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What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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Many of the folks here have long surpassed the techniques used in TLG sets, and
the pictures that folks post here are the most inspiring things I've ever seen,
but as it relates to "Official" sets, What LEGO set:
...made you approach building differently?
and/or
...caused you to integrate new techniques that have improved your building?
and/or
...inspired you to raise the sophistication and complexity of your building?
For me it was Cafe Corner (10182). Probably a cliche by now, but unlike most of
my sets that are dissembled and integrated soon after completion Cafe Corner has
remained built. I build mostly structures, so as well as adopting some of the
techniques and styles of the set, I place each new building I make next to it.
If the building isn't as detailed, or looks toyish by comparison, it gets
revamped unitl it meets a simliar level of detail and artfullness of Cafe
Corner. I am hoping that Market Street (10190) will have a similar effect on my
building.
What LEGO set took your building to the next level?
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| (...) Statue of Liberty and Ollie the Dragon (...) Several of the buildings that have tiles between layers. And Studless Technic has been a bit of a shock, but I'm adapting. (...) Mindstorms. And Cafe Corner. (...) Minifig Sculpture. First big set I (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) First it was these two sets for me: [LEGOSet 4421] [LEGOSet 68611] (...) Then these: [LEGOSet 6989] [LEGOSet 6941] (...) Later these helped me: [LEGOSet 8425] [LEGOSet 8880] [LEGOSet 8485] -snip- (...) All of those inspired me or helped me to (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) This isn't the kind of answer for which you were seeking, but for me it was the advent of Brickbay (now Bricklink). That has done more to allow me to build whatever I wish then any particular LEGO set. I would also say that Pick-a-Brick has (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) Cafe Corner is great. I have been making buildings with angled sides for years, but never used the techniques used in Cafe Corner. So it was nice to see a new approach. But, for me, it is more the parts that inspire me. I love looking at a new (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) From what I remember of my youth, the discovery of the headlight brick was probably what made me understand and memorize brick geometry; in particular the fact that you could have a rotated (nobody said "SNOT" at the time) 1x1 brick between (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) I'm not sure that my AFOL building experience was changed greatly by any set in particular, but my childhood building style was affected by lots of sets. - 6080 King's Castle had me obsessed with the idea of "opening" buildings with hinges. (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| In lugnet.build, Karl Paulsen wrote: Interesting question and some telling answers... (...) For me as a kid, it wasnt actually a "set" but a Lego product... (URL) 6000 LEGOLAND Idea Book Although the buildings are simple by LUG layout standards, I (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) [LEGOSet 10020] was quite a Eureka moment for me. SNOT construction and realism all at a scale (:P 8-widers) that made me thing I could do something like that. For a long time I used it as my ultimate goal... to make a toy that looked like a (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) No doubt about it- it was the 950 fork lift in 1979 (URL) (...) Again, the 950 fork lift gets the honor (...) As John Neal has posted, it was finding BrickLink and how it made it easier to get the parts I need thats allowed my models to be (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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| (...) I'm sure there were many that influenced me as a kid, but as an adult I think I would have to peg the Yoda sculpture ((URL) as one that probably inspired me the most. I liked it because it kept to a straight-ahead studs-up format while (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| In lugnet.build, Karl Paulsen wrote: I'm ignoring here things like Mindstorms that *are* the reason I build, and focusing on offical sets that shifted my POV. (...) I'd have to say the one that sticks out the most is the redesigned Technic Front End (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| Lots of great sets mentioned here. Like many here, I remember pouring over an idea book with equal parts wonder and frustration at my limited LEGO supply. As a PAB addict, I agree with many of you for whom something other than a "set" (PAB, (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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| Hey, Great question. As with many castle guys, I would have to say it was set (URL) 3739, the Dan Siskind Blacksmith Shop>. This is just such a well-designed set, and building it was a lesson in putting together a building (particularly the roof). (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build, FTX)
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