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[Hinckley]

All right. So I'm finally taking a huge step in one of my main LEGO goals: to have a nice solid city layout instead of a bunch of buildings surrounded by Star Wars ships and random Train, Exo-Force and Castle sets. Yes, I'm cleaning up my tabletown: Bazooville. I've renamed it from HinckleyVille, since Hinckley is so disorganized, I named it after Bazoo, our obsessive compulsive Yellow Tang who insisted on being cleaned constantly by the peppermint shrimp. Well, God rest her soul, I hope her name transforms my table town into the beautiful and clean metropolis it has the potential to be.

Here are two pics of the current state of things:

Here you can catch a glimpse of the disorganization. It's not me, really. It's clearly the pterodactyls and dragons, not to mention the vikings, elephants, tanks and strange potato face men dancing on the top of the cafe corner...


And despite the pooping Tyrannosaurus Rex and the houses in the middle of the street there is quite a bit of potential here.

The new city will of course revolve around the style of cafe corner and this modular addition I built:

Click the pic to see the official EB thread...

I hope to move on down the street and build on in the same fashion until I have a nice setup. Of course I am limited by the road plates I have, but there's always BL.

Here's the first victim renovation of the TIP (Town in Progress) overhaul...my yellow house:

It has been dismantled... :'-) we'll certainly miss her...and will soon be re-built into a modular brownstone type addition to Bazooville...stay tuned. :-)

[Siegfried]

Stunningly I am doing the same thing to Sinnerton! *wacko* I have even dismantled the police station. (Security is now in the hands of Bane and Batman.) I have less room than you so I have decided to build up! I can't wait to see your new town. *sweet*

[Shadows]

A potentially fascinating project that I hope you'll continuously update us with. That'll both be interesting to watch and help motivate you to make progress, something I frequently need help with.

Wow, I absolutely hate that yellow house. :-/ I know it isn't polite, and I wouldn't say it if I didn't know you'll take it in the way it's intended and tell me to fark off, but man, that's just an eyesore of yellow. 8-°

Disclaimer: Kids, this is not the way to comment on someone's precious creations, the things so dear to their hearts and such. Learn from my mistake here and don't repeat it elsewhere.

Ok, where was I? OMG, that's awful! Compared to your usual standards, it's just painful ... X-O

Now that I've said that, I do like some of the methods used in it, and look forward to seeing it reworked in brownstone style. I just wish you'd taken pics of the destruction and maybe used that lovely crane in the process. That might have redeemed that monstrosity. X-D

Seriously, it's just the yellow. I might like that in tan, with some kind of contrasting colour. Really. *y*

Urban Redevelopment On! *y*

[Hinckley]

imperialshadows, on Jan 6 2008, 03:59 AM, said:

A potentially fascinating project that I hope you'll continuously update us with. That'll both be interesting to watch and help motivate you to make progress, something I frequently need help with.

Thanks! *wub* What nice warm encouraging sentiments... :'-)

imperialshadows, on Jan 6 2008, 03:59 AM, said:

Wow, I absolutely hate that yellow house. :-/ I know it isn't polite, and I wouldn't say it if I didn't know you'll take it in the way it's intended and tell me to fark off, but man, that's just an eyesore of yellow. 8-°

:'-( What the hell? Where'd that other guy go?

imperialshadows, on Jan 6 2008, 03:59 AM, said:

Disclaimer: Kids, this is not the way to comment on someone's precious creations, the things so dear to their hearts and such. Learn from my mistake here and don't repeat it elsewhere.

Also kids, remember that when two people are friends and know eachother better they can get away with more harsh criticism such as this and it doesn't hurt anyone's feelings...really... :'-(

imperialshadows, on Jan 6 2008, 03:59 AM, said:

Ok, where was I? OMG, that's awful! Compared to your usual standards, it's just painful ... X-O

Megablocks! I heard you the first time! Sheesh! You're in for another swirly, jackass!

imperialshadows, on Jan 6 2008, 03:59 AM, said:

Now that I've said that, I do like some of the methods used in it, and look forward to seeing it reworked in brownstone style. I just wish you'd taken pics of the destruction and maybe used that lovely crane in the process. That might have redeemed that monstrosity. X-D

Seriously, it's just the yellow. I might like that in tan, with some kind of contrasting colour. Really. *y*

Urban Redevelopment On! *y*

No, I hear you. I had planned on using tan. *cries while hurriedly re-sorting all the yellow bricks and praying the stink of failure will someday wash off* It is the MOC I've kept built the longest and it does show. I built it back when there wasn't an abundance of brown or tan available and grey was too precious a castle element to waste on Town! I believe I built that when I was 18 I mean 5! All right, so I'm old. And even at 18 I thought that yellow was too much, but hey...I know well enough to dismantle that one first. :-P

[Shadows]

Hinckley, on Jan 6 2008, 05:09 AM, said:

No, I hear you. I had planned on using tan. *cries while hurriedly re-sorting all the yellow bricks and praying the stink of failure will someday wash off* It is the MOC I've kept built the longest and it does show. I built it back when there wasn't an abundance of brown or tan available and grey was too precious a castle element to waste on Town! I believe I built that when I was 18 I mean 5! All right, so I'm old. And even at 18 I thought that yellow was too much, but hey...I know well enough to dismantle that one first. :-P

*opens a window to air the place out* :-X

Don't feel too bad, I think 375/6075 is terrible as well, I'm just smart enough not to post that in a Castle forum. 8-|


Old? When I entered my dark ages, tan didn't exist. 8-° By the time I came out, it was somewhat common. I bought 5988 on clearance almost immediately just because it had all that tan and I wasn't used to seeing it.



You know, that wasn't half bad for a 5yr old. ;-)

OH OH OH! On a positive note, I really like that tan clocktower with the black roof in the second pic. *wub*

This post has been edited by imperialshadows: 06 January 2008 - 10:36 AM

[AgentRick57]

Nice, I have High expectations for this. I also like the clock tower in the second pic. *sweet*

[maiq the liar]

Looks nice! Albrickuerque looks nicer too nowadays!
(although i'm sticking to official sets...I'm terrible at building myself. I'm just never satisfied with what i make...Though i will make some smaller details in my city.)

[Brickadier General]

It'll be interesting to see where your town goes. I think some of those buildings have potential to be modified into modular additions, like that red one in the upper right-hand corner. You sure have a lot of space to work with there to add scenery and what not. You could make a park And your town needs a trolley. :-P

[zouave]

Nice town. *y* I can't wait to see the finished result. I wish my town looked that good. My buildings don't even line up with each other.

[Lord Of Pies]

Weird, my tiny town is benig reorganized soon too! An early spring clean you could say. I have to say Hinckley, I really like you Brownstone Modular MOCS! *wub*

[Captain Blue Hair]

Wooha, it already looked nice! *y*
So it can only get better......
Good luck Martha Hinckley Stewart!


If only i had room...

Martha Stewart time on!!

[alex54]

What a great topic! This this the kind of topic I really like!
I like to see the evolution in the time of things that we build: more specifi pieces, more colours, more technics and design...
I like the two pics of your actual city. What an awfull mess of LEGO! It's so nice *wub*
I wish you a lot of fun in your city project, and I knwo that you will have!

Nice buildings on!

[casewindu]

I'd like mine to get reorganised but it's just left in a bloody mess. I think you may remember this picture from a while back:



"cough"...yes.... anywho! God Hinckley what an awful house! :-X No I am not that cruel I would never judge
a MOC in that way it's just rude!.....Looking at you IMPERIALSHADOWS!!!!!!, Man if that was a less
experienced member who said that they would be sooooo out of here. I hope that doesn't mean me!

Anyway back to Hinckleys town. Very nice I love how many bricks you have to build all of those fantastic buildings, I wish I had that many. Maybe I shall stand by your window when you decide to throw away that house after Imperial scouts harsh comments and grab a few yellow bricks that come hurtling through it! ;-)


Hope your town becomes great,

Casewindu

[Brick Miner]

oh hinckely what a mess !!! but i trust you will use your artistic eye and clean things up... with all those bricks you have a lot of potential ;-)

BTW, have you seen how scarce roadplates are on BL ??? it scares me :'-(

alex54, on Jan 6 2008, 05:28 PM, said:

What a great topic! This this the kind of topic I really like!
I like to see the evolution in the time of things that we build: more specifi pieces, more colours, more technics and design...

yes alex, this reminds me of your town evolution thread. i like these too.

hinckely, do you plan on making a digital map layout of the city ??? i hear its pretty popular with city builders ;-)

- BM

[General Kannon]

Very Nice Hinkley, im just wondering though. How much area do you have for your town.