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Re: Architectural Wonders theme
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Thu, 13 May 1999 02:55:46 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
> 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 lego building needs to be >a certain size to get any kind of decent detailing
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 essence of the original. A microfig scale model
of, say St Pauls might be a big set but it wouldn't be a $1000 set.
I think others later in this thread are right that minifig scale Large
Building sets are probably impractical. But we're not necessarily
talking large buildings here. There are famous small buildings in the
world which could be done to minifig scale, as could the "historic
domestic architecture" example generally.
Of course all this is pie-in-the-sky dreaming, but hey, we can dream.
I wonder what would happen if someone outside Lego put together sets
like this from available parts and sold them?
Kevin
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Message has 4 Replies:
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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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| 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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| 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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| (...) 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
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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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