I recently reviewed the modular Police Station set (click here to check it out). It has been in my pile of sets to build since 2021, just waiting for the right opportunity. What I didn’t mention in the review was that I actually had a bit of push to get the set built. It was a snowy day and I had loads of time to tackle a larger set. What made me settle on the Police Station was an offer to try out a LeLightGo Police Station lighting kit. In truth, LeLightGo offered me any kit I wanted. However, they had one for the Police Station, and I already had an unbuilt and unreviewed copy of the set. So, let’s take a look at what I thought of the experience.

NOTE: I was given this lighting kit free of charge from LeLightGo. Regardless, I will provide my honest opinion on the product in this review.

Let me begin by saying that I am impressed with how the lighting kit transformed the look of my modular. I loved the Police Station before the lighting kit, but it looks even better now. However, there are a few things fans might want to consider before buying one of these lighting kits. As such, I’ve put together a small list of pros and cons regarding my experience. Like a bandaid, let’s just rip through the cons first and get them out of the way.

Cons of the LeLightGo Police Station Lighting Kit

01. Wires abound

The first issue I had with this lighting kit was the fact that there are wires visible everywhere. This is not really something LeLightGo can remedy and it remains completely out of their control. The set was design by the LEGO® Group without wiring in mind. The lighting kit does what it can with the design and space provided. I followed the instructions, but I also tried to hide the wires better than instruction showed in places. It is possible, but there is a downside to that too, which we’ll discuss in point #2.

Examples of changes I made included wrapping the wires more tightly together, as shown above, and also modifying bricks used in places, as shown below. In the images below, the instructions showed feeding the wire from the backdoor lamp through the door and into the building. I did a little more work by partially disassembling the back wall. I replaced the modified 1×1 brick with a stud on the side that holds the lamp with a 1×1 headlamp brick so the wire could pass through the wall directly. Of course, this was more work than what LeLightGo proposed, so I can see why they didn’t suggest it.

I swapped out some bricks and altered the routing of wires to hide things a little better.

Even with the modifications I made, you still see loads of dangling wires when you look in through the windows of the lit up Police Station. This is because there is only one battery pack on the ground floor. The wires from each floor pass down the stairwell to the ground level. You could get creative with your extra parts inventory to hide them better. For example, a drainpipe or something outside the building. But, if you’re like me, the wiring inside is not that big a deal. My modulars sit on a shelf and I rarely open them. It is more important that they look good from the outside than from the inside at the end of the day for me.

02. Tiny gaps

There was a downside to trying to hide the wires a little better. The wires are very thin and small… but they are not flat. Every time you place a wire between to elements, it creates a little gap. The gap is not noticeable if you are glancing the whole set over and distracted by the wonderful lights. However, if you scrutinize the kit, you can see areas where a plate is slightly higher than the one next to it, or there is a tiny space between two bricks. The only way to avoid this is to redesign the set yourself with passages for wires. That’s a project most people are probably not interested in undertaking. It would require extra parts for sure.

03. The set is no longer modular

Of the three cons I experienced, this one is by far the biggest. The previous two are things that might irk some people, but I feel I can live with them. What I did not like about installing the LeLightGo Police Station lighting kit is that it rendered my modular building quite un-modular. Because you have to feed the wires from the top level all the way down to the bottom, each layer of the building strings to the next. You can no longer fully separate the layers without detaching wires that have tiny, fragile connectors. The wires are not long enough to even lay one layer flat next to another.

95% of the time, this will not be an issue for me. As I said, my modulars sit on a shelf as display pieces. The lighting kit greatly improves that display. However, 5% of the time, I like to place Minifigures in the building. Sometimes I like to modify interiors. The wiring makes that hard to do. I have not tried unplugging and replugging the small wire connectors, so I have no idea how well they will stand up to that. At one point while detaching the roof, I dropped it. The associated wire ripped out of the little circuit board on the ground floor. When I plugged it back in, everything still worked fine with no visible damage. But, I don’t know how many times that would work.

Pros of the LeLightGo Police Station lighting kit

01. Easy to follow instructions

I admit, I was dubious when I first downloaded the instructions and saw photographs of what I needed to do. However, the photos were clear and I had no issues following the step-by-step procedure. There’s not much more to say here. It was easy, and I greatly appreciated that.

02. It all just worked.

I installed a lighting kit from a different company on my LEGO® Batwing once in the past. It did not work properly. I had to troubleshoot, and in the end some parts of the lighting kit never worked. I suspected I did something wrong… However, I did not have any such issues with the LeLightGo kit. Everything worked perfectly with the first press of the on button. I’ve had actual LEGO® sets that were harder to get going… *cough* Fairground Collection *cough*. Again, there’s not much to say when things actually work. This was a really positive experience.

03. The LeLightGo Police Station lighting kit makes the set look amazing.

I am thoroughly impressed with the exterior look of the Police Station set following the installation of the LeLightGo lighting kit. The building is beautiful all lit up. As I’ve said before, my modulars are display pieces and no one ever really sees in the inside as they sit on my shelf. So really, the most important thing for me is that they look good from the outside. The wiring visible inside is not that big a deal for me. Even not being able to separate the floors completely isn’t a problem most of the time. I’m quite happy with the lighting kit.

Moving forward

This is a bit of a slippery slope. I avoided lighting kits for a while now because it is another expense to add on top of an already expensive hobby… but I really like the way my Police Station looks with the LeLightGo kit installed. I’m extra positive about the experience because it was so easy to install and it just worked with no extra tinkering. Of course, this was only my first experience, so we’ll have to see how future kits go. But there will be future kits. I’ll probably light up some of my favourite LEGO® sets. However, I think my personal interest lies less in lighting official LEGO® sets and more towards lighting MOCs. Now that I know the basics of how LeLightGo kits work, I can plan my custom creations to incorporate wires and/or hide them better in the design. I’m quite excited about the possibilities.

If you’ve been on the fence about lighting up your sets, here’s a little more incentive to try it out. I’ve set up an affiliate partnership with LeLightGo that will benefit the True North Bricks community. Use the code TRUENORTHBRICKS at checkout and you will get 25% off your order. Additionally, since it is an affiliate partnership, your purchase earns True North Bricks a small commission at no extra cost to you. That helps me keep the content on this site free. I greatly appreciate all the continued support from the True North Bricks community. Will you be lighting up your LEGO® sets? Let me know in the comments or reach out on social media.

Until next time,

-Tom

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