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Re: Jr. Town Shame?
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lugnet.town
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Wed, 7 Mar 2001 01:10:09 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Chuck Rex writes:
> I did not enter my town layout in the building contest, because I felt
> vaguely embarrassed at it. After a little thought, and after reviewing all
> the entries, I realized why - I was embarrassed at how "Junior-ized" it is.
Personally, I think this is a bad reason not to submit an entry...I mean
it is your collection right? You should have some pride it it....not
to say that you don't -
> It's not all Jr., mind you. I have some MOCs, and some of the “golden age
> Lego buildings” - the Metro train station (#4554) and hospital, for
> instance, but it has a fair Jr. component.
See the above comments...if you have moc's that is really great, and a
couple other older sets besides town junior, even better. I personally
have other themes added onto my collection, like a few pirate sets, a
couple castle sets, and a couple sets from the adventurers theme -
the pharoh's ruins makes a pretty nice looking egyptian history museum...
I think (especially when you add the sphinx secret surprise.
> I have the Jr. #6566 Bank, the Jr. repair facility ( I can’t find the >number),
[that is the roadside repair, right....]
> the Jr. #6330 Cargo Center, and the McDonalds, which might not be Jr. but is
> not noticeably different.
> And when you have Jr. buildings, it’s hard to also have a realistically
> scaled building. My MOCs are larger, but are on what I guess I would have to
> call a “Jr. Appropriate Scale” - they are not so big as to make a Jr.
> building unacceptable.
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> The obvious thought here, then, is to remove the Jr. cancer and build again,
> but that has two problems- 1) infrastructure and 2) philosophy.
Well if you do decide to start over and remove the "cancer", you can think
about selling me your 6566 Bank, because I am seriously looking to
purchase a couple more...I plan on making a Bank HQ Moc with one...
complete with a real customer service desk, a large-sized safe (with
safety deposit boxes)
> 1) Infrastructure, both mine and Lego. I don’t have the room to have a
> reasonably scaled town set up in my house. All I can dedicate to my Town is
> the top of a spare bed, and having realistic sized buildings would make my
> town only one, maybe two, streets. And for myself, I want a larger space
> than that. The road plates are designed for smaller buildings, as are the
> trees and such, and even the non-Jr. sets from long ago are not that much
> bigger. And if I accept the Metro Train Station as being a decent structure
> (and I do), that sets the scale for the rest of the town, so why would I
> realistically build other buildings larger? Which brings us to:
sounds like my house...I don't have any room at all for my collection...
and what's worse is I got about 10,000 to 13,000 Lego in a laundry hamper
that is mostly mixed...:-(
The real problem is my sister is 13 and she has a bad habit of wrecking
my models....I assumed that she would take more care of the stuff as she
got a little older, but she hasn't quite yet (and Lego put 6-12 on all its
sets...shame)
What I really want to do is set up a "section of the city" one at a time,
take pic's and then store the models from each section on their own
shelving unit...
....and store my trains on their own display case....
> 2) Philosophy: If I like Lego, and like some of the Lego town sets, how can
> I toss away their Town scale?
I don't know....if you are really cramped for space, then don't buy any of
the newest police stations....well you could buy the LEGO Super Rescue
Center....that has a mini-station on it...and a bunch of extra elements
(a bit too over-priced though)
> How do you regard those who depend on Lego sets for their town? For the
> reason mentioned above, and because I like to have as large a town (numbers
> and range wise) as possible, I use a lot of the Town sets, and then add
> homes and other essentials (video stores, bars, etc) that they don’t make.
There are a few ways to get around this....1) Velux has a house that they
sell, $25 plus shipping. Another way is to buy Basic set 725 (it is a
real nice house set). "Holiday Home" is another nice more "upscale"
house with drive way, covered back porch, etc. And Paradisa put out
a poolside Paradise...that is also a more upscale house.
> But the stuff I add is on a Lego scale, which nowadays means a Jr. scale.
I'll give you one clue how to get around this problem....one word
E-Bay (you can bid on the sets that are closing....)
> And I guess what I want to know, is that weak? I know building from scratch
> would be better, but I think we all accept that there are some sets that are
> nice, but using them accepts a smaller non-realistic scale. Thoughts?
I think you should do what ever you think is good for your town...I mean
only you can decided what is best. I use a variety of sets, scale and
theme because that adds differentiation and uniqueness. I want all
my sets to be functional (that is serve a purpose, but also want them
to be aranged enough to be unique. That is the town, not the sets -
I want them to stay the same.
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| I did not enter my town layout in the building contest, because I felt vaguely embarrassed at it. After a little thought, and after reviewing all the entries, I realized why - I was embarrassed at how "Junior-ized" it is. It's not all Jr., mind you. (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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