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Re: New WTC design prototype
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lugnet.build
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Mon, 20 Jan 2003 04:00:04 GMT
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> In lugnet.build, Sean Kenney writes:
> > But it would cost about $2500 per tower. I
> > know I'm a loon, but even that's a bit much for me
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> In lugnet.build, Amy Hughes writes:
> Okay, I'm a bigger loon, so I thought it might be do-able, but unless you can
> get tiles a lot cheaper than I can, or I've done the calculation incorrectly,
> it'd be $2500 *per side*, and that's just the tiles. Not as bad as my
> minifig-scale design, but still beyond my means.
Actually, my math was only off a little, but I didn't include the black
plates. Here's the whole thing, with tiles and plates:
The facade is built in chunks that are 24 studs tall (sideways). A chunk
uses twelve 2x2 tiles, three 2x8 plates and four 1x6 plates. So 8 rows will
use up:
- one pack of 2x2 tiles (96 of 100 pieces), [ $7.00 ]
- one pack of 2x8 plates (24 of 25 pieces) and [ $5.00 ]
- two thirds of a pack of 1x6 plates (32 of 50 pieces). [ $3.30 ( =
$5.00 * 0.66) ]
So a chunk costs $15.30. A 64 "row" WTC would be 8 chunks, times $15.30 =
$123. That's about 7.5 inches tall, so you'd need about 14 of those, for a
total of $1725 per side. $6900 per tower. (And if you include the 15% bulk
discount, = $5865.)
Yeah, I can't see sinking $12,000 into a Lego project. Maybe someday when
I'm a bazillionaire. Or maybe someone will fund Eric Harshbarger to sit one
next to his Eiffel Tower and Golden Gate. :) LOL.
So anyway, my version will be 3 chunks wide and 6 chunks tall. ($275/side,
$1100/tower, pre discount)
> Nice job, BTW. I look forward to seeing this done.
Thanks. Well, it might be a while. :( I am unemployed right now (and
have been for 4 months) so the Lego budget is at an all-time low. (Like,
pretty much "nothing".) Unless I find a nice high-paying job sometime soon,
(and the tech market is so great right now) then this will take a while.
Enough moaning. :) I'll post some pictures of the WTC plaza as I go... that
part shouldn't be too bad, since it's relatively "normal" construction.
Sean
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Sean M. Kenney
The Brick Apple - New York City in Lego
http://www.brickapple.com
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