Could LEGO bring back some of the retired Modulars?

Lots of LEGO fans would be eager for the return some of the early modulars.

LEGO this week revealed a pilot program in the UK allowing fans and consumers to choose different colour variants, and sizes of sets.

Perhaps the most exciting possibility of this program is the idea of resurrecting long-retired sets, including the earliest modular buildings.

You could expect many fans would be eager for the chance of LEGO 10182 Café Corner, 10185 Green Grocer and 10197 Fire Brigade all of which earn massive sums on the aftermarket.

LEGO designer Mike Psiaki revealed that the LEGO Group actually has contemplated resurrecting the oldest modular buildings, potentially in new colours or with slightly tweaked designs.

“We’ve considered what that would look like, to take the Café Corner, and re-colour it and bring it back,” Mike says. “There are issues in that model, like the main door is an element that we don’t make any more, so then you need to start to redesign the door.

“Okay, now you’ve done that. What about the fact that that set doesn’t have any interior? Should we do something about that or not? So it opens up a huge discussion, which is something that we would be very interested in having, but I don’t know whether there will be the right time to do something like that or not.”

Here’s to hoping they bring it back.

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