We all need a vacation in Italy – my “Mediterranean Street Scene”

About the build

The former fishing village of “Burano” is one of the most beautiful attractions in the Venetian Lagoon of Italy. In my opinion, it’s even lovelier than Venice itself. Every time I visit, I am enchanted by its cheerful charm and its many brightly colored houses.

My vision was to combine a colorful Mediterranean-style canal street with a fun and lively minifigure scene - one that reflects the bustling and vibrant vacation experience of a tourist. At the same time, the design of the build was intended to offer many creative display options.

One of the challenges was to create as many visually distinct building facades as possible - ones that are exciting to build and use construction techniques that are easy to implement - and to choose colors for the facades that, as a LEGO build, don’t look too garish and yet still capture the “Burano vibe.”

The set includes 12 minifigures, plenty of animals, and 6 small stickers.

3-in-1 presentation options / fits in your city:

The scene is designed to offer you 3 different display options:

The build can be displayed lengthwise as a long canal.
The two separate baseplates can be placed facing each other to create a highly authentic Mediterranean canal scene.
The two canal sections can also be integrated into a LEGO city layout independently of each other.

The set is designed to allow for even further customization. With three boats in different colors and three dolphins, you can use your own creativity in arranging the foreground as you would like.

Minifigure scenes:

The build features many lively scenes with carefully selected characters and their little stories:
Tony holds his binoculars and is happy to have the rare opportunity to observe dolphins in the canal.
Alberto sees a toy boat bobbing along the canal and tries to catch it.
Susi is thrilled about the new bag she bought as a vacation gift for herself.
Maria is about to spend some of her pocket money at the toy vending machine hoping for another spectacular toy.
Vincenzo sits at the pier with his old fishing rod and waits for a fish to take the bait.
Lisa loves street music and has already snapped a few photos of the musicians with her new camera.
Umberto and Francesco play enchanting Italian melodies on their instruments and we can hear their music drifting through the canal.
The fisherman is about to unload his morning catch and realizes that Tina has taken one of his fish to feed the cats.
The cats smell the fish that Tina offers and run to the spot so fast that they throw Luigi, who holds a tablet with coffee mugs, off balance and one of the coffee mugs falls to ground.
Timothy hangs the laundry and enjoys the elevated view of the beautiful canal

Easter eggs:

Banksy was here
Tintin’s rocket is included as a minifigure-toy
Hidden in the water of the canal is a cursed Aztec gold coin from Cortez’s legendary treasure
The small toy boat might be an enchanted Black Pearl searching for Aztec gold
Awnings display the Italian national flag
Name of the canal

Features:

3-in-1 creative display options for the canal scene
The scene in the water canal in the foreground can be customized by swapping out boats and dolphins
A lively minifigure scene with lots of little stories
Display and play features
All houses have interiors
Exciting and funny Easter eggs to discover

Model Dimensions:

Both canal halves arranged lengthwise

Width: 20.3 in / 51.7 cm
Depth: 9.3 in / 23.6 cm
Height: 8.1 in / 20.6 cm

Canal arranged opposite each other (facing configuration)

Width: 10.8 in / 27.4 cm
Depth: 10.3 in / 26.2 cm
Height: 8.1 in / 20.6 cm

Single canal side (baseplate only)

Width: 10.8 in / 27.4 cm
Depth: 5.3 in / 13.5 cm
Height: 8.1 in / 20.6 cm