So the lovely folks over at Pantasy got in contact with me and asked if I would like to review one of their sets. I haven’t built anything brick wise that isn’t lego so I thought why not, id love to have something different and it would be my first proper brick set sent to me for review, I’ve had the Clean My Bricks vacuum and a light kit from Lelightgo in the past but this is bricks proper!

Why this set?

I had a free rein of what to build and I picked the Sherlock Holmes Baker Street 221B Apartment 85014 as I am building a MOC street including the Tudor Corner, Sanctum Sanctorum and a MOC red brick Tube station. I thought this set would look great amongst these, which next to the Tudor corner (as this is the only one I have build so far) one I MOD the levelling I think It will look fantastic!

The Box

The Box and packaging are quite different from Lego sets, this comparison to lego will naturally come up a fair amount due to me only having lego until now, let’s get into that.

The box seems to be a bit more robust than lego boxes, the cardboard feels thicker, the print is nice and vibrant, opposed to the black +18 boxes lego are currently doing, which are flimsy and not eye catching at all. Now the bags inside are a thicker plastic than lego ones, no paper bags like what lego is very slowly trying to incorporate into sets now, and quite a few of them, I do think the bags could be in one big bag, even though I organised them before building I was still looking for all the bags with the right number on or not finding enough of the bags and mid build missing a bag.

The Set

Over all I really like how this looks, I think its maybe a floor too high but I still really like it, I’m going to modify the street level so it matches up to the Tudor modular but yeah I’m very impressed by this set.

The front of the set makes this stand out and will look great next to the Tudor modular, which I haven’t done yet but will in the near future. some pieces are recoloured from what you would expect so the flame piece is black and used for decoration for the railing, a good parts usage, even some reverse stud pieces which are very interesting! the sticker on the front awning is very well done, it was applied on on a big sticker and then you take the outer off so it is just the lettering left over, a nice way of doing it, but me personally I don’t like stickers on multiple pieces, but that’s just personal preference, but I do like the way it looks.

On the first floor we have the main entrance to sherlocks home, just stairs mainly, and a cafe which I love! very good builds and prints, using a 3×4 tile for these, basically a CMF stand plate but with no studs, the prints are great and very clear.

trying to capture images of a modular is always difficult at the best of times! this is the first floor which is sherlocks apartment, so many details and references, which I’m sure some of you will be able to work out. again the prints are perfect and the builds were fun too! this floor focuses on the lounge area with a kitchen mostly taken up by scientific equipment.

Up another flight of stairs and you come to sherlocks bedroom and guest room, which I’m assuming is for Watson. again a lot of detail in this floor, lots of prints and some interesting techniques, I liked making the board of clues!

The top floor is quite disappointing to be honest, it looks quite unfinished on the back, from the front it looks good but the back looks unfinished, I genuinely thought a bag was missing.

This also comes with a horse and carriage build with is quite sweet, even this has quite a few good techniques in it as well!

The Figures

The figures are good in design but not for purpose. In isolation they are quite cute but don’t really fit in the build. I know the minifigure design is owned by Lego, but these for the purpose of this set don’t work for me. They came completely dismantled and had a side instruction to build them, which was fun but I do prefer the look of the minifigure in the modular. I appreciate the effort to make something different but as they don’t work in the set they are made for its a miss on these for me I’m afraid!

Verdict

Aside for the roof and figures I actually really enjoyed building this set, and love how it looks! the dark nougat colour was getting a bit same-y by the end of the second floor but once the rooms are filled they look better with the break up of colours. the front look of the building is by far the selling point to me, it looks fabulous and I will add this to my street scene I’m making. I will be making some adjustments to the pavement, roof and levelling (so it’s the right height) but other than that im super happy with this set!

id like to say a massive thank you to Pantasy for sending this set to me, I was given freedom to express my own thoughts on this. if you would like to pick up this set please click my affiliate link below, any purchase you make gives me a bit off a kick back which goes solely back into the Wizard Bricks socials. thank you for reading and ill be blogging again soon!

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