Only two of the minifigs have alternate expressions. The female mechanic has a smiling face with smudges of oil or grease as well as an alternate face that looks determined. The young girl also has a two-sided head, with a small smile on one side and a sad face on the other (since she’s taking one of her animals to the vet). I appreciate that the scooter girl doesn't have those needless waistlines, it unnecessarily limits the use of otherwise gender-neutral outfits like the S5 Zookeeper, the S13 Archeologist and the S15 Animal Catcher. Includes 6 minifigures: gas station owner, mechanic, vet, woman, man and a girl, plus bunny, parrot, dog, frog and fish figures. Collect and build an entire town with the LEGO Creator Expert Modular Building 10243 Parisian Restaurant, 10255 Assembly Square and 10260 Downtown Diner. The overall floor plan of the top story (bag group 5) is essentially identical to the middle story with the vet’s office, minus the central dividing wall perpendicular to the front wall. This makes the top floor fairly wide open, focused more on the interior details to which we’ll return later in this review.

I also particularly like the muted Octan colours of green and red used for the garage which gives it an old-school feel. I guess you can't satisfy everyone - if you try something different people will go "it doesn't fit with the others" and "this is the first modular I'm going to skip", if you go more traditional people will complain that "it looks bland and samey" or "it looks just like 10xxx in a different color". I also suspect those who complain the loudest are the ones who keeps their modulars in pristine condition, I usually modify mine so any issues can generally be sorted out. The little girl has a long braid and wears a striped pink shirt printed with a cat design. The man who lives above the vet’s shop wears the cableknit sweater first introduced in 21310 Old Fishing Store, while the vet wears a doctor’s coat.

At the end of the first bag, the ground floor is still only partially complete, though it includes all of its interior detail. The LEGO designers have made extensive use of the relatively new rounded 1×2 plate throughout the building, starting with the columns on either side of the door on the left side of the structure. The wall turns the corner by having a 1×1 round column as the corner, with the 1×2 rounded plates extending from the column into each connecting wall. The far side of the exam room features a desk with cluttered papers and a lamp along with another desk with a frog under a heating lamp and some medicine bottles. the toilet, of course, which has a old-fashioned high wall-mounted cistern. Presumably the man washes himself in the kitchen sink given there's no shower. Our clear display case for the LEGO® Creator Expert Corner Garage will keep dust off your 10264 modular building and showcase it beautifully! Plus, this sized case is also compatible with several other LEGO modular buildings; see the full list here.

Mid-level animal clinic features an examination table, parrot perch, fish tank and a waiting area with sofa, armchair, table and flowerpot, plus the animal doctor's desk lamp, microscope, mug, newspaper, envelope, scissors and syringe.The vet’s office waiting area has two couches, with a resident parrot on a perch and a large fish in a small aquarium. The orange fish in the aquarium is attached to the wall with a Technic pin, and as we saw in the official product photos, tends to want to “float” upside down — perhaps the vet should look into getting a larger tank that doesn’t kill his fish… Build, play and display. Celebrate life in the 1950s with this everyday scene from a busy downtown street. The fourth set of bags provides the parts for the second floor with the veterinarian’s office. The vet’s office has a large front window with a printed design that reads “Dr. Jones Animal Care: No Snakes!” a sly little Indiana Jones Easter egg.

The roof section repeats the greebling of the second floor and finishes it off with decorative finials.

The roof

The colour palette changes now to dark orange and sand blue for construction of the first and second floors.