Brick City Depot
instructions, shops +4
Buy downloadable instruction packages and parts lists for custom LEGO city, military, train and Winter Village models, including a free account-gated sample.
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- pricing
- Freemium
- platforms
- Web
- status
- Active
- public api
- no
- content format
- PDF instructions, HTML parts lists, XML parts lists
- author
- Brian and Jason Lyles
Overview
Brick City Depot sells downloadable instructions for LEGO models in City, Military, Train, Winter Village and Other categories. Its homepage lists 49 City instructions, 12 Military, five Train, four Winter Village and one Other.
Characteristics
specialist-niche
Modular city, Winter Village-style, and military LEGO MOCs.
long-running-brand
Operating since at least 2016.
founder-credibility
Founders authored the LEGO Neighborhood building books (attribution unconfirmed on-site).
one free sample build
Adventure Truck is free with account creation.
Pros
- Founders have direct credibility in the modular-building niche (authors of LEGO Neighborhood books) — attribution not yet confirmed on-site
- Long operating history (documented since 2016) with ongoing new releases in 2026
- Well-specified deliverables: PDF instructions + 2 parts-list formats (plain + XML/BrickLink)
- One genuinely free sample build (Adventure Truck), gated only by account creation
Cons
- No API or bulk/programmatic access
- No visible community rating aggregation on-site
- Small train-specific catalog (only 5 sets) despite train being a listed category — City is the dominant focus
