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Re: What every lego town is missing....
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Date: 
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 19:09:46 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Erik Olson writes:
> 
> > In lugnet.build, Christopher Tracey writes:
> > > 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 would look out of place.  If every LEGO town
> > > had one of these, what would we have?-  oh yeah a model of the real world. ;)
> 
> Real World...
> 
> I don't have to have brand-name stores, but I want my town to have:
> 
> More than 1 laundromat
> At least 2 Chinese Take-out
> Probably 3 pizza places
> An extra diner if I can fit one in (I've got 1 now)
> More real estate agencies than houses
> A phone parlor and a travel agency or two
> 
> If I'm feeling really mean, I'll build a tax consultant.
> 
> The hard part is illustrating what the shop does on a tiny little sign out
> front.

And more pawn shops than real estate agencies.

Or the place I passed in Daytona Beach once, a strip center consisting of a
gun shop, a pawn shop, and a mattress store.

junior



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  Re: What every lego town is missing....
 
(...) I think it would be cool if many many towns all came to BrickFest 2001, and we had exaggerated the "local color". I don't see any of those type of establishment around me, but I bet we each have a local recipe for excess. (26 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)

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(...) Real World... I don't have to have brand-name stores, but I want my town to have: More than 1 laundromat At least 2 Chinese Take-out Probably 3 pizza places An extra diner if I can fit one in (I've got 1 now) More real estate agencies than (...) (26 years ago, 24-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)

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