This is my first review of modular LEGO® Creator Expert set. I will be reviewing LEGO® set 10270 - Bookshop. I hope this review will be informative to all the readers.

The front side of the building looks beautiful with their neo-classical style. There is a Birch tree with a blue bird and its nest located in front of the bookshop which complement this set nicely. Both buildings can be separated because they are built on top of 16 x 32 baseplates.

The bookshop building style reminds me of the townhouses in the Netherlands, while the blue residential building looks more like townhouse in London, UK. On the right side of the townhouses, there is a white lamp post.

Both buildings do not have any windows or feature on the sides along with having holes for the technic pins on left and right sides. Clearly, this set is aimed to be positioned in the middle of other modular sets.

There are a number of excellent details on this set. There is a Moby Brick book which is a wordplay on Moby Dick a novel by Herman Melville an American Novelist, there is a short bookshelf at the front of the store that will lose all the books if done here in Indonesia. Next, there is a small flower patch in front of the blue townhouses with its shingle roof that looks great.

At the rear side, both townhouses have a balcony each. The bookstore has a coffee table with two chairs, while the blue townhouse only have a balcony without furniture. Both townhouses have back door and the blue townhouse has a garden patch with pumpkin and other green vegetables.

The blue townhouse has a basement. There are not many things in the basement. There is only a mousetrap complete with cheese, a folding ladder that might be used to retrieve the aeroplane toy that stuck on the tree, a sack that is sitting on a bench and, lastly, there is a plant shear for trimming the flower patch or vegetable garden.

The second floor consist of a living room. There is a coat hanger with hat and umbrella hanging unto it. There is a table with tea sets and newspaper on top of it with two dining chairs nearby. A cupboard with jars sitting in the corner.

A fireplace stand ready with fire roaring to provide warmth to the weary tenant laying on the comfy sofa bed next to the windows. Above the sofa bed, there is a painting of seafaring wooden vessel. A small plant pot sitting next to the stairs.

On the level above (blue townhouse), beside the balcony, the interior is consists of a double bed, next to the bed is a nightstand with drawers complete with table lamp and flower pot. There is a painting of a bridge near the desk.

The ground floor of this book store consists of cashier and a bookcase. There is a stair going up to the first floor with a bookshelf in the middle of the stairs. It seems there is bookshop is lacking books to sell.

The first floor looks comfy. It is the living space of for the shopkeeper. There is a living room with a single black sofa, a rug, a grandfather clock, small coffee table with red mug and a standing light.

The second floor is the bed for the shopkeeper. There is a vivarium next to the bed with a chameleon inside which is the pet of the storekeeper. Despite that, the designed vivarium is not perfect because there is a hole behind and the chameleon can escape.

This set only provides 5 minifigures that consists of a grandfather, a grandmother, a male, a female and a child. Only the grandfather does not have dual expressions. The expressions on the grandmother looks nearly similar.

Building Experience

All Creator Expert Modular Building are very enjoyable and fun to build. We will always learn new building technique from it. I will say never speed build a modular building where you will miss all the fun. I used to speed build modular sets, but now I just take my time and complete it in several days.

Parts

There are generous parts given for this excellent set.

Playability

I really like this set. The style of the buildings are just different from the other modular buildings. And with all Creator Expert sets, the playability are just limitless. You or your children will enjoy just playing with this set or when it is incorporated into a city diorama. Even playing this with a couple of other modular building sets along with several City or Creator 3 in 1 sets will take a lot of your time. This is a MUST-HAVE set for modular building collector or any diorama builder!

Value For Money

The price is good since this theme is owned by the LEGO Group and does not need to pay royalties. Try to get it on sale or promo from retailers to make it even more worthwhile!

Special Note

Please note that I write this review based on my own LEGO Blog article which is available from: https://indobrickville.com/main/lego-set-review-10270-bookshop.

I hope this insight from me will be useful for all AFOLs out there!