ArneNielsen
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Awesome - I especially like your use of Erlang bricks to create the wonderful floor pattern in the aisle!
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Oh - I am not sure if I think thats a good or a bad thing...
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Who Remembers Pharaoh's Quest?
ArneNielsen replied to Max_Bricks's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
I liked most of the Pharaohs Quest sets, but I must admit, that I never bought 7326 Rise of the Sphinx. Compared to 5978 Spinx Secret Surprise, to me 7326 just looked ridiculous - even without 13 years of new bricks, the old set is in my view still so much better than the new set. -
Political correctness and Lego
ArneNielsen replied to astral brick's topic in General LEGO Discussion
Maybe - but the minidolls still had Elves and DC Super Heroes subseries. And those were indeed based on conflict -
Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
Depends on whether you count the Haunted House as a modular - to me that is just as good as PR. -
LEGO City 2020 - Rumors, Speculation, and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Digger of Bricks's topic in LEGO Town
Yeah - but that Coast Guard ship is from Sweden, not Denmark. You would probably not want USA and Canada mixed up... -
LEGO City 2020 - Rumors, Speculation, and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Digger of Bricks's topic in LEGO Town
Actually, looking at the box art, it almost looks the other way around: that Vito is chasing Duke...! -
LEGO City 2020 - Rumors, Speculation, and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Digger of Bricks's topic in LEGO Town
I will get the 4+ sets for one simple reason: no stickers, only printed bricks (love the diamond tile). -
LEGO Hidden Side 2020
ArneNielsen replied to Digger of Bricks's topic in LEGO Action and Adventure Themes
Totally agree, she is so much better in Wave 1 - here she looks outright ridiculous! -
Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
Post Offices are almost gone - here in Denmark there are hardly any left. E-post has taken over. My local Post Office was demolished yesterday... -
Try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_doll Thomas Dam made woodcutting dolls at the same time Kirk Christiansen made wooden toys, and both inventors shifted to plastic in the 50ties or 60ties. So the history of the two Danish toys are very similar, until the Dam family sold the rights to the Gjøl Troll.
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LEGO City 2020 - Rumors, Speculation, and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Digger of Bricks's topic in LEGO Town
This just shows, why it is so difficult to make LEGO sets for the WHOLE world - as there are no tractor races in a country like Denmark, its mostly an USA thing (but we have championships in ploughing!). As a matter of fact, farms and farming are VERY different around the world, and indeed farming is a very broad term. Pigfarms are different from diary farms, that are different to corn-farms, that are different to chicken farms, that are different to wheat farms, that are... Modern farming has a high degree of specialisization; the kind of farm I grew up on in the 60ties with both cows, pigs, hens, barley, turnips, hay - that kind of farm hardly exists anymore. -
Unfortunately, these buildings are not in Copenhagen, but 300 kilometers away in Billund - and Billund is a small village, and dont really have a skyline... But inspired by LEGO, there is a new building in Copenhagen: BLOX (where Danish Architecture Society resides): https://www.blox.dk/om-blox/hvad-er-blox/
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OK, I will admit to this: I have all the World City sets, like I have all the Jack Stone city sets. And there IS some World City sets that I really like: 10027 Train Engine Shed - because it was unique and awesome (even if you really needed two to make it long enough for most train engines) 7032 Undercover Van - because it was almost pure Men In Black! 7047 Coast Watch HQ - because it was something else (and I have this odd love and obsession about baseplates!) But then again, I am not much of a MOC'er, so I dont mind the big bricks. And by the way: I like the 4+ sets in generel, as there are NEVER stickers in those, only printed bricks.
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And you are writing this on a place called EURObricks... Unfortunately, here in Denmark the discounts on HS is far from the ones @Hoth Rebel experiences in the Netherlands; best discount is 30% on the High School, and thats from a web-seller specialising in discounts. But I agree, that the box-art is NOT a selling point!
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Which is the best CMF Series? Thanks for playing
ArneNielsen replied to Itaria No Shintaku's topic in Special LEGO Themes
I agree with others - it was a great game, thanks for taking the time Itaria! I personally voted for Series 5. Series 6 is great, but there are too many figs that dont really interest me (alien, robotta, skater girl, pink astronaut), whereas there is only one fig in Series 5 that leaves me cold (snowboarder). I especially like the graduate, the vet, and the mobster. -
LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 19 Rumors, Speculation and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Anonknee Muss's topic in Special LEGO Themes
So basically all minifigs could be criminals - no wonder there have to be so many police stations! Unfortunately, there are no courtrooms and no jails, so the criminals get caught and put in police station detentions, but they are never sentenced and jailed... There is a judge of course, but where do he hold court? -
LEGO Collectable Minifigures Series 19 Rumors, Speculation and Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Anonknee Muss's topic in Special LEGO Themes
Plus in order to have a stripy prisoner shirt, you have to 1) have been imprisoned 2) escaped from prison, not released. So where are all the first-time offenders, all the smart criminals who dont get caught, and all the released prisoners who return to their criminal trade? -
Minifig Scale Model of our House!!!
ArneNielsen replied to GeorgeMendes's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
And using only basic bricks - nice work! And nice house you live in, by the way -
Stickers isn't a big deal! Or is it?
ArneNielsen replied to The Brick Boss's topic in General LEGO Discussion
I have a well played set 375 Yellow Castle, and a likewise well played 677 Knights Prosession, both from 1978. The knights from the castle has stickers, the knights from the procession are printed. The Castle knight stickers are still holding on, but they are very worn on the edges, and simply dont look good anymore, whereas the procession knights printing are still as sharp as they were 41 years ago. So yes, I am one of those who really hate stickers, and really love printed bricks! -
Marvel Superheroes 2019 - Rumours, Speculation & Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Anonknee Muss's topic in LEGO Licensed
No - the available items for Denmark at Shop-at-Home dont include retail exclusives - so these are basically impossible to get here -
Marvel Superheroes 2019 - Rumours, Speculation & Discussion
ArneNielsen replied to Anonknee Muss's topic in LEGO Licensed
I was at once thinking The Silver Shroud from Fallout 4 when I saw this minifig - just lacking the silver tommy gun. -
Well, in my country (Denmark, where LEGO originates), the average height of young males is 181 cm...
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I dont know if you realise, that Billund is a very small town, less than 7.000 inhabitants?!?!!? So its not like there are scores of outside-Legoland restaurants to choose from. There is a Community Centre (Billund Centret) with a café, but except from that there are a full 3 restaurants in the whole city! Two Italian inspired (mostly pizza) Bellini Ristorante, and Restaurante IL Bambino, and American inspired Bones (spareribs). To find more tradional Danish food you have to go outside Billund, to the small towns of Vorbasse or Grindsted. And thats not feasible by public transport.
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LEGO just released their half year report. Substantial growth in sales, but also growth in expenses, mainly due to heavy investments in the Chinese market. Of special interest is the statement, that the biggest sales are in 4 themes: LEGO City, LEGO Technic, LEGO Star Wars, and The LEGO Movie 2. Link to a Danish news website (in Danish only): https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/milliarderne-ruller-ind-hos-lego-men-der-bruges-penge-i-billund-som-aldrig-foer