Beginner
≈ 6 h 30 minSuggested range4 h – 9 h 30 min
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Icons · SET 10362
French Café
A bistro façade with tables, flowers and an interior visible through its doors.
- Pieces
- 1,101
- Release year
- 2025
- Theme
- Icons
- Set number
- 10362
- LEGO recommended age
- 18+
- LEGO retail price · Italy
- 79.99 €
Retired from the LEGO Italy catalogue when checked on 23 October 2026. Availability can change. Check the store for the latest information.
Retail price reported by the LEGO source for the stated market. Check the store for current price and availability; this does not establish the launch price. LEGO ↗ · Reference checked on 23 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English catalogue ↗ · Checked on 24 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build French Café?
A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.
Editorial model estimate · no verified measured building time
Intermediate
≈ 4 h 30 minSuggested range2 h 45 min – 6 h 45 minExperienced
≈ 3 h 15 minSuggested range2 h – 4 h 45 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Façade, tiny furnishings and closely spaced decorative details. The three central durations are model-specific editorial assessments. Planning ranges extend approximately from 65% to 145%, rounded to quarter-hours; they are not measured experience-level averages or guaranteed limits.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
- LEGO Italy · French Café ↗
This source documents the model’s features and components, not a timed build. No sufficiently verifiable individual building-time report has been identified for this set.
- LEGO building instructions · French Café ↗
Set-specific instructions checked against the set number, piece count and year. The duration is an editorial assessment based on piece count, construction type, mechanisms and detail.
Checked: 23 ottobre 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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How much display space does it need?
Model or component measured by LEGO
- Height
- ≈ 16 cm
- Width
- ≈ 30 cm
- Depth / length
- ≈ 6 cm
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Which model was measured? · original Italian specification
Dimensioni: l’edificio del café francese in questo set da costruzione di 1.101 pezzi misura 16 cm di altezza, 30 cm di larghezza e 6 cm…Approximate assembled-model measurements, not packaging dimensions. Allow extra room for handling, moving parts and the display stand. The comparison uses the measured model’s overall footprint, allows a 90° rotation and does not assess stability or shelf load. Source LEGO ↗ · 2026-10-29
BEYOND THE BRICKS
Did you know?
Inside the set
A shallow model
A flat back and slim profile make shelf display easier.
LEGO sourceOpening doors
Inside are furnishings, wallpaper, a till and café accessories.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
Beans that are seeds
Coffee comes from roasted Coffea seeds, not true beans.
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An arabica fruit normally holds two green seeds, commonly called beans. Roasting turns them brown; they do not ripen into brown beans on the branch. Fruit, seed and prepared drink are different stages, revealing the botany hidden by an everyday word.
Many species behind one drink
Coffea arabica bears fragrant white flowers and fruits that can be red, yellow or purple.
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Arabica is a small evergreen tree with fragrant white flowers and fruits that can be red, yellow or purple. It belongs to a diverse genus. Kew highlights threatened wild populations, connecting the familiar drink with the conservation of botanical diversity.
Expanded stories updated on 29 October 2026
Written by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 23 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE
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Three separate scores from 1 to 10. For difficulty, 1 means very easy and 10 means very difficult.
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· Selected for the subject and atmosphere
Instrumental conversation and a small-club character accompany urban and sociable interiors. It is a way to imagine the completed place being lived in.
OUR PICK
Time Out
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
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