[MOC] Heartlake High Street

[[MOC] Heartlake High Street]

Big Sal, that row of houses is beautiful. Such a lovely looking build.

[A Valentine stop motion card]

I made a Lego Valentine Stop Motion card for my husband.

It is a much more rudimentary film compared to Alexsplanet's brick film (which is a great brick film).

Happy Valentine's Day

[Brick Film I made for St. Valentine's day.]

That is really sweet, I really love your animation style.

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I found the mailbox ones in newsagents, and the bakery at stores like woolworths, target etc. (not sure if that is the same everywhere).

[Friends Street - where Friends work, learn, eat, live and relax]

Just as an update, here was the final product that was displayed. Was well received by visitors, but I think it either needs movement or keep it home to be played with.

Friends city by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

[Friends Street - where Friends work, learn, eat, live and relax]

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

I agree, the vet is my favourite.

The modulars are not open backed, they have the lift off floors (and only some bits are furnished). My daughter (5) has enjoyed playing with these, but she tends to play with one at a time. She is looking forward to after the display so she can play with them again.

[Friends Street - where Friends work, learn, eat, live and relax]

It is at strathpine. On the long weekend in June (around the 7th I think).

A version of this will also be on display at the Gold Coast around September (the 20th and 21st).

[Friends Street - where Friends work, learn, eat, live and relax]

Thanks :)

And the bus was largely stolen from another bus (not sure which set). Just played with the colours mostly (and a little bit of a rebuild).

[Friends Street - where Friends work, learn, eat, live and relax]

For a display my husband are participating in shortly (strathpine, Queensland, Australia), I decided to build a Friends street.

Lego Friends street by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

It started with me building a modular style building based on the Lego movie ice-cream truck.

Lego modular ice-cream shop by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

And it grew from there. The friends cafe:

Friends cafe modular - first floor by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

The friends school:

Modular Friends school by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

The friends vet:

Lego Friends modular vet by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

Add the modified juice shop, beach house, modified bus, brick built road, a bit of a garden and it is done.

Lego Friends street by tikitikitembo, on Flickr

Thanks for looking :)

[MOC: Old village from Maramures (Romania)]

Wow, this looks amazing. The buildings fit into the landscaping so perfectly, and the church has been done beautifully.

[Favorite childhood theme?]

Forestmen

Growing up I didn't get many sets, I relied on my older brothers lego. But I got one Forestmen set and it was such a great memory.

[Boxes - do you keep them?]

I don't keep boxes. I can't imagine a time when I will sell the sets, (especially the idea that I have to find each piece for that set to sell it).

I do feel a little guilty when I get a set from ebay, I can tell that the owner carefully stored the box and instructions and it arrives at my house only to be in the recycling 10 minutes later.

[Storage and Sorting LEGO]

They're 155mm deep, 255mm wide and 395mm long. Where I order them from (Ryman.co.uk) they come with two of those trays inside stacked on top of each other.

I also have one of these for small pieces and plan to order some more

Amazon sell them, they're called Really Useful Boxes. I'm in the UK so availability may vary elsewhere

In Australia you can buy them at Masters. I bought clear ones the other day ($22). I am using them to store minifigures (they fit about 25 figures in each box). I need quite a few more still though.

We also use the back tray it comes with for sorting Lego.

I like the quality of them, and I hope they will be useful when we do displays and need certain types of minifigures (minimises how much we have to take).

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BOGO confirmed as in-store only (someone over on Whirlpool posted about it)

Thanks, I need some more princess/lego movie stuff. I will look at our Myer.

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Has the myer BOGO been confirmed (I can't see reference to it).

[Tivoli in Copenhagen]

Wow, that is brilliant. The size is impressive, and the details are amazing.

[Lego friends zoo - MOC]

Thanks for the kind words.

This will be displayed on the first weekend in March on the Sunshine Coast (Queensland Australia). One of my LUGs is doing a public display there.

And I have the people in a bag ready to add when it is set up for the display (it was just me being lazy by not adding them.

I think we will get more paths, the vision I first had for it had paths in between (I just ran out of parts and space).

[Lego friends zoo - MOC]

Thanks everyone, it has been fun to build.

Jonwil, it is a duplo baby hippo (the giraffes are also duplo).

[Lego friends zoo - MOC]

I just wanted to share a MOC we have been working on for an upcoming public display.

In addition to our fairytale display:

We decided to start building a Lego zoo. As well as showing some of the many animals available in Lego, we wanted to show the amazing colours and also have the ability for it to grow for future displays (either with myself of some of my LUGer friends.

Here is the first version of our zoo:

The ability for it to be modular was really important for us; for ease of transporting, for growth and to allow for easy variations.

We tried to use the entry/platform and path as the consistent thread to tie the MOC together:

We then built some animal displays which are all 16x16 (or multiples thereof)

Two eating areas:

And a train:

Hopefully the kids like it and if they do, I hope it continues to grow as a bigger LUG project.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and all feedback is appreciated.

Cheers

Tiki

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I picked up one set for the $48, it is a brilliant price.

We are moving house, so I was on a Lego ban, but couldn't pass on that price.

[My Lego Pandas]

Wow, these are awesome. The preparatory work you did was worth it, your models are just brilliant.

[The world inside the brick]

Thanks for the kind words. Building this scale was fun, and I am thinking of doing something else this scale (I am preparing a Lego library display, so I might do something for that (maybe change the brick into a Lego book that opens with a world inside).

[MOC: Flower]

Really beautiful. I agree the cheese slopes at the top, give that perfect finishing shape.

[Modular Western project has reached 10K supporters on Cuusoo!]

They are bringing out the lone ranger sets... and from what I understand they will have one big set and some smaller ones...

Maybe they are waiting to make the announcements at the same time (or is that wishful thinking on my behalf, because I would love this is a set) But looking at the Lone Ranger trailer, the buildings have a different kind of feel, so I would guess not.