Rent the LEGO Bookstore: Book Nook

Plan on 4 to 6 hours for the 1'690 pieces. The frame with the book spine goes quickly. Most of the time goes into the interior: shelves full of small books, the ornate balcony railing and the spiral staircase.

Opened out, it is 40 cm wide, 20 cm high and 7 cm deep. Closed, it stays the same height, so your shelf needs a good 20 cm of clearance. Opened out, it fits on a shelf or a windowsill.

Yes. The set is new in LEGO Icons and costs CHF 149.– in the LEGO Shop. When LEGO will retire it is not known. Rented, you build it without putting yet another model on your shelf for good.

They are two different sets. The Bookshop 10270 is a Modular Building from 2020 with two houses and 2'504 pieces, made to stand in a street of buildings. The Book Nook 11379 is a flat diorama with 1'690 pieces that stands between your books and opens up so you can look inside.

LEGO itself names a golden cup, a magnifying glass and the statue of a black cat. LEGO does not say which novels they point to; working that out is part of the fun. There is also a writing desk with a typewriter, reading nooks on both floors and a small café counter.

You pick a set from our collection and we send it to your door for free. You build it, keep it as long as you like, and send it back when you are ready for the next one. After a month at the earliest, with no upper limit. Then you choose your next set.

There are three options: the single rental at a one-off CHF 42.–, the monthly plan at CHF 39.– per month and the yearly plan at CHF 29.– per month. Included are the complete set, delivery to you and the cleaning. You cover the return, and the label is already in the box.

Yes. The monthly plan can be cancelled to the end of any month, with no reason and no notice period. You send the set back and that is that. The yearly plan commits you for twelve months and costs about a quarter less per month in return.

Every set is washed at 30 °C with soap after it comes back, dried, and checked brick by brick for completeness. Only then does it go out again. So you never get a set somebody else has been through unchecked.

After every rental the set is washed and checked brick by brick for completeness. After that the numbered bags from the original packaging are gone, and you get all the pieces loose in one large wash bag. Up to about 2'000 pieces you build straight from the bag; for bigger sets a bit of sorting first is worth it. For the return you sort nothing: take the set fully apart and put every piece back in the wash bag.

Paper instructions and sticker sheets do not last many rentals, so we send the sets without them. The instructions for every set are free at lego.com/en-ch/service/building-instructions and in the LEGO Builder app. Search there by set number or name.

Up to ten lost small pieces are no problem and are included in the price. It happens, vacuum cleaners are merciless. We only get in touch for larger damage or missing large pieces. You do not have to go over the carpet with tweezers.

Orders placed before 14:00 go out the same working day. After that Swiss Post usually takes one to two working days. We deliver anywhere in Switzerland and delivery to you is free.

A LEGO set is usually built once and then sits on a shelf or in a cellar for years. With us the same set passes through eight to ten people. For the same number of sets built, that is up to 90 % less newly produced plastic.