building like a lego designer

[john cleese]

ok, i was just wondering if you ever tried to build something that could have been an early lego set. This means

1. not too many plates and not too few

2. basic brick stacking is kept to a minimum and you break up walls with windows and the like

3. complex building techniques but not too complex for someone under 9 to do

4. maybe in a series with some other 'sets' you made

5. not too many plates stacked ontop of eachother

6. not too big

7: no unorthodox or weird building techniques that require you to modify a peice or use it for something it wasnt meant for

For instance, a year ago, before i became a eurobricker; i did a steampunk wild west theme and after completing it I felt like making a fake lego maniac commercial and moved these things around singing the lego maniac song. Its just really cool, the feeling you get after. Unfortunately i cant show pics of these because i destroyed them. But you can post your own pics that you think would fit in this category.

heres Chrisp's space vikings

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/chrisp/R...nris/fe_001.jpg

heres a fake rock raiders model

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Deinonyc...Tunnler/rr1.jpg

i hope you understand what im getting at here.

[Deinonychus]

heres a fake rock raiders model

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Deinonyc...Tunnler/rr1.jpg

Fake model made out of nothing but genuine Rock Raiders sets ;-)

[john cleese]

yes very nice, but you do get the idea of where im going with this right?

[alex54]

I understand what you say. I try to build with this LEGO spirit, but It is not always easy if you want to make some more reallistic mocs. But when I build a moc with an "official" spirit, I'm not fully satisfied with myself, because I tell me that TLC didn't do it like that...