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| | | (...) Not to post a big ol' me-too, but I swear I almost posted this exact message on Friday. Well, minus the Puzz-3D angle. A few recent trips- which have included Notre Dame and the Duomo in Florence (Santa Maria della Fiore), really got me (...) (25 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Stephen Jacquot
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| | | | (...) [proposed theme: famous buildings, historical/international architecture] (...) I like this idea, but these might not be such hot items at TRU, certainly not the next Star Wars. On the other hand, they might sell particularly well in museum (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | (...) I think that's a good idea, though the volume of a set for a specific niche (eg Monticello) might not be high enough to justify production. What got me thinking was that those Puzz-3D things are genuinely mass-market. _Someone_ is interested (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —James Brown
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| | | | (...) Not that I don't think this is a good idea - I do - but 3-D puzzles have a distinct advantage over Lego in the "famous building" catagory - size & detail. A puzzle can print it's detailing, and be more-or-less whatever size markets best. A (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Chris Moseley
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| | | | | James Brown wrote in message ... (...) Yep, they'd be very pricey. And if you watch the non-selling Lego sets carefully you'll see that there is a correlation between cost and sales - the more expensive sets sell very poorly. Things like the big (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —John DiRienzo
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| | | | | | Moz (Chris Moseley) wrote in message ... (...) someone (...) I think this whole idea is ludicrous, but I think the target market would be filthy rich spoiled beyond belief kids, not collectors. Have you seen an FAO "Holiday" Catalog? There are at (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Ed Jones
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| | | | | | (...) FAO Schwartz on 5th Avenue (Manhattan) used to sell a deluxe castle set (something like 20 Black Monarch Castles combined into an incredible castle about 3 cubic feet) for around $1000. According to their staff, they sold well. (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | (...) 20 6085's for $1000? That would be less than retail for each. Kinda weird for FAO Schwartz. (25 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | (...) That's true about the puzzle size. However, I'm not so sure about the building size in a lego set. Look at the difference between Karim and others' tiny SW models and Lego's minifig scale SW models. The microfig models still capture the (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | | (...) Yes- and as far as larger buildings, selective compression goes a long, long way. Sure, the doors to Notre Dame are REALLY BIG, but if we use the regular "Large Arched Wooden Castle Doors", it's still a realy big door. And yeah, the towers are (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Chris Moseley
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| | | | | | | Kevin Wilson <70641.507@compuserve.com> wrote (...) I guess so. I haven't really thought too much about that, because I look at it more as a supply of hard-to-find parts :) Imagine being able to make bus/tour coach models with a heap of 5 high (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Nico Hoogerbrug
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| | | | | | | Like Kevin wrote, (...) I made an office building for the official opening and made it at a minifig scale, just using foto's and drawings to make the scale right. The minifigs were posted at and looking outside the windows and in the hall. Some (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | (...) Ya know, if I had any way to refill my spare parts (especially the rare stuff), I would seriously think about undertaking some architectural sets (on a 5,000 - 20,000 piece scale). Some of the things I would like to make for an architectural (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Martin Legault
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| | | | | | | (...) distinct advantage over Lego in the "famous building" catagory >- size & detail. A puzzle can print it's detailing, and be >more-or-less whatever size markets best. A lego building needs to be >a certain size to get any kind of decent (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes, the Chateau Frontenac, my favorite Canadian building, I'd love to build that one.Also these other North American hotels .... Waldorf Astoria (New York), Grand Hotel (with an 880 ft. (275m.) long colonnaded front porch on Mackinac Island, (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Martin Legault
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| | | | | | | | (...) size (...) of (...) (on a (...) be: (...) that (...) Grand (...) Lots of good buildings (never eard about some of them before) that I'd love to build. BTW it is in Chateau Frontenac that Churchill and Roosevelt meet twice in WWII. Some good (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Sanjay D'Souza
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| | | | | | Gary Istok wrote in message <37406F1E.468BEB89@u...ch.edu>... (...) be: (...) I'm looking to create a "Sears Tower" type office building in minifig scale for the town I'm constructing. Rather than using the usual window frames I'm endeavouring to (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —John Matthews
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| | | | | | Why on Earth would you want to re-create the Sears tower? Yeah, the real building is tall, but that is about the only thing it has going for it... John Matthews Sanjay D'Souza <sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:FBwGCx.70t@lugnet.com... (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Sanjay D'Souza
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| | | | | | I don't have the creative horsepower to do anything else that's why ;-) I may be able to get hold of the pieces I need so I thought, what the heck. It shouldn't be too hard to do. The main focus of the Town project I'm working on is fine tuning the (...) (25 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —Gary R. Istok
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| | | | (...) I guess if you were copying a famous building exactly, you could run into problems getting the proportions and detailing correct. And in that sense, a scale larger than minifig may be needed. But I disagree with "A LEGO building needs to be a (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Architectural Wonders theme —James Brown
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| | | | (...) Conceeded. Point and match, even. Does this mean you're going to start selling your MOC's? <grin> Seriously though, You're right. But I'm not entirely wrong, though - I was thinking about the level of detail we can see on some of the miniland (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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