Five ways LEGO could take the rumoured biggest modular set to date

With recent rumours suggesting the largest LEGO modular building to date may arrive in 2024, here are five directions the subtheme could take.

It’s the time of year when fans of the LEGO Modular Buildings Collection start to get their first hints as to what upcoming set might be on the horizon in the next 12 months. While 2023 saw the release of 10312 Jazz Club, recent rumours suggest the subtheme’s largest such model to date could be right around the corner.

Details of a LEGO modular building for 2024 are a little thin on the ground at this stage, but recent whispers suggest that a 4,002-piece set might be on the cards for January 1, one that may end up having a 48x32-stud footprint. If those rumours do prove to be true, next year’s LEGO Modular Buildings Collection release could well by the biggest such set so far and potentially be a direct replacement for the soon-to-retire 10255 Assembly Square.

With a possible increased piece count and size, here are five directions in which such a massive LEGO Modular Buildings Collection could well take the subtheme going forward:

5 – Wide load

There’s no reason why the rumoured LEGO modular building couldn’t take advantage of a wider footprint that the standard 32x32 baseplate, one that would still make models compatible with existing sets. The option could add more variety to the LEGO Modular Buildings Collection and certainly provide a little diversity to the look and shape of any fan’s display set-up.

4 – The sky’s the limit

The tallest LEGO Modular Buildings Collection set to date is 10224 Town Hall, with the 2,733-piece release having launched in 2012 and measuring almost 50cm in height. With rumours suggesting a potential 76269 Avengers Tower may still arrive in 2023, there’s no reason why the subtheme shouldn’t aim to get taller with its builds. A striking city skyscraper or apartment block would be an incredible addition to the line-up of LEGO modular building sets released so far, for sure.

3 – Going underground

Taking a leaf out of the LEGO Harry Potter theme’s book, instead of going wider or taller, why not head deeper? As seen with the recently-released 76417 Gringotts Wizarding Bank Collectors’ Edition, adding lower levels and structures to a model opens up all sorts of building potential. Think a subterranean car park or storage area below a shopping mall and your mind begins to boggle at the possibilities…

2 – Inverted corners

The base of each LEGO Modular Buildings Collection set tends to follow a tried-and-tested formula. However, throw inverted corners into the mix and what you could be looking at might be something much more eye-catching. The inclusion of such a feature into the subtheme’s mix would certainly give a distinctive look to specific sets, making them stand out from more formulaic models that might be in your street display scenes.

1 – Unique architecture

While most LEGO Modular Buildings Collection offer fairly standard-looking designs, there’s no reason why the subtheme couldn’t go in a more extreme architectural direction. Think New York’s Guggenheim Museum, Abu Dhabi International Airport or the Agora Garden Tower in Taipei and you realise that the LEGO modular building team could head down all sorts of exciting and non-traditional avenues.

As usual, do treat all such rumours of potential 2024 sets with a healthy dose of speculation for now, until we hear anything official from the LEGO Group. In the meantime, you may well want to pick up 10255 Assembly Square while you can, with the LEGO Modular Buildings Collection model included in a long list of sets due to retire at the end of 2023.

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