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I can't take credit for this but I just needed to point it out because I like these designs and I even thought of doing the same thing too. I think this is what would complete any lego town. (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. How about a big grocery store? Safeway, SuperStore, ... (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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While I do agree that these are great models (I thought it was a picture of a real home depot in the brickshelf gallery thumbnail), I have to disagree that every lego town needs one of these. I typically model dense urban areas where these stores (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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The real world, no kidding. I have been trying to figure out how to model America (as oposed to Europe) for my train layout and it just hit me. It is really a sad commentary on us (US) but it still works! I have a Circuit City almost complete and a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ok then, replace Home Depot with Starbuck's. About 5 of them, if your layout is more than 4 blocks. Welcome to Generica! eric (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Eric, I'm supprised with you! Arn't you from New England! Substitute Starbuck's with Dunkin Donuts and doublt the frequency if you want a more local flavor! Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Dense urban areas... There are 3 Home Depot stores smack in the middle of "Impossible To Zone For" Queens, NY. I was shocked to discover I am just 0.7 miles away from the latest one. Happily, we also got a Target as part of the Big Box (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Heh. True. But then I couldn't have made the crack about Generica, and I'm in a cynical mood right now. Anyway, I don't know of too many DD's in downtown Boston, but I can think of several Starbuck's (and I don't go into Starbuck's myself, so (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd disagree that every real town needs sprawl-marts. My LEGO town, Abston, doesn't issue building permits for them, or for McChoke-n-pukes, so you won't see me modeling such stains :-) Nice models, though. Amy (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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I thought of building a Best Buy for lego town especially since I work there but I always had a problem with scale because if I used teh correct scale the building woould be say 150 studs wide and 100 studs deep. Extremely huge for any lego (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Real World... I don't have to have brand-name stores, but I want my town to have: More than 1 laundromat At least 2 Chinese Take-out Probably 3 pizza places An extra diner if I can fit one in (I've got 1 now) More real estate agencies than (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) :-) --- wubwub wubwub@wildlink.com www.sitcatsit.com <-- a guy and his cat www.wildlink.com <-- the wildlinks < INSERT HUMOROUS TAGLINE HERE > (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Are you going to have white 1x1s for those cute little folding containers they use? J (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) A lot of places near me now use black trays with clear tops- that could be done with a black 1x2 plate topped with a clear 1x2 plate! I would swear there's some set right now that has sais clear 1x2 plates... Wow, now I want to build a (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) 2556 Shell Ferrari has one. (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Bi-Wing Barron, (URL) , has 2. james (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I think The B-Wing has a number of 1x2 plates in trans Yellow... Orange Chicken anyone? Eric Kingsley (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Maybe Eric Harshbarger's next sculpture can be the Best Buy price tag guy from the commercials. :) junior (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And more pawn shops than real estate agencies. Or the place I passed in Daytona Beach once, a strip center consisting of a gun shop, a pawn shop, and a mattress store. junior (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I think we have 2 HD's here in the Bronx. I went the other direction with my town though: Used auto shops, cheap hotels, junkyards & garbage transfer stations. They zone the Bronx really well, all the above on one block with apartments & (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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I think that every lego town should have an Air Base, in particular one that has a lot of NASA people that work there. I would also advise anyone with an idea like mine, or someone who's building an airport, the most realistic thing that should be (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) And add several massively huge parking lots. (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I think it would be cool if many many towns all came to BrickFest 2001, and we had exaggerated the "local color". I don't see any of those type of establishment around me, but I bet we each have a local recipe for excess. (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thank you, I will use that! (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Robbie ,my airport that was at our train show had/has 10 gates.(URL) these are are train show pictures.Here is one of the airport showing the gates (URL) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hey Chris. GREAT airport designs! I'm sorry if I was misunderstanding, but I meant security gates to get in to the base, for instance, to get on to an Air Force Base, you have to go through a gate. Sorry about that :-/. C'ya! (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Doh!(best homer simpson voice) (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) A WalMart Super Center ? Can anyone afford that many grey bricks ? How would we MOC the <ahem> post-modern collection of jallopies in the parking lot ? Ray (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) For the size of most lego towns a small building witha door on the front and back, and a small prop (new age, turbo props), and 3-5 people walking out to a rollable stairwell along side of it. Then a larger riding mower to tow the baggage (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Thats what AUCZILLA's for... I'm waiting for AUCZILLA to open so i can get a load of parts for a Wal*Mart. (...) Simple cars like the 4x7 frames... (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) In Reston, VA there is guy who drives his hum-vee (sp?) around town taking up more then his allotted lane of traffic. Anyway, many mornings he goes to the Starbucks in the Barnes and Noble for his cup of coffee. Most of the parking spaces in (...) (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.build, Christopher Tracey writes: <snippage> (...) People who drive Hummers should not run stop signs... (URL) ... especially when a dump truck is approaching from the right :\ That happened about three weeks ago not far from me. Ray (23 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) ouch (23 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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