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In lugnet.space, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > What ever happened to the old BASIC building sets.
>
> They just renamed them Creator Sets.
> http://guide.lugnet.com/set/?qc=lego/creator
>
> > It is very difficult for someone to make a LoM MOC without owning
> > many, many LoM sets.
>
> I think this has always been true. What would you build with just a few small
> Space, Castle and Pirates sets? How do you combine two grey wing plates, a
> horse, a cannon and a palm tree (all of which are pieces which are more-or-less
> specific to those themes)? It's just that you've had a lot longer to build up
> your Castle collection or your Pirate collection than you've had to build up
> your LOM or Harry Potter collection.
That's true, but you need a lot less of the older sets to make something good.
Compare this
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7315
with this
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/497
Counting inflation in the price, too.
I think the latter has more building possibilities.
>
> > I would like to see a Life On Mars (or again, insert your favorite modern
> > theme here) BASIC set - a large kit of LoM pieces, but not a specific model;
> > just parts made with that theme in mind (LoM colors, some of the modern LoM
> > pieces, but mostly 'universal' pieces like plain old plates and bricks).
> > They could come with an instruction book with 8 - 10 model ideas just like
> > the old BASIC sets, but that wouldn't really be necessary.
>
> I think we all dream of Theme Tubs like this!
Amen.
>
> > I have never actually seen the elusive 'starwars bucket' (I doubt they
> > actually exist... ;)
>
> There was a Star Wars Pod Racer bucket http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7159 which
> is definitely real (I bought one myself).
There was another one.
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/1886
>
> Kerry
-JHK
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