And I’d highly recommend the Pet Shop. It was my first modular, and its split nature allows it to be a fairly representative “sampler” of the modular line. It’s also packed with detail, and in my opinion it’s got one of the best justifications of any set for the parts with less detail (the occupants are just moving into the red and brown house, so the sparsely-furnished second and third floors have a painter painting the walls and a collection of moving boxes, respectively).

Anyway, more on topic, I love the look of the Palace Cinema. Is it perfect? No; but just like the Grand Emporium I expect its imperfections to inspire a wide variety of mods from the community. And in terms of making a full theater at the price point of the previous modulars, I think Lego did just about the best they could.