I agree that a lot of the problems are with the color choice, mostly in the pizzeria and first floor. I do like the idea of dark blue being used for the walls to compliment the bright blue facade. Maybe the pizzeria could have been dark red instead? I do love jewel tones next to each other. Splashes of lighter color in the detailing would pop, especially if complementary like the bright blue facade
Well to each their own I guess... It is true that it's not a ground breaking lego set (especially after the hotel) but I've always loved the vibes it brings to a city because of the colours. And that's precisely why I skipped the museum (first skip in 10 years).
Jazz evolves everywhere because people feel it and add their own inflections. Our cultures evolve. Our cities also evolve. My 12 year old grandson particularly wanted this set & absolutely loves it. When done he played Nina Simone's Feeling Good & said that was what they were performing. Now he's got a crazy scene with people climbing up outside the building, a police raid & people doing all sorts of things. In his mind the city's alive. Jazz is alive. This prissy review is quite silly.
I love your approach to Modulars as an architect and city planner. I feel that most of the Modulars are an “old-world” feel. The police station looks like it’s from the 1940s, the museum late 1800s early 1900s. The Jazz Club is newer maybe 70’s? I love jazz music and have been to several jazz clubs here in the US. It reminds me of one I visited - brick building, bright pops of color with art deco furniture and art. I can definitely see how the translation and integration into a city would be difficult. I think if the pizzeria was a restaurant or bar servicing the Jazz club and the colors were muted, this would be a more cohesive building.
Yeah that colour is a issue. The start idea of Lego itself was Dark blue instead of Dark red. That's way I changed it into Dark blue. Because it looks so much better with the details
I've altered that set quite a bit (and I'm not done altering it). It's a good basis imo for mocs, but out of the box it's not really my cup of tea. I have to say, that moc with the balconies up front looks awesome. I might have to try that! 😁
I didn't understand why I wasn't impressed with this set until I watched this video. I am definitely going to have to change some things to make it pleasing to display.
I agree with everything you said. I bought it but it's my least favourite modular. The colour clash is terrible. It reminds me of some of the colour clashes you got sets in the 80s, when they only had about 5 colours of brick to choose from.
I think I agree 100% with you on this one. It really needs a rebuild, I love the idea , I hate the exection of it. I bought 2 because It needs a lot of remocking .
BROOOONCS! You were on my mind not long ago as we spoke about you coming to see the racing at Silverstone in 2024. Anyway it is awesome hearing from you. All is fine hope the same goes for you!
Glad to hear that I'm not the only person who was disturbed by this Modular Building. The Police Station did the "Big building flanked by smaller building" idea much better. There was a LEGO Friends pizzeria which did the spring yellow color much better, and the dark red color makes it look too much like a fire station. 😊
I think that’s wise. I wasn’t going to buy it for the longest time and then I just got swept away. Mistakes were made. But the parts will now just go into my collection to use on MOCs
I 100% agree. This modular is certainly...unique but not in a positive way. It always feels like a mish mash. Love that you bring up Alberto's moc because that brings such a clear and defined feeling and narrative to it! This is one of my lest favorite modulars that Lego has ever released.
I agree with you about the color choice and the interior especially the jazz club. I did use the color scheme for the first en second floor for a MOC in my City. Always fun looking at your videos...Houdoe!!!
I agree with what you said Johanna, and enjoyed your take on the set. The Americans are different -- they have a bit of an urban hodge-podge mishmash, in some places. I noticed many years ago that American Vogue was a lot different from British Vogue, they tended to favour more garish colours and strange colour combinations. I suspect it's the working-class influence, and perhaps the mix of cultural influences. Some cosmopolitan areas are huge melting pots. They just go for whatever they feel like, willy-nilly. (Kind of like a fever dream.) Everyone doing their "own thing". It feels to me as though they have their own kind of working-class quirkiness that they feel sentimental about. Bit like the song "Up on the roof". It's a different take on the world.
This a very American set, in the US most of the theatres from the early 20th century look just like this. And these colors are heinous. Bottom floor should be dark green, dark blue or black. Editing to say a lot of old theatres have been turned to jazz clubs especially in the south.
As you say it’s all a matter of taste and good for those who like it. But this modular never caught my attention. The colours, the simplicity of the facade, the details are just not for me. I am not buying it because I would have to moc so much that I rather invest in bricks and pieces for my own moc.
It’s funny as the facade actually had quite. Few nice details but it’s lost due to the colour choices. I really should just have been more sensible and not bought it
@@HighTeaToysyou are right. I love your idea to look at the facade without colour. It does show the potential of it. And we all have been there buying sets we are not really sure about.
Btw, I think I'd be gutting this thing and extending the playing stage all along one wall and outside the building with a baby grand piano and I would scratch the pizza joint and add a full bar, Upstairs would be a gambling room and seating area and possibly an apartment on the top floor.
I thought this was a weird release for the modular line myself and I'm here in the states. Even so, we don't have jazz clubs across our cities and states but more likely in the south like New Orleans etc. Still, I thought I'd grab it not because it's a jazz club, but because it's a full modular and we do have Rebrickable to turn to.
I built it then sold it on. The colour scheme is awful. I changed the blue to white but then the red and grey combo looked dirty. I changed the yellow columns to white to try and tone it down but nope so off it went to a new home.
I really dont like the blue, red or yellow of this set. I changed the blue apartment building from the bookshop set to sand green - i was ok with that - but thinking of changing every color of the jazz club is too much for me, i just dont really like any of the original choices so it feels like its not worth it for me to even get it
I think. Thay made the pizzaria yellow to go with the. Blue ...i do like the dark red. But. Think the top dark gray. Need s to be light gray. And window s need to be. Another colour. And the blue . Needs to be another colour and pizzaria. Need to be white red green.
Thanks for the rambling 😂. You said in all details and more what I feel but could not dress in significant words for me not liking this modular and pass out on it.
The colors are popping, but thats it. Seems like a really disappointing, weird modular... :/ didnt buy it yet.. So much pieces and money for this, and then we have this small bright yellow building and a rainbow Jazz Club
I was so excited when it was leaked that it was going to be a jazz club, and seeing the footage was a total let down. The building looks interesting, but the interior is just bad and the color even worse. It doesn't look good next to other modulars and has details that make it look too much like a toy (which technically it is) but modulars had always achieved an air of sophistication and this one just screams for attention in a bad way. I'm the only one who hates the use of the car seat part for regular chairs? It looks lazy and unimaginative for a +18 set. It lacked time in the oven, that's a fact.
Quite. That is what I tried it get at with the white building. If you just objectively look at the architectural features they’re fun, but the colours just kinda ruin their appeal for me.
Just replace the blue , I can see how your British style would clash with a New Orleans jazz club . In the end the front is what you will see most of the time . Maybe jazz sign yellow becomes a transparent Color
Easily the ugliest modular, no classical look but also not modern and creative enough… I’m sorry I much prefer the rebrickable alt build of this which is way nicer
Now. You got me. Thinking i might. Just. Build. This moduler outta. Extra parts to ..like i building. Ninjago city. Prity much for free. Add only cas i left it so long to get it. Even tho its a lovly set. 😊.an got most the movie ninjago set s. But. Price now $1250 to $1500 to $1700. An no way i paying that i probly. Build this. Now outta extra part s an. Chandge the color s. To look way better. 😊👍👍👸🤩💥
I think manny of us had same. Thort s. Sints. Day one an seeing the pic s of it. Few i know that. Got it orly on. Did chandge s. To the build ..other day i seen a. Guy had added. Dark glue wall color ..im not fan of the gray an dark red. Sand window s with the dark red would be better i think ..and the 🍕 pizzarier. White red green. Like italian pizza shop.s.
I agree, that this building didn't habe the "Wow-effect" that, die example, the Boutique Hotel had for me, but maybe this rebrickable-model from steinekönig would be an idea? I think changing it to the rebrickable model would be a start ( with some changes off course). The jazz club-entrance could be at the corner and the Club on the second and third floor. The Grund floor could have a bigger pizzeria and a small taylor in the side building(or the other way around). Either way, i am excited to see what you will Create :).
i'm pretty sure how they choose colors for sets is what they've made too much of. or are currently making. for example this year it would be dark orange.
I agree video quality could improve from a microphone, but I don’t need that to enjoy these videos. Alternative way to improve sound quality could be some heavy cloth on the ceiling to change acoustics of the room. (I am no studio designer, but what i hear and see in the video, in sound effect and hard walls makes me think this). But still no pressure from me to change, I like your style and (semi-) randomness which are catered for by the one device filming of the lot.
I'm hard of hearing and end up turning on the captions when I watch videos from this channel, because I have such a hard time understanding the speech. I figured this was a "me" problem. (Love this video -- thanks for articulating why I don't like this set. And will no one speak of the fact that JAZZCLUB is one word on the sign? Ugh!)
I have the impression that you have started speaking more carelessly. In your previous videos it was easier to understand what you were saying. You had better diction and greater calmness of speech. Sometimes it's hard to understand what you're saying. In fact, I stopped watching this movie for this exact reason, because unfortunately I don't understand what you're saying, it all blends.
Weird. I'm not a native speaker, my English is not good, never lived in an English speaking country.... But I understand her perfectly. Yes agreed... In this video she is more agitated, more emotional when speaking... But still....
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I think it's a bit funny you seem surprised or disappointed that a jazz club (the music born in New Orleans) has an American architectural feel lol.
Exactly!
You've sold me on this one. I feel like there is a lot of history hidden in plan sight. That building feels improvised like Jazz itself.
I agree that a lot of the problems are with the color choice, mostly in the pizzeria and first floor. I do like the idea of dark blue being used for the walls to compliment the bright blue facade. Maybe the pizzeria could have been dark red instead? I do love jewel tones next to each other. Splashes of lighter color in the detailing would pop, especially if complementary like the bright blue facade
Well to each their own I guess... It is true that it's not a ground breaking lego set (especially after the hotel) but I've always loved the vibes it brings to a city because of the colours. And that's precisely why I skipped the museum (first skip in 10 years).
Jazz evolves everywhere because people feel it and add their own inflections. Our cultures evolve. Our cities also evolve. My 12 year old grandson particularly wanted this set & absolutely loves it. When done he played Nina Simone's Feeling Good & said that was what they were performing. Now he's got a crazy scene with people climbing up outside the building, a police raid & people doing all sorts of things. In his mind the city's alive. Jazz is alive. This prissy review is quite silly.
I love your approach to Modulars as an architect and city planner. I feel that most of the Modulars are an “old-world” feel. The police station looks like it’s from the 1940s, the museum late 1800s early 1900s. The Jazz Club is newer maybe 70’s? I love jazz music and have been to several jazz clubs here in the US. It reminds me of one I visited - brick building, bright pops of color with art deco furniture and art. I can definitely see how the translation and integration into a city would be difficult. I think if the pizzeria was a restaurant or bar servicing the Jazz club and the colors were muted, this would be a more cohesive building.
I think if you'd visited New Orleans then this set would make sense. It's not a European style building.
High Tea Rage 😂
Lol. I felt passionately okay. I just wish it was better
Haha. No judgement. I disagree with you. I was enjoying the passion. Its the only modular I’ve gotten rid of which says something
Yes, but love it.
@@HighTeaToysfully understand. I feel with you.
@@HighTeaToys🤩👸💥👍👍 Yeah the color s are very. Diffrent. Mix that's for Shaw. 😅
It’s the colors in New Orleans
Yeah that colour is a issue. The start idea of Lego itself was Dark blue instead of Dark red. That's way I changed it into Dark blue. Because it looks so much better with the details
Can you show us?
I've replaced blue color parts in the first floor with medium nougat color. It's way better than before.
I've altered that set quite a bit (and I'm not done altering it). It's a good basis imo for mocs, but out of the box it's not really my cup of tea.
I have to say, that moc with the balconies up front looks awesome. I might have to try that! 😁
I haven't purchased this because of the colors. IdK if I can get over it!
I didn't understand why I wasn't impressed with this set until I watched this video. I am definitely going to have to change some things to make it pleasing to display.
Switch the blue to dark blue... And the set becomes amazing 🤩
I agree. It's the blue that throws me off. It makes it look cheapish.
i definitly agree with you, i think its a cute set but some of the colours just didnt work
I really enjoyed this review! I miss you reviewing sets! Loved your PASSION!
I agree with everything you said. I bought it but it's my least favourite modular. The colour clash is terrible. It reminds me of some of the colour clashes you got sets in the 80s, when they only had about 5 colours of brick to choose from.
I think I agree 100% with you on this one. It really needs a rebuild, I love the idea , I hate the exection of it. I bought 2 because It needs a lot of remocking .
Love the review!! Hope all is well!!
BROOOONCS! You were on my mind not long ago as we spoke about you coming to see the racing at Silverstone in 2024. Anyway it is awesome hearing from you. All is fine hope the same goes for you!
Storm in a High Tea Cup! I agree quite so, the colour scheme might seem sensible to some, but it just doesn't appeal to me
Glad to hear that I'm not the only person who was disturbed by this Modular Building. The Police Station did the "Big building flanked by smaller building" idea much better. There was a LEGO Friends pizzeria which did the spring yellow color much better, and the dark red color makes it look too much like a fire station. 😊
TOTALLY agree with EVERYTHING you said…it’s the reasons I haven’t purchased it.
I think that’s wise. I wasn’t going to buy it for the longest time and then I just got swept away. Mistakes were made. But the parts will now just go into my collection to use on MOCs
I 100% agree. This modular is certainly...unique but not in a positive way. It always feels like a mish mash. Love that you bring up Alberto's moc because that brings such a clear and defined feeling and narrative to it! This is one of my lest favorite modulars that Lego has ever released.
On rebrickable, I found some instructions for this kit, (6 of them), it ends up being a movie theater that is amazing!!!
I agree with you about the color choice and the interior especially the jazz club.
I did use the color scheme for the first en second floor for a MOC in my City.
Always fun looking at your videos...Houdoe!!!
I havent built it yet. Yes many issues. There are two options of retheme I am considering still. My fave parts are the signs and the stage lol.
I agree with what you said Johanna, and enjoyed your take on the set.
The Americans are different -- they have a bit of an urban hodge-podge mishmash, in some places. I noticed many years ago that American Vogue was a lot different from British Vogue, they tended to favour more garish colours and strange colour combinations. I suspect it's the working-class influence, and perhaps the mix of cultural influences. Some cosmopolitan areas are huge melting pots. They just go for whatever they feel like, willy-nilly. (Kind of like a fever dream.) Everyone doing their "own thing".
It feels to me as though they have their own kind of working-class quirkiness that they feel sentimental about. Bit like the song "Up on the roof". It's a different take on the world.
This a very American set, in the US most of the theatres from the early 20th century look just like this. And these colors are heinous. Bottom floor should be dark green, dark blue or black. Editing to say a lot of old theatres have been turned to jazz clubs especially in the south.
As you say it’s all a matter of taste and good for those who like it. But this modular never caught my attention. The colours, the simplicity of the facade, the details are just not for me. I am not buying it because I would have to moc so much that I rather invest in bricks and pieces for my own moc.
It’s funny as the facade actually had quite. Few nice details but it’s lost due to the colour choices. I really should just have been more sensible and not bought it
@@HighTeaToysyou are right. I love your idea to look at the facade without colour. It does show the potential of it. And we all have been there buying sets we are not really sure about.
I didn't get notifications from you tube or your discord server for this video Johanna great video and review
Btw, I think I'd be gutting this thing and extending the playing stage all along one wall and outside the building with a baby grand piano and I would scratch the pizza joint and add a full bar, Upstairs would be a gambling room and seating area and possibly an apartment on the top floor.
I thought this was a weird release for the modular line myself and I'm here in the states. Even so, we don't have jazz clubs across our cities and states but more likely in the south like New Orleans etc. Still, I thought I'd grab it not because it's a jazz club, but because it's a full modular and we do have Rebrickable to turn to.
Most major cities in the US have jazz clubs, not only NOLO. Even in the north!
I’ve seen it doubled and I prefer it that way!
PS, Your hair looks very nice!
Ah bless you thank you! Also mauve when it’s doubled it has a little bit more space to let the colours just be. But it’s still too much for me. B
@@HighTeaToys The colours are too haphazard. It jangles the senses.
I built it then sold it on. The colour scheme is awful. I changed the blue to white but then the red and grey combo looked dirty.
I changed the yellow columns to white to try and tone it down but nope so off it went to a new home.
I really dont like the blue, red or yellow of this set.
I changed the blue apartment building from the bookshop set to sand green - i was ok with that - but thinking of changing every color of the jazz club is too much for me, i just dont really like any of the original choices so it feels like its not worth it for me to even get it
I think. Thay made the pizzaria yellow to go with the. Blue ...i do like the dark red. But. Think the top dark gray. Need s to be light gray. And window s need to be. Another colour. And the blue . Needs to be another colour and pizzaria. Need to be white red green.
It an old jazz club
Colors… kind of like jazz. 🤔
Ich hab das blau einfach durch schwarz ersetzt: Sieht, für mich, definitiv besser aus 🤗
Thanks for the rambling 😂. You said in all details and more what I feel but could not dress in significant words for me not liking this modular and pass out on it.
I agree!!! It took me a year to buy this because the colors were so bad!
The colors are popping, but thats it. Seems like a really disappointing, weird modular... :/ didnt buy it yet..
So much pieces and money for this, and then we have this small bright yellow building and a rainbow Jazz Club
Kinda how I feel. I hoped so much I would like it in person and now I’m just disappointed
I was so excited when it was leaked that it was going to be a jazz club, and seeing the footage was a total let down. The building looks interesting, but the interior is just bad and the color even worse. It doesn't look good next to other modulars and has details that make it look too much like a toy (which technically it is) but modulars had always achieved an air of sophistication and this one just screams for attention in a bad way.
I'm the only one who hates the use of the car seat part for regular chairs? It looks lazy and unimaginative for a +18 set.
It lacked time in the oven, that's a fact.
Personally I feel that there are good ideas in the jazz club set, but it pretty much needs a lot of modding
Quite. That is what I tried it get at with the white building. If you just objectively look at the architectural features they’re fun, but the colours just kinda ruin their appeal for me.
Just replace the blue , I can see how your British style would clash with a New Orleans jazz club . In the end the front is what you will see most of the time . Maybe jazz sign yellow becomes a transparent Color
For its colors it looks like half modular and half friends which I hate
Yeep yeep yeep. Totaly agree. In all you seed. About. The colour s. 🤩👍
Easily the ugliest modular, no classical look but also not modern and creative enough… I’m sorry
I much prefer the rebrickable alt build of this which is way nicer
Now. You got me. Thinking i might. Just. Build. This moduler outta. Extra parts to ..like i building. Ninjago city. Prity much for free. Add only cas i left it so long to get it. Even tho its a lovly set. 😊.an got most the movie ninjago set s. But. Price now $1250 to $1500 to $1700. An no way i paying that i probly. Build this. Now outta extra part s an. Chandge the color s. To look way better. 😊👍👍👸🤩💥
I think manny of us had same. Thort s. Sints. Day one an seeing the pic s of it. Few i know that. Got it orly on. Did chandge s. To the build ..other day i seen a. Guy had added. Dark glue wall color ..im not fan of the gray an dark red. Sand window s with the dark red would be better i think ..and the 🍕 pizzarier. White red green. Like italian pizza shop.s.
Thay. Dident. Make it dark. Blue. An dark gray. Cas thos color s do no go together. A light gray an dark blue will .add ..
Yeep the color scream is so odd ..as .
I agree, that this building didn't habe the "Wow-effect" that, die example, the Boutique Hotel had for me, but maybe this rebrickable-model from steinekönig would be an idea? I think changing it to the rebrickable model would be a start ( with some changes off course). The jazz club-entrance could be at the corner and the Club on the second and third floor. The Grund floor could have a bigger pizzeria and a small taylor in the side building(or the other way around).
Either way, i am excited to see what you will Create :).
i'm pretty sure how they choose colors for sets is what they've made too much of. or are currently making. for example this year it would be dark orange.
All the dark red in this set reminds me of the cancelled Explosives Factory set from LEGO CITY...😊
I like your videos but please buy a microphone. It will be so much more enjoyable to watch.
I agree video quality could improve from a microphone, but I don’t need that to enjoy these videos.
Alternative way to improve sound quality could be some heavy cloth on the ceiling to change acoustics of the room.
(I am no studio designer, but what i hear and see in the video, in sound effect and hard walls makes me think this).
But still no pressure from me to change, I like your style and (semi-) randomness which are catered for by the one device filming of the lot.
I'm hard of hearing and end up turning on the captions when I watch videos from this channel, because I have such a hard time understanding the speech. I figured this was a "me" problem. (Love this video -- thanks for articulating why I don't like this set. And will no one speak of the fact that JAZZCLUB is one word on the sign? Ugh!)
Yeah, it's a bit of an explosion in paint factory. I think it's a heavy discount only buy. 😬
Hilarious.
It's interesting hey? Never appealed to me at all...for all those reasons...
It'll probably become very collectable...for all those reasons 🤣
Tell us what you really think. 😂
This is probably the most unfiltered you’ll get me 😅
Bring back SAND RED
Nothing new, just lego's new quality standards 🤡
I totally agree. It is the worst modular in the last couple of years.
Just wondering 🤔, does anyone know anybody selling a recently built Lego Jazz Club modular???
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I have the impression that you have started speaking more carelessly. In your previous videos it was easier to understand what you were saying. You had better diction and greater calmness of speech. Sometimes it's hard to understand what you're saying. In fact, I stopped watching this movie for this exact reason, because unfortunately I don't understand what you're saying, it all blends.
Weird. I'm not a native speaker, my English is not good, never lived in an English speaking country.... But I understand her perfectly. Yes agreed... In this video she is more agitated, more emotional when speaking... But still....
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