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Re: Shop At Home feedback requested.
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Mon, 6 Mar 2006 06:17:42 GMT
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Well I know I’m late on my input, but I was having the same LUGNET posting
problem that the Italian AFOLs were having. Couldn’t post for a while, but now
I can again.....
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Town
- Everyday buildings on mini fig scale, e.g railway stations, businesses to fit train displays
- Bridges
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First of all, I do like Town System buildings suitable for Train System layouts.
That would be a win-win for both Town and Train. Make buildings that look
realistic, not a 4 story trans-green windowed thingy that looks like a structure
on a moon station. REALISM is best. Also bridges would be cool. But a
complete “system” with bridge roadway/ramps that are reasonably priced.
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World Buildings
- Taj Mahal
- Sydney opera house
- Empire state building
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Lego buildings with too many curves to them always look a little disappointing
to me because the jagged edge curves look too abstract. That was how I felt
about the Statue of Liberty. The 8 foot display model is on a scale large
enough to handle some of these jagged edge curves, but on the shorter version
for public sale, I was just not that impressed with it. That is what I think
may happen with either the Taj Mahal or Sydney Opera House.... way too many
curves. The smooth contour of the roof of the real Taj Mahal is much of its
charm. To have a jagged roof in a model will not do it much justice. This
model would basically be white bricks.
The same can be said for the Sydney Opera House, which has hardly any straight
edges or 90 degree angles at all. Although it would certainly produce a model
with a lot of clear plates and bricks.
The Empire State Building on the otherhand is a series of boxes that can be
recreated in Lego rather well. In fact here is a Micro-Scale (windows 1 brick
tall, doors 2 bricks tall) version of the Empire State Building from 1960-63,
from Eric Strand’s #238 Idea Book (Dutch Version):
http://home.comcast.net/~strandee/238/30page30.htm
In Microscale this building would be 6 feet tall. If they used clear plates as
windows (1 plate tall) and doors (2 plates tall), then a 1/3 scale size of the
model would be about 2 feet tall. This model would be a treasure trove of clear
and white plates. If the plates would be 1 stud thick, it could mean some new
clear plate sizes. They only exist in 1x1 and 1x2. 1x4 size clear plates were
only ever produced in one circa 1980 Scandinavian promotional ship model set,
And clear plates were never found in sets in sizes 1x6 and 1x8.
Just my 2 cents....
Gary Istok
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| Shop at Home has asked the LEGO Ambassadors to get feedback from the comunities about the concepts listed below; The response we gather and compile will be used to, decide which themes to develop further: Make sure you read the legal disclaimer (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-06, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, FTX) !
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