WORST TO FIRST: Ranking All 18 LEGO Modular Buildings! (2007-2023)

I've teamed up with my friends, Shy and Josh, to determine which is the best (and worst) LEGO modular! Let me know your ranking in the comments!

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[cobbss]

Josh has no right to be this funny and nearly steal the show

[winstonlee]

Because Market Street was NOT a LEGO-designed modular. It was a fan-based design that was part of the sort-lived Factory theme. It's like that cousin no one talks about LOL

Love this collaborative ranking with Shy and Josh :) These have always been setting a new bar every year for the first 10 years (2007 - 2017). There have been some "plateau" releases recently but the developers have never failed to deliver new types of detail techniques.

[VintageTape]

I think Parisian Restaurant is one of the best. I put it in my personal top 3. Especially to build. There are so many smart building Techniques. With the walls build sideways, That unique roof, Those poles at the front. It looks great. The color combination is in my opinion one of the best and unique. It might not have the wow factor when you see it compared to some of the later ones. But if you pay more attention there is so much going on. And I also feel like Parisian Restaurant put the bar higher and made a new standard. I think that without Parisian Restaurant. in the modular evolution. You would not have something like Boutique Hotel. I mean those lego Technic pieces to use as a decoration. The car Mud flaps to make those round things at the top. Those little panels around those pillars combined with Star Wars Droid pieces to make those arches. I mean seriously how can this modular not be higher. I think it is the most clever building of them all.

[mattmellish]

The crossover we never deserved, but absolutely needed… Well done! 😊

[madspunky]

My ratings: Exterior (worth 2x points) / Interior + Back / Building Experience / Play fun
19: Market Street 1/1/1/1 = 10 points
18: Cafe Corner 5/1/2/1 = 26 points
17: Pet Shop 4/3/4/3 = 36 points
16: Fire Brigade 4/4/4/4 = 40 points
15: Town Hall 5/4/3/4 = 42 points
14: Grand Emporium 5/3/5/4 = 44 points
13: Green Grocer 7/3/5/3 = 50 points
12: Palace Cinema 10/3/3/4 = 60 points
11: Sanctum Sanctorium = 6/7/6/7 = 64 points
10: Corner Garage = 6/5/9/7 = 66 points
9: Downtown Diner = 5/9/9/6 = 68 points
8: Jazz Club = 8/7/8/5 = 72 points
7: Police Station = 7/7/8/8 = 74 points
6: Book Store = 9/7/8/4 = 74 points
5: Brick Bank = 7/7/7/9 = 74 points
4: Boutique Hotel = 8/9/9/5 = 78 points
3: Detective Office = 6/9/8/10 = 78 points
2: Parisian Restaurant = 10/9/8/5 = 84 points
1: Assembly Square = 9/10/10/7 = 90 points

[MayoHosko]

I don’t care what anyone says my Mount Rushmore is
1 Parisian restaurant
2 detectives office
3 green grocer
4 assembly square

[BrightestWitchBricks]

These 3 are a great combo for Modular discussion. So entertaining ❤🎉

[gameboysinthewild]

Having been a day one buyer of every modular, the cafe corner and especially green grocer are criminally under placed on this list. Green grocer was such a landmark, building it redefined what Lego could be for me

[EvansBrickhouse]

The detective office looks great in my opinion. It reminds of small town store fronts.

[NeilBeale]

Josh is so underrated, every time I see his sub count it baffles me how it's not higher

[Amberlia_Builds]

Yes, The Police Station is so awesome.This video made me feel better about taking so long to build it. There are so many details!! LOL

[TheBrickBee]

As a 15yr old, I hope to also be well recognised in the Lego community on YouTube in the near future as I'm growing my collection and my love for Lego(And my YT channel). I just want to give appreciation to all the Lego fans and content creators out there.

[polarboy]

I have no idea why these people are so obsessed with the story lines. These work best as architectural sets and sets like the detective office are basically ruined by play features that nobody uses.

[Entertainment_AJC]

Honestly I don’t like the fact that the pizza/jazz, and donuts/police station are connected without being able to disconnect like you can with the pet shop and townhouse. I feel like it forces you to place it a certain way and kind of messes with the creativity of where you can place it in your city

[natbarmore]

Ranking the sets _in toto_ is tough, because there’s the display value, the building experience, the build techniques, and the parts, and in many cases those are unrelated to one another.

But just considering display value, I think Palace Cinema is my #1, and I don’t think anything is gonna bump it anytime soon. I only have room to display 3-4 of the modular buildings, so I have to unbuild older ones periodically. I normally unbuild the oldest modular when I need to make more space; Palace Cinema is the only one that has broken that pattern, and it’s still built while several newer modulars have been disassembled or are due soon [I’ve got 5 unbuilt in my backlog, plus the Natural History Museum when I can afford it].

At the other end, Brick Bank and Market Street had the shortest display runs for me, by far.

When I got Market Street, I had neither the space nor the inclination to keep Lego sets on display. At that point, the only set I had kept on display for any length of time was the UCS Y-Wing. So it honestly didn’t even occur to me to keep it built for long—but I don’t think I would’ve, even now. Great set, but it’s more of a play set than a display set.

The story in Brick Bank is fun and the build is awesome, but it’s one of the least-interesting modulars to display, IMHO. Most of what’s really great about it is hidden inside, and even the stained glass windows aren’t much to see with the roof on (unless you install lights). It was an easy decision to unbuild it instead of Pet Shop, Palace Cinema, Parisian Restaurant, or Detective’s Office.

(The other reason Palace Cinema is still built is that it’s not very exciting as a parts pack. So I haven’t had any particular desire to unbuild it competing with my desire to keep it on display.

[jntsang]

"Haven't you seen, 'You Got Mail'?" -- I'd love to see the analytics on how many people are going to get that AOL reference

[TheArmouredArmadillo]

As a standalone set, the Diner is by far and away my favourite, however it doesn't really fit with the era of the other modulars. Maybe with enough of that era models, you could have an entire street of that era and people's opinions would change.

On a different note, I think you should add the BL designer program Lego store into the list, as I'd consider that a proper modular, fits perfectly with them, no ip influence and not a totally different idea like ninjago city etc. It would be a nice bonus to see.

[teamtripledentnextgentls]

Green grocer, Grand emporium, Parisian restaurant, and assembly square are in best of my list even though assembly square is the only one I have I just like how those 4 look

[brickbunniestv]

I think Senior LEGO designer and a fixture on the LEGO Master show, Jamie Berard might be upset that most of his models are ranked at the bottom.

[GreyKnightBricks]

Just getting into LEGO after watching so many LEGO YouTubers. Please do more of these Collabs!