I was very impressed with my first set from LUMIBRICKS, the Brick Art Gallery which I recently reviewed. As you may recall, LUMIBRICKS also sent along a second set, the Boxing Club. Now it’s time to see if they can continue their hot streak with this set.
What Is the LUMIBRICKS Boxing Club?
Boxing Club is a 3,036-piece brick building set from LUMIBRICKS that comes with 6 Minifigures and 24 LED lights. When completed, it measures 10″ long by 10″ wide by 16″ high. The set retails for $149.99, and can be purchased directly from LUMIBRICKS, or via the LUMIBRICKS store on Amazon.
Included in the box are 19 bricks bags, 2 instruction manuals, and a box containing the LED lights and tools for assembly. As with the Brick Art Gallery, there are no stickers in the set. In the case of the Boxing Club, there are over 95 screen-printed bricks.
The Boxing Club box was lighter than the Brick Art Gallery- it has a few hundred fewer pieces, and comes with only two instruction manuals, rather than the three found with the Art Gallery.
The first manual has a small bit of background info about the Boxing Club in the first few pages, but actually devotes quite a bit more space to the lighting setup for the set:
All of the lights are organized in a kit that also includes the tweezers that you’ll use to connect the wires, as well as a small screwdriver to access the power supply to install batteries (you will need to provide the 3 AA batteries yourself). As per the instruction manual, you should test out all the lights before you start assembly, as the lights are embedded within the construction of the set. In other words, it will require quite a bit of disassembly to remove a faulty light and replace it.
LUMIBRICKS Boxing Club – The Minifigures
There’s only 6 Minifigures included in the set, but there’s really not a need for any more. You get two boxers, two coaches, a reporter, and a woman who is appears to be the girlfriend of one of the boxers.
Assembling the LUMIBRICKS Boxing Club
As you assemble each of the four floors of the Boxing Club, you’ll also be adding lights to both the exterior and interior of the building.
Ground Floor
The set is four floors in total, but that doesn’t mean that all of those floors are devoted to boxing. On the ground floor you’ll find advertisements for the Boxing Club, but there’s a coin laundry at street level.
Though there’s not just the laundromat on the ground floor- you’ll also find the locker room for the gym there:
The locker room is removable for play, and has a knob on the back wall to allow you to pull it out of the building. A larger door next to it swings open for access to the corner laundry.
Second Floor
The second floor is where you’ll find the boxing ring (which is also removable) as well as some displayed trophies.
The boxing ring can be removed for play purposes. Here you can see it placed inside the second floor, with the door that accesses the ring opened.
The boxing ring isn’t just for show, either. It includes a fun little play feature, as you can see in the video.
Here’s a look at the second floor placed on top of the ground floor. there are special bricks that match up to create a circuit which powers the lights in between the floors.
Third Floor
The third floor hosts the gym, with its exercise bikes, free weights, and speed bags. This is another room that can be removed from the building.
Here’s a look at the removable gym:
Fourth Floor / Rooftop
The final part of the assembly is the fourth floor and rooftop. The fourth floor is almost like an attic, with more storage and also a record player and albums for playing jams in the Boxing Club.
With the fourth floor attached, the Boxing Club is almost complete.
Final Exterior Lights and Details
The final bag of the build completes the Boxing Club by adding the power supply, as well as a stoplight and some set dressing.
And here’s everything put together:
Of course, this being a LUMIBRICKS building, we’re not quite done. So that being said…
Let’s Light It Up!
Here’s a closer look at different parts of the building, with the lights on.
LUMIBRICKS Boxing Club – Final Thoughts
Before opening the box, I have to admit I wasn’t all that excited about building the Boxing Club. I’m not much of a sports guy, and even though I go to the gym regularly, the thought of building one out of bricks didn’t excite me. But I soon discovered that this is a really fun build, full of great details!
The screen-printed pieces continue to add so much to the set, not just in the value, but in the quality and appearance. LUMIBRICKS does a very nice job with their graphic design, which is especially evident when you look at a printed piece up close.
The Boxing Club is a more vertical building than the Brick Art Museum. While this means less space per floor, it also means that you have a smaller footprint for the Boxing Club, making it easier to find room if, like me, you already have a pretty substantial display of brick creations.
As with the Brick Art Museum, the Boxing Club has plenty of accessibility to rooms throughout the building. This is much more convenient for access than removing a level of the building, and really encourages play. It also gives you a building with four full walls, instead of ones that have only three and are open in the back.
At the start of this article, I posited the question of whether LUMIBRICKS would continue their hot streak with the Boxing Club. I’m pretty sure at this point in reading my review that you know the answer. The LUMIBRICKS sets fill a great niche in the brick building market: fun, affordable sets that also light up. If you’re looking for a great, detail-filled building set, then the LUMIBRICKS Boxing Club is a total knockout.
For more information or to purchase the Boxing Club, head to the LUMIBRICKS website.
LUMIBRICKS provided a set for evaluation but had no input into this review. As an Amazon affiliate, I may earn a small commission on qualified purchases.
