LEGO Bricktober Fire Station (40182)

About This Set

The Bricktober Fire Station is a miniature modular building: a complete fire station shrunk onto a 6x8 stud baseplate. It was one of four mini modulars created for the Toys R Us Bricktober promotion in October 2014, when a different building was given away free with a qualifying LEGO purchase each week of the month. The Fire Station arrived in the third week, after the Theater and the Pizza Place and before the Town Hall, and the four sets were also sold individually in Toys R Us stores for $19.99. The promotion ran at Toys R Us stores in the United States and Canada.

Despite its size, the model reads instantly as a fire station: a red frontage with a wide garage door for the engines, white-framed windows and a small tower rising at the corner, in the style of a classic American firehouse. Two miniature vehicles complete the street scene. Like the full-size LEGO Modular Buildings, the Bricktober minis connect to each other with Technic pins, so the four 2014 buildings clip together into a miniature street — a format LEGO and Toys R Us returned to with a second series of Bricktober buildings in 2015, which connect to the first. The set contains no minifigures; at this scale, the building itself is the subject. It is also smaller than the buildings in 10230 Mini Modulars, and not compatible with them.

Key Features

• Micro-scale fire station built on a 6x8 stud baseplate
• One of four Bricktober 2014 mini modulars — alongside 40180 Theater, 40181 Pizza Place and 40183 Town Hall
• Technic pin connections link it to the other buildings to form a miniature street, like the full-size Modular Buildings
• Classic firehouse design with a garage door frontage and a corner tower
• Two miniature vehicles included to complete the street scene
• Toys R Us exclusive — given away with a qualifying purchase during Bricktober in October 2014 and also sold separately for $19.99
• 175 pieces with no minifigures, in keeping with the micro scale
• Not compatible with the larger buildings in 10230 Mini Modulars

Theme Background

Bricktober was the annual October LEGO promotion at Toys R Us, and for 2014 LEGO produced something new for it: instead of the minifigure packs of earlier years, four miniature modular buildings, released one per week. Together the four formed a tiny main street — a theater, a pizza place, a fire station and a town hall — and the idea proved popular enough that LEGO and Toys R Us repeated it with four more buildings in 2015. The Fire Station is the emergency-services entry in the series, modelled on the traditional American firehouse and designed to sit between its neighbours in the connected street.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many pieces are in LEGO 40182 Bricktober Fire Station?

LEGO 40182 contains 175 pieces. It is a micro-scale building released in 2014 for the Toys R Us Bricktober promotion.

Does LEGO 40182 include any minifigures?

No. The Bricktober Fire Station is a micro-scale model and includes no minifigures; the building and its miniature vehicles are the whole set.

How was the set originally available?

It was a Toys R Us exclusive for Bricktober in October 2014, given away free with a qualifying LEGO purchase during its week of the promotion. The set was also sold individually in stores for $19.99.

Can it connect to other sets?

Yes. It links with Technic pins to the other three Bricktober 2014 mini modulars — 40180, 40181 and 40183 — to form a miniature street, and the 2015 Bricktober buildings connect to the series as well.

How big is the model?

The building stands on a 6x8 stud baseplate, the standard footprint for the Bricktober mini modular series.