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I thought of building a Best Buy for lego town especially since I work there but I always had a problem with scale because if I used teh correct scale the building woould be say 150 studs wide and 100 studs deep. Extremely huge for any lego (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd disagree that every real town needs sprawl-marts. My LEGO town, Abston, doesn't issue building permits for them, or for McChoke-n-pukes, so you won't see me modeling such stains :-) Nice models, though. Amy (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Heh. True. But then I couldn't have made the crack about Generica, and I'm in a cynical mood right now. Anyway, I don't know of too many DD's in downtown Boston, but I can think of several Starbuck's (and I don't go into Starbuck's myself, so (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Dense urban areas... There are 3 Home Depot stores smack in the middle of "Impossible To Zone For" Queens, NY. I was shocked to discover I am just 0.7 miles away from the latest one. Happily, we also got a Target as part of the Big Box (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Eric, I'm supprised with you! Arn't you from New England! Substitute Starbuck's with Dunkin Donuts and doublt the frequency if you want a more local flavor! Eric Kingsley The New England LEGO Users Group (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Ok then, replace Home Depot with Starbuck's. About 5 of them, if your layout is more than 4 blocks. Welcome to Generica! eric (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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The real world, no kidding. I have been trying to figure out how to model America (as oposed to Europe) for my train layout and it just hit me. It is really a sad commentary on us (US) but it still works! I have a Circuit City almost complete and a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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While I do agree that these are great models (I thought it was a picture of a real home depot in the brickshelf gallery thumbnail), I have to disagree that every lego town needs one of these. I typically model dense urban areas where these stores (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm. How about a big grocery store? Safeway, SuperStore, ... (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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I can't take credit for this but I just needed to point it out because I like these designs and I even thought of doing the same thing too. I think this is what would complete any lego town. (URL) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I know I may be a little late putting this out, but I would just love it if Lego would put out a line of realistic NASA lego sets. I've only got the six Launch Command sets(not including the accesories package), and that only gives me one (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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"Peter F. Guenther" <pguenthe@zdnetonebox.com> wrote in message news:G7Kuvu.38B@lugnet.com... (...) City (...) return (...) That is such a cool idea! Imagine a 'Back to the Future 2' or 'Demolition Man' style environment. Alternatively, looking (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I'd love that, but I'd also like them to merge town and space--a Future City 2050 kind of thing. Lots of domes and future-looking buildings--an Art Deco/metropolic look would be really cool! Lots of curved pieces; a return of the curved pieces (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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Modularisation I think has to be the way forward, so that a small set can function perfectly on its own, but when combined with a larger set provides enhanced playability. Designing sub-ranges that link together like the examples you site (including (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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Steve & All, (...) You have some excellent creations, I love the Target & Home Depot as well. It really captures the essence, especially the carts for Home Depot. Very nice touch. Too bad LEGO doesn't make a normal shopping cart! (...) Hey, those (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Peter, Thanks for the comps! The windows are those big ugly 2x6x6 freestyle (pseudo-fabuland) windows that we never know what to do with. :) The door are 2x4x5 that normally house solid 6 panel doors. And I need to flush out some more detal as well. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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(...) Wow! People are relpicating my McDonald's! I'm honored... Larry's pix don't show it, but mine does have a drive-thru--you can kinda see it on the left side at (URL) of table unevenness at the GATS, we didn't actually have cars at the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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Hi Dave, When i build a town i try to think of what i would like to see in the town if i was a minifig. Nice tree's some grass, always a park for the kids with a few benches for the old folks, maybe if enough room a lake or pond, build a swimming (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I think all of the lego sets are getting to juniorized, peices are getting to specialized, and cheep, there are around 5 sets per theme. TLG is making a big mistake with all there juniorized sets, even Technic is getting cheep. Josh (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I was thinking a narrower reel, so it couldn't spread so much. Josh (24 years ago, 22-Jan-01, to lugnet.town, lugnet.build, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.arch)
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