Hey fellow brick builders!
I've had my Grand Emporium sitting in my city display for years now and it was finally time to light it up. It's part of my ongoing project to get every one of my Lego compatible modular buildings lit up eventually. The Grand Emporium is one of my favourite modular buildings and I recently installed an elevator inside to replace the escalators. While the interior is still unfinished I wanted to focus on beautifying the exterior.
Enter the LeLightGo light kit, which I just installed recently. Spoiler: my Town Hall modular building is also lit up using a LeLightGo light kit and I reviewed it here: https://bricksandfigs.blogspot.com/2024/03/first-look-at-lelightgo-led-light-kit.html
Thanks to LeLightGo for providing the Grand Emporium light kit for review! Here's where you can get yours: https://lelightgo.com/products/light-kit-for-grand-emporium-10211?ref=lH7ucgo8sdN7Xf
Currently priced at $76.99 USD. But save another 25% off the price of the kit using my code: itsnotlego Shipping is free to Canada, but check on the website for your country's shipping options.
Unboxing: Simple Packaging, Serious Shine
The kit arrived in a compact, branded LeLightGo box—nothing flashy, but sturdy enough to protect the delicate LEDs inside.
Pouch 2 contains and assortment of Led light strips.
Pouch 3 looks like it contains the same elements as pouch 2.
And finally, another unmarked pouch that contains a USB battery pack. I found a sticker in the box that says 10211 Classic Version SKU 10211-cv. I think that it was supposed to be applied to the boxtop.
It's a good idea to test both your batteries and the light kit elements before installing them into your set to make sure everything works properly. Not that I had any issues, but I'm pretty sure you could reach out to LeLightGo via their website or social media channels to get replacements if you encountered any faulty items.
Installing the Light Kit
Upon reviewing the on-line instructions, I wanted to make sure that my own Grand Emporium customizations wouldn't be impacted by the Light kit, and thankfully they weren't. You basically go floor by floor and work your way up from the base to the top.
As mentioned above, my custom Grand Emporium has interior changes, so all of the furnishings have been removed and there's only an elevator shaft left. This is how it looks after connecting all of the first floor lighting elements together. I will clean it up later, I proimise!The Pros and Cons
**Pros:**
Lighting elements for the most part were easy to install and integrate into the Grand Emporium modular building. You can power the set using either the battery pack or by connecting to a USB powered hub.
You get close to 40 different lighting elements in the kit. That's because it not only lights up the exterior but also the interior space as well. Each of the 18 arches in the Grand Emporium is lit up, not to mention the ground floor lighting and the street lamp! That's pretty good value for this light kit.
**Cons:**
Hiding cables takes some finesse; not ideal if you're short on patience like me (just don't look at my ground floor interior).
Some of the backing tape of the LED strips in the arches could have been stickier.
I also would have liked an extra set of wireless connector pads between the third floor and the rooftop.
Final Verdict
The Grand Emporium looks amazing with the LeLightGo light kit! I love that the lights are really bright even when just using the battery pack. Installation was a breeze!
Overall, I'd rate it 4.5/5 stars, would have been a perfect 5 if there were an extra set of wireless connectors and stickier tape used.
Feel free to check out all of the other great light kits on the LeLightGo website!
and don't forget to save another 25% off the price of the kit using my code: itsnotlego
Have you used LeLightGo to light up your Lego modular buildings? Let me know what your experience was like in the comments!
Thanks for looking, bye for now!
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