Review: 10350 Tudor Corner from LEGO® Icons Modular Buildings Collection

The latest set in the LEGO® Modular Buildings Collection was announced yesterday as 10350 Tudor Corner.  The set is a corner building which houses a restaurant, a haberdashery, a clockmaker’s workshop and an attic apartment.

Let's take a look at the new elements and the eight minifigures first, before groundwork starts on the pub.

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10350 Tudor Corner

• Release date: LEGO® Insiders from 1 January 2025 and available for all from 4 January
• Pieces: 3,266

Price:

• US$ 229.99 on LEGO.com US
• CA$ 299.99 on LEGO.com Canada
• GB£ 199.99 on LEGO.com UK
• AU$ 349.99 on LEGO.com Australia
• NZ$ 399.99 on LEGO.com New Zealand
• DE€ 229,99 on LEGO.com Deutschland
• NL€ 229,99 on LEGO.com Nederland
• FR€ 229,99 on LEGO.com France
• PLN 999.99 on LEGO.com Polska
• NOK 2799,90 on LEGO.com Norge
• DKK 1799.95 on LEGO.com Danmark

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In addition, between 1 and 7 January 2025, all purchases of the LEGO Tudor Corner set will receive a LEGO Icons Corner Kiosk as a free gift with purchase (GwP) while stocks last.

• 40757 Corner Kiosk 
• Pieces: 205
• Price: Free with purchases of the LEGO Icons Tudor Corner set at LEGO Stores and at LEGO.com, while supplies last. 
• Release date: 1 to 3 January 2025 for LEGO Insiders, and all shoppers 4 to 7 January. 

View GwP 40757 on LEGO.com

 

Packaging

Just a note about the packaging for this set, as I noticed two things upon opening the box I haven't encountered before. Firstly, this is the first time I have noticed a baseplate with its own cardboard sleeve. Secondly, the single instruction booklet comes in a stiff, brown, decorated paper bag; a little like recyclable wrapping paper. I imagine both of these changes are moves to protect the instructions and baseplate from bending and damage.

New elements

• 2x Tile 2 x 3 with Menu in Black (6523310)
• 1x Tile 2 x 3 with Special in Black (6523302)
• 1x Tile Round 2 x 4 with Haberdashery print in White (6523303)
• 1x Tile 2 x 4  with The Old Guarded Inn in Black (6523300)
• 2x Tile Round 3 x 3 with clock print in Pearl Gold (6523304)
• 1x Tile 2 x 2  with shelf print and sunflower lanyard in White (6523301)

The blackboard-style menu and special tiles are fun, I always like the attention to detail such as the  LEGO fish element and the "5" coin.  The printed signs are fantastic in this set; highly decorative.  

The restaurant's sign, The Old Guarded Inn seems to be embracing the AFOL love of goats with the extra details. The name is a fun nod to the LEGO® Castle Lion Knights set 6067 Guarded Inn from 1986, which was also re-released as "Legends" set 10000 Guarded Inn back in 2001:

©1986 LEGO Group

Note that the tavern depicted uses panel elements with half-timber frame printing (4444pr0003 and 2345p01) that is reminiscent of the Tudor style, albeit in red and black. 

As a slight aside, the set contains four different printed clock elements; the larger 3x3 round tile is a new print. Although the graphic designer Ashwin Visser mentioned in our interview that this was the first clock on a 3x3 round tile, but in fact there have been five previous 3x3 clocks. What time is it though...?

The 2x2 white tile is decorated with keys on hooks, a shelf with letters and a dangling sunflower lanyard. Interestingly, this tile also links in with an initiative LEGO announced yesterday; 

Marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the LEGO Group introduces a wave of new initiatives designed to support and celebrate fans and colleagues with disabilities, conditions and sensory needs that aren’t immediately apparent. 

Set 10350 includes a neurodivergent female character who uses a sunflower lanyard as a discreet way to show she has a hidden disability and may need additional support.

Recolours

There is a new colour of pussycat in town, in dark tan (6523305). This is just a recolour rather than a new print. A second, white cat (6405725) is also included in the set; the printing is the same for both.

There are another 11 new recolours in the set as well.

• 12x  Brick 1 x 4  in Nougat (6530044 | 3010)
• 23x  Masonry 1x2 Brick in Nougat (6530040 | 98283). Amazingly, this is actually the 18th colour for this element.
• 3x  Headlight 1x1 Brick in Nougat (6530047 | 4070)

• 5x Container 2 x 2 x 2 - Top Opening in Dark Green (6530042 | 61780)
• 10x Heart Tile 1 x 1 in Green (6501815 | 39739)

• 6x Battle Droid Legs in Pearl Gold (6523396 | 55527, 30376, 49713, 86025)
• 5x Plate Special 2 x 2 with 2 studs in Pearl Gold (6508090 | 33909)

• 2x Wheel Arch 1 1/2 x 6 x 1 in Tan (6530045 | 62361)
• 5x Plate 1 x 1 x 2/3 Half Round with Side Stud in Tan (6454934 | 3386)
• 4x Plant, with Bar and Off-shoot in Black (6530043 | 1566)
• 1x Flat Cap in Light Bluish Gray (6532088 | 2514)

Minifigures 

There are eight minifigures included in the set, including a chef, a chimney sweep and a gentleman ready to serve your needs in the Haberdashery Store.

There are no new minifigure parts, but a couple are rarer having only appeared in 1 or 2 sets previously.

The mannequin who appears in the window of the haberdashery, has an order of dress that's a little off to me.  Strictly speaking, top hats are worn either with a morning suit or as part of a white tie code of dress.  Unfortunately the mannequin has a black-tie tuxedo on and usually a top hat is not worn with a tuxedo! 

 Six minifigure elements have only appeared in one set before.

• 1 x  Hat, Soft Folded Brim Hat over Medium Nougat Bob in Red (6465499 | 105749)
• 1x Hoody in Bright Bluish Green/ Dark Turquoise (6494418)
• 1x Flat Cap in Dark Brown (6501311 | 2514)
• 1x Fedora in Medium Stone Grey/ Light Bluish Gray (6445927 | 61506)
• 1x Minifig Head, Eyebrows, Half-Rimmed Glasses and Wink in Yellow (6465547 | 105777)
• 1x Hood in Dark Red (6443359 | 15428)

A final four minifigure elements can be found in two previous sets, completing this round-up of rare minifigure parts.

• 1x Striped Suit Jacket, Dark Bluish Grey waistcoat in Light Bluish Gray (6468371)
• 1x Flat Cap  in Earth Green/ Dark Green (6454462 | 2514)
• 1x Minifig  Headphones in Black (6472859 | 78135)
• 1x Cardigan, with White Undershirt Print in Light Bluish Gray (6453944)

Rare elements

There are nine elements that have only been in one previous set:

• 2x Window Frame 1 x 3 x 3 in Reddish Brown (6502373 | 51239)
• 1 x Bicycle Frame, Clip for Handle Bars in Bright Green (6513728 | 50015)
• 1x Brick Round, Half 1 x 2 in Sand Blue (6492725 | 68013)
• 2x Hose Rigid 3mm D. 10L / 8.0cm in Warm Gold/ Pearl Gold (6435762 | 80051)
• 7x Tile 1 x 1 with Groove in Dark Brown (6516867 | 3070b)
• 4x Glass for Window 1 x 2 x 2  in Dark Brown (6492338 | 60601, 35315, 35316, 7179)
• 1x Wedge Plate 6 x 3 Right in Reddish Brown (6503731 | 54383) - although only the right wedge is in this set, its pair Wedge Plate 6 x 3 Left  (6503731 | 54384) comes in 75397 Jabba's Sail Barge. 
• 4x Arch 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 Corner in Dark Orange (6517935 | 38585)
• 16x Brick 1 x 2 in Nougat (6330371 | 3004)

There are seven elements that have been in  two previous sets:

• 4x  Bracket 1 x 2 - 2 x 2 Inverted in Bright Bluish Green/ Dark Turquoise (6513766 | 99207)
• 3 x Window Round 3 x 3 x 2 in Black (6473450 | 73878)
• 2x Bar Holder with Hole and Bar Handle in Brick Yellow/ Tan (6458391 | 23443, 49755)
• 1x Tile 4 x 4 Curved, Macaroni in Sand Yellow/ Dark Tan (6490609 | 27507)
• 21x Brick 1 x 1 in Nougat (6330369 | 3005)
• 5 x Bar, Angled with Stud on End in Warm Gold/ Pearl Gold (6501270 | 65578)
• 1x Door 1 x 4 x 6 with Window, Wood Structure, Loose Window Hold in Reddish Brown (6522056 | 5466)

The set also contains 6x Technic Brick 1 x 2 in Earth Green/ Dark Green (4257584 | 3700) which are notable as they were last seen in 7018 Viking Ship Challenges the Midgard Serpent from 2005.

For a modular building with over 3000 pieces, there's not a huge number of new elements overall but we do get a large quantity of nougat bricks.  The printed parts are particularly attractive and the recolours in the set are useful to have.  Now, it's time to get building and see how these elements are put to use

Time to build

Ground floor

The process starts with setting out the floorplan on the baseplate. Plate and tiles are mainly used to mark the pavement area and where the building will sit. It does make it seem as though the footprint of the building is rather small when a corner building sits on a 32x32 baseplate with pavement all around but more angles are still to come to expand the building.

One of the first things to be built is the toilet, enjoy the view of this throne room as it will soon be tricky to see, although the designer has provided a removable portion of the stairs to allow...erm...peeping!  I'm always pleased to see the toilet roll hanging in the correct position.

Next we have the kitchen and haberdashery store before the dividing wall is placed in between.  There's lots of little details but the area is super cramped so I've photographed the smaller builds to allow them to be enjoyed.

The kitchen is 8x4 modules in size, which is about right for a pub, but slightly concerning for a restaurant. The lack of food preparation space suggests there might be a limited menu here and there's not going to be much haute cuisine emerging from that little stove.

The haberdashery has an assortment of buttons, rolls of threads or fabric and an assortment of hats. The best time to admire the floor of the shop is when it is first built as there's not much floor space left once the shop is filled.

The pub restaurant interior has a bar area with stools, it looks like eggs, bacon and a hash brown is on the menu, accompanied by a mug of builders tea. of course. 

The little wood-panelled bar area is nicely detailed with accessories, including a till and coffee maker. The little emergency ketchup bottle to the left of the till subtly holds it in place on the smooth tiled bar top.

There's a lovely diagonal created using the pub's facade. The inner side has a table and chairs and the outer side has the pubs exterior. I liked this use of the Droid Leg in black (6450219 | 30362, 51067) as an architectural feature, this also necessitated the return of the Technic Brick 1 x 2 in dark green (4257584 | 3700) mentioned earlier.

The footprint of the build improves greatly with the angled facade and leaves space for some decorative pearl gold fencing using those newly recoloured battle droid legs.

A small section of the outside stairs can be removed using the 1x4 arch as a point to pull on.  This allows the peek into the toilet I mentioned earlier.

First floor

The first floor houses the clockmaker's workshop, bright light blue and nougat have been chosen for  the walls on this level.

There's a nice detail I wanted to show first as there is a vacuum cleaner hidden under the stairs, a wall and a door will soon cover this area making it virtually impossible to see.

There are some nice techniques used for the windows throughout the build and the neat way this bay window using Window Round 3 x 3 x 2 in black (6473450 | 73878) slots in is satisfying.  

The clockmaker's workshop has some great details including his work table an a variety of clocks which I have removed to show separately.

The windows on the other side use the newly recoloured Wheel Arch 1 1/2 x 6 x 1 in tan (6530045 | 62361), while the final step in the first floor is to add some flower displays.

The rear entrance has a stone staircase that seems rather bulky, but remember the toilet is under those stairs.  I love the use of the 1x1 Round Plate with Handle (Part 3661) as the bannister leading up to the clockmakers workshop.

The birds eye view shows there's a lot more space to manoeuvre around the workshop on the first floor but it still contains plenty of details.  Onwards and upwards to the second floor.

Second floor

There's a fair bit of SNOT building involved when building the Tudor style render on the top floor.,  The use of  the relatively new Slope 18° 2 x 1 x 2/3 in white (6513919 | 5404) is a lovely technique to create the diagonal timbers. 

There's actually lots of lovely SNOT work in general for the outer render of the top floor.  I particularly liked the snug way the larger dormer window slotted into place - delicious! 

The sloping dark red roofs are all connected in a similar manner using the 2 x 2 Plate with Horizontal Bar Underneath (5066), examined by Tom last month - a good use of this new element.

The top floor houses a cosy apartment space with the open trapdoor frame allowing access to the flight of stairs.

There's a comfy couch, a cat tree and a sink that utilises the new Plate with Cloud Tile edge (5518) that Tom looked at last month  as the splashback and the newly recoloured  Brick Round, Half 1 x 2 in sand blue (6492725 | 68013) as the sink.

It seems the owner of the apartment has a love of both cats and bugs, these little tanks look cute and tie in with the bug keyring on the new tile. This is the neurodiverse minifigure who LEGO refer to as part of their welcome initiative to represent more folks with hidden disabilities, conditions or sensory needs. 

With the sloped red roofs in position, the final section of the build is to create the chimneys and place the flat roof in position.

Let's not forget to add the large clock to help folks find the entrance to the workshop around the back.

Final model

The final views show this to be a detailed corner modular that has a lot of fun techniques used both with the rooms and the outer walls. The 'restaurant' is questionable, I think we all know is really a gastro-pub at best and the local pub selling beer and crisps at worst. The angled facade of the ground floor is an enjoyable part of the build, as is the Tudor-style wall construction.

 

©2024 LEGO Group

I've tried to show many of the fun details as there's a lot packed into a small space.  The top floor and the first floor both have sufficient space for hands to move minifigures and play but the ground floor is very limited. Even the official renders have removed the dividing wall between the kitchen and haberdashery for show.

©2024 LEGO Group

I enjoyed this build and it is good to have another corner building in the modular building series, along with Corner Garage.  LEGO have shown this render of Tudor Corner next to Natural History Museum and Jazz Club.  The dark green and reddish brown pub is rather dark but actually this is accurate for many buildings in this style.  While I might not have put bright light blue and nougat together, it works well and I welcome more nougat bricks in general.

These larger modular sets are expensive to buy,  but with 3266 elements  it works out around 7c/6p per part with the price set at €229.00 / £199.99 / $229.99.  I'm always grateful for the lack of stickers, longer build process and inevitably I learn a few new satisfying techniques building a modular. 10350 Tudor Corner has a lot of character, which will work both ways to attract fans but some will not been keen on the distinctive looks. Personally, being British, I think the set is very well done and nods to quite a few aspects of British culture amongst the bricks - it definitely looks the part (aka a pub).

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Our review of the GWP is coming soon...

READ MORE: Designer interview: 10350 Tudor Corner with François Zapf and Ashwin Visser

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