Modular Buildings

MarcusMyth

Hi, 

Apologies if this isn't the correct forum. 

I'm collecting the modular buildings - I have everything after the Palace Cinema (everything before is out of print), as well as a couple of Ninjago sets that fit dimensionally.

I was considering also collecting the mini-modulars. Based on Wikipedia (I know), I could see the mini-modular set (10230) as well as 8 'bricktober' sets, meaning this wouldn't be a huge undertaking.

However, on this site, there's many more 'mini' sets marked as mini modulars. Would I be correct therefore in thinking there are way more than 8 official mini modular buildings in addition to 10230? If so, is there an easy way to see a list of these?

Thanks in advance. 

Astrobricks

So this concerns mini modulars, not the Creator Expert sets called modulars.

As far as I’m aware, there isn’t really a list of “official” mini modulars, it’s just a category AFOLs made up for micro-scale buildings. I could be wrong though, and someone will probably educate me shortly :)

MarcusMyth

Ah that would make sense re: not being official.

Maybe I'll limit my collection to the creator expert modulars. 

benbacardi

MarcusMyth said:

Maybe I'll limit my collection to the creator expert modulars. 

I've never really understood this mindset. Why don't people just buy what they like and leave what they don't, irrespective of official designations?

MarcusMyth

I like the modulars. 

Legoboy

benbacardi said:

MarcusMyth said:

Maybe I'll limit my collection to the creator expert modulars. 

I've never really understood this mindset. Why don't people just buy what they like and leave what they don't, irrespective of official designations?

It’s an illness.

oldtodd33

@MarcusMyth To actually try to answer your question. You have obviously seen the mini modular tag in the item description. You can click on the tag and it will take you to the page where all of the sets with that tag are listed. There are in my opinion, many sets with that tag that don't belong there. You will have to decide in your mind what is a mini modular and what isn't since that definition is kind of subjective. To me, the only sets that belong in that group is the #10230 and maybe the Bricktober sets. The others don't meet my definition of a mini modular.   

   Let the tomato throwing begin. 

Baby_Yoda

^ This. You kind of need to make your own decisions as to what counts as a Mini Modular, as odd as that sounds. There's even a little of the same controversy with regular Modulars - is Market Street a Modular?
(I may have just started a war)

SumoLego

And the mini-modulars set is a slightly different 'scale' than the Bricktober sets.  They are not a seamless 'set'.

But I agree with @oldtodd33, there's not an official mini-modulars list.

MarcusMyth

Thanks for all of the responses. :) 

SumoLego

It's also important to note that the Brickset Tags are meant to be expensive, rather than restrictive.  If someone is interested in mini-buildings and clicks on the tag - finding other similar sets makes the the database more responsive.

The database isn't for hyper-technical collector definitions of sets, themes and minute distinctions.

benbacardi

Expensive, or expansive? 🤔 

SumoLego

Yes, expansive.  I love you, aggressive auto-correct!

(And Market Street is a modular, even though we all hate it.)

Baby_Yoda

benbacardi said:

Expensive, or expansive? 🤔 

Well, the Modulars are expensive as well.

autolycus

SumoLego said:

Yes, expansive.  I love you, aggressive auto-correct!

(And Market Street is a modular, even though we all hate it.)

As someone who was in dark ages for most of the line's run, and who only got a modular when Brick Bank and Detective Office were on clearance last year, I will happily take a Market Street set off anyone's hands who hates it so much that they refuse to call it a modular.

Recce

Talking about mini modulars, I believe those MOC mini modular builds are just as nice, if not better than the "official" ones. 

All my official mini modulars are still boxed, but I've created this mini display from all the MOC builds out there. :)



Edit: Just noticed my post is 888 which in Chinese means prosperous. So huat ah!

Recce

Well, that was short-lived, didn't know editing the post will also increase the post count? 

Anyway can look forward to 999, which represents longevity. :D

Don't mind me, now back to the thread topic. 

SumoLego

Recce said:

Anyway can look forward to 999, which represents longevity. :D

If you wait until 1111, that represents 15.  

(And for those of you that get that reference, you're a dorkity-dork Dorkasaurus Rex.)

TheBigLegoski

:/  Mmmmh.

So I am not dorkity-dorky enough...

autolycus

SumoLego said:

Recce said:

Anyway can look forward to 999, which represents longevity. :D

If you wait until 1111, that represents 15.  

(And for those of you that get that reference, you're a dorkity-dork Dorkasaurus Rex.)

I think there are 10 kinds of people in the world... those who get the joke and those who don’t.

Gibbo1959

But does it include those who are non-binary?

TheBigLegoski

https://www.binaryhexconverter.com/binary-to-decimal-converter

Doh!

jmeninno

@SumoLego...that's the best you could do?  That's an "F" in my book.  ;)

SumoLego

jmeninno said:

@SumoLego...that's the best you could do?  That's an "F" in my book.  ;)

32.9K likes is built on low-hanging fruit.

Switchfoot55

^And just for that, no like from me.

SumoLego

Switchfoot55 said:

^And just for that, no like from me.

It's okay... you know you want to.

jmeninno said:

@SumoLego...that's the best you could do?  That's an "F" in my book.  ;)

1000000010000100 'likes' can't be wrong.

(I promise, last post utilizing this nonsense.)

KungFuKenny

Switchfoot55 said:

^And just for that, no like from me.

SumoLego said:.

It's okay... you know you want to.

Stay strong, @Switchfoot55 — don’t let the peer pressure sway you from your convictions... 

Switchfoot55

Don't worry, I've marked this thread for later. 3 years from now, when Sumo is at home counting his daily likes, he won't be able to account for one of them. And then I will have won!