pinioncorp
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Chances of an Emerald Night re-release?
pinioncorp replied to Eaglefan344's topic in LEGO Train Tech
The Lone Ranger train was awesome. It had a great looking engine and carriages, and plenty of fun play features. It didn't include a motor but it was offered at a great price. But... the movie flopped. Westerns are dead. Kids no longer dream of playing cowboys and indians, robbing banks and being the Marlboro man. And Red Dead Redemption 2 isn't going to relight any fires for long. They want what they see around them now, trains are becoming less and less relevant on the toy scene. Cool, modern looking trains are our last hope of keeping the train theme going. But it always comes back to this: as long as Lego is making some semblance of trains, the AFOL community can continue to make our own creations with the parts provided. -
I'm going to jump on the hate train too, toot toot mf-ers. As a whole, I hate it. The garage is nice but doesn't suit a multi level building. The building above isn't balanced terribly well and breaks the continuity of the lines of the building - the windows are all different sizes and shapes and don't line up. And it's a shame they didn't get to use the new coral colour either. The gaps, the lack of tiles on the ground floor, everything about it really feels a bit spartan. I think it will make a reasonable parts pack, albeit expensive, which is fortunate as that may be all it ends up being for me.
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2018 competition of China Lego Train Funs Group
pinioncorp replied to marbleman's topic in LEGO Train Tech
They're all fantastic. Great detailing across the bogies on all models too, really makes them look weighty. Even the South African steamer from the parts of 10183 is very impressive. Excellent entries all round! -
Very impressive! Great technique with the tiles and the new angled slopes close the gaps around the windows nicely. The roof looks great too without noticeable holes. You've certainly set a precedent with the height of your builds now! Well done.
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[MOC] Art Nouveau Modular Corner Building
pinioncorp replied to Giacinto Consiglio's topic in LEGO Town
Stunning! Beautifully decorated without being overly adorned and excellent sense of balance and composure. While it's colourful, the baseline use of subtle details in white is what brings the whole build together. Well done. -
The square windows on the passenger car are a disappointment. Otherwise this is clearly the best Hogwarts they've made so far, both in playability and appearance.
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Wonderfully recreated, great proportions. Colour scheme really pops too. Well done.
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This is brilliant and I want one!
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Beautiful building. The accuracy of the details is incredible and the proportions are surprisingly precise, something that is not an easy feat with the limitations of the Lego system. While you've recreated it's shape and details remarkably, I feel you've missed the mark on the colour palette. While the brickwork would've been nice in dark orange, I concede that it's an expensive colour and in has limited part availability, however the stonework would have been better in tan and dark tan to highlight the age and weathering. I'd also like to see the roof in dark brown, possibly mottled with reddish brown. Some potted plants on the lower window ledges would also soften the otherwise harsh colours too. Wonderful job either way, the attention to detail is impeccable, and I hope to see more like it.
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I will definitely be stealing borrowing that roller door design. Great build all round, with a realistic albeit repetitive appearance, just like real life. Great job.
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1968 FIAT 500 F
pinioncorp replied to saabfan's topic in LEGO Technic, Mindstorms, Model Team and Scale Modeling
Fantastic. I would have said it was a Lego set with the cleanliness if it weren't for the moc level detail. Well done! -
I've always hated this set, for a couple of reasons: I think it'd look better with the blue on the bottom (painted) and the orange on top (exposed bricks). I despise the lack of continuity though the set with it's heavy upper window dressing, which is not consistent over the rest of the building, or even on the same floor. The ground floor, at the same height in bricks as the upper floor, makes it look top heavy. But having said that, I think you've made the most out of the resources at hand. The interior you've made is lovely and exudes character the set never had, and you've balanced the elements well. The size you've made it is great, it fits into the modular street scene well. As for improvements, I feel the window decoration on the upper floor is just too much for such a small building. It would look more suitable if the building was similarly framed in grey (along the edges of the building) to match. The sheer perceived weight of the window and walls on the second floor looks too heavy for the extensively glassed ground floor to take and ends up looking top heavy. Again, like the set, the rear the door to the balcony is unadorned making it look odd against the neighbouring windows. All in all I think you've done a great job with the building but feel the starting point can lead people astray when trying to convert it into something more modular in size while trying to be relatively faithful to the flawed design of the set.
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Wonderful creation, the lime green is certainly eye popping. But the brown building is the real hero with it's intricate detail. Also love the use of the printed modulex tiles. Don't feel obligated to build an interior - it's fun and can really bring out some great creativity but for the most part it's never seen and will be a waste of bricks and money. That turret window will be impossibly small to work with too.
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Great little truck, really clever techniques there. The back tires do indeed make that type of truck more believable, and the posed front wheels really sell the look. Great job!
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Wonderful recreation of an awkwardly shaped building - getting those curved rooves together is quite the accomplishment! The fact that there's no visible gaps shows the incredible attention to detail. I do however think the cone on top needs one plate under it just to lift it into line with the rest of the roof. The copious amount of gardens around the building give it a lot of life too. Great job! Oh, and the compulsory "Bring back sand red!" Especially a shame since the gravel around the tombstones looks *exactly* like sand red in the photo.
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What trains could be rereleased if Lego goes the Legends route?
pinioncorp replied to Doom2099's topic in LEGO Train Tech
Or, they could do what they've been doing lately, and just not. They simply don't expect it to make them enough money to bother putting the resources towards it. All that matters to me is that they continue to support trains by producing the parts I need to make the trains I want. You'll never please everyone and even if you did it wouldn't cover the costs. The cuusoo/ideas platform says it all: the trains community can't get a train to pass the 10,000 votes required to get to review as no one can agree on what that train should look like. -
The trains are designed to derail around corners when going too fast. Kids like it. The track type really wouldn't affect the outcome.
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What trains could be rereleased if Lego goes the Legends route?
pinioncorp replied to Doom2099's topic in LEGO Train Tech
They could... but no one cares. It'd never sell. -
An open letter about the Lego City fire lineup for 2019
pinioncorp replied to sasbury's topic in LEGO Town
While I think your requests here aren't unreasonable, and their introduction would be welcome, I do have to say: Sheesh, what a bunch of whingeing. None of the Lego fan communities have exactly what they need, there's always compromises to be had. Town group need architectual elements, train guys want wheels, sculptors want curved slopes, technic builders want connectors and cogs, spacers want cockpit canopies. Part of the challenge of Lego is doing the best you can with what you have. The fact that you have a stretcher piece at all is incredible, who cares what shape it is, it's recognisable. The window pieces won't please everyone so be creative with your interpretation. And as far as air tanks and helmets go, I'd much rather the introduction of a generic piece that can be used by all rather than a single use specific part. -
I don't think it's a bad modular, certainly not as confused as the Palace Cinema, but it has some issues in my eyes. First and foremost, modular buildings are a great source of parts for general moccing as you get a whole heap of good, generic parts. The fact that the BB is mostly (common and cheap) white really dampened some of the anticipation. The BB is smaller than most other modular buildings released so far. It only has two levels as well (excluding the roof). Since it is supposed to be an imposing building of much wealth, this goes against the rhetoric. Short of the ingots for stones (that stop at the bottom of the arches?!?) there's very little in terms of new building techniques. Plenty of NPU, but externally it's basically all studs up. As a corner building, it suffers from a lack of consistency as it goes around the corner. The clock hides some of the issue, but the grille bricks that make up the square columns only work on one side of the building, leaving an ugly, visible seam on the other. The door rail at the top also stops short at the front. Is it a bad modular? No. It's not, but I wish they'd pull the roleplay elements from the builds and redirect that part count to visible size and complexity of the building itself.
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That's straight out of a 90's catalogue. Wonderful job!
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Modular Building Sets - Rumours and Discussion
pinioncorp replied to The Jersey Brick Guy's topic in LEGO Town
And no one's talking about the hideous new flower parts? That are (possibly) a replacement for the current classic flowers? I'm definitely surprised that Lego didn't move up the media release after the leak. -
Looks pretty similar to 4954, albeit with textured walls. Looks a lot better with the extra detail, but still suffers from the same issues the original had, such as the strange gaps above the ground floor windows and the unfinished detailing across the roof.
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What trains could be rereleased if Lego goes the Legends route?
pinioncorp replied to Doom2099's topic in LEGO Train Tech
I'm with zephyr1934, bring back sand red! Realistically, I could only see them bringing back the Emerald Night. As far as I know, it sold well in all markets and the parts are all essentially still available. While the Maersk train also sold well, it's a licenced product (Maersk) and the colour isn't in production anymore. But that said, I'd rather them bring out a new product, so that those who do have the original will still want to buy one. -
What are these and do they have any trade value
pinioncorp replied to kurigan's topic in Buy, Sell, Trade and Finds
If someone'd give you $10 for them, take it. The sleepers don't even line up nicely.