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Thank you for sharing the video, Esben. It was funny to see the layout from the driver's view. I also went to Lego World this year. The first time for me. It was really enjoyable and definately not the last time. Unfortunately your intercity train with automatic door wasn't running when I saw it. But it's a really great feature.

It's a very nice city and layout, danthaman11. I like all the greens, the city has got. Trees and green areas. Now, I look forward to see the expansion of the city. There's plenty of space for that, it seems. Will you let the cross street continue between the railway station and the gas station? - And it could be interesting to see what the role of the tram will be.

As always, I can only agree with the other comments, LT. It looks very interesting, and you always have your own style (and level) of details. - And I really look forward to see the tram running in the street

Yup, you're beginning to grap the Danish style I'm really looking forward to the Dagli'Brugsen - and other buildings. Other ideas for shops can be a bike store, bakery, hair cutter, book store... Well... a lot of possibilities actually. Any particular kinds of stores, you are interested in, LT?

Nope, I tried it as well... And Google Translate really translate it into groceries... Really don't know from where it's coming. If you have any questions, just ask. Then I'll try to answer the best I can.

Well, LT, I don't know from where Google has got that translation... Never heard that dagli should mean groceries. If it does, it must an old word, not in use anymore, because I don't find it in the dictionaries. If you ask a Dane to translate the word, it would be daily (dagli' = daglig). So it must simply be Daily Coop. I'm amazed, you have shown such an interest for a Danish supermarket chain On their homepage, Dagli'Brugsen tells they are the local (small) supermarkets with the selection for daily needs. Many of the stores also have a limited selection of pharmacy goods, national lottery (yup, the dice), bake-off and then the OK petrol station. - If they have got a hardware section, it's very limited, I would say. My personal favourite of the supermarkets shown is the first one. That's a classic style village/small town supermarket. But of course, they also exist in the more modern versions. Edit: By the way, LT, thanks for getting me active here on Eurobricks again

Hehehe... Funny commercials. Thanks for posting. The first one is definately Japanese. Just before the woman's voice says LEGO at the end of the commercial, I'm pretty sure the man's voice says "Seahawk". To me, it's not about who's good or who's bad. Or what is morally correct. Pirates, LEGO as well as in popular culture, is about telling a story of an adventure. But of course, I had my favourites: The soldiers / blue coats.

Hahaha... It took me a little while to realize why you would chuckle. But it's the name of the town Some elevators/lifts while in service shows "I fart"... LT, traditionally, houses were build in red bricks, but also yellow is used. But often nowadays a lays is put on the wall, and then painted. So white, light grey or even beige can be used. Xyver, good point. But in general, we are spared for crime and fires. I wouldn't call Denmark a dangerous country to live in.

You're welcome, LT. Another typical Danish feature is the bicycle. Many people bike, nut just for fun, but also to and from work. - If you want some public transport, a yellow bus can do, though there are different colours, depending on the region.

Brilliant! It's funny to see, how an Australian is interpreting a Danish village If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. And it's really a good idea to use streetview to get inspiration about places, you never knew, you never knew

Hi LT, BrickSindito gave you a quite typical street in a small town in Denmark. If you want to go for the Danish feeling, you can't ignore the 45 degrees roofs If you want an even smaller town, try to go to Hovedgaden Høng Denmark (Hovedgade literally means Main Street) or 135 Boeslunde Byvej. There you even have got the Dagli'Brugsen (Coop) and OK service station (they are very often situated next to each other - sometimes not a full scale service station, just some pumps). Though you didn't get it in the first shot, I'm pretty sure, you can catch the Danish feeling. Thumbs up for your try Edit: Btw, the phone booth, you have built is called "the question mark".

As always the view of your city is impressive, LegoSjaak. It's quite a collection, and the city is full of life. I think, my only critique would be that you move the camera too fast. It's hard to enjoy all those details

It's the season to be jolly... It looks very cozy with the small christmas village I hope I can get those sets soon. I'd love to have that for christmas - and for my Lego town in general. By the way, has anyone used these sets in a normal Lego town/city without all the snow?

Thanks for the review, WhiteFang. It's rich of nice pictures and good comments on the set. I agree on the nice design of the carriages, especially the green one - it's a nice mix of the dark green and black. But I think the carriages are quite big (I grew up with the classic 80s/early 90s LEGO). The green one is approx. eight bricks tall - the doors alone reach the shoulders of a minifig. It's a door, not a gate! I might try to MOD them a little smaller. The inn itself forms a good base for a for a medieval or 18th century building. But as it is in the set, I think it lacks a bit, like a wall, roof and a full first floor (or second floor, if you like) . Like other people here, I intend to put it together with MMV (and the guarded inn in a medieval cityscape). Regarding the gold, I'm not a happy customer either. My set came with one goldbar and seven(!) coins, but in, what I believe must be, pearl gold. It's not shiny, and it looks like dark curry... Like Weil, I'm not a POTC fan per se, but I think this set provides some great potential to be used with both classic pirates and castle sets. For pirates, it gives you a couple of red coats (including the officer), but also two "non-pirate" civilians. And as a local hypermarket just had it's yearly 40% off on all LEGO, I couldn't resist All in all, I will rate it "above average" due to the potential usage for both pirates and castle; the fine base, it is for some MOD'ing/MOC'ing to make it (even) better; and finally for the many details it contains. /Laka

Great little shop in classic style, yet rich of details. It's inspiring to see this. I have built some houses myself for my future city, and from your MOC, I might get some ideas how to make a store. Speaking of ideas, I recognized the sticker on the window immediately. It's nice to see it used

Martyboy, you really have got a great collection of the good old classic LEGO (I have several of the models myself ). I read your story, and can imagine what a thrill it must have been to you to see the bricks again after so many years. Add to that all the joy, you and your son can have together building and playing with LEGO. And honestly, it doesn't matter if it this year's LEGO or or 25 years old. If the imagination is there, it will all do. Basically LEGO is timeless. Thumbs up for your return after the Dark Ages and to your son's introduction to this great toy. I wish you both many happy hours of building and playing.

Hehehe... You really have got a few doors there... Smart use of the them I really like the apartments, but I also find the use of the red sloped bricks on the hotel very interesting. Nice jobs with these bricks!

Hi deen! Welcome to Eurobricks! You have really got some interesting classic models there. Except for the newer 6 wide car, the few models, you have got there must span a whole decade or so. Quite impressive. - I think you have a good base for building a very nice little town. But what do I see...? A police officer driving and drinking?

Some scenic behind the monorail sounds interesting. But great, you moved the railway station next to the monorail station. I always like improvements for public transport, also in a LEGO town I like the idea about making a terminal, it would be a great improvement and you can always include the burgershop in the terminal, unless you want to move it to another part of the town.

I agree on that. Though the real classic must be the ones without the biking lanes but these will definately do! The only problem - nowadays - with the classic roadplates (with or without biking lanes) is that they are too small for the many wide and long vehicles. But even with the modern roadplates, one can have problems when the Octan tanker or longer vehicles go down the street.

Hi iDave! Welcome to Eurobricks! Nice little street, you have there, and already making some changes. An inspiration for me - I don't have much space either, so it's good to see some will to build anyway. You have some great models, I especially envy you the motorcycle shop. When you build your town, try to consider the sizes of the buildings. When you look around in a town, different neighbourhoods often have buildings more or less of the same size. It can also show where you have your city centre, and what is further out towards the outskirts. Laka EDIT: By the way, maybe you can get some more space, but putting the small buildings (burger bar, bike shop) under the monorail. And maybe you should put the railway station and the monorail station together for easy connections

First of all, congratulations and celebrations... ... so, have you received your "gifts to yourself"? Though it's a shame to divide the city in a upper and lower part, it seems to be necessary with the sets waiting to be included in the city. And it would be nice to see the police station back in town, instead of collecting dust. And I think more residential areas would be great. It's a shame the hill doesn't fit in at the beach, it would have been perfect there.

You really have a lot of nice sets, jth781, ranging from the most classic town models to brand new modulars. I think it's a nice city, with lots of interesting details. I prefer classic sets, but I definately also like the big, richly detailed modular houses. But it is hard to mix all that, as the styles are very different, though. If you take a look at your hospital, classic style, but a tall building - four floors. Approximately the same height as the modulars which are only three floors high. And so much more detailed than classic styled buildings. I would say, that they are not really made to fit together. But people mix them anyway, and I understand why. And I don't see why they shouldn't. Big cities have got big buildings - and TLG hasn't exactly made a lot of big buildings, except for the modulars. And after all, if you take a look in a city or town, houses and buildings are different. Probably the buildings are clustered by size and probably also by style (age). As builders of LEGO cities, we can do the same, just paying attention to how and where we place the different types of buildings. When it comes to photographing the city, I don't mind the open back on the classic buildings on general pictures. But I might suggest to avoid pictures of details in the city/streets where one can look directly into a building from the back - unless it's the interior that's in focus. Regarding the vehicles, mixing classic town and new city vehicles is also hard. The classic cars tend to look so awfully small, while some of the new trucks look awfully big when put together. But I still think it it's possible to mix at least some of them. Eventually the biggest trucks should be put on display only, as they will dwarf both classic cars as well as houses. That's at least my plan

When we first saw the flat baseplates two and a half months ago, I never had a clue that it would end up with such a great landscape. I'm now eagerly waiting for the buildings, woods etc. to finish it. It's really amazing to see the progress here. Such a huge work.

Maybe you could move the city house, the bank and the cinema together with the pizzeria to make the city more dense. These buildings fit each other in size and structure. And you still have some open spots around. Alternatively, you could move the hill to the beach, where you have planned the light house to be. Then the light house could move further out the coast line. That would give you even more space for buildings in the city. By the way, it looks really good with the ice cream parlor on top of the hill