First of all, this was a gorgeous street modular designed by Brickative (BA) based on architecture in Prague. Perhaps we shall feel thankful that Zhegao (owned by Lele) for commercialized this MOC. However, BA confirmed on FB they didn’t authorized the set. For those who decided to purchase Zhegao version of Old Town Pub, we urged you to purchase the instruction from BA so they could get compensated for their brilliant design. For this reviews, many thanks to CK for contributing the photos. There are lots of pictures for this review because we want to showcase how marvelous BA work was. In a way, it’s a tribute to BA as well.

The box design was the best for Zhegao so far. For this series, Zhegao made use of their unique minifigures. Back of the box showed other BA modular building sets. The QL0924 set came with 4030 pieces of parts.

Three beautifully printed inner boxes.

The underside of the inner boxes showing the different stages of the building. However the parts inside the box didn’t follow the numbering for those stages.

Sticker sheet.

32 x 32 tan colour base plate.

Parts inside the non-numbering bags.

Number 1 bags, where you get to build the minifigures.

We hate doing this, Zhegao shall pre-assemble the figures.

The minifigure didn’t follow LEGO’s design though the accessories were compatible with Danish maker. The hand was smaller and forcing the broom handle would get you white stress mark. Also the elbow joint don’t have enough friction to hold the weight of the broom.

Side view of the figure. Don’t press the head too hard, otherwise it went all the way in and you can’t turn head anymore!

We found the facial expression kind of weird.

Duplo type of legs.

Other accessories for the figure. One advice, just throw away the Zhegao figure and replace them with LEGO compatible ones.

Bags 2.

There shall be a printed part here in the original instruction.

The manual greyed out the part where you have done building. To be honest it was quite confusing.

Bags 3.

Here you are, so the cashier brick was in bag 3. But there shall be two printed cashier brick.

All the 1 x 6 bricks here had been issued the wrong color. Initially we thought the manual had poor color printing.

Bags 4.

Bags 5.

Got a bit of problem here. Realize we must find the part that without a stud in bottom.

The manual stated the right type of brick to use.

Zhegao could have provide all the part like the one on the right, instead of two different types. That would make our life easier.

Bags 6, oops only after photo taking we realize we mixed number 6 and number 9 bags.

Two different clips but they don’t affect the building process.

Bags 7.

The rod on the right was longer by one stud. Do replace it from your inventory.

Bags 8.

The bricks here were quite loose and difficult to build.

Bags 9.

The round part wasn’t used in the original design, Zhegao replaced it because they don’t have the discontinued part in their inventory. The round part simply hang there, at least they could add a part to secure it.

Those wit OCD will hate this section where the slope piece was smooth while the rest had matte finishing.

It took us close to 10 hours to finish this but it’s worth it. We can’t help to admire it.

Close up look of the Brickative design Old Town Pub.

The sticker for the pub was poorly made. Shall have used the non-clear type.

The ATM machine was working. It would be perfect if money tile pieces were included. It was dispensing red tile. Since Chinese New Year is around the corner, just treat it as red packet.

The clear window parts all had a tiny spot in the middle.

We were ok with the replacement part here, but they shall secure it with another brick instead of hanging there.

Looking in for the inner design. All the floors could be separated. The walls between the room could be taken out to reveal the inside.

Obviously this was Men’s toilet.

An abandon room.

This is the original Brickative Old Town Pub. You could compare with Zhegao version above.

In summary, Zhegao did an acceptable job replicating the colourful Old Town Pub thanks to brilliant Brickative design. However, Zhegao failed in some instances. First, the manual had poor colour representation and steps were confusing. Also they just wholesale copy the building instruction from BA without any optimization. There were mixed of parts from older and newer molds and create tolerance issues during the built. The worst was the figure in which we just throw them away. Lele wasn’t LEGO so we can’t expect too much here. You may order Zhegao QL0924 Old Town Pub from Aliexpress. In case you want to know how good is the part quality from Zhegao (Lele), it’s below LEPIN but better than BELA.

Below were other Zhegao sets. Beside BA’s pub, we found wedding hall designed by Lee Inyong. If you know the name and original designer of other buildings, do leave a comment.