Decool 1104 Not Lego Mini Town Hall Set Review

Special Delivery!  Hmm, wonder what's in the truck?  Lisa the delivery lady makes Larry sign for the shipment.   Some of the neighbourhood kids in Its-Not-Lego town all gather to see what's going on.

 Lisa opens up the truck.  Whoa!  So many brick parts!  Lisa's helpers bring out the rest of the pieces.

Izzy wades into the huge pile and finds the instruction manual.  It's the Decool Town Hall!

Ok, time to build this thing.  While Larry goes through the manual, he tells Edwin and Peter to start grabbing parts.  Nibbles the dog wants to be in the thick of things.

 Need more parts!  Izzy carts them over in the wheelbarrow.

Peter snaps the pieces into place while Izzy and Edwin pass him the bricks.

Building up the walls.  Larry watches the kids build.

 Nibbles wants to help.

 Larry comes over to check on the progress.

 So many transparent pieces!

 Larry has to help the kids.

 Keep on building!

 Working on the first floor still.  So much detail.

 Almost done this level.

 Tada, time for a group selfie!  Um, Edwin, we can't see you.

 After a short break,  the construction crew is back at it.

 Er, where do these go?

All modulars need a light post and tree.

Izzy gets to climb up to build the next level.  Larry has to give her a boost.

Ooh, great views from up here.

 Ok, everyone start passing bricks up to Izzy.

 Peter grabs a ladder so that he can give Izzy a hand with the heavier pieces.

 Edwin has the sand green wedges all ready for the roof.

Everyone pitching in.

Another group selfie shot!

 Time for Izzy to get off the building.

 Not sure if the ladder will hold both Peter and Izzy.  Larry makes sure it's ok.

 Larry decides that two people on the ladder is not safe.  There just happens to be a Sluban airplane ladder close by.  Now Izzy feels safer.

Getting a lot harder to reach the top. 

 Time to assemble the clock tower for the Decool Town Hall.

 So, um how do we get the clock tower up on the roof?  It's too high!

 Nick brings his Lego cherry picker over to help.  Yay!

The Decool town hall is completed!

Side view.

Another side view.

Here's how the back looks.

The kids ask Lisa to be in the shot too.  Larry, Edwin, Peter, Izzy and Nibbles all say Hi!

 There you have it, the Decool 1104 Mini Town Hall.  Just in case you were wondering, the wheelbarrow, instruction manual, ladder, airplane stairs, Lego cherry picker truck, Kazi delivery truck and assorted minifigures are not included in the set, lol.

I discovered that this Town Hall is actually a knock-off of Lego set 40183 which was a ToysRus Bricktober promo in 2014.  Based on what I've read, the Lego version of this set retailed for  $19.99 USD.

The set also comes with two little vehicles, a double decker bus and a taxi cab, which I didn't build.  Clutch and brick quality of the Decool version is great. Both the Decool and Lego versions have 186 pieces.

This little set was a gift from the Aliexpress store when I bought my Lepin 15005 Grand Emporium from them.  LOZ brand makes a similar model in case you're interested.


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Lepin 02047 Not Lego City Service Station Set Review

Hey there, I'm just doing a quick post of my Lepin 02047 Service Station building set.  This set is  a knock-off of the Lego City Service Station set 60132.

This Lepin set has 540 pieces and comes with 4 original looking mini figures, a lady driver of the maroon coloured sedan, two service station employees and the driver of the street cleaner.  I was very pleased with the minifig quality.

I ordered my brick set thru private seller Jeremy whom I found on Reddit.  This is my 5th purchase with Jeremy.  My set arrived about 3 weeks after my order request.

The Lepin service station instructions can be found in this thick booklet.  It has  instructions to build the service center as depicted on the manual cover and also alternate instructions to build a small car wash and service bay.  Although I didn't use the stickers, I found them to be of excellent quality.

The bags are numbered according to the instruction manual steps, one thru five.  Step one builds the sedan and the tow truck.  Step two builds the street cleaning vehicle. Steps three, four and five build the service station, the interior, the pumps and the overhead awning.

Here's a look at the maroon coloured sedan.  In the alternate instructions, the vehicle becomes a convertible instead of the sedan.  I should point out that I swapped out the wheels that came with the set with the wheels from a Bela brand armoured truck

The two truck has a lifted suspension and a working tow hook.

The sedan conveniently has bars in the front and rear that allow the tow truck to hook it up.

The street cleaning vehicle has rotating brushes in the front and has a shovel and broom as accessories.  The rear of the vehicle lifts open where you will find a brown storage bin.

Moving on to the service station, it has two sections, one is the office area where you pay for gas and buy some minor supplies, and the other part is a rest area where you have two seats, a table and a pizza.  I put together the outside sign, but it doesn't look like much without the corresponding stickers.

As mentioned earlier, this is the store with some products on a shelf and a cash register.

And this is the seating area.  There's no back wall which makes it easy to play with.

The service station as seen from the inside.

A charging station and roof lighting is added to the exterior, along with a ramp.

The gas pump is fairly detailed with hose, nozzle and payment terminal.  Without the stickers, it doesn't look as realistic as the pictures.

And finally the service station with awning attached.  Following are a few more views of the Lepin service station, completed but no stickers.

Final thoughts

Although there's over 500 pieces, the Lepin service station is not that big a set.  The sedan is big enough to seat two minifigures, but I find the two truck a bit on the small side.  Here it is next to the Lego Tow Truck 60056.

Here's the street cleaner compared to the Enlighten version that I reviewed awhile back.

The service center has a nice design but with a few more bricks could easily be converted into a larger modular building.  I would strongly recommend using the provided stickers to add more realism to the set.

My Lepin set also came with a brick separator, a small bike and a bag of spare parts.  The retail value of the Lego service station 60132 is approx $90 USD.  The Lepin 02047 version ican be found for about $20 USD on Aliexpress, with free shipping. 

Everything was excellent about this set including the price, so for that reason, I give it a top score of 5 out of 5.   This set would definitely be a nice addition to your brick city.   As always, thanks for visiting Its Not Lego and See you next time!