ANAVRIN Old Shanghai Book Nook Kit
$109.99
Enter the twilight of 1930s Shanghai with the ANAVRIN Old Shanghai Book Nook Kit. The scene approaches the city’s golden era as a layered mystery, mixing ornate Chinese details, Western-influenced façades, distant jazz and the everyday scent of tea.
Lanterns and restrained neon reveal a hidden bar, period advertisements and a tram route cutting through the city. A tiny secret ticket turns the display into more than a historical streetscape: it becomes the last visible trace of someone moving through the night.
A detailed but approachable build
The kit contains 344 components and takes approximately 6–8 hours to assemble. ANAVRIN rates it at Intermediate / 2 Stars, giving builders a clear sense of the concentration and experience the project calls for.
Step-by-step illustrated instructions guide the structure, layered scenery, decorative objects and lighting components. The build gradually moves from the main shell into the small signs, shelves, fixtures and story details that give the finished miniature its sense of place.
Atmospheric built-in lighting
Ten LED sources combining lantern warmth and vintage neon changes the finished miniature after dark, drawing attention through the interior and adding depth between the foreground details and the scene beyond.
What you need separately: 2 × AAA batteries and craft glue; these are not included.
Designed for protected display
The completed miniature measures approximately 9.4 × 5.3 × 7.1 in. Frontal acrylic dust cover helps keep the layered interior cleaner while preserving a clear view into the scene.
Kit details
- Model: ABN07
- Piece count: 344 components
- Estimated assembly time: 6–8 hours
- Difficulty: Intermediate / 2 Stars
- Assembled size: 9.4 × 5.3 × 7.1 in
- Lighting: Ten LED sources combining lantern warmth and vintage neon
- Power: 2 × AAA batteries
- Display protection: Frontal acrylic dust cover
What is included
344 pre-cut coloured wooden pieces, English visual guide, LED lights and frontal dust cover.
Old Shanghai imagines a 1930s evening when East and West met beneath ornate façades. Jazz escapes from a hidden bar, teahouse posters cover the walls and a tram ticket waits like evidence from someone else’s journey.
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Watch it come to life
Look closer
East-meets-West façade
Each supplier image is paired with copy about the exact feature shown—not a generic lighting or assembly statement.
Hidden jazz bar
The tucked-away bar introduces the rhythm of 1930s Shanghai, with music implied behind the glowing doorway and narrow lane.
Teahouse poster wall
Layered tea advertisements bring commerce and everyday culture into the street, contrasting with the more glamorous neon signs.
Secret tram ticket
A miniature tram ticket acts like a found object from the scene, hinting at a traveller who has just disappeared around the corner.
East-meets-West façade
Chinese decorative details and Western-influenced architecture share the same frontage, reflecting the city’s complex golden-era identity.
Shanghai waits beyond the illuminated arch.
The full street view is the prologue, not a close-up of one business. Its gate, narrow perspective and stacked signs invite you into a city where tram routes, tea merchants and jazz rooms share the same evening.
Three characters announce the destination.
The illuminated 上海 arch frames the complete miniature and immediately establishes place. Beyond it, the route narrows into balconies, advertisements and small doorways, making the gate feel like the opening title of the story.
Brick, timber and neon learn to coexist.
The architecture carries Chinese decorative patterns while newer commercial signs crowd the sightline. Rather than calling this a generic East-meets-West façade, the image shows the actual tension between an older lane and its modernising businesses.
Shanghai Shoes Co. keeps the balcony bright.
Crates of red flowers sit beneath the English shop sign while Chinese lettering continues deeper into the alley. This is a specific storefront moment: polished retail presentation at the front, a more intimate local street immediately behind it.
Old Shanghai Book Nook Kit — a closer look
At a glance
FINISHED SIZE
Source-backed details that make the project easy to plan.
PIECES
344
BUILD TIME
6–8 hours
DIFFICULTY
★★
FINISHED SIZE
9.4 × 5.3 × 7.1 in
DETAILS WORTH DISCOVERING
Four clues from one Shanghai evening.
Jazz, tea, tram travel and ornate architecture form a visual mystery. Each selected image receives copy about its specific clue rather than a general statement about ambience.