![]() ![]() I’d probably add a #10700 LEGO Green Baseplate for $8 apiece. So far, we are at $120 for trimmings, which brings me to about $610. The LEGO Classic sets have a paucity of windows, so let’s say I spend $40 for them on Bricklink. Here’s the one place where I might feel the need to “cheat” a bit and head over to to buy some windows and doors, both for houses and stores. The #11005 LEGO Classic Creative Fun set (see below) with 900 pieces for $40 is probably the best price per piece of the lot. I would certainly buy at least one generic LEGO Classic brick box to have pieces to build an original building and to have random pieces available for extra walls and street furniture. Fourteen adults and child minifig can help populate my town and add a little action. The set goes for $40 but seems to be available on sale these days from several retailers. I’d be very tempted to buy one of the LEGO City People Packs, perhaps the #60202 LEGO City People Pack Outdoor Adventures (see below). I’m budgeting around $140 for stores, so at full price, we are at $485 total. The #41344 LEGO Friends Andrea’s Accessories Store ($30), and #41362 LEGO Friends Heartlake City Supermarket ($30) are other smaller stores that are good choices and might fit the budget. I’d probably also add the #31077 LEGO Creator Modular Sweet Surprises ($40) to add some color and have the beginnings of a real shopping district. This would probably be the biggest building in my proposed town. Now, let’s add the #31097 LEGO Creator Townhouse Pet Shop & Café ($80), which is the big LEGO Creator 3-in-1 building currently available. Depending on which sets I end up getting and at what price, the total for some basic houses should be around $75. ![]() The #31078 LEGO Creator Treehouse Treasures ($30) is a tempting set – if I remove the tree parts and convert the structure into a regular house. So, I probably wouldn’t purchase this set. I like the colors of the #41369 LEGO Friends Mia’s House, but $70 for a house seems expensive, especially since I can’t use the three mini-doll figures, and even the animals are not really compatible with Lego City. ![]() Neither is what I really want in a house but both are at decent price points, and I could rebuild them a little to make them look more like a conventional house. The #31081 LEGO Creator Modular Skate House ($40) is another option. It is no longer available directly from LEGO, but you can purchase it through Amazon or via local shops. The #31080 LEGO Creator Modular Winter Vacation ($35) might be a good place to begin. (The vehicle design from this same set could be used in another color as a utility repair truck of some kind.) At full price (hopefully, we can do better), the total price so far is $270.ĭepending on what kind of deals I can get, and if I have some money left, I might buy the #60212 LEGO City Barbecue Burn Out at $10 (see below) to have an already designed mini-scene. (And no, I wouldn’t spend $100 on the #60216 LEGO City Fire Brigade.) The above-mentioned three big sets would also give me several vehicles and a medivac helicopter. As far as police stations, I would go with a standard station like the #60141 LEGO City Police Station for $100, not something like jungle police, forest police, or air police. The #60215 LEGO City Fire Station is $70, and the #60204 LEGO City Hospital is $100 at full price. You should be able to get these around $250 total. Every town needs and every child wants a police station around, a fire station and a hospital. BUILDING A LEGO CITY – FIRST ROUND PICK OF SETS I’m also limiting myself to sets that I can currently buy at major retailers like Target and Wal-Mart, as well as at official LEGO stores and the Online LEGO Shop. I’ll also assume that I can purchase LEGO sets at 20% off the regular list price, which brings the total value of the sets to about $620 ($620 – 20% = $496) and $1,240 ($1,240 – 20% = $992). For this exercise, I will assume that I would be starting from scratch, owning no LEGO sets at all. Am I the only adult fan of LEGO who is on a budget? Am I the only parent who has to have a constraint on my children’s presents? I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see what kind of LEGO city one could build these days with a budget of $500 or even $1,000. ![]()
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