10 Inspiring Modular Post Office LEGO MOCs: Instructions, Tips and Ideas

Delivering Inspiration: Creative Ideas for Modular Post Office MOCs

In the heart of every LEGO city lies a hub of communication, connection, and community—the post office. Far more than a simple brick-built building, a modular post office MOC invites you to explore architectural detail, storytelling potential, and functional design all in one. Imagine assembling a façade adorned with classic mail slots and brass bugles, then lifting off the roof to reveal a bustling sorting center, a cozy postal museum, or even a café where villagers pause to sip tea and swap letters. Whether you’re recreating a Victorian-era station or envisioning a sleek, modern mail hub, the modular format lets you stack, swap, and expand with ease.

A great modular post office can serve as a focal point in your layout, bridging residential streets and commercial districts. You can sculpt the exterior with trans‐clear window panels for an airy feel, or layer in architectural accents—cornices, columns, and ornate signage—that lend character. Inside, minifig interactions come to life: clerks weighing parcels, customers browsing postcard racks, or a flower vendor setting up shop outside. By varying color palettes—sand yellow for a neoclassical look, olive green for a vintage vibe, or crisp whites and silvers for a futuristic aesthetic—you can evoke different eras and regions. And because modules share a standard 32×32 baseplate footprint, you can seamlessly connect your post office to neighboring buildings, creating a cohesive streetscape.

Tips for Building Your Modular Post Office

• Plan Your Footprint: Use a standard 32×32 baseplate and align connection studs carefully so your post office docks neatly with adjacent modules.

• Layer Your Scenes: Design each floor with a distinct purpose—ground floor for customer service, second floor for archives or offices, third floor for a sorting room or staff lounge, and rooftop for HVAC units or a garden terrace.

• Detail the Façade: Incorporate decorative elements like brick-built postal horns, printed tiles for signage, trans-neon tiles for window panes, and minifigure-scale mailboxes to add realism.

• Modular Consistency: Stick to uniform building techniques—same brick-bond patterns, consistent window heights, and matching cornice styles—so different modules look like part of a unified set.

• Interior Storytelling: Furnish interior spaces with custom-built mail-sorting machines, package scales, bulletin boards, and seating areas; these tiny touches bring your post office to life.

Types of Modular Post Office MOCs to Explore

• Historic & Neoclassical: Think grand columns, marble-inspired bricks, and a small postal museum wing showcasing mailboxes through the ages.

• Contemporary Hub: Sleek glass walls, self-service kiosks, bicycle couriers’ area, and a rooftop solar array to emphasize sustainability.

• Village Charm: A quaint, timber-framed post office integrated with a second-floor apartment or flat, blending residential warmth with civic function.

• Steampunk Station: Gears, copper pipes, and clockwork elements powering pneumatic mail tubes—perfect for a fantastical industrial street.

• Holiday Pop-Up: Seasonal MOC that transforms your post office into a “Santa’s Workshop” around Christmas, complete with a gift-wrapping corner and festive decorations.

• Mixed-Use Complex: Combine a post office on the ground floor with a café or design studio above, creating a multifunctional urban module.

Below are ten inspiring Modular Post Office MOCs. Each block includes the model name above the image, the designer below, and a link to the instructions.

Post Office

Designer: simon84
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-88507

Brick Square Post Office

Designer: Bricked1980
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-22101

Modular Post Office in Neoclassical style

Designer: ubertoys.eu
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-160678

Modular Post Office

Designer: peedeejay
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-68035

Modular The Old Post Office

Designer: HannibalJoost
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-67769

Post Office - 10278 Police Station Alternate Build

Designer: Yanix
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-104865

Free & Modular Post Office

Designer: Hannas.Beverly.Bricks
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-144829

#16 - Old Town - Post Office & Apartments

Designer: LA_Studios
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-95825

Village Post Office Modular

Designer: Ryanetere
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-157391

Post Office - Alternate Design of Set 10339

Designer: Brick Artisan
Get the instructions: https://rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-206241