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Checkers vignette
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Fri, 20 May 2005 14:36:32 GMT
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Here’s a little vignette I made for the park in the LEGO town my son and I like to play in. It’s just a couple of old guys playing checkers.



Click the image to see a few other views at the BrickShelf gallery.

OK, so it’s not much, but hey, I’m just a newbie.

Best,
— Joe


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Re: Checkers vignette
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lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town
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Fri, 20 May 2005 14:53:35 GMT
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In lugnet.build.vignette, Joe Strout wrote:
   Here’s a little vignette I made for the park in the LEGO town my son and I like to play in. It’s just a couple of old guys playing checkers.

Kind of a small board/simple game they have going on!

   — Joe

Xposted to .town because this fits INTO a town scene.

Which is a cool idea! I like the idea of vignettes that also go somewhere else... almost as much as I like composite vignettes (like the round table one and some others). Now can someone do a composite one that fits into a bigger non vignette layout!


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Re: Checkers vignette
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Fri, 20 May 2005 15:23:43 GMT
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In lugnet.build.vignette, Larry Pieniazek wrote:

   Kind of a small board/simple game they have going on!

Oh yes, I meant to point that out. I intentionally cut the board size/complexity in half, for a couple of reasons (beyond the obvious one of 1x1 plates being a bit too big for minifig-scale checkers!).

First, it seems to me that objects in minifig world are often smaller and simpler than they would be at “true” minifig scale — a car typically holds only one person, for example, and his elbows bump both doors.

Second, for some reason I have the idea that minifigs aren’t too bright. Perhaps it’s their perpetually cheery, blank smiles? Whatever the reason, a game involving only 8 pieces on a 4x4 board seems more their intellectual level.

Thanks for the feedback,
— Joe


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Re: Checkers vignette
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lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town
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Fri, 20 May 2005 20:26:24 GMT
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   Second, for some reason I have the idea that minifigs aren’t too bright. Perhaps it’s their perpetually cheery, blank smiles? Whatever the reason, a game involving only 8 pieces on a 4x4 board seems more their intellectual level.

lol i always had that slight idea too


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