Fantastic
Very fun to put together yourself.
Highly recommended
A recommended product, quality and design.
Wonderful
Super fun set with many fun details, both inside and outside the building. It's a fun surprise that you can immediately use the laundromat as a money-laundering business. Fun, modular design, the next one will be available soon.
Very challenging build (for me)
I loved building this. It was pretty challenging for me because of the many, many small bricks (my eye site is not very good up close), but I loved doing it. I absolutely love the detail both inside and out. The coin-sorting machine was pretty ingenious, in my opinion!
This was my 3rd modular building, and want to get more.
Amazing detail
This is my third modular building having completed the Parisian restaurant and the detective’s office. I’m simply astounded every step of the way at the level of detail and intricacy involved in how these buildings are put together. I’m only on the first level but it has the most detailed floor tile design, a lockable vault using Technic LEGO pieces, and a spiral staircase. The seemingly simple cashier’s counter is an intricate design of bricks facing forward, backwards, on their side and upside down. It’s a joy to build and watch come together. My only regret is that at some point the building will be complete!
I'm opening a savings account with the Brick bank.
A high quality, spacious Lego building design with plenty of authentic detail. The exterior style, the vault design, the laundrette and its 'money laundering' connection to the bank are all great features. But it's the little things that make the modulars very special: the outside clock is an exquisite piece of Lego, along with the floor tilling to the bank and the laundrette. The unusual sculptural design above the bank doors (I'm not sure what it's supposed to be?) as well as the washing machines are marvelous to observe. I especially like the top floor sky light. The whole structure was a satisfying build, but it's also just a joy to look at. In terms of play: I'm a 'grown-up' so I don't really do that, but it's a lot less difficult to move mini figures around in because theres' so much more open space for my large hands (unlike the Detectives office, which was more tricky), and this makes a big difference for me. I would strongly urge Lego to take this into account with future modulars. An all-round superb piece of Lego.
LEGO Creator bank
Nice box. It fits together perfectly, everything fits exactly. You will have a lot of fun building it.
Fun, humorous, and challenging LEGO set!
A challenging set, with super fun details and humor. For example, a washing machine where money is being washed white. Furthermore, a lot of variety and a whole lot of work.
Fun to build and to play with
Review of Brick Bank
This was my second Creator Expert build, and my first modular - I think I'm hooked. It was a fun and addictive build, helped greatly by a) numbered bags (unlike my previous experience with the VW camper van), and b) instructions that highlight with a yellow outline where the bricks go for each step. There are lots of lovely features - I particularly like the chandelier and the locking vault - and the finished building lends itself to plenty of play options. My 5-year-old has enjoyed swapping out the standard minifigure heads that come with the set for some of our more expressive spare ones, and we've also added some extra minifigs from other sets and series. (At the moment Batman and a police officer are arresting the Series 15 jewel thief and her accomplice on the roof, while Series 15 janitor is cleaning the clock, on which a random penguin has taken up residence!) My 2-year-old just looks at it and says "Wow...", which pretty much sums it up. Next stop Parisian Restaurant!
Very beautiful
It is hours of building fun.
This is soooo great
Fantastic set with a lot of nice bricks. When starting to build it was really hard to stop. So many cute solutions and colors was nice combined together. Even the roof was cool. A must for every creator builder. Had some fun taking photos when building this set
Beautiful Bank
This is wonderful set.
I added two ideas. The stairs didn't have hand rails. To be ADA compliant I added extra pieces for hand grabs. Lol
The broom had no place to be held so I added a clamp to the ladder to hold it upright. I also added a clamp for the bucket.
I would love to see more "city" buildings created.
Thank you for enginuity.
Great set with lots of DETAILS!
Awesome set with a ton of very small details that make a Huge difference. The build time was reasonable with only about 6 hours total. The only critique I have for this set, is that there are no open studs in the Bank Lobby for mini-figures to stand. Everything is smooth tiles. Over all this set makes a great addition to any Lego City. Looking forward to adding more buildings like this one to my collection.
Huge set with so much packed inside
I was given this set for my birthday when I thought I was getting the detectives office. I saw this set on the Lego shop and I knew I had to get it. There are so many play features like the secret enterance into the vault and the money slot in the laundry is awesome. I love the amount of detail like the chandelier and the detail around the bank.the coffee maker hone is a really cool and clever design and the picture of the bank managers dad is a cool printed piece. This set is my second favourite out of the modular series. It has everything a bank set could need like the vault and theawesome Decorations inside the bank like the stain glass windows. I forgot to say that this set has NO STICKERS!!!!!!!!! Which is a huge relief.
Great building experience, plot line, aesthetics
This is my second Creator Expert set and I again enjoyed the plot line. This time it was about robbers and money laundering, and an actual laundromat.
The architecture in this building is phenomenal. There is a beautiful lobby, chandelier, and a beautiful bay window up on the top. The tellers' window is just glass doors held up by brown pieces, but works quite prettily! You get several special pieces, such as a Golden Gate bridge picture, a seal, a special letter, and lobby tiles.
It is clear that the Expert Creator line was designed for adults both in building experience, plot line, and aesthetics.
Happy To Be Giving a 5-Star Rating Again!
The Brick Bank set is has twice the significance for me than previous such Creator sets. The first significant aspect for me was that I'm back to leaving a 5-star rating for a Creator set. Last year’s (2015’s) set, the Detective’s Office (with pool hall & barber shop) was somewhat of a disappointment to me – the first time I ever had such an experience with any of these sets (see my review of it under that particular product – I won’t take up space elaborating about it here). The other - and really special - aspect for me was that the Brick Bank is a corner building. All 11 other sets already constructed (representing 13 buildings) were arranged in a square city block format – with one open, corner lot remaining “up for sale”, so to speak. When Lego released the news that 2016’s Creator set was to be a corner building, you can imagine how thrilled I was. Now my city block would be complete!
My partner once again ordered the Brick Bank as my annual birthday gift (more about that in my Detective Office’s review), and this year I sort of commandeered him into assist me in its construction. Right away, I knew I would not meet with any disappointment like I had the previous year, and never once was I. We forced ourselves to limit our daily assembly time to one hour, so the total construction time would be dragged out as long as possible (and thereby maximizing “fun/playtime”. Although he resisted at first, my partner became visibly more & more into the project than I ever would have dreamed possible.
Once again, “extravagant detail” is the only way I can think to describe the level of detail found in the Brick Bank. And the construction challenges it presented were the sort of challenges I appreciate in Lego sets – all construction & analysis, not those caused by difficulty getting parts to stay together without falling apart, like I experienced with the Detective’s office.
I’ve attached a few pics of the Brick Bank, plus one of “Lego Square, Legoville USA”.
Amazing set
One word to start: wow!
That's a great building to order.
1- First A bank and laundromat are a great addition.
(we get so much thieves minifigures Now I know were they like to go!!!)
2- The bank vault is locking for real.
3- The room division are efficient
4- There are unique pieces proper to the
Set. Like the windows are just amazing and so on
5- The story line is funny, logic and
Easily playable.
6-Really good for kid and... Big kid like me
7-It got nice details indoor. ( the counter at the entrance
Is really large, got windows and really accurate for a bank)
8- It is a building that you can place on a corner but because it is
Designed differently, you have to try differents option to make it look
the best on a corner. If you have just a couple building that's ok you can
Just add it at the end. If u have a big city, I found it more challenging to put the building at the best angle with everything that I had already in place. That's really not a default. I think it is really important to get differents things to make our city looking great, awesome and interesting!!
You can look at my photos I've tried differents possibilities.
Thanks Lego to have made it. I can't wait the next one!
There is more possible then you think
LEGO has lost some points because of the poor rearside of the building.
There are a number of possibillities to have windows in the rear corner of the building.
The various number of arches and special bricks compensate enough and overall the building gave me a good feeling, altough it could have been higher.
In the enclosed fotos I will show you some idees to alter the original.
It is not my intention to do bether than LEGO but it is my goal to give you idees what you can do with it.
I sincerely hope LEGO will make a higher set like the "town hall" the next time and I hope they will unify the prices in Europe. (the differrence with Germany is to much) Felix in Oberhausen knows the consequences of that fact.
You have to excuse me for my way of writing englisch. (It is not my native language)
Kind of Skimpy
The Bank is pretty cool and it was not too hard to build - the laundry idea was OK I guess but overall, the building was small compared to the other buildings offered and i felt that it was a bit skimpy for the price. Gringotts Bank from Harry Potter was far superior as far as banks go and the best buildings were the Detective's Office and the Parisian Restaurant. Go back to that level. Also, when are you coming out with the mini buildings again to include the ones not in the first issue?
Two styles, one building.
Advantages:
-interesting combination of two styles of buildings (Bank, laundry),
-chandelier in the bank,
-sculpture over the entrance,
-safe,
-stained glass,
-empty chimney with access to the safe,
-washing machine,
-Scooby Doo easter egg,
-printed elements,
Minuses:
-floor (wrong colors),
-multicolored the back walls,
-minifigures associated with laundry,