Lumibricks Street Fusion Barber Shop 19012 Review (Part One)

 

Hey brick fans!

The new Lumibricks Barber Shop set has just dropped on the Lumibricks website and it's another winner for the Street Fusion theme!  The Barber Shop is a highly detailed 2257 piece modular building  featuring a 90° swing-open design, drawer-style removable floors, and integrated LED lighting, offering a dollhouse-like, accessible interior. It features 83+ printed pieces, 21 light points, and is fully compatible with Lego and alternate brick brands.

This review will be broken down into two parts: Part One (this blog post) will focus on the unboxing and the build process.  Part Two looks at all of the features and details of the set.  If you want to skip the build process, you can go directly to part two here: 

In case you are new to Lumibricks, here are some features that set it apart from other brick brands:

⭐ Integrated Lighting System: A major feature of the construction is that it is designed to hold a built-in light kit. The building process involves hiding wires within the structure as you build, ensuring the LED cables are not highly visible in the final model.

⭐ Modular and Detailed Design: The set is constructed in sections (floors) that can be easily separated, similar to traditional modular buildings. It is noted for having a "gritty" yet detailed look, often including small details like a barber pole, specialized furniture, and, in some concepts, fabric pieces.

⭐ Printed Parts: The set moves away from sticker sheets, relying on fully printed bricks for details, which increases the quality and ease of assembly.

⭐ Easy to Moderate Assembly: The instructions are generally described as easy to follow, making the construction enjoyable, even with the electrical components.

⭐ High Value/Efficient Parts: The construction is considered efficient, often using larger brick pieces instead of stacking many small plates, which provides a solid, dense build experience. Lumibricks uses bricks from Gobricks whose brick quality is on par with the leading brand of bricks.

 Thanks to Lumibricks for providing me with the Barber shop to review.

Quick Specs

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Set Name and number: Lumibricks Barber Shop (aka Beard Bob's Barber)  19012

Recommended age: 16+

Theme: Street Fusion

Pieces: 2557

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Size: 10.1"x10.1"x 15.4"

Weight: 5.83

Light Points: 21

Light Strips: 7

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Minifigure Count: 4

Instruction Booklets: 3

Printed Bricks: 83

Suggested Build Time (according to the Lumibricks website): Average 16 hours (single-person assembly)

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Tools Included:Tweezers, Part Lifter

Battery Info: AA Battery Holder / 3 AA Batteries (Size 5) / 1.5V

Power Supply Mode: Type-C cable + battery case; Type-C cable + portable power bank

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Get it here: https://www.lumibricks.com/products/barbershop-19012

Retail pricing: $149.99 USD 

Bonus: Save 10% off your entire order using my affiliate code: itsnotlego!

Unboxing and Light Kit

The Lumibricks box art/rendering of the Barber Shop is exquisite.  The back of the box shows you 

what the Barber shop looks lie with some of the other modular buildings in the Street Fusion lineup.  Looks like my set has a production date of January 30, 2026.  Cracking open the box, we find it is jampacked with goodness!

There are three thick instruction booklets included with the set.  As the set is still very new, the digital instructions are not yet on the Lumibricks website yet, at the time of this writing.

Book 1 reviews the lighting kit contents, minifigure assembly, and provides instructions for steps 1 thru 6. Book 2 details the build process for steps 7 thru 10 and Book 3 looks at the remaining steps 11 thru 15.  

Here's a look at the breakdown of parts bags which are numbered corresponding to the steps in the manuals.

Bags F/S and 1 thru 3.   Bags F include the special bricks needed for hiding or directing the led light wires.  Another bag F contains all the parts to assemble the 4 minifigures.   Bag S contains large baseplates and printed parts.  Bag tally is 15.

Bags 4 thru 7.  Bag tally is 11.

Bags 8 thru 11.  Bag tally is 11.

Bags 12 thru 15.  Bag tally is 14.

Total parts bags: 51

The LED Light Kit

Custom Lighting is what differentiates Lumibricks from other brick brands.

Included with every Lumibricks set is the signature orange box containing the custom lighting components for the build.   You'll need to provide your own 3 AA batteries for the battery pack. A small screwdriver is provided to open the battery pack.  Other tools also included are a set of metal tweezers and a brick separator (usually found in parts bag #1).  There is a small USB-C hub and a USB-C/USB transfer cable as well.

It's a good idea to verify that all the lighting elements are included by matching it to the guide.  Also a good idea to test and make sure that all of the led lights are working before integrating them into the build.

Now comes the good part!

Build the First Floor Barber Shop!

As mentioned earlier the Barber Shop instructions are divided into three books.  Book 1 has 6 steps and will guide you in building the entire first floor.   Step 1 starts by building the basic foundation or base of the modular building.

It should be noted that I typically place all my modular buildings onto raised baseplates commonly known as MILS plates.  It's basically adding another level of bricks and plates under the provided baseplate, which adds strength and stability to the modular building.   If this is something that interests you, feel free to see more short tutorial on how I did the MILS plate for this Barber Shop:  link TBD

Here is what the base looks like after step 1 (I also employ a particular standard when placing sidewalks on my new builds for consistency with other modular buildings, so please just follow the Lumibricks instructions and don't mind my deviations!)

 This is our first test of the swivel section of the barber shop.  This swing away section can also be found on the Lumibricks Record Shop. At this point, we've already attached our first lighting element for the barber shop.  Neat interior details include a shampoo station and counter with barber cape! 

Here's a small sampling of some of the many printed pieces that come with the set, featuring images of different hair styles and artwork.

Step 4 builds the floor of the barber shop which includes two rotatable chairs and an upright vacuum. This part slides into the first floor, which you can pull out for display purposes.

Here's the completed first floor barber shop with lots of cool interior features.

Now it's time to put the front signage up.  Before we do that we're going to add two led strip lights that will backlight the sign!

Here's the behind the scenes look at how it's done.  This LED light strip was also featured in the  Lumibricks Cyberpunk Izakaya, where I found that the sticky backing of the LED strip was a bit lacking, so this time I've added some double sided spot tape to ensure good adhesion.

Get the light strip nice and straight and make sure it sticks properly.

and put up the signage.

Looks awesome!

Even the window and door glass has printing on them.

Flashing barber pole?  Check!   First floor complete, let's continue!

The Second Floor Lawyer's Office

Ok, now we have moved on to book #2, step 7 which builds this segment of the second floor lawyer's office.  The bulletin board contains an easter egg to what might be a future Street Fusion set!  Should I say what it is?

Apparently the lawyer is a fan of table tennis.  Hmm, now in what set have I seen a pingpong table before?  Did you guess the Lego Fire Brigade 10197 set?   Bonus points for you!

We can now attach the second floor to the rest of the building and verify that the lights work via the wireless floor connector pad.   There's an access door to an outside balcony where the lawyer comes out to get some fresh air and have a coffee.

The second floor slideout features the lawyers desk, bookcase and a water cooler.

Which conveniently slides right into the slot.

Here's an interesting feature, the front of the office hosts a photocopy machine and bookshelf which swings away!

This is how it's attached.

Closing up the front wall.  Umm, I gotta say I'm not really feeling the blue highlights that flank the windows nor the blue checkerboard detailing.  Kudos to the Lumibricks designer for trying though. (I'll probably replace it once this review is done!).

Anyways, that's the second floor complete and so is book #2.   Let's see what awaits us on to book 3 and the third floor.

The Third Floor Apartment

Here is the layout for the apartment.  It consists of a bedroom and a washroom.  The apartment is only accessible via the staircase located in the lawyers office, which doesn't make much sense to me.  Apparently, the apartment does not belong to the lawyer, so how does the occupant get in or out when the laywer locks up for the night?

The washroom contains a toilet, toilet paper, sink, reflective mirror, and a washing machine (not visible).

A huge feature wall and bookcase with lots of printed pieces and maybe some references to other Lumibricks sets?   That lighted ring needs my special double side tape.

In case you've lost track, we are now on step 13 where we are building the third floor front facade.  Check out the microwave oven.  But don't put your hotdogs into it, it won't taste good.

Front facade is repeated on the third floor and is also swing away.

So I started to work on step 14 when I encountered a problem in the 3rd manual.  Steps 200 to 218 were missing and another set of pages was repeated.

I reached out to Lumibricks about the manual issue and was thinking that it would be a few days before they would get back to me.  So I proceeded to build the remainder of the missing steps just by looking at some of the pages later on in the manual.  It turns out that I got almost everything right, except that there was a string of 4 lights and I ended up putting two of them in reverse order, doh.   There are supposed to be two white lights that shine and a purple and blue light lighting the front of the building.  I'm not going to change it now, maybe nobody will notice :).

But anyways, Lumibricks got back to me later that evening (after I had already fumbled my way through step 14) and sent me digital copies of the manual which had the missing and correct pages.

Behold the signage!  Can you tell that the lighting is messed up?  Nah.

Anyways, here is the slideout for the third floor apartment with a bookshelf, a box of takeout dumplings and a game controller.  I added my own basketball, so sorry it didn't come with the set.

Here's the completed apartment fully furnished.   Ooh what's playing on the television?

But wait, we're not done yet!  We still need to construct the rooftop.  Comes with water tank and skylight!

Before.

After.

Gosh, I almost forgot to take a picture of the cute minifigures!  You will see more of them in the bonus pictures.

Final Thoughts

I had one missing printed tile and a defective 3rd manual which slowed me down a bit.  Luckily Lumibricks was really responsive and got back to me right away with digital copies of the manuals.  I'm sure that Lumibricks will have the manual situation sorted out soon.

I'm truly a fan of the Street Fusion line of modular buildings and the Barber Shop did not disappoint.  It had a ton of lighting details and so many printed parts.  The slideout floors and the swing away walls were so fun to build.  This wasn't really a difficult build but it does take time.  If you're a fan of modular buildings like me, especially the ones in the Street Fusion series, then you have to get the Barber Shop!

In the bonus pics blog post I will also highlight some of the cosmetic changes I made to my set to avoid any confusion.

Thanks for looking bye!

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