Overcold

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    [PRESS RELEASE] 10260 - Downtown Diner

    I'm all for variety among the modulars to an extent, the extent is lenient relative to other opinions I have seen regarding certain architectural choices and colors (not that there's anything wrong with preference of course). I'm one of the people that loves this set. Ever since the Palace Cinema, a 1950's diner in this style was on my mental wish-list of future buildings, and I'm pleasantly surprised they went for it. Ever since the Parisian Restaurant released, I feel that the amount of detail put into the buildings have been nothing less of excellent. This set continues what I feel was a positive development to the series, the set is glowing with detail and style (I love those circular windows at the side of the recording studio, never seen that done before!). My only complaint is that the pink Cadillac (pink Cadillac's were my favorite vehicle when I was a little kid) is a little too short/ out of proportion somehow, those cars irl are like boats (maybe I'm thinking of the wrong model)! I still love that car and will still display it as is, nonetheless. The colors are off in the pictures as mentioned, the actual colors look better and do not bother me at all. I love pink when used right, and I feel it is more than justified in this set, given the architecture, era, etc. I love the pancakes and bacon, the interior of this set reminds me of a diner I used to frequent when I was younger (It was a themed place, I'm not actually old enough to remember the 50's ). There's so much more to talk about, but it would likely be more of the same (me rambling about what I like for 15 more paragraphs). I'm optimistic about modulars in general, especially the recent ones, maybe it's some bias I have towards the newer design choices. What's important to me is that I can honestly say that I am excited to add this to my collection. Great job to whoever designed this set! @ukblock, I agree! Now you're getting me excited to rearrange my table. :)
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    For me it read as being in the 30s-50s. The art deco seems to be inspired from around then and the carhop minifigure (that skater waitress) seems to be in that era as well. Grand Emporium also seemed to be post 30s, in paticular the outfit the kid with the sideways cap wears.
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    The lamp to the left is from Assembly Square (probably).
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    Ever since the Palace Cinema was released I've been looking forward to see some art deco, and this does not disappoint. If this is real (it likely is), I will be getting it as soon as I catch up on the ones I've missed (I'm going to try to get AS and BB this upcoming Christmas season). The architecture is designed well and the colors look awesome! The experimental design was made with good taste and will add more great variety to my display. I'm very excited to get my hands on this one, I can barely stay in my seat (as usual when I see a new modular). Great job to whoever designed this! Hopefully they include the classic : ) faces as an option. If not I'll just get some myself from brick-link.
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    2017 City Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    Based on what I can see on the pictures... The beach and the bus station look pretty great. The beach sort of lacks something that the park had, probably has to do with the mood of the set I'm guessing, but it's still a neat set. The jungle looks okay as well. Like the volcano, diving, and the arctic series, I would probably appreciate them more if they were an exploration subtheme instead of being shoehorned into city. I understand why Lego does that, but it would be nice to free up some room in City for hospital and other city related themes. I've always been a fan of the coast guard theme. This one seems on par with the 2008 one, which I unfortunately never ended up getting despite really liking it. So I'll probably get these ones once I get the chance. In general, I don't see anything very wrong with the sets other than the category error that the exploration sets tend to have, and the coast guard is really nice in my opinion.
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    FB and GE were also a Jamie design, (that's also why FB has a #3 on the driveway because it was Jamies 3rd design :P) I like the idea of both the greenhouse and arcade modulars, I for one hope it isn't tan, or brown, or a neutral color for the main visage color like the other 3 corners so far.
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    MOC: Modular Old Pharmacy

    I really like ingenuitive and highly detailed designs such as this MOC that you've presented. The apparent amount of effort and thought obviously put into this creates excellent eye-candy. :)
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    70751 Temple of Airjitzu

    I don't consider myself a fan of Ninjago, (the only set that looked tempting to me tbh was that fire temple). This set however took me by surprise, certainly my favorite of the ninjago line, (enough so that I actually made a post to this forum theme 0_o). Great techniques, fantastic detail, and an awesome idea. Based on the pictures, it seems that it will have a nice build too.
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    10246 Detective's Office

    I'm not sure this has been mentioned... While watching the video, I noticed that the designer mentioned that the mirror in the barber-shop was a "true reflection mirror." And next to the lamp post part on the side of the box that lists the pieces, there seems to be a non-sticker mirror piece, which is brilliant. I quite like this modular, I'd be dissapointed if I couldn't afford it.
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    Perhaps "retro" isn't referring to the architecture? Maybe it suggests we won't be getting the classic minifigure heads or something? (Just my initial thought about this)
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    City Square

    I really like city displays such as the square you've created; the tiling and the fountain are spot on. I also like the amount of trees, and the newspaper stand is a wonderful detail.
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    Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    I'd assume mid to late summer, such as with the PR.
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    Confirmed: 10242 Mini Cooper

    The overall shape was done wonderfully and there is a good amount of clever details and techniques crammed into that nice green vehicle. Looks like fun to build! The picnic acessories are a nice touch, it's a fun detail that goes well with the Mini Cooper.
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    2014 City Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    Even though the image doesn't give too much detail, some of the items I noticed (like the white train) look good from a distance. I'm confident I'll end up buying something from one of these 2014 lines.
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    Modular Asian Restaurant

    I really like the idea, the way the building is set up (interrior and exterrior), parts usage, and the colors! It's a nice small building you'd be proud to have in your town.
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    MOC - Row Of Shops

    Very nice! I like the simple yet fantastic design of these buildings. An idea I did have was a haberdashery (aka hat shop). I look forward to see this project progress further
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    Favorite Winter Village set?

    I love all the winter village sets. My favorite is the cottage, because of the good assortment of parts, it was very fun to build with my family, and it seems to capture the holiday spirit better than the other sets do. My least faavorite (which wasn't an easy decision to make) is the Market. It is not the worst by far, but it does seem a little out of place with the usual sets, despite that it looks great as a display near the center of the village. It does lack a function, such as a light brick or sound brick. The carousel function was great but it didn't give the shine that light bricks do (pun intended).
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    Monde Cinema

    Simply amazing. Everything from the size and scale to the architectural stlye make my heartbeat slow down when I see this impressive building.
  19. Nice! That zombie defense package looks very useful and so does that M2HB Machine Gun!
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    Review: 10243 Parisian Restaurant

    Amazing review dj2005. This set in my opinion is one of my favorites, exactly what my city needed for quite some time. I love all those pieces, thanks for the pictures! I might buy three of these, one for building, another for the parts, and a third as a gift.
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    Finishlast Christmas 2013 - Re-Reloaded

    This is really cool, I'm excited to see how this turns out!
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    Contest Pimp My Camper! Results

    Congratulations to the winners! There were lots of great entries!
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    2014 City Sets - Rumours and Discussion

    Those look nice! I like that red canoe
  24. Very nice job! It resembles the Parisian Resturant quite well! And it looks great with the other miniatures.
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    10243 Parisian Restaurant

    This is... so epic. By far my most favorite modular! The attention to detail is so amazing! So many details and an amazing assortment of elements. I think I need this one.