Littleworlds

"...and they never have heard of forced perspective there." Another superb shot.

Welcome back to Lego! It seems we were into it at the same time. Those are some lovely sets you got. Quite simple by todays standards, but still looking really good. And the Black Seas Barracuda, well the whole pirate-theme really, was a game-changer. I have very fond memories of it. And still hopes to get a pirate display together one day myself. See you around and have fun with your new old hobby!

The leaves and branches look really good! A perfect natural roof As for the trunk: hmmm, I see what you want to achieve in this build, but somehow it doesn't quite work for me. The stoneworks looks too "grown" by itself to be a real contrast to the shaping of the tree. It could be simply all wood if you change the grey pieces with browns. I think staying with a strictly rectangular shaping for the stoneworks would give it a more natural-meets-artificial feel to it. Like an old watchtower where a tree has grown out and around of it.

This looks so good. Very flash gordon with its lines and colour scheme. Especially the gold accents give it such a classy, retro look. Excellent work! And its actually hard to spot there is a boat hull involved, despite being literally very "up front".

This build looks so tasty! Great example of 1950s (googie?)-architecture. Very harmonic and balanced, and very friendly looking.

Very good review! I could definitely sense your excitement for this set. The pictures of the human-sized original are a nice bonus. It doesn't tick any of my boxes sadly, being a bike and not minifig compatible, but it looks well designed. Only the fork seems a bit oversized in my opinion.

Wow! For someone like me, who is a complete mindstorms and programming illiterate, this looks incredibe!

This looks really lovely. Very atmospheric and I like the sideways-building you applied it. Subtle but effective. I'm looking forward to see more of his (well written) adventures.

I was thinking about the waistlines as well today. My conclusions are not as clear cut as yours though. I think for one thing that they have been introduced as a consequence of more detailed, more realistic printing. Especially when you look at licensed sets, like superheroes. But I don't think that is necessarily the way minifigs had to develop to. They are after all extremely simplified representations of the human body, so it could have been totally acceptable to not go down the route of trying to visually "shapen" them. But of course Lego sets are more often than not quite specialized and unique characters are a big part of that (again, especially in licensed sets), and often a selling point, so the incentive to push the look of a minifig to appear as much as possible as the character they are based on, is quite big for TLG. I have a little harley quinn standing on my desk right now and with all her makeup and the printed torso with quite pronounced waistline, it is hard to mistake her as somebody else. So to make a long story short: I give for a good part licensed sets the "blame" on the situation. I'm not against printed waistlines in general, as they certainly are part of the look of certain characters (at least the ones wearing tight fitting outfits), but I would avoid them where it isn't necessary. The deep sea explorers-theme from a couple years ago did extremely well with only using one variant of torso printing even for their scuba divers and if it works even there, why shouldn't using one standard torso be totally sufficient in a city-context too?

Jang (the youtuber who has the channel Jangbricks) uses duplo bricks for this purpose, which, I think, is a really good idea. They are relatively cheap, very solid and compatible to standard lego bricks. So you could the duplo pieces as structural elements and just cover them up with neat looking bricks where necessary.

Hello ks, this sounds similar to the space I have planned for my own city-display, which will basically be modular buildings (like the assembly square) and MOCs with a similar footprint side by side, as a single row of buildings basically. This way I get some pavement-space for minifigs (which is part of the baseplates of the modulars anyway) and have the rest of the shelf as road. Maybe not the most elaborated setup but easy to rearrange and accessible.

A warm welcome from someone who just returned to Eurobricks herself. What a way to introduce yourself - this looks lovely! The curved roof, the very 3D landscaping - very rich and thoroughly sculpted and made to come alive.

Wow! This is really well done. I especially like the lighting. Excellent play with shadows and highlights.

Hello Everyone! I'm not a new member, but haven't been around here a while, so why not say "hello" again I am F, in my 30s, speak english and german and rather eclectic when it comes to Lego - I don't collect any particular theme or so. I buy a set when I find appealing, which results in a rather wild mix of scifi (classic space, star wars), fantasy (castle, ninjago, LoTR) and what ever else that catches my heart. I try to get something like a city display together though, with some MOCs, modulars and a bit of the new harry potter stuff thrown in for good measure. Its really great modding-material! I also used to write a blog, but I'm not so active there lately. Anyway, I'm looking forward to find some cool MOCs and MODs here - and of course good conversations

I agree and I disagree^^. Fear mongering can influence legislation and win elections sadly. They don't represent the majority, but push their agenda quite powerful.

Hmmm. Several thoughts go through my mind reading this thread. For one, I have read an article in the guardian the other day about the commercialism of the pride-events. It seems to be a general trend that once a "thing" gets popular enough, commercialism gets a hold on it. On one hand, like for every NGO, it ensures sheer existence of the organizer and its relevance, on the other hand of course - what is too much? As for TLG, I think they might be treading a thin line here. Fundamentalist religious groups are good in drumming up and outcry when it comes to "offensive" topics like LGBT-rights (of course nothing offensive about it!) And since TLG is quite interested in having a strong representation in countries like the USA, where religious fundamentalist groups are quite vocal, I can understand their reluctance to make a more clear statement, like featuring LGBT characters. In my eyes, TLG puts a lot of effort in to be perceived as a "good" company and to be that they might find it easier to stay out of certain issues. Sadly society is indeed not there yet...

Thank you!

Such a cute and whimsical build!

Really awesome build. Not a millimeter wasted. So packed full with cute and fun bits and pieces. And the cheese shop really made me grin!

Wonderful build. Bustling with detail and indeed featuring an excellent choice of colours. The stag figure is really perfect for settings like that. Well done!

This is probably the most majestic background a Lego train ever had! You are crazy in a very positive way

Thanks everyone. Its good to be back. There was really something missing in my Lego-life That would be nice!

Looks good! Very close to the real thing. What a nice gift!

Now that's sick. I love it! This looks so alien, uncanny and gory. I'm really impressed how simple but effective it is. Great work! Sadly the video doesn't works over here, but I guess I get the drift thematically.

Hello Bernhard. Welcome to Eurobricks. Good to read you had a modest, reasonable start back into Lego building! Feel free to post your projects (WIP is welcome too). See you around!