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Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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lugnet.build
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Tue, 29 May 2007 20:57:57 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Karl Paulsen wrote:
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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?
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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 two headlights, and the two headlights would be just 2 studs apart from
each other.
Not sure it made me “approach building differently”, but as of today I consider
that knowing the brick geometries, and the particularities of as many parts as
possible is what helps good builders come up with their greatest ideas.
I have a vivid recollection of the first set I got which had these headlights:
Also, the first minifig I got certainly helped in that way too, as I remember at
one time I was grounded; more exactly I wasn’t allowed to play with my LEGO
because of something bad I had done (don’t ask, I don’t remember what), and then
while I was busy not playing, I wondered, could a minifig climb regular stairs,
that is, have one leg standing on a step, and the other horizontal on the next
step? Of course I had to figure out right away; whether I was allowed to touch
my LEGO at that very moment was pretty much irrelevant, I had to know. And what
a startling discovery it was, to figure out that not only a minifig didn’t walk
up 1 brick steps nicely, but neither did it for 2 plates steps... So there was
such a thing as half a plate... I’m glad I know that today. And I’m glad my
parents didn’t see me sneak past their attention to play with my LEGO anyway.
My first minifig came from that set:
So these are the sets I feel have influenced me the most in my youth. I probably
learned other tricks along the way, but now I’m wondering if I really did. Gosh.
Jean-Marc
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 29-May-07, to lugnet.build)
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