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Re: 7-Eleven and Starbucks
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains, lugnet.town
Date: 
Wed, 14 Mar 2001 01:23:23 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Hey,
> 
> Those are really great!
> 
> I've been shifting to ever larger buildings lately in an attempt to get
> something really cool, but I'm amazed at how many smaller buildings have
> come out lately of such fine quality.
> 
> Hmmm - Maybe bigger isn't necessarily better!
> 
> Brad
> 
> Tony Hafner <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message
> news:GA5vF0.C91@lugnet.com...
> > Many of you may remember Steve Barile's great buildings that he posted a
> > while back (see http://news.lugnet.com/trains/?n=9288).  Well, after • seeing
> > them and a few others at the GATS show in Portland, I couldn't get them • out
> > of my head.  I had to build a couple of similar icons.
> > 
> > So I built a couple of stores.  They recently debuted at a small train • show
> > up here in the Seattle area.
> > 
> > First, I did the 7-Eleven.  In my opinion, this is one of the
> > most-recognizeable residents of North American suburbia:
> >   http://www.hafhead.com/lego/mytown/7eleven/index.html
> > 
> > Next I built a Starbucks store, a common urban fixture in our region:
> >   http://www.hafhead.com/lego/mytown/starbux/index.html
> > 
> > If I had enough bricks, I'd build a Microsoft office building- those seem • to
> > be all over the place too.
> > 
> > --
> > Tony Hafner
> > www.hafhead.com
> > www.pnltc.org

I like the Starbucks, I've got one going too, but mine is in a skyscraper, i
just need a sign, I also have a Subway in the same building.  Its amazing
the number of "commercialized" buildings poping up.
Josh



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Hey, Those are really great! I've been shifting to ever larger buildings lately in an attempt to get something really cool, but I'm amazed at how many smaller buildings have come out lately of such fine quality. Hmmm - Maybe bigger isn't necessarily (...) (26 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)

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