third floor of the shop is furnished with a bed accompanied by a night table and lamp. There's a door that leads out to a back terrace adorned with flowers.
Here's a few close-up shots of the front elevation. All of the lights on this set are a spooky dark orange colour, unlike other modular sets where typically the lights would be clear glass. Even the street light is dark and foreboding.
Following the standard format, this modular building can be separated at each floor.
All of the interiors in one shot.
There you have it, the completed Sembo Coffee shop, set 601143.
Thanks for checking out my review and see you in my next post. Feel free to let me know what you think of this set in the comments below. Bye!