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In lugnet.build, Thomas Main writes:
> I got a copy of set 6464 Super Rescue Complex
> http://www.lugnet.com/pause/search/?query=6464
> for Christmas this year. It is a very juniorized set so I wanted to see what
> improvements I could make to it using some of my own parts. I wanted to keep
> the same general feel of the set so I tried not to make radical changes - I
> wound up removing 5 bricks from the original sets and adding a bunch of
> details without changing the fundamental design of the set. If you would like
> to see my modifications (with notes), see the following URL:
> http://members.xoom.com/brickenplate/altmod4.html
> (be sure to look at altmod4.html through altmod14.html to see everything, nav
> links are on the bottom of each page)
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
You've got the right idea here, and unfortunately TLC has once again passed
on to the builder the responsibility for fixing the problems with their models.
These kits should come with a "punch list" in the instructions that has
everything that's wrong with them, just like in real-life construction. But
maybe this is what TLC is trying to foster - release simple, easily constructed
sets so that kids imaginations take over and they build the model like it
should have been built.
I personally am not going to spend $76 (6464 MSRP, for example) on a
"fixer-upper" though. I buy sets for the main model and think it should be
essentially complete after it's built. I shouldn't have to go in and make
modifications or add pieces. I like sets you can build, rotate 360 degrees and
say, "hey, that's a nice model, I don't think there's anything I can add to
that." Then I'd buy a duplicate to build the alternative models, and a third
for parts for other projects. The first one stays intact because it's so nice
to look at.
So until those days return, I've given up on Town - which I've been building in
since the early 70s :*(
Jim
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