Review : LEGO ICONS 10350 Tudor Corner

Today we take a quick tour of the content of the LEGO ICONS set 10350 Tudor Corner, a large box of 3266 pieces that will be available from January 1, 2025 at a public price of €229,99. Since the official announcement of the product, everyone has an opinion on this Structure in vintage 2025 that will be integrated among the other proposals marketed by LEGO over the years. This version adopts a style that is both very British and vintage, it is enough to divide the fans.

I am not going to give you a Prévert-style inventory of the techniques used to obtain the final result. This is also why we buy this type of product and it is appropriate to leave to those who will spend their money on this box the pleasure of discovering the subtleties of the thing. Do not spoiler not too many of the different stages of construction visible in the photos below even if I tried not to reveal too much.

That being said, I must admit that I am personally seduced by both the assembly process and the final result. The progression is as with every Structure a more or less clever mix between stacking bricks to build the walls of the building and sequences dedicated to the furniture elements which will gradually fill the different available interior spaces.

Here, we don't get bored for a second, there are very few frankly repetitive sequences and it is really very well measured over the 589 assembly steps gathered in the large instruction booklet provided. No stickers in this box, all the patterned elements are therefore pad printed.

As you will have understood by looking at the photos above, the building only occupies part of the 32x32 base plate provided, the rest being composed of sidewalks on two sides. Some may be offended by this, but this is the usual lot of these Modulars which form a street corner and which at first glance seem to take up more space but which ultimately make do with a reduced portion of their support.

As for the furniture installed in the various interior spaces, it is of the level of what is usually found in this type of set with here an emphasis on the various and varied clocks that logically fill the watchmaker's shop. The exercise is interesting with different models that will undoubtedly inspire all those who are looking for variations to furnish their creations. The haberdashery is more compact, it is filled to the brim with bobbins and hats, there is also a mannequin with a neutral face.

The pub counter is cluttered with dishes and containers, the business benefits from a kitchen area that is difficult to access but is properly laid out with some good ideas to symbolize the different equipment, the toilets are placed under the staircase leading to the first floor, they are easily accessible by removing a section of the latter and the bedroom on the second floor is properly laid out even if there is no bed.

We also note that the ratio of available space / piled-up furniture is this time rather correct with a fairly satisfactory balance. The staircase leading to the second floor consumes rooms but it is very convincing and rather well integrated even if the arrival in the maid's room is done by a simple trapdoor.

On the walls of the second floor bedroom, we find the Tile pad-printed which features the sunflower cord that I told you about when LEGO put the Friends set online 42656 Heartlake City Airport and Airplane. The cord is placed on a shelf, so we can deduce that it is that of the minifig who lives there.

The variety of textures and colors used for the walls of the construction contribute to providing a truly satisfying assembly experience. This Structure is not on a single theme even if we can grant it the "Tudor" style for the main building and we pass with pleasure from one universe to another over the stages of the booklet. At the end we obtain two constructions stuck to each other with their architectural particularities and their identity.

The different techniques used are in my opinion of a level that should be able to convince the most demanding fans, no doubt about it. The designer did not however encumber himself with the two faces that are intended to be attached to other products in the range, we will not blame him for having been to the essentials for the back of the building and for having simplified a little the area that accommodates the staircase and which will give a little air to the neighborhood by creating a circulation space between two buildings.

However, I am not convinced by the removal of the building that houses the trash can, a gimmick already used in several products, the available space could have been used to enlarge the pub kitchen, which is still the main business of the place and which benefits from fairly basic treatment on the interior level.

The floors of the first and second floors remain in exposed tenons with carpets symbolized by a few Tiles. I would have preferred a smoother finish in these spaces while keeping, as on the sidewalks, some connection points to stage the seven characters provided. You will have noticed in passing that the space available in the room on the second floor is rather reduced, the techniques used for the half-timbering of the walls requiring gaining on the surface area of ​​the places to offer a credible result. The roof of the maid's room is reduced to an easily removable flat section with simply a functional hatch and a second chimney, it is relatively basic but sufficient.

Not counting the mannequin installed in the haberdashery, we get here 7 minifigs including the pub cook, a chimney sweep, the watchmaker of the first, the tenant of the maid's room and her cats, the haberdashery saleswoman and two passers-by or customers. This is more than enough to furnish a little and bring the set to life on your shelves. Nothing new in terms of figurines, all the elements used here are available in at least one other set.

The question of integrating such an architecturally marked proposal into a street composed of other products from the universe Modulars arises, but it has already arisen in the past. LEGO makes a proposal grouping which is aesthetically interesting via the official visuals of the product by framing this building with the sets 10326 Natural History Museum (2024) et 10312 Jazz Club (2023)

We could add the building from the set 10297Boutique Hotel (2022) and the set would in my opinion look really great as is. We can understand that LEGO favors a possible integration with the products still available in its catalog without worrying about the consistency between the most recent products and the oldest references in the range. It will therefore be up to everyone to find the best possible combination between all the Modulars available, the possibilities are numerous.

As I have pointed out in the past, starting a collection of Modulars is never easy, fans are quick to get hold of the models still available for sale before turning to those that are removed from the manufacturer's catalog and realizing that the secondary market is not doing them any favors.

We wonder every year if this range that is satisfied with only one product per year will manage to renew itself, I think that this will be the case in 2025, both on the aesthetic level and on the side of the complexity of the assembly of the product. This set is in my opinion largely at the level of what LEGO must offer its fans to keep them in suspense around this range.

If you like this proposition, do not hesitate to get started without hesitating too long in the hope of a hypothetical price reduction. This range offers a real construction experience combined with a really interesting exhibition potential and you will then have all the leisure to expand your street with other references according to your tastes to create "your" personalized street. Believe me, I am the first to appreciate the assembly of these boxes, which I was able to do once again thanks to LEGO on the occasion of this "Review", although I never really wanted to collect them.

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