Retro

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    MOCs: ROTJ Vignettes

    Retro replied to Oky's topic in LEGO Star Wars

    Agreed. The 'Unfinished Death Star' is one of the key images from my childhood, and he's done it very niftily here.
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    Beautiful photograph. Lovely cool blues and greys. He's not really a baddie, is he?
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    I can't see why they would do it. Their business model is to use minifigures to sell sets. The only comparison I can think of is Harry Potter, but in that case there was a phalanx of fans waiting to buy any and all Potter march.
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    I like the Boga. His paws are perfect.
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    Number 21: Syd Barrett - The Madcap Laughs
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    Hi, yes. I think Old Trafford would be a nice big display model sitting on its own. But it would be far, far too small to look like a real stadium should, if you put it in a Lego town set-up.
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    No. I would say that the Old Trafford model would need to be approximately 10 times bigger in order to be in the same scale as a modular building.
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    MOCs: ROTJ Vignettes

    Retro replied to Oky's topic in LEGO Star Wars

    Great film, great models. Two thumbs up.
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    Nice pictures, particularly the first one. I like the over-exposed light and the strange shapes and patterns.
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    Nice work as always. Well done.
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    Number 20: The 'Wrapped in Pink' photo shoot, August 1968.
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    Nope, not sarcasm. (I have a range of sarcastic replies available for a variety of topics but I wasn't using one this time!) I thought the minifigures looked like nice, simple representations of Best, Law and Charlton, capturing some of their characteristics quite well. I think the stadium on it's own is a bit pointless without minifigures - I don't find stadia intrinsically interesting.
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    Well done. I'm not sure that the actual building looks very attractive (maybe it's nicer in real life?), but the Lego model looks good.
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    Retro replied to TheBrickBuilder14's topic in LEGO Licensed

    Looks great! Nice shiny pictures too.
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    Love the three minifigures. Beautifully done.
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    Is it possible that the poster meant he would rather see a reasonable sized play set with minifigures rather than an enormous, literally 'minifigures scale' set? So Hogwarts 75954 instead of 71043.
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    Number 19: Division Bell 'Stone' Heads
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    Mandala type thing

    Retro replied to PCBHfan's topic in General LEGO Discussion

    Are you basically talking about building a mosaic? There are different approaches. You can build on the flat, for example one layer of bricks on a base plate. At the finest level of detail you would use 1x1 flat pieces or tiles. You would need a lot of them and you end up with a very pixelated picture. Like the official Lego mosaics. The advantage is that your picture can be symmetrical in every direction. I like to build on the side. It can't be symmetrical both ways, but it gives you a smooth surface for fewer bricks. With any approach, you can also put solid objects on top for variation. In your case you could arrange dishes or rods symmetrically. Other approaches use triangular bricks on their side, like the popular 'cracked floors' you see people doing here in MOCs.
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    [MOC] Calvin and Hobbes

    Retro replied to BrickChampsCOM's topic in Special LEGO Themes

    Very nice! I like Hobbes' whiskers and tail.
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    This made me laugh! Perfect description. I think that should be turned into a real word.
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    Hello! New member here!

    Retro replied to Kit Figsto's topic in Hello! My name is...

    Great user name
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    Number 18: Division Bell 'Mexican Heads'
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    Beautiful as always. The right balance between structure and decay. The red trooper bodies really zing. And I like way your scenes are about the people and trying to tell a story.
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    Star Wars

    Retro replied to Oky's topic in Culture & Multimedia

    My opinion of Rise of Skywalker depends which hat I'm wearing. If I'm wearing my relaxed, 'It's only a popcorn movie' hat, it was a fast paced, entertaining ride. Some funny bits. Glad to see the Porgs and Ewoks. Ian McDiarmid and, particularly, Adam Driver were excellent. I liked Ochi's ship. If I'm wearing my 'objective' hat, I'd say it was a vacuous mess. The plot, if there is one, consists of racing around the galaxy looking for macguffins. I don't mind if a film has a thin plot if it looks and sounds amazing (Blade Runner 2049). Great story lines and acting can carry flimsy special effects (Blake's7). ROS has virtually nothing though. Nobody says or does anything of interest. Nobody's ever in real danger. At least TLJ had some striking imagery and scenes. I mean, I'm glad they're making Star Wars films. From 1983 to 1999 it looked like we would never see another. But they really need some creativity now. The prequels may have some laughable acting and dialogue but at least they were packed with memorable designs and memorable scenes. Bring back George...