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(...) I've heard many people tell about how the LEGO Town universe is overfilled with Police cars and firetrucks...however, lots of construction vehicles would be quite realistic as compared to many US towns. I never can get enough construction (...) (16 years ago, 12-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Those are really wonderful curtains. Seriously, my ex-girlfriend had a whole outfit made of the same material. (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) A great set up, CM Bob. I must say I envy your scaffolding. Nice work! Spotlighted. Thanks for sharing. Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux ps Great work on the posting, crossposting and FUT too! (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(2 URLs) PLMKWYT! Comments, critiques and of course spotlightings are always welcome. I hope you enjoy this little attempt at a diorama and thanks very much for looking! :^) (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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Name of Theme: Business District (Wall St.) Short description of Theme: Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) A Bank, with a drive thru ATM and a safe in the back for safety deposit boxes and storage of money and the city's treasure. (...) (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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I replied once already, but had another idea. How about shops for town? Name of Theme: The Shops of Legoland Short description of Theme: See name above Three possible sets for Theme with descriptions: 1) Coffeehouse - perhaps a Starbucks? Nice green (...) (16 years ago, 11-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) This is a pretty good idea, actually. In fact, there's a whole range of possibilities in heavy industial designs. I'd be nice to see an oil refinery (or any kind of ore refinery). They have a certain utilitarian beauty to me, and I'm not just (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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Monorail! Gotta have monorail! I'm shure others would agree. I've already posted this suggestion to Bricklink's forum in the thread of the same name, but I've changed some details after running many a mind-based simulation to find improvements over (...) (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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They may be slow, uncomfortable and leak oil, but at least they have character: (3 URLs) Cheers Richie Dulin CO Legeaux FUT .town (16 years ago, 10-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.adventurers, FTX) !!
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Now, why am I suddenly reminded of the movie "Pleastantville"? (sorry, Tommy...just a bit of fun... I say go with the sewer theme, but instead of a full plant, try to work things like sewers, and maybe ways to integrate bathrooms into everything. (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ok-here is my suggestion and I am sure it will be met with a bit of derision, but civilization began when people began living in towns. They shed their nomadic ways and congregated into towns. There were two main pre-requistites that had to be (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The thing is, with the now somewhat more realistically sized cars, trucks, planes and so on the scale of the old monorail is even more off-scale than the 6wide trains always were. Thus, any kind of monorail would have to be in the range of (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Actually, for the 3d set I was more thinking along the lines of the monorail system lego sold in the early '90's (like the 6399 Airport Shuttle). Something like this takes up less space than a train layout and is different. I know there are (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ouch! If this is true, it will mean a serious blow to my budget :/ Cheers, Matija (16 years ago, 9-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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As others have said, we need places for minifigs to live, but at lower price points than the gorgeous greengrocer/market st/etc. My suggestion will be America-centric but could be obviously modified to be Worldwide Name of Theme: City Homes Short (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. Actually, I heard Pierre Normandin was actually working for lego now. They should just give him free reign, and I'll be a happy, if slightly poorer camper. (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Scott Lyttle (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Kinda like a "LEGO City Suburb", or more like a LEGO..."town" (yes, the throwback is intentional), as opposed to "LEGO City"... so LEGO City is more urban, "LEGO Town" would be more suburban or "small town" setting. (...) I'd particurlarly (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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(...) Maybe more like "Mass Transit"? That could be lumped in with the trains (trains, buses, and a streetcar could use train track, just have some additional plates to place between the tracks to cover the railroad ties.. Additionally, I'd love to (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I read in another post that Lego wants to target the sets to 5-10 year-olds. I have 2 kids in that range. There are several MOCs on Brickshelf that I think Lego could take inspiration from and produce sets. My two boys agree that they would (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jul-08, to lugnet.town, FTX)
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