I have to say that starting this channel was a brilliant idea. It's nice to see a great review of Lego's competition, considering Lego's insane pricing. As usual, great work Jango Fett.
It's a beautiful time to be a brick fan: there are so many great choices in themes and sets beyond Lego now, often a lot cheaper but very high quality.
You can usually get it on sale for around $80. I love that you can these awesome modulars from Pantasy and Funwhole for a third the cost of Lego sets. My problem is that I'm going to run out of shelf space because I've snapped up so many of them :)
I love this new channel, and it's fun to see you reviewing a set you genuinely like and are having fun with: you can really hear the difference in your tone and animation versus some other reviews.
I actually just finished building this set! Love it and really enjoyed watching your review of it and hearing your thoughts. More competition for the leading brand can only be a good thing for consumers. Thanks for spreading the awareness of good quality builds from other brands Jang!
Affordable and detailed, it's so tempting. It looks a little bit less elegant than Lego in some areas of the design, but I'd be nitpicking. The value is there for me.
Wow - this looks great. I love that the full thing has really nice viewing angles, unlike the FW builds where you lose 1 or 2 whole faces of the building.
Great review as always! I love the use of transparent windows to allow the interiors to be more easily visible! At 100 USD this is even better than the earliest Modulars from the leading brand, let alone the more recent ones that go up to $300!
Love the Lighter Bluish Gray, I've definitely wanted a couple extra grayscale shades before, something a bit lacking in regular Lego especially with no in-between from a midtone gray straight to black
I really like this set, from interior to exterior, from ground floor to top floor, it's a simple yet extremely pleasing looking modular building. It feels very warm and almost nostalgic. This level of detail and intricacy is the perfect balance personally. It's most stacking brick upon brick with some light sideways building alongside some simple but elegant looking interior details. Its very solid and wholesome looking, from when I first saw it, it instantly struck me of being reminiscent of the early lego modular buildings. I cannot praise this set enough.
Well said. The building techniques are straightfoward, but it's so big, that it'll still take a decent amount of time to build, and it sure looks nice when finished. And the price is amazing.
It is nice to see another modular from a different company other than FunWhole and Lego! The gym above the bakery is funny! It used to be where I lived that any weight loss center [Weight Watchers for example] was in a strip mall with a donut shop - like the dieters were being tested! I have the Lego Diner which also has a gym on the 2nd floor so this gives me a little reminder of that setup. I like that they didn't waste a lot of space with a boxing ring like Lego did. Ignoring price and just looking at the actual building inside and out, this gives me vibes of an earlier Lego modular. Not a particular model. Just in the design sense this reminds of a model that would come out sometime close to the Grand Emporium or Pet Shop. That is not meant as an insult! It just feels a bit like a trip down memory lane and I find that charming. And back then Lego modulars were $150, so this price point in modern day is amazing. I hope this is the start of more modulars from Pantasy.
They already have another one, the 221B Baker Street Sherlock modular. It's huge and a very good set, especially if you're a fan of Sherlock (the Cumberbatch show or the original Doyle writings)--lots of references and easter eggs!
The detail on these alternatives Brands is getting really impressive, especially when they take the printed tile approach, rather than Lego’s sticker approach.
I haven't bought any non-Lego sets, but this one definitely looks tempting! Might have to bite the bullet at some point... Thank you for reviewing these alternative companies! It's good to see the competition.
I think the building janitor is coming up to the roof. He feeds the seagulls who are waiting, He added the ball sculpture that he got for $5 at a yard sale. It is his little escape to relax.
Thank you Jang for teaching me a new word, "finial". Been learning English for over 25 years and teaching it for 6, and yet I have never stumbled upon it. Interesting that auto-generated captions thought you were saying "final" (12:36)
No reason to add studs for minifigs when they have none 😂 Great review as always, this is almost a must buy! I just need to figure out how to place it around other modulars, as it's going to be a bit awkward next to a non-corner build that goes up to its baseplate's edge...
I think it looks really good, from all angles. I'm enjoying watching your reviews of 'non leading brand' brick based building kits. Keep up the good work.
Unless you're just looking for a particular license, Lego hardly makes sense any more with so many competitors now beating them on features, quality, and/or price.
Great set, and price is very fair! Also, loving the new channel! Allows to showcase some great sets and brands that might be better in terms of price and value compared to lego. It's the second set that I've added to my purchase list, thanks to this channel, hope to see more such sets soon :)
Pantasy is the new Lego to be true. All the Sets are just Amazing. Sad that we need to buy the Lego Figures but the Standart City ones are not that expansicve
6:15 I hope the smell of the gym doesn’t go down too the bakery Hehe 😀 . . . It’s an interesting build. The brick color on the bottom floor wall seems a bit dark, but I bet it really looks nice from the outside that way.
The improvement in brick quality, reliability, and trustworthiness in alternative brick brands has been remarkable these past couple of years. Any doubt is now far outdated.
It's shocking how far they've come so quickly. Some of the older alternatives were really rough or merely adequate. A lot of these newer sets are top shelf.
FYI- this is the 2nd version, as the original release had figures and the 1st floor's walls were in a different color. This is from what I've seen from other videos.
There is something about the outside of this building, particularly from the front, that I don't like. But I can't quite put my finger on what it is. I think the interior details and spaces look great though.
Competition is always good for the consumer. These non-leading brands are going to force Lego to up their game because they're doing some great things. I'm only discovering a lot of these brands and their quality thanks to this channel and I'm loving it.
Jang, thx for doing some 'off' brand building blocks. I'm a huge Lego collector but lately I've had some good experiences with a Vonado off brand Iron Giant, a no-name Indiana Jones tank and a no-name Iron-Man mech. I ended up modding and using additional real Lego parts but the clutch for some of these knock offs are pretty close to Lego standards. The colors are not bad either. The tan tones for the Indy Tank were spot on the same as Lego, the grey's also and surprisingly the pearl golds were identical to Lego. The only issues I've encountered with off brands is their black pieces especially tiles are always scratched, marked and sometimes a cloudy charcoal color not jet-black like Lego. And almost all of their trans-color parts are dull. Lego's trans colors are vibrant, while the knock offs are dull, cloudy, almost like not enough pigment.
Okay, not doing mini figures is brilliant. The brick build signs are amazing. I am with you on the lack of studs. Small complaint. I hope they branch out to other themes.
This modular is Pantastic! (Probably a bad pun, but I had to do it XD XD ) I really like how it's not cramped n_n I don't mind it not having stud for posing minifigures, but I know it could be a problem.
In mid-2024 I stopped being a LEGO purist -- first, I've been put off by LEGO price increases and manipulative marketing techniques (FOMO, GWP, Insiders). Nothing LEGO does is really a reward or giveaway to show customer appreciation: each set price has built-in a few cents that is funnelled to these "gift" programs and only a percentage of people claim and benefit due to LEGO's statistically planned-to-profit predatory strategy. Thus LEGO actually makes money off limited GWP claims and unclaimed Insiders points. Anyway, second and as importantly: Pantasy and Funwhole are making amazing sets offering more for less money. Checkmate LEGO.
Fantatical Lego purism seems illogical to me if you enjoy building bricks and have taken the time to objectively look at other brands. Would you only eat one cuisine or only listen to one band? Only ever drive one make of car or use one brand of microwave? I saw someone saying that they wanted to remain loyal to Lego. Loyalty is admirable, but Lego is not a person or ideal, it's a business, and their business is to take your money. You may enjoy their products, but they have done nothing for you that you didn't pay for. But to your happier point: it's wonderful that we can now get better and/or more feature-rich sets from other brands way cheaper than Lego, so that's a pretty easy decision, all other things being equal.
@@SO-ym3zs Lego purists generally have the same mindset as early Apple fans. "This brand must have popularity and high prices for a reason. Everything else must just be cheap Chinese knockoffs." And years ago, they would have been right. But because their brand has become complacent and started to stagnate in innovation, other brands are quickly catching up, even if many of the fans are taking too long to realise it. Seeing how the phone market is now (at least in variety of brands) makes me hopeful for the future of brick-building brands.
@@jimwar211 Good points. I see a lot of unfounded assumptions among Lego purists, where they wildly accuse competing brands of being junk or being made in Chinese sweatshops and so forth. And yet they haven't actually tried them, don't realize some of them are European or American, or that Lego produces in China, etc. I also find it interesting how very different coverage of the hobby is between English-speaking sources and European ones. In English, there's a huge bias towards Lego coverage, whereas you see big channels in German and French jumping between different brands casually.
Weirdest thing about this is that there's a mezzanine from the apartment that looks down into the gym for some reason. That's really strange lol but otherwise, I love it!
Yeah, I'm guessing you're correct about the roof. It looks like a small section of tree, and then a concrete or some other type of bench to sit on. Imagine having to climb a ladder to get to your apartment. Moving in furniture would require a crane, and a backpack for groceries. If the gym was closed, you'd have to climb all three floors to get home. I like the idea that it's a sanctuary for blind seagulls up there. I guess they didn't have a mold to make pigeons.
Wow wow wow! Love the interior and exterior. Very impressed. Cafe and gym are cool themes. Feels very complete compared to the Funwhole set you reviewed recently which lacked details imo
I've had this set for a while and love it. So many great things in it, and the price is icing on the cake--pardon the bakery pun :D Pantasy makes awesome sets, and their Baker Street modular is also very cool.
Thanks for the review. I see quite a few things I like and the set is definitely an inspiration. Not sure I want a bakery/gym though. Will you also be reviewing their Sherlock Holmes set?
I would swap around the opaque balcony door and the transparent bathroom door as it would be nicer to let some more light in from the front of the building while also having more privacy for the bathroom. It's strange that there's no door separating the apartment from the gym though.
Companies making good products and competing with the main brand “should” only help the hobby as a whole. I doubt that Lego will ever go down in price but hopefully competition makes them control the increases, improve quality, and make more unique sets.
Could the birds ve pigeons or doves? A bit silly to have the air space of the gym connected to the bakery, if not for having the customers smell sweat instead of pastries, then for sitting down, enjoying a cupcake and sufdenly having a dumbell fall on your head. 😂 I think the build still looks no worse than many modulars by lego and wouldn't stand out in a street of them like a sore thumb at all. Good job pantasy. Thank you for the review!
Reminds me of that one Lego building that had a bank or something next to a laundromat, and any money put in the vault would pop out of a washing machine. Money laundering. I love "environmental comedy" :v
For years, I’ve been hoping and dreaming that Lego will eventually make an Overlook Hotel set from The Shining…… but now I’m starting to think that maybe it’s more likely to happen with one of these brands instead. And I could just try to piece together the minifigs myself afterwards.
Amazing 👏 Lego seriously needs to step up their products vs prices if they want to stay in the game. Compared to this and others non lego brands, Lego doesn't stand a chance in the long run.. More and more people are choosing other brands than Lego now, and it will only continue to do so..
This channel is dangerous. I've admired the modular buildings from afar but never pulled the trigger because the prices are just a wee bit high. But FO and Pantasy are giving the leading brand a run for their money and I might just cave
Overall its a pretty nice build, the interior especially looks great, but i dont think the exterior has the same polish as the leading brand (or even other competitors for that manner). The big flat panel windows, the greenery not matching up, it just feels like a first attempt and not a final product to me.
Dear Jang, thank you for bringing this brand to my attention. Through the camera the quality of bricks looks exactly like Lego. Or is it other difference than just missing LEGO branding on studs?😊
I'm planning to purchase the Pantasy X Sherlock Holmes Baker Street 221B Apartment 85014 which I personally find better looking than the Bakery. Do you plan to get it and review it? :)
I'm not a modular collector but if I was, I think I'd rather have the gym and the bakery as 2 separate buildings with 2 levels each. I'm assuming they don't release the digital instructions for everyone because they're worried people might skip their sets and try and build it using Lego pieces they buy from Bricklink.
Meanwhile Lego: you want that brick in a different colour (like simple white)? Sorry, that would bankrupt the company. I must say Lego designers are even more brilliant, they are building around Lego's artificial limits (like minimized or maximized brick count, brick shapes, colours, prints, stickers, prices).
This one has great details but some of the design looks a bit cheap. Not sure why though, perhaps it’s just because we know it’s not Lego. Great video.
The resell value of lego is the only reason I dont buy more non lego. Atleast someday, my kids can sell off lego if they want and actually make a pretty penny. Non lego they would likely just give away as zero resell value for second hand sets. However, these non lego sets are great. The quality gap is decreasing so much. They also do things better like more printed pieces, lights and/or better price. Prices are climbing which is unfortunate but hopefully these non lego sets keep pricing low as it will help them sell more
Good point, but there's also a market for OOP/retired non-Lego sets. And unlike Lego, the market isn't flooded with them, and that rarity can drive up value, though there's also a smaller group of potential buyers. And who knows what will happen to the Lego aftermarket in the long run? It's more than due for a major correction, like we've seen with other collectible "bubble bursts" over the years: comics, trading cards, Funkos, etc.
In an effort to be fair when judging against the leading brand: A lot of the sets you've reviewed recently on this channel have been really great. This one doesn't quite do it for me. The color palette and even some of the design choices aren't quite up to modern standards, in my opinion. Thanks for the review!
I have to say that starting this channel was a brilliant idea. It's nice to see a great review of Lego's competition, considering Lego's insane pricing. As usual, great work Jango Fett.
It's a beautiful time to be a brick fan: there are so many great choices in themes and sets beyond Lego now, often a lot cheaper but very high quality.
For $110 is honestly a steal compared to $200-$300 for a lego modular
You can usually get it on sale for around $80. I love that you can these awesome modulars from Pantasy and Funwhole for a third the cost of Lego sets. My problem is that I'm going to run out of shelf space because I've snapped up so many of them :)
I love this new channel, and it's fun to see you reviewing a set you genuinely like and are having fun with: you can really hear the difference in your tone and animation versus some other reviews.
I hope these brands will become widely available throughout the world, these will give LEGO! a wake up call
I actually just finished building this set! Love it and really enjoyed watching your review of it and hearing your thoughts. More competition for the leading brand can only be a good thing for consumers. Thanks for spreading the awareness of good quality builds from other brands Jang!
Affordable and detailed, it's so tempting. It looks a little bit less elegant than Lego in some areas of the design, but I'd be nitpicking. The value is there for me.
For $110, this is phenomenal!
I just finished building this set, I love it so much, it was so fun and creative 🤩🤩
Oh, though I did switch the clear bathroom door with the solid brown door on the upper level, it felt like a better fit for both pieces.
The ball thing in the roof garden may represent a ball or sphere fountain. That's what my eye makes it.
That's what I thought, a ball water fountain. Ambient noise and usually has colors (lights there would be neat).
Golden egg
Wow - this looks great. I love that the full thing has really nice viewing angles, unlike the FW builds where you lose 1 or 2 whole faces of the building.
Great review as always! I love the use of transparent windows to allow the interiors to be more easily visible! At 100 USD this is even better than the earliest Modulars from the leading brand, let alone the more recent ones that go up to $300!
Love the Lighter Bluish Gray, I've definitely wanted a couple extra grayscale shades before, something a bit lacking in regular Lego especially with no in-between from a midtone gray straight to black
Last thing I need is a brick built gym to haunt as a reminder of not going to the real one 😂
I really like this set, from interior to exterior, from ground floor to top floor, it's a simple yet extremely pleasing looking modular building. It feels very warm and almost nostalgic. This level of detail and intricacy is the perfect balance personally. It's most stacking brick upon brick with some light sideways building alongside some simple but elegant looking interior details. Its very solid and wholesome looking, from when I first saw it, it instantly struck me of being reminiscent of the early lego modular buildings. I cannot praise this set enough.
Well said. The building techniques are straightfoward, but it's so big, that it'll still take a decent amount of time to build, and it sure looks nice when finished. And the price is amazing.
It is nice to see another modular from a different company other than FunWhole and Lego! The gym above the bakery is funny! It used to be where I lived that any weight loss center [Weight Watchers for example] was in a strip mall with a donut shop - like the dieters were being tested!
I have the Lego Diner which also has a gym on the 2nd floor so this gives me a little reminder of that setup. I like that they didn't waste a lot of space with a boxing ring like Lego did.
Ignoring price and just looking at the actual building inside and out, this gives me vibes of an earlier Lego modular. Not a particular model. Just in the design sense this reminds of a model that would come out sometime close to the Grand Emporium or Pet Shop. That is not meant as an insult! It just feels a bit like a trip down memory lane and I find that charming. And back then Lego modulars were $150, so this price point in modern day is amazing. I hope this is the start of more modulars from Pantasy.
They already have another one, the 221B Baker Street Sherlock modular. It's huge and a very good set, especially if you're a fan of Sherlock (the Cumberbatch show or the original Doyle writings)--lots of references and easter eggs!
The detail on these alternatives Brands is getting really impressive, especially when they take the printed tile approach, rather than Lego’s sticker approach.
I haven't bought any non-Lego sets, but this one definitely looks tempting! Might have to bite the bullet at some point... Thank you for reviewing these alternative companies! It's good to see the competition.
THANK YOU! I was wondering about this brand because they have a bunch of Garfield sets coming out soon.
I think the building janitor is coming up to the roof. He feeds the seagulls who are waiting, He added the ball sculpture that he got for $5 at a yard sale. It is his little escape to relax.
Thank you Jang for teaching me a new word, "finial". Been learning English for over 25 years and teaching it for 6, and yet I have never stumbled upon it. Interesting that auto-generated captions thought you were saying "final" (12:36)
No reason to add studs for minifigs when they have none 😂
Great review as always, this is almost a must buy! I just need to figure out how to place it around other modulars, as it's going to be a bit awkward next to a non-corner build that goes up to its baseplate's edge...
Cool build, I only wish this was Victorian/Edwardian to match the Sherlock Holmes Baker Street apartment!
I think it looks really good, from all angles. I'm enjoying watching your reviews of 'non leading brand' brick based building kits.
Keep up the good work.
Literally just as good as Lego at 1/2 the price
Unless you're just looking for a particular license, Lego hardly makes sense any more with so many competitors now beating them on features, quality, and/or price.
Even better. Colors are coherent, brick quality is superior, prints are more saturated. Lego is lost in their own little world....
Great review! “Cozy” was a good description of this set’s appeal.
Cheaper and bette overall quality. I hope more people enjoy other brands and LEGO has to improve more then just their prices.
Great video! I love those small builds inside it like the treadmill.
Fantastic set, love seeing what these alternative brick set companies can do with ((hopefully)) their own designers, loved the review!
The ladder on the roof reminds me of a garden vine climber fence. 😊 and I think it is also supposed to represent a dead or growing tree.
Great set, and price is very fair! Also, loving the new channel! Allows to showcase some great sets and brands that might be better in terms of price and value compared to lego. It's the second set that I've added to my purchase list, thanks to this channel, hope to see more such sets soon :)
This is cool and I'm starting to consider buying other brands thanks to all these reviews
I have the little desktop gaming PC set they released, cool features like removable ram, GPU and storage. I thought it was well done!
Great video as usual Jang. This set looks great! Thanks for shedding light on some of these other lesser known brick brands. Keep it up!
I hope this company makes more buildings like this, and i hope jang reveiws more
They have a Baker Street modular that's very good! It's also super cheap in price but high in quality.
@@SO-ym3zsi did see that one but passed over it originallly, but its got a lot of cool details it seems
The wood cabin also looks really interesting
I had this in my wishlist and was considering it and your review helped me decide to pull the trigger. Really loving some of these alternate sets.
I swear these hidden gem brick set manufacturers always have at least one dirty joke you can make with the name
I was shocked at how good this set was, easily up to standards of the Big Company!
Pantasy is the new Lego to be true.
All the Sets are just Amazing.
Sad that we need to buy the Lego Figures but the Standart City ones are not that expansicve
6:15 I hope the smell of the gym doesn’t go down too the bakery Hehe 😀 . . . It’s an interesting build. The brick color on the bottom floor wall seems a bit dark, but I bet it really looks nice from the outside that way.
Love it! Keep them coming Jang!
The improvement in brick quality, reliability, and trustworthiness in alternative brick brands has been remarkable these past couple of years. Any doubt is now far outdated.
It's shocking how far they've come so quickly. Some of the older alternatives were really rough or merely adequate. A lot of these newer sets are top shelf.
FYI- this is the 2nd version, as the original release had figures and the 1st floor's walls were in a different color. This is from what I've seen from other videos.
The tiled "Bakery" lettering was different, too.
There is something about the outside of this building, particularly from the front, that I don't like. But I can't quite put my finger on what it is. I think the interior details and spaces look great though.
Competition is always good for the consumer. These non-leading brands are going to force Lego to up their game because they're doing some great things.
I'm only discovering a lot of these brands and their quality thanks to this channel and I'm loving it.
Jang, thx for doing some 'off' brand building blocks.
I'm a huge Lego collector but lately I've had some good experiences with a Vonado off brand Iron Giant, a no-name Indiana Jones tank and a no-name Iron-Man mech. I ended up modding and using additional real Lego parts but the clutch for some of these knock offs are pretty close to Lego standards.
The colors are not bad either. The tan tones for the Indy Tank were spot on the same as Lego, the grey's also and surprisingly the pearl golds were identical to Lego.
The only issues I've encountered with off brands is their black pieces especially tiles are always scratched, marked and sometimes a cloudy charcoal color not jet-black like Lego. And almost all of their trans-color parts are dull. Lego's trans colors are vibrant, while the knock offs are dull, cloudy, almost like not enough pigment.
That mysterius build is a ZEN GARDEN!
Jang, great review. Any chance we could get a direct comparison between this and the Tudor Corner? Would be interesting to see them side by side.
Personally not a real fan of the no studs look for brick builds, but great set for folks who like them. Great review!
Okay, not doing mini figures is brilliant. The brick build signs are amazing. I am with you on the lack of studs. Small complaint. I hope they branch out to other themes.
This modular is Pantastic! (Probably a bad pun, but I had to do it XD XD ) I really like how it's not cramped n_n I don't mind it not having stud for posing minifigures, but I know it could be a problem.
If it was LEGO it'd be $330+
In mid-2024 I stopped being a LEGO purist -- first, I've been put off by LEGO price increases and manipulative marketing techniques (FOMO, GWP, Insiders). Nothing LEGO does is really a reward or giveaway to show customer appreciation: each set price has built-in a few cents that is funnelled to these "gift" programs and only a percentage of people claim and benefit due to LEGO's statistically planned-to-profit predatory strategy. Thus LEGO actually makes money off limited GWP claims and unclaimed Insiders points. Anyway, second and as importantly: Pantasy and Funwhole are making amazing sets offering more for less money. Checkmate LEGO.
Fantatical Lego purism seems illogical to me if you enjoy building bricks and have taken the time to objectively look at other brands. Would you only eat one cuisine or only listen to one band? Only ever drive one make of car or use one brand of microwave?
I saw someone saying that they wanted to remain loyal to Lego. Loyalty is admirable, but Lego is not a person or ideal, it's a business, and their business is to take your money. You may enjoy their products, but they have done nothing for you that you didn't pay for. But to your happier point: it's wonderful that we can now get better and/or more feature-rich sets from other brands way cheaper than Lego, so that's a pretty easy decision, all other things being equal.
@@SO-ym3zs Lego purists generally have the same mindset as early Apple fans. "This brand must have popularity and high prices for a reason. Everything else must just be cheap Chinese knockoffs."
And years ago, they would have been right. But because their brand has become complacent and started to stagnate in innovation, other brands are quickly catching up, even if many of the fans are taking too long to realise it.
Seeing how the phone market is now (at least in variety of brands) makes me hopeful for the future of brick-building brands.
@@jimwar211 Good points. I see a lot of unfounded assumptions among Lego purists, where they wildly accuse competing brands of being junk or being made in Chinese sweatshops and so forth. And yet they haven't actually tried them, don't realize some of them are European or American, or that Lego produces in China, etc. I also find it interesting how very different coverage of the hobby is between English-speaking sources and European ones. In English, there's a huge bias towards Lego coverage, whereas you see big channels in German and French jumping between different brands casually.
Weirdest thing about this is that there's a mezzanine from the apartment that looks down into the gym for some reason. That's really strange lol but otherwise, I love it!
Thanks for the review. I'm considering to try a non Lego brick brand. If you recommend this one then it's definitely worth a shot.
Yeah, I'm guessing you're correct about the roof. It looks like a small section of tree, and then a concrete or some other type of bench to sit on.
Imagine having to climb a ladder to get to your apartment. Moving in furniture would require a crane, and a backpack for groceries. If the gym was closed, you'd have to climb all three floors to get home.
I like the idea that it's a sanctuary for blind seagulls up there. I guess they didn't have a mold to make pigeons.
Nice design!
Wow wow wow! Love the interior and exterior. Very impressed. Cafe and gym are cool themes. Feels very complete compared to the Funwhole set you reviewed recently which lacked details imo
Beautiful!
I've had this set for a while and love it. So many great things in it, and the price is icing on the cake--pardon the bakery pun :D Pantasy makes awesome sets, and their Baker Street modular is also very cool.
Their Garfield collection is adorable 😀
Thanks for the review. I see quite a few things I like and the set is definitely an inspiration. Not sure I want a bakery/gym though.
Will you also be reviewing their Sherlock Holmes set?
I have this. It was great fun and of good quality and looks great!
I would swap around the opaque balcony door and the transparent bathroom door as it would be nicer to let some more light in from the front of the building while also having more privacy for the bathroom. It's strange that there's no door separating the apartment from the gym though.
That's exactly what I did with my set. Looks nicer and makes more sense.
Companies making good products and competing with the main brand “should” only help the hobby as a whole. I doubt that Lego will ever go down in price but hopefully competition makes them control the increases, improve quality, and make more unique sets.
Either way, we get great stuff from the competitors now, ultimately rendering what Lego chooses to do in the future a rather moot point.
I would love to see a review of the fun whole camper trailer
i do like its design and cost. Very nice video.
Could the birds ve pigeons or doves?
A bit silly to have the air space of the gym connected to the bakery, if not for having the customers smell sweat instead of pastries, then for sitting down, enjoying a cupcake and sufdenly having a dumbell fall on your head. 😂
I think the build still looks no worse than many modulars by lego and wouldn't stand out in a street of them like a sore thumb at all.
Good job pantasy.
Thank you for the review!
The golden ball is supposed to represent the bird's egg ;)
This set looks very nice. Nicer than some of the other modular designs seen. Too bad there are no figures
12:02 Maybe a fancy fire pit,
or one of those granite balls that rotates on a film of water.
This is like the 3rd iteration of this set, they just keep adding a little more n making it better n better each year its out lol
Seems like a jerk move to put a gym above a bakery.
Reminds me of that one Lego building that had a bank or something next to a laundromat, and any money put in the vault would pop out of a washing machine. Money laundering. I love "environmental comedy" :v
@jackpijjin4088 Always loved that one!
For years, I’ve been hoping and dreaming that Lego will eventually make an Overlook Hotel set from The Shining…… but now I’m starting to think that maybe it’s more likely to happen with one of these brands instead. And I could just try to piece together the minifigs myself afterwards.
it looks bigger than a lego modular, more bulk
amazing that there are NO STICKERS for 1/3 of the price
It is quite large, in a good way. Ditto their Baker Street modular, which dwarfs some of the Lego modulars.
could you review the pantasy little prince sets?
Amazing 👏 Lego seriously needs to step up their products vs prices if they want to stay in the game. Compared to this and others non lego brands, Lego doesn't stand a chance in the long run.. More and more people are choosing other brands than Lego now, and it will only continue to do so..
This channel is dangerous. I've admired the modular buildings from afar but never pulled the trigger because the prices are just a wee bit high. But FO and Pantasy are giving the leading brand a run for their money and I might just cave
I worry this new channel is going to cost me money. FO is killing it right now with their newer sets.
@@jasonmadwell9426 I bought a big pile of their sets for the holidays (along with some Cobi and Pantasy) and couldn't be happier with them.
The gold technic ball end might be the bird's egg. I think.
Boy, it would be even harder to work out above a bakery than above a diner.
Overall its a pretty nice build, the interior especially looks great, but i dont think the exterior has the same polish as the leading brand (or even other competitors for that manner). The big flat panel windows, the greenery not matching up, it just feels like a first attempt and not a final product to me.
Dear Jang, thank you for bringing this brand to my attention. Through the camera the quality of bricks looks exactly like Lego. Or is it other difference than just missing LEGO branding on studs?😊
The quality of bricks is if anything better than Lego (no weird color variation). They're likely the best you'll find, manufactured by GoBricks.
I think the ball on the roof represents an egg with a nest around…
Not including minifigs is actually a pretty great move imo.
8:15 A man has fallen into the street in Lego modular city !
I'm planning to purchase the Pantasy X Sherlock Holmes Baker Street 221B Apartment 85014 which I personally find better looking than the Bakery. Do you plan to get it and review it? :)
I'm not a modular collector but if I was, I think I'd rather have the gym and the bakery as 2 separate buildings with 2 levels each. I'm assuming they don't release the digital instructions for everyone because they're worried people might skip their sets and try and build it using Lego pieces they buy from Bricklink.
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Are you considering to buy steampunk models? I feel like you'd like steampunk but maybe I'm wrong!
Jang, you’re starting to persuade me not to buy Lego lol
Meanwhile Lego: you want that brick in a different colour (like simple white)? Sorry, that would bankrupt the company.
I must say Lego designers are even more brilliant, they are building around Lego's artificial limits (like minimized or maximized brick count, brick shapes, colours, prints, stickers, prices).
The weights just laying around on the floor in the gym are unsafe. There’s my criticism.
This one has great details but some of the design looks a bit cheap. Not sure why though, perhaps it’s just because we know it’s not Lego. Great video.
I feel like the level of detail isn’t quite on par with LEGO, the building design doesn’t feel cohesive
I thought Pantasy was the name of the bakery not the brand name.
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The resell value of lego is the only reason I dont buy more non lego. Atleast someday, my kids can sell off lego if they want and actually make a pretty penny.
Non lego they would likely just give away as zero resell value for second hand sets.
However, these non lego sets are great. The quality gap is decreasing so much. They also do things better like more printed pieces, lights and/or better price.
Prices are climbing which is unfortunate but hopefully these non lego sets keep pricing low as it will help them sell more
Good point, but there's also a market for OOP/retired non-Lego sets. And unlike Lego, the market isn't flooded with them, and that rarity can drive up value, though there's also a smaller group of potential buyers. And who knows what will happen to the Lego aftermarket in the long run? It's more than due for a major correction, like we've seen with other collectible "bubble bursts" over the years: comics, trading cards, Funkos, etc.
In an effort to be fair when judging against the leading brand: A lot of the sets you've reviewed recently on this channel have been really great. This one doesn't quite do it for me. The color palette and even some of the design choices aren't quite up to modern standards, in my opinion. Thanks for the review!
This was one of my favorite LEGO channels. 😖
I highly doubt that... given that this channel was just launched a few days ago, dedicated exclusively to "Other Bricks," but ok.