I had the opportunity to pick up this latest modular building, which is called the European Jazz Cafe, set 89100 from the Jiestar brand.
I just finished building it and I can tell you this is unlike any other modular building I've built before.
The European Jazz Cafe is an alternate build of the Assembly Square.
This version has 3369 pieces. It is a corner modular building and comes
with a unique vehicle, a three wheeled stroller and eight Lego style
minifigures. The set design can be found on the rebrickable site as
MOC 32576, the original designer is Inyong Lee. Jiestar has copied it and made
some minor changes to the original design.
Here's a fun fact: In December 2016, I made the original jazz cafe
by customizing my Hsanhe 6410-1 corner coffee set. Follow the link to see more pictures of it.
The Exterior
The modular building consists of a cafe on the main floor and a stage on the
second floor where patrons can listen to live music. The third floor
overlooks the stage and has extra seating.
The interesting thing about this design is that it's schizophrenic. It
has two completely different facades depending on which side you are viewing
it from. Which do you like better, the left side or the right side?
Here's an overhead shot so you can see the rooftop. There's a lot of
great building techniques in this building. The sloped roof on the third
floor is an example of that. I'll probably employ this design in a future
modular build.
Just some views of the backside of the Jazz Cafe. It should be noted
that the clutch of the bricks is extra tight, that's why you see a lot of gaps
between the bricks. I didn't press down too hard because it will be
difficult to separate them in future.
I wasn't really a fan of how the back walls are put together, but I guess the
original designer had to use what bricks were available to him. I really
want to rebuild parts of this building using normal building techniques.
The main floor walls in the rear is also a hodgepodge of colours.
I'd want to fix that.
Thankfully the pretty front facade makes up for the ugly backside.
First Floor Interior
The first floor is a masterpiece. I like the use of colours, and the
fact that it has a bathroom conveniently under the stairs. Each floor
has a little micro build. On the main floor stair wall, there is a little red
train.
This coffee counter looks amazing and is probably my favourite part of this set. I don't have enough words to describe all the little details, so just look at the pic.
Here's the seating area by the windows.
The entrance to the Cafe is on the corner of the building. But it
looks like there's also an emergency exit near the stairs, which take you up
to the second floor.
Second Floor Interior
I probably didn't build the drum set properly. Looks a bit
wonky. The drumsticks are located on the wall.
Those blue tables are crucial in securing the triangular shaped windows to
the wall. This was probably the most challenging part of the build.
The second micro build can be found by the corner window of the second
floor. It's a tiny representation of the Assembly square modular
building.
Third Floor
The third floor mezzanine can be reached by the stairs. There's more
counter seating and lighting for the stage located here.
The last micro build can be found on the third floor, it's the tower bridge.
Here's the modular building deconstructed into it's various floors.
My favourite things
This coffee sign.
The folded patio umbrella.
The design elements.
The dark tan accents along the turret window.
The triangular windows that stick out. The Jiestar version uses
different pieces to secure the window. The original design uses thor's
hammer.
Here's the oddly looking vehicle. It probably didn't need to be made, in my
opinion.
The three wheeled stroller and a bike with no tires.
These are the minifigures that come with the Jiestar version of the Jazz
Cafe. You'll definitely see some differences between the these ones
and the figures depicted on the rebrickable website. I wouldn't have
expected minifigures to be included on a MOC design building, so this was a
pleasant surprise.
You can also
find the Jiestar Jazz Cafe on Aliexpress. Search for other modular buildings by using the search term: streetview.
I'll be doing a separate post highlighting the build process of the Jiestar jazz cafe. Look for that one soon! Bye for now.
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