"I Can Make You Ice Cream", or "La-La La La-Lah My Milkshake & etc"

I don't normally like cafe corner standard buildings; in fact, I tend to make jokes like "if i see that fucking cafe corner one more time..." (like "that fucking cat", see) but in fact, there are a few that do not deserve such guilt by association.

Brickshelf guy "TijgerSan", who appears to be a European (because he has De Bouwsteen pics in his folder, that sounds Euro-ish, right?) has been tweaking this little number on brickshelf for a couple weeks now, and I figured it was time to blog it.

First of all, I like this MOC for what it isn't: it isn't dull and gray, it isn't just a partially modified stock set , and it isn't hastily constructed just to fill a slot in a public display. That about covers all the pitfalls of this type of thing.

Now onto what recommends it: the curved slope lintels are nice, the flowerboxes are great, and the technic axles as wall detail actually might have some promising uses. Also using the steampunk smoke element as ice creams deserves an "NPU". I appreciate that he bothered to put the tile floor at an angle on the first floor, but I wish he had taken the bricklink money he spent frivolously on those printed dishes from the first Hogwarts set and used it to get some umbrellas for the tables instead. The big ice cream cone statue from a Batman set looks a little odd there as well, but I suppose it's more legos-purist than printing a sticker for a shop sign.

Very decent work though. Zombie apoc builders, sit up and take note.