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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but to
see it... just WOW.
Tim
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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Amazing lego set. I can’t see myself buying it, but really look forward to
seeing builders expand upon it and make blocks of similarly styled and detailed
buildings.
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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This set is completely beautiful!!!! Remember LEGO Ambassador Steve Sander’s
announcement? Check out
this drawing.
It says this modular building project will launch in April and there will be
more detail in the March BrickJournal.
Bruce
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Tim Gould wrote:
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=238452
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/sebastiansand/2007/10182-0000-xx-13-1.jpg>>
>
> Just saw this on BS. I've heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but to
> see it... just WOW.
>
> Tim
Wow indeed. I never thought I'd see an official set like that. It's
perhaps a touch overdone - too many colours/details in a relatively
small space - but still, wow!
With these 2007 sets you are spoiling us, ambassa... er, LEGO. I have
vowed not to buy any more LEGO until I've built a lot more of the things
I have bricks for, but with sets like this and the bulldozer my resolve
is weakening...
Al
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Amazing lego set. I can’t see myself buying it, but really look forward to
seeing builders expand upon it and make blocks of similarly styled and
detailed buildings.
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I agree. Congratulations to TLG for creating a real town building!
I see the TLG designers were taking notes with respect to your wheel well
trim/lintel idea;-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Amazing lego set. I can’t see myself buying it,
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Huh-- why is that? I’d think it would make a fantastic set for various parts,
even if you’re not interested in the model (since it might not necessarily fit
into your desired scale or scheme).
DaveE
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In lugnet.town, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Amazing lego set. I can’t see myself buying it,
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Huh-- why is that? I’d think it would make a fantastic set for various parts,
even if you’re not interested in the model (since it might not necessarily
fit into your desired scale or scheme).
DaveE
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Price. I can’t see the day where I would spend more than $40-$50 (if even that)
on a set any more. Not that I disagree with you or feel it is not worth
whatever the price will be. I just don’t spend that kind of money on sets. I’d
rather go to Bricklink or PAB and get exactly what I need.
The drawback to this approach, for me, is not seeing the building instructions
and learning potential new building techniques.
Again, to be very clear: It is not because I don’t think it is worth the money
or an incredible set. I am very happy to see it as a set and everything that it
stands for with regards to the community and experienced builder. I am not
intending to come across negatively in anyway with regards to this set.
It is awesome.
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Price. I can’t see the day where I would spend more than $40-$50 (if even
that) on a set any more. Not that I disagree with you or feel it is not
worth whatever the price will be. I just don’t spend that kind of money on
sets. I’d rather go to Bricklink or PAB and get exactly what I need.
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Ahh, ok. I thought it might be either the price tag or the bley issue, but just
checking.
For myself, I’ve found buying sets to be kinda helpful insofar as it exposes me
to new pieces and increases my collection’s potential. Kind of like when I
suddenly needed hundreds of this piece:
 . It’s not something I ever
would have thought to buy (certainly not in quantity), but it was kind of like
magic suddenly realizing that I had about 200 of them, because I happened to
have bought sets that had them. Of course, it does mean obviously that I get
bunches of pieces I never use, but still-- I’m often suprised at what I end up
using!
DaveE
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AND (drum roll please) USD MSRP is 140, which is not bad.
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In lugnet.town, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Price. I can’t see the day where I would spend more than $40-$50 (if even
that) on a set any more. Not that I disagree with you or feel it is not
worth whatever the price will be. I just don’t spend that kind of money on
sets. I’d rather go to Bricklink or PAB and get exactly what I need.
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Ahh, ok. I thought it might be either the price tag or the bley issue, but
just checking.
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There is no bley issue with me. This is my home layout. Bley is all over it.
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=164943
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For myself, I’ve found buying sets to be kinda helpful insofar as it exposes
me to new pieces and increases my collection’s potential. Of course, it does >
mean obviously that I get bunches of pieces I never use, but still-- I’m often
suprised at what I end up using!
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Totally agreed. Hence my mention on the instructions. One of my goals is to
keep my stock of bricks waiting to be used as low as possible too. It gets
frustrating at times, not having exactly what I need at my finger tips, but it
works for me.
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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Is the interior detailed, as well?
This is a lovely model, I’m curious as to how much ‘play value’ it has - or if
it’s more just for looks.
I mentioned to a coworker that lately Lego seems to be producing more sets that
appeal to adults more than kids. (Not that I’m complaining... *grin*)
JohnG, GMLTC
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In lugnet.town, John Gerlach wrote:
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Is the interior detailed, as well?
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Looks like not. I had heard early on that this wouldn’t have an interior, and it
looks like that’s confirmed if you check out the images of the box. But it DOES
appear that it might have floors that are ready to be furnished as you see fit.
Not sure.
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I mentioned to a coworker that lately Lego seems to be producing more sets
that appeal to adults more than kids. (Not that I’m complaining... *grin*)
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I think one of the other appeals will be to the albeit small female market. The
few women I’ve known who have talked about liking Lego as children often
reflected on how they liked the less “action-packed” sets (like police stations
and fire houses), preferring houses, stores, etc.
How awesome would it be to see sets in this genre coming out more frequently? A
school, library, playground, town hall, corner grocery store, etc? I can’t
wait.
DaveE
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In lugnet.town, Michael Shiels wrote:
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AND (drum roll please) USD MSRP is 140, which is not bad.
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Hmmm, for that price I can go to Bricklink and create a similar sized KILLER
MOC™ of my own design.
What’s interesting to me is that I blanche at that price point, but I’ll spend
whatever it takes to build my own. Go figure.
JOHN
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <John@TCLTC.org>
Newsgroups: lugnet.town
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: 10182 Cafe Corner... WOW
> In lugnet.town, Michael Shiels wrote:
>
> > AND (drum roll please) USD MSRP is 140, which is not bad.
>
> Hmmm, for that price I can go to Bricklink and create a similar sized
> [KILLER
> MOCT] of my own design.
>
> What's interesting to me is that I blanche at that price point, but I'll
> spend
> whatever it takes to build my own. Go figure.
>
> [JOHN]
Wouldn't that be [KILLER MOKC] {of your own son's design}?
;)
-Rob
www.brickmodder.net
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Michael Shiels wrote:
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AND (drum roll please) USD MSRP is 140, which is not bad.
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Hmmm, for that price I can go to Bricklink and create a similar sized KILLER
MOC™ of my own design.
What’s interesting to me is that I blanche at that price point, but I’ll
spend whatever it takes to build my own. Go figure.
JOHN
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You must have access to cheaper stores that I do ;) No way I could build
something that size at that price.
Tim
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Michael Shiels wrote:
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AND (drum roll please) USD MSRP is 140, which is not bad.
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Hmmm, for that price I can go to Bricklink and create a similar sized
KILLER MOC™ of my own design.
What’s interesting to me is that I blanche at that price point, but I’ll
spend whatever it takes to build my own. Go figure.
JOHN
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You must have access to cheaper stores that I do ;) No way I could build
something that size at that price.
Tim
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I’m with Tim, 2000+ parts for $140. That is extremely good if true. I was
expecting $200 to tell the truth.
-Eric
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Michael Shiels wrote:
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AND (drum roll please) USD MSRP is 140, which is not bad.
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Hmmm, for that price I can go to Bricklink and create a similar sized KILLER
MOC™ of my own design.
What’s interesting to me is that I blanche at that price point, but I’ll
spend whatever it takes to build my own. Go figure.
JOHN
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I have to agree with you John, about the pricing situation. For that money you
can get quite a haul at Bricklink.
What I don’t like about the model is the windows. Granted the arches over them
on the 2nd and 3rd floor give it a nice Victorian look, but what is with mixing
bley first floor windows with white ones above? And what are those windows made
from on the 2nd floor (below the arched castle windows)?
Mercifully this set doesn’t include the use of antennas and clear bricks to make
windows.
TLG really does need to come out with some new windows. Good lord the toy of
the century doesn’t even have a selection of windows that actually match each
other.
Back in 1963 TEN PERCENT of all the different LEGO elements were WINDOWS!!!
Today it is less than 1/100th of 1% !!!
(Bringing up my lack-of-LEGO-windows crusade once again....) :-D
Gary Istok
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In lugnet.town, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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And what are those windows made from on the 2nd floor (below the arched castle
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Looks like 1x2x3 thin walls to me.
-Eric
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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You must have access to cheaper stores that I do;)
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Well, most of the BL stores are in the US, and I try to avoid the shipping costs
across the pond whenever I can...
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No way I could build
something that size at that price.
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Well, I have a LARGE pile of bricks with which I begin:-) I supply the common
stuff; I only need help with specialty bricks or bricks in larger quantities. I
tend to focus only on BL expenditures, not on the final, overall cost of a MOC
(if I could even do that)
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, Rob Hendrix wrote:
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Wouldn’t that be KILLER MOKC of your own son’s design?
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It’s people like you wot cause unrest.
JOHN
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In lugnet.town, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.town, John Gerlach wrote:
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Is the interior detailed, as well?
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Looks like not. I had heard early on that this wouldn’t have an interior, and
it looks like that’s confirmed if you check out the images of the box. But
it DOES appear that it might have floors that are ready to be furnished as
you see fit. Not sure.
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I mentioned to a coworker that lately Lego seems to be producing more sets
that appeal to adults more than kids. (Not that I’m complaining... *grin*)
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I think one of the other appeals will be to the albeit small female market.
The few women I’ve known who have talked about liking Lego as children often
reflected on how they liked the less “action-packed” sets (like police
stations and fire houses), preferring houses, stores, etc.
How awesome would it be to see sets in this genre coming out more frequently?
A school, library, playground, town hall, corner grocery store, etc? I can’t
wait.
DaveE
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I saw this set up close a couple of weeks ago. It is truly a sight to see, but I
can confirm that the interiors are NOT furnished. The next Brick Jornal (out
next week, I think) will have more on this, I presume.
Mike (not on NDA, but not at liberty to disclose anything further, either.)
8-)
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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I have to ask about the minifig guy in the front corner, the one with the broom.
What is he sweeping? Are those oranges? What pieces are those? Are they
spheres? If so, do I detect micro-scale GBC possibilities?
Rafe
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In lugnet.town, Rafe Donahue wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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I have to ask about the minifig guy in the front corner, the one with the
broom. What is he sweeping? Are those oranges? What pieces are those? Are
they spheres? If so, do I detect micro-scale GBC possibilities?
Rafe
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I think they are these.
Adrian
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Holy crap!
That is the most impressive looking official set I dare say I have ever seen!
And this will be part of a modular series? That is so awesome.
I too am buying 99% of my LEGO from Bricklink or Pick-a-Brick these days, but
this just may pull me back into buying official sets again. I really look
forward to building this one.
Bravo, LEGO set designers and higher-ups at LEGO who approved this set!
-Brendan
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In lugnet.town, Brendan Powell Smith wrote:
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Holy crap!
That is the most impressive looking official set I dare say I have ever seen!
And this will be part of a modular series? That is so awesome.
I too am buying 99% of my LEGO from Bricklink or Pick-a-Brick these days, but
this just may pull me back into buying official sets again. I really look
forward to building this one.
Bravo, LEGO set designers and higher-ups at LEGO who approved this set!
-Brendan
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I’m pretty much in the same boat as Brendan. I haven’t purchased a set since
probably January 2004, but the sets that are coming out this year are really
impressive.
Personally I don’t like this set for what it is as I’ve never really had a thing
for euro architecture, but I do think it has potential. I see this set as an
opportunity to learn something during the build but more importantly the parts
selection is what really sells me on this. I can easily see myself using parts
from this one set in 2 or 3 American style buildings and the building techniques
in several more.
This set could also be an excellent choice for an alternate model competition at
a community event like Brickworld. Builders would make a MOC using the parts
from this one set with the winner getting a copy of the set as a prize. It could
lead to some really cool models, which TLC could post instructions for. Anyway
it’s an idea.
Ondrew
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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Incredible set! Amazingly beautiful! The builders at TLC prove to have the chops
when they want to really show what they can do! (And these guys have been
sneaking Brickshelf, which is always a good thing.) One of the best sets ever
done by TLC -- if not the best -- I say!
For me, and given that I’ve always dreamed of LEGO producing minifig scale
houses, it is hard to believe this has finnaly come true.
Oh my..., I said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s a great time to be an
AFOL. And all things considered, I reckon it is the indeed best time. And by the
looks of it, 2007 seems to be deemed to be the best year in LEGO’s history.
I really hope this set conquers the sales TLC expects from it so they can keep
producing these true masterpieces. By the looks of it, Millenium Falcon is
selling big time and it only can be a good thing, both to TLC and to us.
For my part I think I can’t resiste but to buy two of them. At least!
Congrats and thanks, LEGO!
Now excuse me, I’ll have to go looking for an extra job...
Still amazed,
PauloRenato
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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Incredible set! Amazingly beautiful! The builders at TLC prove to have the chops
when they want to really show what they can do! (And these guys have been
sneaking Brickshelf, which is always a good thing.) One of the best sets ever
done by TLC -- if not the best -- I say!
For me, and given that I’ve always dreamed of LEGO producing minifig scale
houses, it is hard to believe this has finnaly come true.
Oh my..., I said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s a great time to be an
AFOL. And all things considered, I reckon it is the indeed best time. And by the
looks of it, 2007 seems to be deemed to be the best year in LEGO’s history.
I really hope this set conquers the sales TLC expects from it so they can keep
producing these true masterpieces. By the looks of it, Millenium Falcon is
selling big time and it only can be a good thing, both to TLC and to us.
For my part I think I can’t resiste but to buy two of them. At least!
Congrats and thanks, LEGO!
Now excuse me, I’ll have to go looking for an extra job...
Still amazed,
PauloRenato
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In lugnet.town, David Eaton wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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Amazing lego set. I can’t see myself buying it,
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Huh-- why is that? I’d think it would make a fantastic set for various parts,
even if you’re not interested in the model (since it might not necessarily
fit into your desired scale or scheme).
DaveE
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Not that I think anyone should care, but I gave this a little more thought and
decided that if indeed it is $140.00 I will be buying this set and I will be
doing it as soon as I learn that it is available. I am going to build it too.
Something I haven’t done in a long, long time. (Maersk ship was the last build
for me. Previous one to that was a long time ago as well).
I plan on building it and displaying it as is with hopes of future buildings
from TLG to add to it.
I really think this is a special set.
Jonathan
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"John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:JEI4ED.D63@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.town, Rob Hendrix wrote:
>
> > Wouldn't that be [KILLER MOKC] {of your own son's design}?
>
> It's people like you wot cause unrest.
>
> [JOHN]
So,
A) that makes me welcome in your world anytime eh?
B) we understand each other?
C) long lost brother?
D) whatever
-Rob
www.brickmodder.net
moved and FUT to .the usual place
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In lugnet.town, David Eaton wrote:
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I think one of the other appeals will be to the albeit small female market.
The few women I’ve known who have talked about liking Lego as children often
reflected on how they liked the less “action-packed” sets (like police
stations and fire houses), preferring houses, stores, etc.
How awesome would it be to see sets in this genre coming out more frequently?
A school, library, playground, town hall, corner grocery store, etc? I can’t
wait.
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K3w1! My lawless figs ae getting pretty bored knocking over just train
stations, fire houses and Breezeway Cafes:-)
Actually, there’s no crime on my LEGOtown streets. Not much poverty either.
I think Jonathan has enough for the both of us without Faile. (or should I say
“with”;-)
JOHN
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Rob Hendrix wrote:
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“John” John@TCLTC.org wrote in message news:JEI4ED.D63@lugnet.com...
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In lugnet.town, Rob Hendrix wrote:
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Wouldn’t that be KILLER MOKC of your own son’s design?
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It’s people like you wot cause unrest.
JOHN
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So,
A) that makes me welcome in your world anytime eh?
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Of course.
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B) we understand each other?
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Only if you got the MP reference;-)
Indubitably.
??? I guess “whatever” fits in wherever. Like, any time is Miller Time™:-d
JOHN
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-Rob
www.brickmodder.net
moved and FUT to .the usual place
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In lugnet.town, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.town, David Eaton wrote:
K3w1! My lawless figs ae getting pretty bored knocking over just train
stations, fire houses and Breezeway Cafes:-)
Actually, there’s no crime on my LEGOtown streets. Not much poverty
either. I think Jonathan has enough for the both of us without Faile. (or
should I say “with”;-)
JOHN
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LOL!
I’ve been stumbling through an attempt to build one of these to deal with the
alleged issues of my town:
http://www.fdnytrucks.com/images/specialunits/nypd/NYPDESU5.jpg
I have the cab to a point where I like it, but now the back is making me a
little wonky. Maybe I’ll post pictures of where I am with it tomorrow and ask
for a helping hand.
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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I plan on building it and displaying it as is with hopes of future buildings
from TLG to add to it.
I really think this is a special set.
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Are you saying that you didn’t design this set for Lego?
-Erik
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In lugnet.town, Erik Olson wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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I plan on building it and displaying it as is with hopes of future buildings
from TLG to add to it.
I really think this is a special set.
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Are you saying that you didn’t design this set for Lego?
-Erik
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huh? Wasn’t me. I produce childrens books for a living. :o)
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Gerhard R. Istok wrote:
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TLG really does need to come out with some new windows. Good lord the toy of
the century doesn’t even have a selection of windows that actually match each
other.
Back in 1963 TEN PERCENT of all the different LEGO elements were WINDOWS!!!
Today it is less than 1/100th of 1% !!!
(Bringing up my lack-of-LEGO-windows crusade once again....) :-D
Gary Istok
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I totally agree with you. It seems that all my buildings have the either stacked
2x2 trans-black panels or the 1x4x5 large pane windows. Not much variety. They
need to make a 1x3x4 double paned office building window. -Jim
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Holy cow. I don’t go online for a week and look what happens. That is amazing. I
think that is the first set in a long time that I might not take apart right
away for the parts. (But there is so many good parts and I prefer a bit smaller
scale. I’d probably build 3 or so smaller buildings out of that set.) Either
way 2007 is looking to be one of the best years ever.
-Mike Petrucelli
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
>
> S@H has them now as well.
>
> My wallet is now about $165.00 lighter. (tax and shipping . . .)
This just arrived. I can't believe how big the box is. Huge. I don't normally
buy large sets, so I am really blown away by how big it is. My company is
moving in May so I will have to find a way to get it home. It is a good thing,
otherwise it would probably sit in my office forever, blocking out the sun.
I guess I could hide behind it. hmmmm
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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So I finally got my hands on a cafe corner the other day, which I have to add is
only my 3rd post color change set purchase and I sat down a built it yesterday.
Upon opening the uber cool new recloseable box the WOW factor really hit me.
This set is literally an AFOL’s dream. There are tons of parts in useable sizes
quantities and colors. I was very impressed. I sorted the bags and began
drooling over the dark blue brick, which was seemingly included just for AFOL
enjoyment.
So I started building it swapping every dark blue brick I could for tan and
4hrs later I had the finished model sitting in front of me minus all but 12 dark
blue parts. So I sat the model in front of me and took it all in. all in all I
really have to say it’s an awesome build but there were several things that just
really bugged me.
During the second floor build I was surprised to find that for 7 bricks in
height the inner and outer walls had no connections to each other. This was
really a pain as I had a hard time keeping it together during assembly however
once assembled it is plenty strong. My only other gripe is the 3 holes left by
the inner support structure that all of the turntables are connected too. These
holes really detract from the model and I just couldn’t take it. I fixed the top
one by covering it with a 1x4 tan plate but the others however, were not so
easy. I tried finding simple fixes and although a 1x2 reddish brown panel would
have fixed the second floor hole, I decided to modify my set quite a bit so it
flowed better all the while eliminating the holes as well.
you can see the solution i came up with here:
please LMKWYT,
ondrew
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In lugnet.town, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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So I finally got my hands on a cafe corner the other day, which I have to add
is only my 3rd post color change set purchase and I sat down a built it
yesterday.
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During the second floor build I was surprised to find that for 7 bricks in
height the inner and outer walls had no connections to each other. This was
really a pain as I had a hard time keeping it together during assembly
however once assembled it is plenty strong. My only other gripe is the 3
holes left by the inner support structure that all of the turntables are
connected too. These holes really detract from the model and I just couldn’t
take it. I fixed the top one by covering it with a 1x4 tan plate but the
others however, were not so easy. I tried finding simple fixes and although a
1x2 reddish brown panel would have fixed the second floor hole, I decided to
modify my set quite a bit so it flowed better all the while eliminating the
holes as well.
you can see the solution i came up with here:
please LMKWYT,
ondrew
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I think you’ve made some nice adjustments and added some thoughful additional
touches. I like the inclusion of the awning over the angled door. I thought
that was missing in the original.
For me, I really like the set and am very happy I bought it. But, while
building it, I discovered (re-discovered, actually) that I don’t get much
pleasure in building lego models. It has some great techniques and I learned a
few new things, but really didn’t enjoy the time spent. The joy for me is
building my own stuff. I was initially planning on building it and shelving it
for display, but I ended up taking it apart after 1 day so I could use the parts
in my own creations.
If there is another similer building from Lego down the road, I’ll certainly buy
it and probably build it as well. But, building my own stuff is where I get my
enjoyment.
Jonathan
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In lugnet.town, Jonathan Lopes wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Timothy Gould wrote:
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Just saw this on BS. I’ve heard the set mentioned by name on Eurobricks but
to see it... just WOW.
Tim
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So I finally got my hands on a cafe corner the other day, which I have to
add is only my 3rd post color change set purchase and I sat down a built it
yesterday.
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During the second floor build I was surprised to find that for 7 bricks in
height the inner and outer walls had no connections to each other. This was
really a pain as I had a hard time keeping it together during assembly
however once assembled it is plenty strong. My only other gripe is the 3
holes left by the inner support structure that all of the turntables are
connected too. These holes really detract from the model and I just couldn’t
take it. I fixed the top one by covering it with a 1x4 tan plate but the
others however, were not so easy. I tried finding simple fixes and although
a 1x2 reddish brown panel would have fixed the second floor hole, I decided
to modify my set quite a bit so it flowed better all the while eliminating
the holes as well.
you can see the solution i came up with here:
please LMKWYT,
ondrew
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I think you’ve made some nice adjustments and added some thoughful additional
touches. I like the inclusion of the awning over the angled door. I
thought that was missing in the original.
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Thank you. And me too, that’s why I added the awning. It was a pain in the butt
to do though as the geometry in that area is tight. I ended up using headlight
bricks with 1x2 brick hinges snotted to make it work. Plate hinges just wouldn’t
fit.
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For me, I really like the set and am very happy I bought it. But, while
building it, I discovered (re-discovered, actually) that I don’t get much
pleasure in building lego models. It has some great techniques and I learned
a few new things, but really didn’t enjoy the time spent. The joy for me is
building my own stuff. I was initially planning on building it and shelving
it for display, but I ended up taking it apart after 1 day so I could use the
parts in my own creations.
If there is another similer building from Lego down the road, I’ll certainly
buy it and probably build it as well.
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Same here. If nothing else, it’s an awesome parts set. I’m really hoping this
is the beginning of a long line similar sets. If I can find a deal on them I’m
going to pick up several more copies..
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But, building my own stuff is where I
get my enjoyment.
Jonathan
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I totally agree. I build the sets to see if I learn anything then it’s parts or
modified, usually within hours. Building moc’s has all ways been why i enjoy
this hobby so much. There’s no right or wrong and if you don’t like it, it
doesn’t cost you anything to build something else out of the parts. Besides why
should I limit myself to someone else’s creativity? =)
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