Apple Store MOC

[KingDom]

Hello all, after seeing all the amazing modular builds made by lego and you guys, I decided that it would be really fun if I tried to make one myself. It's a little different to the official ones. I decided that if I ever wanted to afford it, I should make it 16x32 instead of 32x32. Also it is only 2 stories instead of 3 but the first one is so tall, I don't think it will be noticeable against the official ones.

Also as it is an Apple Store, my inspiration was taken off the one nearest me (google image apple store solihull for pics), in this case this means it has no windows though, which is a shame because I wanted it to be similar to other modular builds. I don't think this would be possible whilst keeping in line with the aesthetic I wanted.

I would very much appreciate your help in a few ways.

Firstly, any general comments on the building, ideas on improvements would really help.

Secondly, I know that Lego, Design by ME has recently closed down so I would like to know where to find the parts list if this is an option. Also if somebody could point me towards a good (UK) bricklink account that could provide me with most of the parts I need.

Thirdly I would like to know if anybody thinks it would be worthwhile to sell the instructions on ebay as I have seen other people do this. I was thinking I could email instructions for £5 to the buyer.

I want to walk you through the set first. Here's the first pic

Store 1

I don't have anything to explain in this picture as it is just an overview of the set.

Store 2

This is the set taken apart into the 4 sections. The mini figures are as follows.

Blue shirt man: He works in the shop floor can be placed anywhere on the ground floor.

Woman: She's the one who fixes the products at her work bench

Police Man: He's outside the store to stop any thefts.

Other Man He's just a regular shopper.

Roof

Here's the simple roof, it's mainly plain but I like the skylight and it doubles up as some sort of air conditioning unit.

Behind the figures you can see there are some plates; these are meant to go on a bench in the store which I'll discuss later. The keyboard is a keyboard. The 2 grey 1x1 plates are meant to be magic trackpads. Th white round 1x1 tile is a magic mouse, the piece is new and currently only available in grey and trans red in the pick a brick selection. I think I'll replace it with a round plate if it doesn't become available soon.

Sign

This is the sign. It looks quite good I think compared to the solihull store, real version. It attaches to the second floor but overhangs a little onto the ground floor.

Floor overviews

This is the birds eye view of both floors, you can't make out much on LDD so I'll explain them with other screen shots.

Right bottom floor

This is one side of the ground floor. At the front of the floor are ipod touches and iphones. Above them is a blown up 'poster'. There is also a genius bar on the left which has a cool bench and chair design which I made myself. You can't really see here but there is just enough space for a minifigure to walk around the bench into the back of the store through an archway. The back of the store is solely to access the top via a ladder.

Left bottom floor

This is the other side of the store, it has an iMac, two ipod classics and two ipod nanos. Above them is an ipod classic 'poster' and a mannequin holding and ipod classic. I don't think this is in any actual store but I think it makes the set interesting.

Front bottom floor

Here's the front view of the floor. In the middle table there is an ipad. Behind this is space for the keyboards, magic mice and trackpads but they are not here because according to TLG, a tile on a tile is not an acceptable technique.

Back top floor

On the top floor we have a work bench. On the wall there is also so apple products being hung up and some spare imacs either to sell or to fix.

Front top floor

We see here that this is also where the worker lives. This was basically an excuse to fit in some furniture which I think is needed in all good modular builds.

Rook fitted

This is just a picture to show how the roof fits on the top floor.

Back 1

Back 2

These are just some pictures of the back views. I used the sloped roof because I thought it looked good, it would save on cost and there was nothing else I wanted to put there outside of possibly a toilet. That was the only thing I skipped out but really wanted.

I'm quite proud of this MOC and I can't wait to hear feedback.

Edited February 25, 2012 by KingDom

[zinfinion]

Your gallery is not yet public. Deeplinks will fix that.

[Calabar]

As brickshelf is moderated and your gallery could require days to be available, can you insert the direct link to the .lxf file and some direct links to more representative images to preview your work?

[KingDom]

I'm trying to deeplink and the message "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this board." keeps popping up. I also haven't uploaded the file from LDD (only screenshots) so I'm not sure how to add a .lxf file.

Sorry, this is my first attempt at dealing with LDD.

EDIT: I fixed the problem thanks to a tutorial. This won't happen again as it was the first time I have used brickshelf (having previously used flickr).

Edited February 25, 2012 by KingDom

[KingDom]

I'm trying to deeplink and the message "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this board." keeps popping up. I also haven't uploaded the file from LDD (only screenshots) so I'm not sure how to add a .lxf file.

Sorry, this is my first attempt at dealing with LDD.

[Calabar]

I'm trying to deeplink and the message "You are not allowed to use that image extension on this board." keeps popping up. I also haven't uploaded the file from LDD (only screenshots) so I'm not sure how to add a .lxf file.

Sorry, this is my first attempt at dealing with LDD.

That's strange, you have 178 posts and should be able to use IMG tag.

Anyway, it is not important as you can use the URL tag: instead than link the gallery, link the single file itself.

About the lxf file, you can upload it to brickshelf too, and then deeplink it here using the URL tag.