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Re: WTB: A Few 2x2x3 Extreme Steep-Slope CORNERS
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:39:29 GMT
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Yes Mike I know I'm crazy! When I visited Paris last in 1994, I was walking
around the open courtyard of the Louvre (Cour de Carousel), the pavillions were
just screaming steep corner LEGO slopes at me. I was even thinking about a
further madness, namely not only building the Louvre, but also including the
Tuileries Palace -- destroyed during the Commune (Parisan violently bloody civil
riots of 1870 where the Archbishop of Paris and hundreds were executed, and the
Hôtel de Ville (city hall) was burned down). The Tuileries Palace (the gardens
of which survive) -- which made up the 4th side of the Louvre complex (the end
pavillions of the long north and south arms of the Louvre were part of the
Tuileries complex). A very ambitious project indeed. But in the classic scale
(as opposed to minifig scale), it's worth a try. I'm not sure I will be
building the glass pyramids in the courtyard (I have plenty of 2x2 clear regular
slopes, but I don't think TLC ever made outside corner clear slopes).
Way off on a tangent (but LEGO related).
Gary Istok
AFOL since 1960
Mike Poindexter wrote:
> Gary,
>
> You are crazy! The Louvre? My wife and I wore ourselves out walking
> through a tenth of that thing. The ONLY thing small in there is the Mona
> Lisa, which was not as big as everyone thinks.
>
> I would love to see the Louvre in Lego a la Gary Istok. After that, how
> about Hearst Castle?
>
> Mike Poindexter
>
> Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message
> news:388C830A.5A34F1A9@umich.edu...
> >
> >
> > Mr L F Braun wrote:
> >
> > > Mr L F Braun wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking for one to three pairs of the new blue steep-slope
> > > > corners used in the 2000 Castle sets. I'm offering *five* blue • standard
> > > > steep-slope 2x2x3 bricks in blue for *each pair* of corners, or other
> > > > trade/payment to be worked out between us (I currently value the • corners
> > > > at $2.00 a pair). This is a good chance to get some variation in your
> > > > extreme-slope stock, now that you've got blue corners in hand; for my
> > > > part, I'd like to avoid buying the Guarded Treasury because it doesn't
> > > > have many other pieces that I want. I'm not much of a Castle person,
> > > > but I have a lot of Castle gear if you're looking to trade for • minifigs,
> > > > castle building bits, or weaponry.
> > >
> > > I've got the three pairs I need. Thanks!
> > >
> > > best,
> > >
> > > LFB
> >
> > Hi Lindsay, I just saw a group of 16 of these go for over $23 on US EBAY. • I
> > was bidding on them, but then I decided it was getting pricey, and figured
> > that when LEGO Direct starts with bulk sales, I could get a lot more of • them
> > for $23. But I did buy a lot of 20 of the regular 2x2x3 blue steep • slopes
> > there for $10.50.
> >
> > I already have my sights on a vast number of the blue steep slopes. I one • day
> > want to build the Louvre, the enormous palace in the heart of Paris that • is a
> > museum today. If I can purchase (from LEGO Direct) a large number of Tan
> > bricks and white windows, plus the blue extreme slopes (I prefer that • color to
> > dark grey), I think I can produce a relatively decent copy in the classic • LEGO
> > scale (1 door = 3 bricks high). Even then, it will probably be about 10 • feet
> > long, due to the vastness of the original (on its south flank, the Louvre • has
> > 1,800 ft frontage on the Seine River).
> >
> > There is just something about extreme sloped bricks that lends itself very
> > well to making French Mansard roofed buildings.
> >
> > Gary Istok
> >
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