Review: 11371 Shopping Street from LEGO® Icons Modular Buildings Collection

Take a seat and watch the marching band pass by with the latest addition to the LEGO® Icons Modular Buildings Collection. Featuring a music store and a furniture store, 11371 Shopping Street brings a twist to the lineup.

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11371 Shopping Street

• Release date: 1 January 2026
• Pieces: 3456

Price: 

• US$ 249.99 on LEGO.com US
• CA$ 349.99 on LEGO.com Canada
• GB£ 229.99 on LEGO.com UK
• AU$ 399.99 on LEGO.com Australia
• NZ$ 449.99 on LEGO.com New Zealand
• 249,99€ on LEGO.com Deutschland, Nederland, France etc
• PLN 1129.99 on LEGO.com Polska
• NOK ,90 on LEGO.com Norge
• DKK 1999.95 on LEGO.com Danmark

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This year’s model is designed by Hoang Dang, who, despite being relatively new, already has some impressive sets to his name. I reviewed his very first set, 10334 Retro Radio, and was impressed by his talent. Of course, a radio is quite different from a Modular Building, so I’m eager to put this set to the test, as last year’s 10350 Tudor Corner (read Elspeth's review of the 2025 LEGO Tudor Corner Modular Building) has set the bar pretty high. But before we build the model, first a look at the bricks found inside the box. There are some tasty new treats, as well as a very welcome return.

Back in October, Tim visited Fan Media Days, where Hoang Dang presented his work. I’ve added quotes from his presentation throughout this blog article.

“I went from a college student into The LEGO Group. My first model was [10218] Pet Shop… I tried to apply for the job [of model designer]. I didn't get the job then, but somehow I made it here today. And this is something that I have been dreaming of working on.”

Recolors

We are treated to 6 recolors.

• 4x Brick Round Corner 3 x 3 x 1 No Studs in Dark Blue (6580219 | 65617)
• 4x Brick Round Corner 3 x 3 Macaroni with 2 Studs in Dark Blue (6580220 | 5152)
• 16 x Bar, U-Shape 2 x 3 in Dark Bluish Gray (6577787 | 7052)
• 2x Tile 1 x 2 with Stud Notch Left in Dark Tan (6528179 | 5091). This tile is a bit lonely, as its righthand sibling 5092 is nowhere to be found!
• 1x Animal, Cat, Kitten, Short Tail [PLAIN] in White (6382028 | 80686)
• 1x Animal, Bird, Pigeon with Black Eyes, Beak, Feathers pattern in White (6577784 | 7188)

The first pigeons that descended onto City back in June 2025 (or August depending on the location of your City) were light bluish grey and introduced a new bird mold to represent the fries-stealing sky rats. Not having one of those in hand before, I was fully expecting the white pigeon to feature a new print, but to my surprise, the pigeons are not printed at all. Instead, the part has a black ABS center, with the outside molded over. The black breaks through the outer layer to show the eyes, beak and streaks on the wings. This makes the white version a recolor instead of a new print.

Decorations

I am happy to report that there is no sticker sheet to be found in this set. Unfortunately, this does not mean there is an abundance of new decorated elements to be found.

The best new decorations can be found in the store windows. No transparent sticker with a fingerprint here! 

• 4x Brick 1 x 2 x 5 with print in Trans-Clear (6575440)
• 1x Cylinder Half 2 x 4 x 5 with 1 x 2 cutout with print in Trans-Clear (6575439)

My major gripe with stickers is applying them: I am always struggling to place them straight, without wrinkles... or the already-mentioned fingerprints. So getting printed windows is great. 

A downside: the prints are not applied very straight either. It’s not directly noticeable when the windows are placed in the model, but when placed next to each other, you can see some variations in the height of the print. It looks like LEGO is still struggling with print alignments.

The other non-minifigure decorations point out a sale at the furniture store, as well as a shield used as a store sign, with a fancy chair on it.

• Tile 2 x 3 with "BIG SALE" Chair print in White (6575436)
• Shield Ovoid with Grip with print in Light Bluish Gray (6575434). This only the second time for this shield to appear in light bluish grey, after showing up last week in 10356 Star Trek The Next Generation – U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D (see Kevin's review of the LEGO Enterprise)

Minifigures

The set comes with 7 minifigures. 

The music shop is frequented by twins (according to the designer, the first twins featured in a Modular Buildings set), who wear marching band outfits. That's the Billund coat of arms on the shako!

• New print: 2x Hat / Imperial Guard Shako with print in Dark Purple (6575438)
• New print: 2x Torso with print in Dark Purple (6585285)
• New print: 1x Minifig Head with print in Yellow (6577455) as seen on the figure on the left. I could swear I’ve seen this face before, but I can’t find it.

The torso and shako are perfect for building a marching band army... once they reach Pick a Brick.

The twins are accompanied by (I assume) their mother, who uses the new crutch introduced in the same wave of LEGO® City sets as the pigeon. Until now, the part was unique to 60469 Central Train Station in this color.

From left to right, we see the other four figures. 

The carpenter is the only in this group with a new element: a white torso with apron print (6585281). The man with a cap is not specifically mentioned, but he seems to be responsible for transporting the furniture. The music store owner with the hearty laugh and matching moustache wears a vest that has been seen in three LEGO City sets before. The bearded guy is a plumber. His torso was introduced in October this year in 10361 Holiday Express Train.

Other elements worth mentioning

The Modular Building sets are a fan favorite among collectors, and many try to get the full lineup. As boxed sets become scarce and expensive, many try their luck on sites like BrickLink to source all the parts needed. 

One of the most sought after Modular Buildings is 10185 Green Grocer from 2008. This model uses mostly sand green bricks for its walls, and some of those bricks – like the 1x8 and the 1x2 with Groove – have not been used in recent sets, making them rare. Combine low supply with high demand, and you can easily pay 5€ for a new sand green 1x8 brick, and the 1x2 brick with groove starts around 4.50€. Needing respectively 50 and 56 of these, you really need to break the bank to build this Modular Building... but there is hope!

“We tried to bring back some of the old elements from past Modular Buildings. You might recognize these two from the Green Grocer.”

That’s right, set designer Hoang Dang purposefully added the two most expensive parts from Green Grocer to Shopping Street!

• 21x Brick 1 x 8 in Sand Green (6577789 | 3008), not seen since 2010
• 7x Brick Special 1 x 2 with Groove in Sand Green, not seen since 2011

Granted, the elements do not come in the necessary quantities, so you’ll have to either get multiple copies of the set, or wait for them to appear on PaB, usually around 4 months after the release of the set. But at least there will be a new supply of these bricks, which should theoretically reduce the price on secondary market sites like BrickLink and Brick Owl. 

Supply and demand works in a funny way. Where the sand green bricks have appeared in a couple more sets, they are still pretty expensive, yet 1x10 bricks in dark orange (6577783 | 6111) have appeared in just a single set back in 2004... but only fetch a few dimes on BrickLink. Apparently, fewer people are trying to brick-source LEGO® Belville set 5941 Riding School? But in Shopping Street, we get 7 of these.

We close this section with some elements that have appeared in just a single set prior to being used here.

• 2x Brick Round Corner, Curved 3 x 3 x 1 Quarter Circle in Medium Nougat (6535840 | 76797)
• 5x Brick Special 1 x 1 x 1 2/3 with Studs on 1 Side in Dark Orange (6500280 | 32952)
• 2x Wheel Arch, Mudguard 4 x 2 1/2 x 1 in Tan (6561564 | 28579)
• 1x Tile Round 2 x 2 with Tan Dots on Dark Tan Background print in Tan (6529237 | 111549)
• 2x Bar, U-Shape 2 x 3 in White (6536711 | 7052)
• 2x Animal Body Part, Horn (Cattle) / Tentacle / Vine / Branch / Tongue - Long in Dark Green (6527810 | 13564)
• 1x Tile Special Round 2 x 2 Inverted in Bright Light Yellow (6535865 | 3567)
• 10x Tile Special 2 x 2 with 2 Quarter Round Cutouts in Dark Bluish Gray (6526068 | 3396)
• 2x Animal Body Part, Horn (Cattle) in Dark Tan (6553757 | 67258)

The model

Ground floor

This Modular Building is split across two buildings, connected by a narrow diagonal alleyway.

“I grew up in an alleyway. So to me, it's something really precious to me, that maybe one day I could make a model that I can relate to.”

Most Modular Buildings are pretty straight, with a rectangular shape overall. There have been notable exceptions though, like 10297 Boutique Hotel from 2022. We have also seen Modular Buildings with an alleyway, like 10255 Assembly Square from 2017. 

“This is, I would say, our attempt to do one of the most crazy dramaturgs layouts ever yet. So if you can imagine those two Modular Buildings [Boutique Hotel & Assembly Square] having a child: this is it.”

 

In this Modular Building, the alleyway is set at a 45° angle, while the outer walls stand straight on the baseplate to line up with neighbouring Modular Buildings. This results in some tricky angle work. After finishing the tiled floor, I mapped out the wall for a bird's-eye view. 

Earlier this year, Kev took a closer look at the family of 1-module wide rounded plates, and these are put to good use here as well. They are great for joining two walls at an awkward angle, as the rounded end doesn’t collide with the straight section of the other wall. Meanwhile below, double-curved bricks placed sideways fill in the gaps neatly.

The building on the left houses a music store, which appears to specialize in instruments used by marching bands. 

Spread out across the store we find various instruments: a Sousaphone, a French horn, a trombone, two trumpets (maybe one of them is a bugle?) and a clarinet.

In the back of the store, a staircase leads upwards. The visible studs are headlight bricks, with plates placed sideways forming the remaining surface of the steps. The columns flanking the entrance are held in place by a plate with bar.

On the right sits a furniture store, selling various brick-built chairs. 

“When I studied design, I always wanted to become a furniture designer, but somehow I didn't make it. This is my chance to do that here.”

 

I can always enjoy small furniture builds, and these look amazing! But what is that sitting in the background?

“Of course, don't forget the classic LEGO chair, which is also in here. But as you might see, there is a sign that says ‘SALE’: they got way too many of them, so you can find them in the dumpster!”

 

A Modular Building does not just need to look good, it should also involve some storytelling.

While the twins are shopping for their instruments, the carpenter calls in a plumber. The floor in the furniture store has some discolorations caused by a water leakage. The water pipe leading to the roof has already been half-heartedly patched up, using minifigure bandages to represent duct tape, but the real cause appears to sit underneath the pavement of the alleyway. 

The pavement can be taken out to reveal the issue: a pipe is spouting water. In the back of the building we find the culprit: a rat is running off with a piece of pipe.

The floorplan looks impressive with all the angled walls! 

Second floor

On to the next floor, which follows the shape of the ground floor. The floors use the same rounded plates as the walls to connect the angled sections. 

Above the music store we find a room with various percussion instruments, including a marching snare. I love the re-use of the tile from 10344 Lucky Bamboo (see Eero's review of the LEGO bamboo set) as a frequently beaten drum skin.

On the other side, the carpenter has her workshop. She’s working on a new chair, but in the back we can spot a familiar shape; she’s working on a secret project. She purchased the watch sitting on the cabinet at the clockmaker from 10350 Tudor Corner.

No modern technologies to be found here: her customers send in their orders by carrier pigeons, which land at her windowsill in the back.

The workshop does not have a staircase. Instead, you can gain access through a passage above the alleyway from the music store.

Third Floor

The third floor only sits above the music store, and features a small apartment with a cozy chair, a bed and a toilet uncomfortably surrounded by windows. The Light Aqua radio is a great Easter egg to the designer’s first set: 10334 Retro Radio. A door leads outside to the roof above the carpenter.

At Fan Media Days, the designer explained he made both the second and the third layer easy to repeat.

“Of course, the Modular Buildings come apart in layers. We try our best to give them as much height as possible, but if you wanted more and got a second model, you could [extend the building] with both layers.”

 

This does create a problem with the outside door, as that would go nowhere on higher floors. So a trick is included: flip the ornamental steering rack above it, and you get a small gate creating a balcony – as you can see in this quick mock-up above.

The floor is finished off with a roof. There is no attic; instead you look at the support beams from the apartment. 

Underneath the small turret we find the nest of the pipe stealer.

Across the alleyway, the carpenter’s workshop has a flat roof with a small garden and a pigeon coop. The rooftop is accessible from the music store apartment.

Final thoughts

The Shopping Street looks good, and I love the intriguing setup – with the angled walls providing an interesting build and end result.

Those angled walls do come with a big downside though: due to their awkward shape, the alleyway, and the model being split into two buildings, there is very little floorspace. This results in cramped rooms with not enough space to fully dress up the interior. 

The musical instruments are great builds, but they take up most of the music store, with just a little counter and the staircase included. The second floor has even less detail, and only the top floor starts to begin to feel at the level of Modular Buildings. The furniture store has the same issue, with only a few chairs on the ground floor and a work bench on the second. 

For me, that is a turn-off, but not yet a turn-down. 

The details on the outside, the overall look, the musical instruments and chairs and the storytelling leave me feeling positive. This is in part because, once I’ve built a Modular Building, it goes onto a shelf where I look at the outside but rarely open it up to see the interior. 

Still, I would have liked the set much more if it was more spacious. The 2017 set 10255 Assembly Square has a similar layout, but enjoys a larger footprint: a 16x32 baseplate. Maybe that would have been a better choice for this setup too, widening the straight front section of both stores by 8 modules to give both the interior some more details, and the outside a clearer line?

So there are things to like, but also a lot left to be desired. With the slender buildings, the model doesn’t feel very big, and I was surprised it is actually a bit taller than 10350 Tudor Corner.

At US$249.99/ £229.99/ 249.99€/ AU$399.99 for 3456 parts, I'd say it is not bad value, but perhaps you'd prefer to buy another currently available Modular Building.

 

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