Saint

I really don't know, I was there friday. I can tell you that there was a lot more than a " normal " toysXL, I hope that in the future there's going to be loose LEGO in pick-a-brick form.

They were just opened, Its the new ToysXL in the Stada shopping mall in Breda , they had a 25 % discount on all SW, exept the Joda crhronicles They ment to say it was on all sets 2013 with yoda as boxart, not the dvd .

Well, I live about 2 hours of driving from the nearest LEGO-Store, so I have to make due with " normal " resellers. I would give an arm and a leg to have a brand store here in the Netherlands, just to get my hands on the Pick-a-brick. Special sets and polybags are so hard to come by here. Luckely a new store dedicated to LEGO was opened here in Breda , saving up to 5 € per set , bigger sets sometimes even more. And yes, that hurts the wallet sometimes ! grtz Saint

This looks very nice ! Love to see more variants of this !!

Well, I'm a LEGO-zombie then I've got most of the SW sets and I try to collect all the SW-figs , build a Clone army , buy as many sets possible, hoard loads of pieces, get mad when the term "LEGOS" falls , and I try to infect as many people in my area as I can !! On the other hand I plan and build a lot of other stuff , do have a job and sorts of a social live besides LEGO . I'm quite happy !! I see your point , trying to give us a "eye opener" , and , I know that LEGO makes a lot of profit per set, that said, they use a lot of that money to give us more sets and parts !! For a fact , LEGO is not the only option open to me, I buy cheap when I can , Bricklink a lot ( and try to limit myself ) . ( Has anyone seen the trend on Bricklink that you want more of a certain part , it's getting more expensive ?? ) , and actively search rummage sale, bootsale's , hoarders anonymous and fleamarkets here in the Netherlands. So, as a LZ ( LEGO-Zombie ) I try not to spend as much as I can , but try to get the best for my buck ( Dutch preferb : Voor een dubbeltje op de eerste rang zitten . = as cheap as possible ) . I do hate the " themed licenced part " in sets, that is what makes them expensive ! In the whole of the USC- MF there perhaps 3 parts that are exclusive to the set, not counting the figs , the rest is availible , but sellers take those parts and make them more expensive from the minimum quantities !! ( IMHO ) Grtz Saint

This is a sweet looking gas station !!

fragging assome !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I speak English, the writing is a whole other ballpark . You can count me in !!

euro members Okay (not ok-ey) too ??

You've got my interest !! After building my version of a CTT , I realised it was to small ( go figure , it barely fits in my car ) , and started planning a slightly bigger one . I see a lot of ideas and I think I can learn a thing or 2 of your model . There a lot of numbers on the internet about the size of the "Juggernaught" (or CTT for short ) and in my personal opinion, I think it's still a bit small , but don't let me spoil the fun !! Good luck with building and I hope to see a lot more picture's !! grtz Saint

I started doing shows back in 2002, and right now I trie to do 1 show a year for my local LUG, namely BeLug . Those guys are lots of fun and make it really worth while for me !! Public wise I had my share , fun people , nasty one's and everything inbetween ! I never ever lost a brick to a member of the public, even doing LEGOWorld from 2002 till 2006, it's a lot of stress, wearing you down to the bone, but totaly worth it !! Meeting new people and bonding with other members is great !! Each meeting I have feels like coming home , Xmass and my birthday . Lots of fun !! So YES ! you should do it, take the effort of meeting up with your LEGO-peers and have fun !! Mayby you're the next president of your local LUG !! grtz Saint

AFOL , SMAFOl.. like tomato's and tometo's.... I collect SW figs and build, and to add to that, I collect Blacktron I figs and add the differend heads I can find , right now I have about 300 differend heads on the figs. So yeah ! you're AFOL ! grtz Saint

Welcome Stinky ! Always nice to see an AFOL from the Breda area ! I work in Breda and live in O'hout . Hope to see more of your collection /MOC's soon .

I think this part is not supposed to be separated .

no more a thriller/ slasher film

The incline has to start at 1 plate, after that, 2/3 plates is fine, as for the weight of the train , with 9 volt system a double moter will take at least 5 wagons up. I remember that we did a 20-30 wagon train with some extra moters and that did run perfect. The first plate is just for the support, at the third track you can start by using technic 1x16 breams underneath. the real challange lies in the fact that the whole of the incline will be this : Let's say you want to go up 20 bricks = 20x3 plates = 60 plates . For every track 2/3 ( after the fist track that is 1 plate ) so after that 60 plates will result in 30 track pieces ( please correct me if I'm wrong ) So that will result in a LOT of straight piece's .. problem with curves lies in the fact that at one point the track has to cross over itself, then the weight will have an issue if you want to take a full train over it.. a engine by itself can run over everything without problem.. so the best way ?? I'll leave that up to more clever guy's grtz Saint

That is almost true. The incline for a track is 2/3 Brick, or 2 plates per. So to get the proper slope or incline , just calculate this, You can include curves as well . In this URL you can see a white slope build : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=262200 , the other side was build with bricks at the same incline, I cannot find any pictures sadly, that was my first LEGOWORLD. If you want to search, just type in legoworld 2002 , perhaps you can find something. Good luck !!

Let me be the first one to say : this is a avarage set . For me the figs are not that great, The few cheese and other slopes in the new green on the other hand are a total win !! I hope the price here in the Netherlands will be around € 10 , More than that ... nah... not worth it. Can you add a picture of the parts layed out ?? grtz Saint

Well... my first idea was : Great !! I like the concept ( Mos Eisley is underrated ) , but I still have some remarks . First off : No more droids !!! And second : the cantina band , liking it, but 5 figs ? in one set ?? Nobody is going to buy them in multiples, so 1 band member in a set ( die-hard will buy 5 sets ) and some more other visitors or troopers.. I really like the drawings btw, very original and I can see something like this really happening.. Perhaps you should merge it in one set, a big play set, with lots of stuff happening . Good luck on Cuucuu !!

How about Galaxy Marines ???

I , amongst many people were able to see this on saturday 26 of november , on the BELUG meeting ! I kept looking at this amazing piece of work ! The details were mindblowing and I hope to see more of you guys in the future, as simple as that ! I hope the advise I gave you helps you out a bit grtz Saint

+ 1 for adreva11 thnx !!!

Welcome to Eurobricks, Dick ! Don't forget about our Belgian club , BeLug ! They do a heck of a lot more than the "bouwsteen" on the MOC-side of LEGO. grtz Saint

Dude, You get to show yuor model for half a year, and I hope that your name will be present on display . GO FOR IT !!!! not much builders have the oppurtunity to do this, and the builders that do, do it hush hush. It's not very nice of them not to give you some kind of payment ( at least some LEGO in return ) , but I would jump at the chance to do this. grtz Saint

pm'd grtz Saint