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Re: Pics from the weekend!
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Thu, 9 Mar 2000 16:58:13 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Kingsley writes:
> Well now the ideas seem to be flowing... :-)
What great pictures! When I saw these, I was inspired to do a little building
myself.
I didn't have enough grey to do anything big, so I started working in white
brick. Before I knew it, I had an Ivory Tower (two of them, actually) which
made me wonder if there is room in this medieval town for a school/university
building? Or maybe it's just an inventor's workshop... So I built one. The
building is about 24 studs square, and should be plenty strong even without a
baseplate. It is two stories high, (grande six-brick ceiling heights) with a
pair of Ivory Towers at the rear corners of the building. The towers and
lower rear roof deck detach to expose the inside of the building for play -- a
ground floor classroom, and a (planned) library on the second floor. There is
a rooftop astronomical observatory (well, a telescope, anyway) where the deep
thinkers in the town can watch the stars and ponder the greatness of the
universe. Too bad they weren't using that telescope to scan the surrounding
hills for approaching armies!
Speaking of approaching armies, I was also inspired to build an accessory that
no attacking army should lay siege without. I don't want to spoil the visual
impact of it, but let's just say that it is not "a large, wooden badger."
My building almost seems perhaps a bit too fancy for a truly medieval town,
but maybe minifigs are more enlightened than your typical human middle-ager,
and education is a priority in their town. (Sorry, no pictures yet -- I
foolishly lent my digital camera to my brother for a couple of weeks.)
It sounds like there will be plenty of stuff for the TCS window display, so I
completely understand if there isn't room for my stuff. (Especially since I
missed all of the planning meetings so far!) I still had a blast and, as
usual, learned a lot building it. I love how easily one can reproduce fine
architectural details using common LEGO bricks.
I can't wait to see the final window display!
p.s. KB Toy is blowing out the "Witch's Windship" set for $4.99, which
contains about 50 or 60 lame pieces including a witch, but also contains a
really cool dragon and a crystal ball. I have purchased several of these so
far, but I keep giving them away to my friends because they fall in love with
the dragon on sight. Did anyone follow through on the proposal to build a
dragon's lair? (I didn't have enough BURPs to pull it off, so the one I built
is more of a diorama/playset than a realistic cave.)
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| (...) Chris, This sounds great. I don't think we will have any problem fitting your creation into the setup. Dave Eaton and I have created a lot of just Filler type buildings and those will be the first to go. The goal is to get as many people (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| Well now the ideas seem to be flowing... :-) (...) I think they have a ton of them. I doubt we have to worry about running out of them. (...) I like this a lot. With your layout we don't waste a lot of space with the Battle/Army. The only concern I (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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