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I apologise, I didn't intend to sound too critical but in my opinion I thought the part choices were sub par. This is my club car. It's your design to do with, but keep in mind the spectrum of parts available and what you're trying to achieve.

Complete missed opportunity. The standard base is available in white (admittedly in short supply) but the roof is completely pointless. This piece is available in the required trans-black, whereas the part you have used is not. You'd need to get 6 of those trans-clear clear hinges (which are extremely expensive) and they don't even match the colour or curvature of the roof.

I've said before that I'd like to see a carriage included with the train station offering. Logically, you'd only buy a train station if you have a train, so what not better way to add to your collection?

Nice review. Fairly lackluster parts selection though. The book looks huge, justifying the price a little more. But I can't help feel that this set would be more appreciated if the bricks were light grey instead.

Doesn't mean we should stop bitching about it!

Your links, once again, prove my point. As the data for Australia / New Zealand is only up to 2007-8, at the same time the US median average was almost $10,000 more.

This is so wrong I cringe whenever I see it. The minimum wage is lower in the States, but are still paid higher on average. The US makes the top of the list regardless of the measurement method of household income. Yes, I'm aware that my sources are Wikipedia, but only because they are neat and consistent, but other sources also prove my point. I agree that it's far more than simple currency conversion that should come into consideration when examining the prices of items (Lego and otherwise) but Lego and other things are more expensive that should be the case considering the average income. Americans are currently subsidized by the rest of the world to make their Lego purchases cheaper, despite earning more. The sheer value of their market and heavy competition seeming makes this necessary.

Please contact me regarding those windows you still are yet to send me. If you've got time to write these posts than you can at least reply to my emails or private message to tell me what is going on.

One thing we need to remember: Lego is an expensive hobby. Expensive hobbies need a well paying job to support it, and only an educated people can hold a well paying job (and why I don't have any Lego ). Are AFOLs more educated than everyone else? Possibly. But it depends greatly on what you define as a comparison.

Snotted plate in vertical stripes? Or straight up bricks in stripe patterns? Printed tiles? Cheese mosaics? Your imagination is limited only by your budget. And your patience. And determination, dedication, available resources... These techniques will of course make your walls at least two bricks thick, you'll need to plan your aesthetics accordingly.

It's amazing to see the assortment of parts packs available back then; There's as many there as there are SKUs (individual products) on shelves now. I understand that there's duplicates there but it's still staggering that they'd all been individually boxed and marketed to retailers as such.

My eyes must deceive me as I see no trains on the track there, just a coloured blur. Why so fast? High speed train I can understand, but the rest look disproportionately fast.

I have a couple of sets stashed away for a rainy day. I did intend on building them eventually, but depending on their price later on I may have a hard time opening them. I wouldn't mind a price crash, it'd let me buy all those that I didn't get a chance to get, and let me open those that I did buy. Whether a full blown crash will happen, I doubt it. The sets that are worth a considerable amount (UCS Falcon, Cafe Corner, etc.) are in limited supply. New sets however, will have more on the market and will simply not appreciate as much.

That is massive! The interior detail really does it for me though, so carefully thought out and detailed. Any chance of some close up shots of some of the equipment inside? I could live without the lime green floor though, it's a bit of overkill. I do believe this could be better presented with better photography. I'm not very good at it myself and I certainly couldn't imagine taking pictures of such a large creation but it is difficult to tell the scale. Looking forward to seeing some pictures of your town in progress; It won't be hard to tell where in the town you've put this!

Personally I love picking something out for myself in front of kids. Along the lines of: "Hmm, I like that but I want it bigger. Maybe I'll get two!"

Source?

These sets are great and I'd buy them if they were reintroduced, but I can say this is not going to happen now, or ever, for a number of reasons: 1. The Legends line was not successful. They just didn't get enough interest from the line to reinstate it. 2. Some parts (such as the doors) are discontinued parts. The logistics of reintroducing a part make it unlikely. 3. While you don't, many people already own these sets and they would not buy another. 4. Producing a new modular building is exciting for both long time collectors and those new to the hobby - it's a better use of a product SKU. I hate being the negative person, but you must see it from the company's eyes; I'd love to see some of these sets reintroduced as they've got some great designs and great parts, but it just isn't going to happen. Bite the bullet now and Bricklink these sets before it gets too expensive, and substitute what you deem inconsequential.

I voted items that are useful for applications other than their intended purpose, such as the roller skate and bouquet, and items that are generic enough to have uses in other themes such as the ruff and the axe. Yes, the spartan helmet, paintball gun and bunny mask are nice, but they're only useful for their respective roles but otherwise are lost without the rest of the figure to support it.

Ryan from Johannesburg (at the end of this page) is an avid collector. His story isn't promising though.

Excellent town, it's so lively! I love all the trees, they're so lush and inviting. The beach is fantastic too. I don't have a Lego town set up at home since I can't find the space for it, but I display at shows with my local LUG. Maybe you could consider joining your local LUG (probably the Philippine Bricksters) to allow you to set up and display your creations.

All I can say is: Don't go back to N gauge. The detail on this is fantastic and lively, clearly a lot of design work has gone in. It'll be fantastic once you have a full loop for trains to go round. But pick a scale, don't split your money on two types as you'll have less of both. You've already proven yourself with Lego, why look back?

Never going to happen. It's just not financially viable. They've already released the flexi track, which was seen as the cure-all for layouts. I don't believe the double crossover track was particularly successful, for the reasons that it was too expensive to make (and therefore buy) and the functional fault of not being able to manage each switch independently. They are quite expensive on the aftermarket now which reflects their rarity. A crossover track for PF would be nice but the actual use of it and therefore sales would be limited. As for a ramp, the normal track works well enough as a ramp as the trains themselves can only take a very slight incline.

* First of all, this topic is intended as a discussion and not intended to offend any users, on this site or otherwise. If it does, and I do get banned, let me say it has been a privilege being part of such a great mature community and I wish you all the best for the future. But without further adieu: Hai guise, lemme sho me noo MOC! Epic MS Paint, my services are available at very unreasonable rates! Enquire within! Okay, so maybe it's not quite finished, but you get the idea, yeah? You can see the shape and how I want it to look and that's all you need right? No? Okay, fine, I'll moc it up in LDD. There. Finished. That's all that's necessary for a Moc to be validated, surely. It can be built out of bricks and look like it can hold itself together, that's got to count for something. Look at all the pretty colours I can make it with! I actually like the pale red one myself. Now you can see my building technique with the brick outlines, and can reasonably tell how it's been built and if it's feasible. Sure, who knows if those parts are actually available, but who cares, "amirite" ("bro")? I've built it in LDraw and rendered it with POVRay. That's as far I can go without forking out the cash ("fork" that!) to actually build it. It's taken time and effort to get to this stage, through design, assembly and a time consuming render. Lego bricks are really expensive, especially in the quantities we often want them in and the channels for their aquisition aren't ideal. Everyone is fighting over the best parts so getting what you actually need is generally convoluted. To try and get a collection to experiment with is a continuous expense as new parts are introduced and you use your parts in creations. Storage and sorting is also a huge problem: as your collection grows, so does the space needed to keep it. A container for which you had parts in may no longer be sufficient, so that ongoing cost is another sundry expense that is often not taken into consideration. Having shelving for you to store your creations is really unreasonable for many people too. If you're away from your collection than these digital tools are essential to keeping your mind engaged in the hobby. To me, these tools are computer games to be played with and don't translate into my head as Lego. It can't be picked up, felt how it's weighted and can't be feasible or known if it's just a bunch of bricks floating as the structural integrity is removed to add detail. I understand their uses as developmental tools, but personally, I can't completely appreciate a digital creation until it's been realised in the brick. My question to you, dear reader, is this: At what point do we say a MOC is a MOC? I do not mean offence with this post, rather to start a discussion with both users and non users of the Lego based digital tools. For that reason, I have put it here as opposed to the "LEGO Digital Designer and other digital tools" forum.

Realistically, this set has not appreciated in value very much. Trying to find the separate parts that make it up would no doubt cost as much as buying the set itself.

I have done it, and it does work, but not with the capacity you'd expect. The train will go for longer but not that much longer, I'd say maybe only 50% extra. I haven't tried the newer version of the IR receiver yet though, that is supposed to be able to manage better. If you're curious, see my post on the PF Conversion: Metroliner thread.