Lego City Grocery Store MOD - Adding a roof and back wall to set 60347

[@TheRealT0PAZ]

I feel like adding a hinge would make it easier to access the inside. Great build! 👍😀

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks I'm pleased you like it, and Yes, that's a very good point. At the moment, it's just a display piece, but when I eventually get round to building my Lego city, I might add a better way to open it up, depending on where it is and what access I need to it. Thanks for commenting.

[@ForburyLion]

or have the roof sit on flat tiles and only a few studs, same as modulars.

[@I_AM_VOID_BEATS]

They Gray door looks more like a "back door" to a building

[@MinifigJez]

Yes, I think you’re right. It’s more modern too and fits better with the style of the building. I’ve swapped them over now.

[@SketchyMaker]

I love the little detail of the AC unit on top!

[@MinifigJez]

I thought it looked a bit bare without something else up there other than the solar panels.

[@davidlong9145]

I guess this is okay if you no longer want to interact with the shop figures you leave in the shop but I thought the fun was to move figures around and play. Clever though.

[@MinifigJez]

I guess it probably depends on your age. A younger fan of Lego will do more playing, a slightly older fan (like me) gets the enjoyment of building, displaying, modifying and city building. That's the beauty of Lego, it appeals to so many different people in so many different ways.

[@ElectricianTS]

Nice modifications. You can turn your solar panels horizontally in pairs to make them more realistic.

[@MinifigJez]

That's a good idea about the solar panels. I actually prefer he other solar panel piece, which I made a whole Solar Farm with: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHeqdmCim7B3fLc

[@RealOllieOreo]

If you buy it from asda you get a free sheet of stickers to make it an asda.

[@MinifigJez]

yes, it was a really cool sticker sheet. Unfortunately, it was a Black Friday exclusive back in November, and they all seemed to sell out really quickly, especially as the set was also heavily discounted that weekend. There’s quite a few for sale on eBay. though!

[@robertdurrance8161]

you could make the rear wall hinged so you could open it up without taking off roof

[@MinifigJez]

I have all the Modular buildings since 2007, and the all open up by taking roof and floors off, so I'm happy to keep it like it is, but that's a great idea for people who like to open things up from the back.

[@ForburyLion]

My plan is to make this the ground flood of a 2 or 3 storey modular building. Possibly the 2nd floor would be a staff room/storage are for the store with a goods elevator.... whether this will happen or just remain in my head remains to be seen.

[@MinifigJez]

I thought of doing a 2nd floor at some point. In teh UK you often get a modern looking shop on the ground floor, which has been changed many times over the years, and then a much older looking building above, as it's still in it's original state. - let me know if you ever do it ! Thanks for commenting.

[@garionbishop]

This is amazing, was gonna pass on this set but since my city is missing any sort of grocery store i think im going to buy this and do this mod

[@MinifigJez]

I know what you mean, I was unsure about the set until I’d got it, then I saw the potential. - I’m glad it helped you, and thanks for the comment.

[@alannoronha8613]

I brought two of them and along with own pieces expanded it to a 48x24 building with removable roof but kept back open. Added 3 Fridges island shelf and small warehouse.

[@MinifigJez]

Wow! That sounds amazing. I didn’t want to make mine much bigger, but prefer buildings with a roof and enclosed. The only thing I might do is add a second floor, so it’s taller but doesn’t take up any more space.

[@Zabadak]

Nice Mods you did there. And yeah the builds slould have closed backs. The grey door would be indeed more a backdoor. But probadly I will have chosen the green door to 😃👍

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks. The back wall is quite plain & simple, so I think you’re right that the grey door is better.

[@muhammadebaad317]

hey just wanted to ask how should I make it so I could take the roof off easily

[@MinifigJez]

The only thing that I can suggest is that you put down a layer of tiles instead of pates, and then add in just a few of these modified plates: www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=41740&name=Plate,%20Modified%201%20x%204%20with%202%20Studs%20with%20Groove&category=%5BPlate,%20Modified%5D#T=C then it's only being held down by a few studs, and should come off really easily. It's how Lego themselves make the modular buildings so that teh roof and floors come apart easily.

[@Jalmaan]

I think i like the grey door better! I dont think it needs to be green as it's the back door. Back doors of grocery stores are often heavy duty metal doors and arent necessarily the most pretty thing

[@MinifigJez]

Hi Jalmaan, now I’ve lived with the door for a few days, I’m starting to,think you’re right. It would be nice to have a green door, but I think that the style of the door is too old fashioned for the style of the rest of the building. I had both door in my spare parts drawers, so it didn’t cost me anything to try them both. I’ll swap them over. Thanks for the comment.

[@DailyWeeklyBuilds]

Nice mods! Think I’ll be doing something similar when I add this set to my Lego layout

[@MinifigJez]

I think the roof is definitely essential, it encloses the building nicely,. The back wall isn’t as important if you don’t see the building from behind.

[@arcturionblade1077]

Very nice. This is exactly what I plan to do with the Grocery Store I just ordered from US Lego online site. I did the same thing (added all enclosing walls and a roof with HVAC and roof access) to the recent gas station with two fully stocked MOC fridges.

[@MinifigJez]

Sounds cool - which set was it? Set #60257: Service Station or Set #60258: Tuning Workshop? I've got Tuning Workshop, and I plan to do the same thing to that set.

[@arcturionblade1077]

@@MinifigJez Oh, it's the Service Station although I do own the Tuning Workshop too (but it remains unbuilt; there aren't enough hours in the day). I think my favorite part of it was making a little MOC dumpster and placing it behind the service station before adding flame pieces to it, lol. Oh, and expanding the glass panels of the roof overhang section for the gas/petrol pumps so it actually covers vehicles from rain and the elements. I understand that Lego wants to make sets more affordable by skimping out on roofs and all four walls to enclose their City buildings. I see it as a challenge to finish them up properly even if it can be annoying having to use up your own spare pieces to do so. Anyway, keep up the great work! Your channel is very inspiring!

[@MinifigJez]

I like the sound of your service station MOC. And I know what you mean about enclosing buildings, the only ones that LEGO seem to enclose are the Modular Buildings. But... it's not a new thing, my very first LEGO set was a Shell Service Station, and even back then (1979) it didn't have a back wall !!!!! you can see it here: brickset.com/sets/377-1/Shell-Service-Station

[@TheAntManChannel]

I expanded mine, but I should make it a back wall and rooftop like yours.

[@MinifigJez]

Sounds a good idea - when I finally build my LEGO City, I should make mine bigger too - thanks for the comment.

[@BIGTAYLORNI]

Grey door, will look like an emergency exit.

[@MinifigJez]

Yes, most people seem to think the Grey door is better than the Green one - and I've now put the grey door on the model.

[@LegoMaster-tn5rl]

I agree and this is a good set when it’s modified!

[@Ciangallagher2]

I was thinking of getting a second shop to extend it but I might do that instead and i also built a car park from road plates from the new sets as I use the old road system and had a few laying around.

[@MinifigJez]

I think a 2nd set is a great idea, as you could make the store so much bigger - I might wait and see if I can get it on sale sometime and make it a bit bigger, or... put the 2nd set on top and make it a 2 storey Grocery Store! (and a great idea about making the car park, I really like the new road plate system, but I do still have lots of the old road plates too)

[@muhammadebaad317]

Hey jez how do u have such a big inventory of lrgo parts chould u plz tell me how u have so much parts

[@MinifigJez]

Whenever I see sets of parts that look useful on sale, I generally buy them. Like this one (I got two a few years ago when they were half price): brickset.com/sets/10698-1/Large-Creative-Brick-Box If I ever visit a LEGO Store, I also make sure I check out the Pick-a-brick wall, and will fill up a few cups with any useful parts. These are a bargain, as you can see from my video about them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZyVeId_bbuefdU Also sometimes if a regular set is on sale, I'll buy that and instead of making it, I'll put all teh parts in my storage. You can see where I store all my parts here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bn7Je4CGqrh3iLM I hope that helps.

[@mattbartels]

How long do those bars you use on the roof extend and what is the name of them in pick a brick order language?

[@MinifigJez]

7:12 "using these 4-long bars" Bars, that are 4-studs long (you can see their length in teh video, they span across 4 studs of the roof)

[@adventuresofachef9241]

great mod!

[@MinifigJez]

Many thanks, I'm glad so many people like it - I've just modified the new French Station and I'm currently planning to modify the Family House and the School too.

[@ComicsReMIXed]

Great vid! I’m new to Lego and this works wonderfully! Thanks!

[@MinifigJez]

Cool, I'm glad the vid helped you. There's quite a few LEGO City modifications recently on my channel, It'd great if you subscribe, then you can be kept informed when I do more. I'm currently planning the Family House and the School to be modified.

[@NistTheDutch]

(late reaction) make a second floor a longer bottom floor for more Products ill say something quickly the gray door gives more supermarket vibes

[@MinifigJez]

I don't want to add a 2nd floor as most supermarkets are only single storey, but when I add it to my city I might make it a bit bigger. And yes, I have swapped the green door for the grey door - it looks much better.

[@sadsnow8040]

Awesome

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. It's one of my favourite City MODs that I've done.

[@sadsnow8040]

@@MinifigJez Yes! I love the back wall with the green and white

[@MinifigJez]

@@sadsnow8040 Thanks - I thought it was more interesting to do it with two colours than just one.

[@edgarmorales9110]

As a side business i would buy a complete bag of the extra pieces from you for many of the models you've done insted of doing the work myself and ordering them myself ( After all i am american lol).

[@MinifigJez]

That's very kind of you to say, recently I went half way and started to make a few sets of instructions, and put them on Rebrickable, but to go the whole way and sell kits, would be a big undertaking, as I'd have to buy the parts in myself, to then sell on, as I don't have a huge personal parts collection. Maybe in the future, for smaller MOD's it could be an idea, or I could maybe get parts lists together. Thanks for commenting.

[@DANinMTL]

Look good! On top of the parts included in the set 60347, do you have a list of additionnal parts necessary to do this?

[@MinifigJez]

If you look at the set's inventory, you just need to get all the parts that come in bright Light Blue, and swap them for new parts in light blueish grey: www.bricklink.com/catalogItemInv.asp?S=40516-1

[@muhammadebaad317]

HEY minifig thx for helpin me so i was gonna buy it but i only can use black or white plates for the roof plz give me your sugeestion on which whould look better because i am very indicisive

[@MinifigJez]

I'd go for black. I think a building like this would be more likely to have a black roof than a white one.

[@muhammadebaad317]

Tjx

[@muhammadebaad317]

Hey man thx so much for helpin me i swear u deserve 1m subs Last thing i wanted to ask: Basically i want to make a lego city but idk if i should use the mils system or roads system And also Which building lego sets whould look nice in it without spendin too much. Thx

[@MinifigJez]

That's a difficult one, because I'm going to start building a LEGO City too, and I'm wondering if I should use MILS or not. If you're just starting out, and don't want to spend too much then don't use mils straight away, as it needs a LOT of lego pieces to make all the MILS plates. I think I will use teh new roads, with MILS, but the old road baseplates are really good too if you have them. And I suggest you just get the lego sets that YOU like the look of, as you'll rebuilding it for you! Some people get hung up on what other people will think of their city or how they do things... that's the best thing about Lego, everyone can do things slightly differently, and there's no wrong way! I hope the city goes well. (P.S. 1m subs would be amazing, but I doubt it will ever happen!!!)

[@samisiraj5197]

Hey man really love the build and I will build it but I want to make it so the roof can come apart easily u did tell us how to do it but I did not understand maybe if I could send a pic that would help me a lot and I love the design but whould like to take off the roof and I could not understand how u should do it so a pic or vid whould really help me thx.

[@MinifigJez]

I don't have any photos or video that I can show you, but if you look at some lego instructions for buildings you can see how they do it. Look at step 9 in the instructions that I have linked below, and you can see smooth tiles used, and then some 1x4 tiles with 2 studs on them: www.lego.com/cdn/product-assets/product.bi.core.pdf/6227569.pdf

[@samisiraj5197]

@@MinifigJez Oh yes I see thanks for telling me and I WHOULD have to put this before base plates. If I do how will that work because the baseplates are separate as their are 4 chould u plz tell me where I can put these special pieces . Thx so much.

[@muhammadebaad317]

so were should i put the special bricks before the base plates?

[@MinifigJez]

The idea is that you put them on the top of the walls, the tiles are smooth so then the roof doesn't stick to the walls, it just rests on top of the.

[@finn732]

My question is how will get inside the Lego grocery store

[@MinifigJez]

Minifigs can open the door and go in that way. Humans can pop the roof off and stick their hands in that way.

[@LeoStarman]

Looks good 👍

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks. I’m pleased you like it.

[@LeoStarman]

Yeah I want to buy one soon

[@MinifigJez]

@@LeoStarman Amazon have got it for 20% off at the moment

[@justthink1616]

Why don't you just use 2 1by3 Green tiles on the roof?

[@MinifigJez]

I don't have any of them, but I can add 2 of them to one of my wanted lists and then if I place a BrickLink order form someone who has two, I can pick them up.

[@justthink1616]

@@MinifigJez you don't have them? That Kinda weird becose thats pretty common piece. I think i have like 10 of them

[@MinifigJez]

@@justthink1616 well... I have quite a lot of them, but they are all in other sets being used ! My parts storage come from brick boxes, Pick-a-brick walls, or small sets and poly bags that I don't need, so part-out. It just so happens that I've never had any that I didn't;t need for something!

[@justthink1616]

@@MinifigJez ok, i have my bricks seperated by color.

[@dlbrickerstudio]

i think you should add a green cheese slope on the top of the green fresh sign ☺

[@MinifigJez]

GREAT IDEA - that would finish the slope off perfectly, I’ll check my parts and see if I’ve got a green one, and if not, I’ll put it on my wanted list. - thanks!

[@Gabiman66]

0:46 lego pirates would have disagreed

[@MinifigJez]

Oooh! Good point! - I should have probably said a modern prosthetic leg. I will now have to live in fear of the wrath of Captain Brickbeard. 🫣

[@teddyruxpinchannel4906]

Very nice! Much better

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it - I much prefer my buildings to be enclosed, or AT LEAST have a complete roof!

[@Gwakari]

Can you please in future add brick numbers? It will be much easier to order them on bricklink. Thanks

[@MinifigJez]

If it's a small build I will try to do that, but I have limited time to make my videos around family and work, so a large MOD with a lot of pieces would take quite a time to type out a list of pieces, on top of filming and editing - I'll see what I can do in the future.

[@Gwakari]

@@MinifigJez Thanks a lot. It is clear to me that everything depends on time.

[@MinifigJez]

@@Gwakari thank you for your understanding

[@LegoBricks.19]

cool ,, complete our lego town...😍

[@MinifigJez]

Great - have fun building it

[@ryanhong2581]

Beautiful mod by adding a backwall. I love how you add those air condition details on the roof. Did you buy two sets of these or you just mod them by buying pieces?

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks for the compliment Ryan. There weren’t many pieces for the MOD that were in the original set, so buying two wouldn’t have helped much (and been expensive!) So I got most parts out of my spares bins, and the rest (mainly the green bits and solar panels) from Bricklink. Thanks for commenting.

[@legobrixz]

Should come like that then it wouldn't be so insanely overpriced

[@MinifigJez]

Yes, either that or… they’d increase the price even more, BECAUSE it has a roof!!! 😏

[@cityofbricks]

Wow!

[@MinifigJez]

Thanks! I’m glad you liked it.

[@muhammadebaad317]

And jez what is your insta so we chould maybe chat!? And what do you think of the LEGO tall neck.!

[@MinifigJez]

I'm under minifigjez in all my social media, and you'll recognise the avatar too. I know nothing about the background of the Tallneck, but I can very much appreciate the build. But with so many other Lego themes that I love, it's not a set that I'll be getting... too much other stuff to buy, like teh new Eldorado Fortress!!