Several overlooked models contain parts and techniques that become more useful outside their original boxes.
The summer assortment arrived alongside louder licensed releases, but its smaller City sets contain a useful mix of doors, windows, masonry pieces and compact vehicles. Those elements are easy to transfer into custom streets.
Better building material than first impressions suggest
Colour choices are unusually restrained for the theme. Neutral walls and dark roofs make individual buildings simpler to extend, while brighter accents can be removed without rebuilding the entire structure.
For modular builders, the value is less about displaying each set unchanged and more about treating the wave as a collection of adaptable ideas. A few modest purchases can supply the foundation for a much larger neighbourhood.