aukevin

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    [MOC ] Jurassic Park Series

    this is fantastic!
  2. The Yoda eyes are so unsettling that I have to have it. It’s probably a good thing I don’t sleep in my LEGO room though lol!
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    LEGO Ideas - Central Perk Coffee of Friends

    But not the Central Perk window thankfully!
  4. For years I’ve always wanted a small scale Quidditch pitch set but never got around to building it with the old set even though I purchased extra players. Well I didn’t want to wait long with the new set. I didn’t use many parts from the second set other than the goal pieces but I wanted those extra players too. Here’s what I ended up with: The full Quidditch Pitch. Ideally the goal areas wouldn’t be raised up so much or I could have built up the field surface more but this will suffice. A Weasley bro taking out a Slytherin while Hermoine casts a spell on Snape in the stands The semi trans long pieces work gray to simulate flight Angelina Johnson takes a shot! Thanks for looking!
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    MOC: Gingerbread Express

    This is perfect! I love it! Hot cocoa car is amazing!
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    I like the turbine ok but it won't fit in with the current look of my town. Maybe if LEGO releases some farm related sets I would make a field and stick it out there with them.
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    Fairground Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    If anyone is interested, I bought the Light My Bricks light kit for the Roller Coaster. I originally didn't think the coaster needed any lights other than the flashing camera, but it turned out pretty nice. I like the multi-colored lights on the ground and the light under the canopy where you line up to ride. I ended up not using the lights that go in the cars. The batteries to power those lights go in the back car, so you lose a passenger. I decided I'd rather have all the minifigs riding in the cars than have lights on them. My least favorite part of the light kit would be the lights over the Coaster sign. The kit came with a couple plates that you add to the set that just hang over the sign to illuminate it. I'm not sure what else could have been done, but I'm not crazy about that design.
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    [MOC] Moe's Tavern from The Simpsons

    Great job! Would love to have it in my city!
  9. I like pretty much everything about the set. Great minifigs. Biggest problem I have is the large space given to the interrogation area. Would rather of had more fighting space for Luke and Vader. Maybe all the parts that make the Cloud City car are available in orange, if so I'll just convert it that way.
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    Knight Rider - KITT (LEGO Ideas submission)

    The seat design is great. Whole car is very sleek. I would definitely build this.
  11. I wanted to share with you my Christmas village for 2017. This year my main additions are a ski lodge and resort area, the new official Winter Station (expanded), and a new city block made of Creator 3-in-1 sets. Here is a video tour of the village: Below are some of my favorite pics of the new stuff. Trying not to overload you with too many (but probably still did), but all the photos can be found in my Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42918210@N02/albums/72157690735608385/with/38211832374/ I guess I'll start with the ski lodge. It and the ski lift were a big challenge for me this year. I'm not a master builder by any means, but it was a lot of fun putting it together. The lodge is pretty crammed full on the inside with a sitting area, cafe area, and ski rental spot. Here is the front of the lodge with some skis being delivered, car by @de-marco: Inside the lodge: Little coffee shop inside: Ski rentals and lockers: Hitting the slopes: I purchased some of the Friends ski related sticker sheets to help around the resort, like here at the ski lift operator shack: These are the Friends Ski Chalet sets that have been recolored. Thanks to @Cheatay for the LDDs to get these started: Taking a ride on the ski lift. Unfortunately, no the ski lift is not operational. That would be ideal and may be one day in the future but I will have to get a lot better at the technic side of MOCs. The chair design was inspired by @twigman Sitting atop the ski slopes of course is the North Pole: Now heading into town we have the Winter Station that I expanded: Coming home for Christmas: Christmas tree farm: Carolers: Creator 3-in-1 sets in the holiday spirit. Cars by @de-marco I actually have another train station on the "city" side of town: Here is a grand shot of the whole village: That's just a few of my favorite pics. Be sure to check out the video to get a tour of the whole town. You can also see many more photos in my Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/42918210@N02/albums/72157690735608385/with/38211832374/ Eurobricks provides so much inspiration for my village, I wanted to thank you all. I want to credit as many as I can for the inspiration. The expanded train cars was done last year by @mouseketeer. The sidewalk pattern was from @alex54. @Alebricks has just an awesome diorama that has inspired me as well. Thanks for looking!
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    Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

    I know I didn't get the two castle pieces of the regular LEGO sets in anticipation of the UCS castle. It paid off too as I am very happy with what we've seen. I did buy the minifigures that come with regular sets though.
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    71043 Hogwarts™ Castle

    Pretty cool. I didn't buy the new Great Hall or Whomping Willow sets in the hopes that this set would include them, and it does! So I'm happy to get this set instead of those other two. When is the early VIP?
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    Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

    I wish there was some way to have kept it to 12" deep, so it would fit on shelves better.
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    Adding on to the Harry Potter Quidditch Match

    I thought about it, and I could use the one from the old Quidditch set that Hooch was from. But there really wasn't room. I wanted to make sure each bleacher section could fit was at least 8 studs so I ran out of room. I originally was going to make a Ravenclaw section too but wasn't room for that either, so it was reduced to the curved area.
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    Adding on to the Harry Potter Quidditch Match

    yeah just two 32x32. It's hangs over a stud or two on the backside but I'm sure I could have kept tweaking to get it all to stand on the baseplates. If I had the parts I would have build up the field higher to be flush with the goal areas but I didn't have the green bricks. Project for another time :) Thanks! Thanks! Yeah thankfully they all mix good. Sure the quidditch uniforms are a bit different, but hopefully I can acquire news over time. The Slytherin ones shouldn't be too tough once the CMF series comes out. Yes that part with the clear bars came together real good. Thanks!
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    Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

    My Quidditch set from S@H was delivered yesterday but when I opened the box there were 4 or 5 Dumbledore/Ron Brickheads in it instead! So Lego is expressing me the correct sets, should be here Monday. They told me to keep the Brickheads lol!
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    [MOC] Food Stand Diners (One for the Rollercoaster fans)

    @Frostbricks I built your Fry Stand and I was wondering if you had jpegs for the menus? Looks great! Thanks!
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    Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

    Got my shipment notification for my backordered Quidditch set from the online LEGO store. My backorder date was July 16, so they beat it by almost a week. :)
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    --- Bricksonville - City Layout with lights ---

    That's what I was thinking was a good way of doing it. Do you have gaps in your baseplates or do you drill holes into those as well?
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    Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

    Graves other face looks better. Glad he comes with both faces and hair pieces though so he can make the transformation!
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    --- Bricksonville - City Layout with lights ---

    Your videos are so good. One thing I noticed is you do such a good job hiding the wires and power elements. I'd love to see a behind the scenes video of how you do your cabling for the power. I'm building up a city now and have all my modulars lit but I'm struggling with the best way to cable everything and make it look nice.
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    Harry Potter 2018 - Rumors & Discussion

    I personally loved the Helicarrier, so a Hogwarts in that fashion is exciting for me. I big plus of the Helicarrier though was the brick built display stand for the regular size minifigures that came with it, so hopefully this will have something like that too. But I'm excited about the possibility of getting a full, but micro Hogwarts. I think it would look great on display with all the regular minifigs and the CMF ones displayed around it.
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    Batcave and Wayne Manor MOC

    One of the most amazing things I've seen! Would love to see this in person!