MetroiD Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Hello guys! We're a couple of LEGO fans from Sofia, Bulgaria, both in our 20s... I (Bobby) have just come out of my dark ages thanks to Asya (my girlfriend) having expressed such a huge interest in the pile of boxes full of LEGO which used to clog up the closet of my old apartment for 10+ years... And so we've (re)discovered our huge passion for all things LEGO together, which makes it all so much more fun! We're mostly into Town/City designs, our dream is to one day soon build our own LEGO town. I used to have one back when I was a kid, but it was built out of the original sets - now we want to have an MOC-filled city... for that we'll need some more space, but hopefully that will be taken care of sooner or later. So, for now, we're just concentrating on building whatever we get the notion to - houses & public buildings, mostly. For example, a project we're currently working on is a Bulgarian Renaissance town of 4-5 houses... We'll make sure to let you know when it's done. Other than that, I myself also enjoy building minifig-scale cars and (especially) motorbikes. Since there are many 8+ stud-wide builders out there who make awesome creations, I just thought that, appealing as that is, managing to represent an original design in minifig scale should be even more rewarding, since the best part is when you fit your finished MOC on the streets of your town, as opposed to displaying it on a shelf. One of our car designs, a Mini Cooper, got featured on classic-town.net, which is one of the things we're quite proud of... but we're determined to improve on that. So I'm currently honing my minifig-bike building skills and will post a few new motorcycles soon. Here are the two places where you can check out our MOCs: MOCpages: http://www.mocpages.com/home.php/13363 Brickshelf: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=TheOtters P.S.: I am also seriously looking into the possibility of organizing a Bulgarian AFOL club, however so far I have had almost no success at all. It seems that there's just no adult LEGO fans in my country, which is a crying shame. So if you know of any Bulgarian MOC-builders, I would be very grateful if you could please let me know, so that I could contact them... Although, on a slightly bigger scale, I think we'll start coming to LEGO exhibitions all over Europe quite soon and hopefully meet and get to know some of you guys :) Edited February 22, 2009 by Asya & Bobby Otters Quote
CommanderCody77 Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Welcome to EB! Hope you have a great time here! Quote
Dadster Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Hope you both enjoy your time spent here! (wish my wife was into Lego...instead she buys shoes ) Anyway... Where did you get the idea for the OJ kiosk? I used to live in Florida, U.S. and there was an actual place set up like that. A huge orange-shaped building on the side of the road that sold oj to passers-by. Quote
Basiliscus Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 (edited) Hi guys! I was quite surprised I hadn't seen you guys here before! You may remember me as Pedro Cuahchic from MOCpages - I registered for this site before I ended my dark ages by getting the bricks out, hence the different username! I think that you should post a handful of your great MOCs here - I am sure they will be well received! Wecome to Eurobricks! Edited February 22, 2009 by Basiliscus Quote
MetroiD Posted February 22, 2009 Author Posted February 22, 2009 Hi there Pedro, great to see you here and thanks for greeting us to this place :] To be quite honest, I hadn't really had too much time to surf the net for LEGO forums/sites in the past few weeks and neither did Asya... hence our belated registration @ Eurobricks. I'll get around to posting our MOCs later on this week... Working on a few new ones as well, I guess the LEGO fever has a very tight grip on us lately :] @ Dadster: thanks mate! Regarding the orange juice kiosk - it was Asi (my girlfriend)'s idea actually, I just asked her about how she got the notion to build that one... She says that she'd seen one of these at the seaside resort when she was a kid and had always wanted a glass of orange juice. The idea was so inspiring that we finished it in no time. Quote
Zorbas Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Welcome to Eurobricks fellow balkan neighbours! You 're gonna have a great time here, filled with creativity! Oh, your MOCs are very beautiful! Keep it that way! For example, a project we're currently working on is a Bulgarian Renaissance town of 4-5 houses... We'll make sure to let you know when it's done. Can't wait to see it! Quote
MetroiD Posted February 23, 2009 Author Posted February 23, 2009 Well, it will take some time before we're done with that design since we want to build a really good MOC, but do keep an eye out :] In the meantime, I guess I'll keep working on bikes, cars and vigs... Quote
Dadster Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 I couldn't find apic of the Florida one, but a guy in California has some posted. Orange Stand! Quote
Ricecracker Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Welcome to both of you! I hope you guys enjoy yourselves, and that you feel it was worthwhile to sign up. If you have any questions, just PM (Private Message) me. Quote
MetroiD Posted February 25, 2009 Author Posted February 25, 2009 I couldn't find apic of the Florida one, but a guy in California has some posted. Thanks for that link mate! Here are the pics we used as a reference for the kiosk: http://www.empireexhibition1938.co.uk/imag...OrangeKiosk.jpg http://www.jamd.com/image/g/2696727 Both seem to have been taken quite a while back, but we liked that retro-curvy-feel. So 60s! Will have to work on bringing that to our kiosk next... Quote
Bricks Posted February 26, 2009 Posted February 26, 2009 Welcome on the brick side of the internet! Hope you'll enjoy your time here and have a lot of fun 'Bricks' Quote
MetroiD Posted August 26, 2009 Author Posted August 26, 2009 Hey guys, just wanted to let you know that we'll be taking a break from LEGO building for an indefinite period - which means we won't be building anything for the marvellous TrainTech contest, unfortunately. Furthermore, I am aware of the couple of reviews I left unfinished @ the Reviewers' Academy, I will definitely get back to those and improve them once I get the chance. My sincere apologies to the Academy Teachers for having had to put up with that mess. @ TheBrickster: Mate, please excuse the fact that I'd been on/off for the last few months, thus effectively ruining Scruffy's chances of going on a cruise around the world... It's been a weird time for me/ us. I'll somehow find a way to get back to the poor ol' mutt tho, I promise! Hopefully, we'll be back stronger, with better creations to show and less impatience on my side :] See you soon fellas! Quote
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