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Re: Pic: New Green Building
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Mon, 16 Apr 2001 12:25:29 GMT
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> Perhaps, but the GMLTC is conflicting itself as well. Our back buildings can only
> be half-wide due to space constraints; our subway cars are only detailed on one side
> (facing crowd) due to structural issues, and yet there are Spamcake Diner-esque
> detailed buildings on the layout. So it's not just I that is contradicting myself.
> In fact, if anything, a double standard is being applied to me. One comment was
> made that if I made my green building 2 studs narrower, it would be fine for the
> layout. Well, as if I will go back and go through all that trouble! Besides that,
> my buildings dictate how large they will be; I don't know until I finish them. For
> example, a building with 3 windows across can only be so narrow-- there are
> constraints of the medium. And then there are aesthetics to consider as well.
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> Not biting;-)
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> -John
John-
There was no surprise that we were going to have problems with some of the
building you've built. We talked about it before you built them. We talked
about our focus not being miniland, but more along the line of a playtheme
(you, Conan, John2 and I in January). The focus on our layouts has been the
mini figure. That's the issue we have with your large empty buildings. No
one has said that you shouldn't build them. No one has said that they are
not beautiful. No one has told you that an empty building that can be seen
into on the layout equates with the hidden end of the subway cars not having
chrome 1x2 grills. No one has told you that an empty building that can be
seen into on the layout equates with a half backed building that can not be
seen from the front. What we have said is that they don't fit in the style
of the layout as the rest of the club sees it. We told you this before we
laid brick one down on the new layout. We talked about how silly it would
be to have buildings that were larger than the hills that we would build
tunnels through. We talked about how we wanted to hide details for
scavenger hunts. We talked about how we wanted to have more people and more
scenes. We talked again about how our focus was not miniland. We weren't
quiet about these things. I'd rather leave this in our meetings or in
email, but I find your constant snipes in here to be extremely aggravating.
Your persistence is a bit wearing. At some point, even Al Gore has to
concede an election no matter how right he thinks he is. The world goes on,
and he gets another chance next time.
-John 3
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| (...) Perhaps one could argue that it's all about *LEGO*. When push comes to shove, we at the GMLTC don't push *trains* necessarily, but the concept of *LEGO*-- creativity, etc. Most of us were fans of the brick first. So whether dad is inspired by (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-01, to lugnet.trains.org)
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