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Corner Kiosk

A tiny street corner with a striped awning and more charm than sets three times its size.

Brick Rated Score

4.0/5

Set 40757 · 2025

Pieces205

Minifigs2

Year2025

Set number40757

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The verdict

This little newsstand caught me off guard, it is only 205 pieces but it is dense with personality, the striped awning, the public clock, the gumball machine parked out front.

I love that it tells a small story instead of just being a box of bricks, you get a vendor at his post and a customer walking up with an umbrella like she just ducked out of the rain. I will be honest, this one was a gift with purchase rather than a retail set, so if you never hit the LEGO.com spend threshold in 2025 you probably missed it, and the secondary market has already picked it up because of that. If you love the Modular Buildings look but do not have shelf space or budget for a full one, this is the corner slice that scratches the same itch in under an hour.

Best for: Modular Buildings fans who want a taste of that street corner charm without the size or the price tag

The full review

What it is

I did not expect to fall for a set this small, but here we are. Corner Kiosk packs a striped awning, a little newsstand counter, a public clock, and a gumball machine into a footprint you could balance on a coaster. It comes with two minifigs, a vendor in a flat cap and bodywarmer working the stand, and a customer walking up with a closed umbrella tucked under her arm, and that pairing is what sells the whole thing. It is not just a building, it is a moment, someone stopping by their corner kiosk on a grey day.

The catch

Here is the catch, and it is a real one. This was never a set you could add to cart on its own, LEGO gave it away free with qualifying purchases on LEGO.com through 2025, which means plenty of people who would have loved it never got the chance to grab it. Now that the promotion has ended, if you want one you are shopping resale, and prices reflect that scarcity rather than the actual size of what you are getting. At 205 pieces this also builds fast, closer to a coffee break than an evening project, so go in knowing you are paying for charm and detail density, not hours of build time.

Who it's for

If you collect the Modular Buildings look but do not have room or budget for a full building, this is a lovely way to get a slice of that aesthetic on a shelf. It is also a nice pickup for anyone who likes small vignette style sets with a story built in. Skip it if you are chasing part count for the money or if the gift with purchase pricing on the secondary market bothers you on principle.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build itself is quick and unfussy, this is not a set that is trying to teach you a new technique, it is a set that wants to get a charming little street corner in your hands fast. You start with the base and counter, then the awning goes up, and the small touches come last, the clock face, the gumball machine, the little display elements that make the kiosk feel lived in rather than generic.

For the size, the piece selection punches above its weight. The striped awning does a lot of visual work on its own, and the public clock element gives the build a focal point that a plain newsstand would not have. The two minifigs carry real personality too, the vendor's flat cap and layered sand green and dark blue outfit reads as properly vintage, and the customer's closed umbrella is a small but smart storytelling prop. Nothing here screams rare or exclusive mold, but the combination is well chosen for a set this size, and it earned a Brickset Awards Finalist nod and a solid 3.9 out of 5 from the community, which tracks with how much charm they packed into so few pieces.

Fun facts

01Corner Kiosk was not sold at retail, it was given away free with qualifying purchases on LEGO.com starting in January 2025 through the end of that year.
02It was named a Brickset Awards Finalist and holds a 3.9 out of 5 average from LEGO fan ratings on Brickset.
03At just 8 x 8 x 7 cm, it is one of the smallest sets to carry the Icons theme label, built more like a vignette than a display building.
04The set includes two minifigs designed to tell a tiny story together, a vendor at his post and a customer arriving with an umbrella, rather than being sold as unrelated figures.