One reason to pick up LEGO Jazz Club for every month left before it retires

With six months left before LEGO Icons 10312 Jazz Club retires for good, here are six reasons not to miss out on the modular building.

10312 Jazz Club is due to retire at the end of 2025, now just six months away – but it could disappear even quicker. Popular sets can sell out before December 31, with that just being the official date that the LEGO Group will stop producing the set. If they sell out a few days, weeks, or even months earlier, it’s entirely possible that they won’t come back into stock ever again.

With that in mind, we’re counting down the six months you have left to pick up the musical-focused modular building with six reasons it’s well worth the price tag of £199.99 / $229.99 / €229.99 in all of its 2,899-piece glory.

6 – A colour scheme that stands out

Every modular building has its own unique colour scheme but 10312 Jazz Club takes finding its own identity through colour to a whole new level. The ground floor of the club itself is in medium azure, a bright shade that contrasts neatly with the dark red upper floor, while the pizzeria to the right is a cool yellow.

Those colour combinations come together to form a punchy aesthetic that perfectly represents the tone of the set. As we’ll touch on later, 10312 Jazz Club is a rarity among the Modular Building Collection in that it offers a glimpse at minifigure nightlife. While other sets in the collection focus largely on practicalities – think of 10251 Brick Bank, 10185 Green Grocer, 10224 Town Hall, and 10278 Police Station – 10312 Jazz Club is all about fun, with magic, glitz, and glamour galore.

The colour scheme may not be to everyone’s tastes, yet it certainly does take up its own place on the modular building shelf.

5 – Every minifigure has its own place

To really bring those features to life, the cast of eight minifigures also deserves a strong mention. Each one has its own defined place in 10312 Jazz Club, yet there’s still enough diversity to play out various play and display possibilities. While some outfits are so unique that they can only be used in one way, like the magician or the singer, others are fairly versatile, especially when you take away their accessories.

Remove the bassist and the drummer’s instruments and they’re ready to grab a bite in the pizzeria. Take away the tailor’s scissors, and he can be enjoying a drink in front of the stage in the club. The owner can be visiting any of the businesses when not sat at her desk.

Modular buildings are all about storytelling, and the diversity found in this line-up of minifigures makes that very easy, with a cohesive blend of unique and interchangeable characters.

4 – Night and day

As we mentioned earlier, 10312 Jazz Club stands out from the rest of the collection in that it can easily transition from day to night. A magician could be putting on a matinee show in the club, while the chef churns out slices to go for lunch orders, but within seconds, you can turn down the lights for the singer to take to the stage and the punters to fill up the club for the evening show.

That’s not something you can easily do with many other modular buildings. Arguably, the only other options would be 10297 Boutique Hotel (also retiring this year), 10260 Downtown Diner, and 10232 Palace Cinema – but none of those have the same glitzy feel to them as 10312 Jazz Club.

That comes thanks to the eye-catching colour scheme and the carefully crafted interior details, particularly in the ground floor of the club itself. The stage makes a good use of space, leaving enough room for tables while still dominating the scene. The red curtains are in keeping with the colour scheme of the set, while trans yellow ‘lights’ and lighter colours in the accessories help lift the colour scheme of the room.

3 – Architecture for days

Zooming out to look at the exterior architectural details, there’s plenty more to uncover. Although the club building draws the attention most (and there’s plenty to explore there), don’t overlook the pizzeria itself. The nifty building techniques that go into the red, white, and green awning pair nicely with the more classical windows above, accented with pops of colour thanks to the plants.

That cleaner look stands in sharp contrast to the dark red brick of the upper floors of the club, made all the moodier thanks to the stained glass effect in the windows. Extra pars are used to help the windowsills stand out in sharp relief, adding welcome depth to the upper floors.

That helps to keep the texture going throughout the build, starting with the angled door of the club. It would have been easy for the rest of the building to feel flat above the quirky entrance to the main building, but the extra attention given to the upper windows helps to make sure there’s enough to hold the eye no matter where you look.

2 – Cohesive interior

Those quirky architectural choices carry through to the inside as well, with a gap left in the ground-floor ceiling above the stage that pulls you through the set. It means you can see the action even if you only lift one level away, as well as making sense within the story of 10312 Jazz Club. It makes sense for the owner to want to keep an eye on her performers, while also adding some interest to an already unusual modular building.

In essence, this is just one example of the many we’ve highlighted here where 10312 Jazz Club builds its own path. From the eye-catching colour scheme to the one-of-a-kind architectural design chocies, it’s not afraid to try out features that have not been seen before. While that may prove unpopular to those who love the modular building formula, it also means that 10312 Jazz Club can be a great entry point, showing off what can achieved within this blueprint while also keeping it fresh.

1 – Ideal for integration

That being said, the recessed pizzeria and the different heights of the buildings make it easy to integrate 10312 Jazz Club into any street. While another modular street is often made up of darker or more muted facades, this one will really add a splash of something new and brighter to a LEGO street.

That might not be for everyone, but if you do want to mix things up in your LEGO city, then 10312 Jazz Club is an excellent way to add some glitzy flair, without needing to shuffle around the structure of your street too much.

Convinced? Don’t waste anytime in picking up 10312 Jazz Club before it retires at the end of 2025. As noted above, sets can and often do sell out early and the more popular they are (like modular buildings), the more likely that is to happen. 10312 Jazz Club is available to buy now for £199.99 in the UK, $229.99 in the US, and €229.99 in Europe.

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