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    Yes despite the modulars, we need more buildings. The situation with LEGO city vehicles is so critical now that there is a fire fighting fleet devoted to extinguishing burning police cars and the entire police department to chasing stolen fire trucks around.
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    Oh no if they finally decided to make the Octanship it would make my massive project earlier this year rather regrettable. http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92933 I hope instead for Western train or town. Copper Chopper seems like a really possible candidate as well. I for one would like a Kabob stand. I am fairly confident though that the Octanship will not be released due to its extremely fragile construction as portrayed in the video game. Unless of course LEGO does a complete rework. Which they are capable of doing. I'm doomed.
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    You'd figure if Greenpeace really wanted to sell environmental injustice they'd probably bring this up. http://www.bbc.com/n...gazine-28367198 Kind of demonstrates they are not after true environmentalism anymore but instead the publicity and the money that comes with it. Greenpeace today is more of a "charity" corporation than anything. Their product is a feelgood message. Like PETA or the Humane Society.
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    I am liking the general consensus of the last few posts here on the topic of the energy complex and smart environmentalism. This is one swell community that demonstrates it makes the additional effort to stay well informed to observe the ever changing realities of this complex world. And certainly able to understand topics beyond a basic good versus evil perspective. If only the general population knew better I certainly believe it is true that LEGO is not only positively correlated with personal creative development but also with intelligence in general as well. I feel at home here.
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    Korra is the worst avatar in all of that universe's history. But this is the best MOC of Korra in all of that universe's history. (Unless there are other ones I haven't seen yet )
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    These two statements right here. Win. Noble intentions can be made in 5 minutes using DUPLO. Seeing the big picture and the complexity of the variables involved is massive undertaking of understanding and research into multinational entities and socioeconomics. The world isn't a simple black and white picture organizations like Greenpeace would like to paint for everyone.
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    Guess I fail at life. Shell Australia already went there. https://www.flickr.c...157643629374944
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    Time to refine some serious weapons-grade petroleum 239, as a weapon of mass industrialization.

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    While people are still talking about the whole Shell thing, I vote to have more Octan sets . I mean come on, how about releasing that gas station we have been seeing pop up at fairs for some time.
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    While the haters gonna hate, I think this would be a great idea for my next LEGO project. http://www.shell.com/global/aboutshell/major-projects-2/prelude-flng.html But man is it going to cost me $$$$$$. That's what it's all about though right?
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    You'd be surprised how many people here in the US never thought about where plastics come from. Or most of their everyday materials and goods. Life is best for them when everything is taken for granted. Ignorance, bliss.
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    Bravo sir. The same sentiments exactly that I have expressed here as well. You are asking the right questions and having the right conversations. The kind that lead to solutions and ends environmental/energy ignorance and hypocrisy. It really does help to be an engineer sometimes. Or maybe all the time.
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    This right here sums perfectly my full opinion on the topic. Yes, I absolutely agree 100%. I grew up in Hawaii where there is an extreme level of respect for the environment, but even there I was told the single most powerful action we can individually contribute for the environment is Conservation. I have lived firmly by that philosophy by never ever wasting food, maximizing the use on all my material goods especially clothing, electronics, even recycling my own packing materials & boxes, and minimizing my waste, gasoline/electricity consumption, and my overall carbon footprint. Not just because it's good for the environment but also it saves a lot of $$$$. ($$$$ later used for my LEGO addiction) But these are changes instituted at the individual level that only massive sociocultural dynamics can instigate. Unfortunately it may be several generations before we truly think and act as a sustainable society and that is why it is important this conversation occurs with as little of the background noise as possible. BUT I am also firmly a capitalist and industrialist who believes in the economic prosperity offered by modernization, globalization, and yes even corporations. As with many other things in life, I believe the ultimate answer lies somewhere in between both worlds. Things such as responsible corporations that actively run cradle to the grave analysis on all their production and accounting as well a smart society that works on the individual level to reduce or destroy market demand for surplus/wasteful/unnecessary/inefficient products.
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    Quite possible. Just as many of the third world countries' governments that open themselves up to foreign drilling like in Africa. That is not to say the oil companies themselves are saints. We should rightfully hold them guilty and to the fire when they think they can cut corners in procedure, safety, labor, disposal or security in remote areas or foreign lands where regulation is far more lax. Which unfortunately they do from time to time. Although sometimes the line between honest human error versus incompetence and negligence is hard to define in such complex operations. But these are things I don't think Greenpeace is interested in anymore. Bingo. Right on the money. Most people need to realize oil companies are somewhat slaves of the national political machines. When oil prices rise, the cost of everything rises. Food. Staple and luxury items. Travel. Home heating and air conditioning. Electricity itself. No politician wants to answer to an angry voter base when our cost of living noticeably skyrockets all around us. It is the same reason why most countries heavily subsidize their domestic agriculture (amongst other reasons). I for one would be very afraid of that $/barrel impact on the pricing of my LEGO.
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    To 1) There was a time I could easily believe organizations like Greenpeace played a major role in awareness and the role of enviro-watchdog. Today however the topic is almost on every dinner table in the developed world. I disagree with the current Greenpeace as I do not think their actions result in a healthy contribution to the overall energy/environment conversation. All of that publicity and opposition but no compromises, no solutions. To 2) I don't disagree with you. If you told me biofuels were the future I'd be skeptical as well especially with a global food crisis around the next corner. I don't know what the complete energy solution for mankind is. I love the electric roads and the European hydrogen highway proposals. There so many people out there who have ideas on what our balanced energy portfolio should look like. There's many factors and variables involve in paying for the costs of all the infrastructure as well as unforeseen effects and cultural backlash to any initiatives. There's a massive anti-nuclear power lobby growing. Ocean wind farms are turning out to be a viable idea but again people will oppose those too for other reasons.There the technological leaps to be made, then the economic ones of actually implementing them on a national scale. But we gotta give power and room to these organizations and companies to try and find these solutions. Like Lockheed trying to build power plants out of ocean thermal conversion. Or the US Navy trying to run their ships off of algae. Or Exxon trying to harvest bio-gas from our landfills. There is a lot going on and a lot of people looking for solutions wherever they may be. If we aren't involved we need to at least give them the room and not complicate the narrative. Its not gonna happen tomorrow. But we can't all just sit in the dark and turn off our cars in the meantime. This is why I say people should take a second look at who is actually looking to solve our energy crisis. Its not the people protesting on oil rigs. For the time being we need those oil rigs.
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    Can I just say this would make a wonderful edition to anyone's modular setup/layout? This needs to happen people. Such a pleasant portrayal of our "happy place".
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    Ugh. This is ridiculous. There will always be certain groups and people that can never accept that oil is a necessary and essential part of our modern & industrial society. However do we have to progress to eventually remove our massive dependence on it? Yes it does. Does it mean we need to change our culture and infrastructure to a more sustainable, resource balanced society? Absolutely. But those things don't happen over night. And you are better off building momentum with oil companies to institute these massive changes rather than against them. Greenpeace is not helping. They complicate and radicalize the narrative. When you build this no compromise for the environment stance you deny good things like wind farms and solar plants. You deny biofuels and efficient fossil fuel plants and nuclear. The energy conglomerates know the change is inevitable. They know more than any other group on this planet their revenues are based on a finite resource. I've worked with many energy companies including Shell in North America. They are all flocking to biofuels and bio fuel research initiatives. Why? Cause the margins on petroleum goods are so hardened and saturated and under government and public scrutiny while biofuel profit incentives turn almost 3x on the dollar margin of petroleum if not more per gallon. Instead of promoting the whole oil is evil rhetoric how bout we just continue to incentivize sustainable practice instead and build a smart energy portfolio for all needs? I am for Shell. I am for Exxon. I am for LEGO. I am for Octan. I am for ABS plastic. I am for petroleum. I am for alternative energy. I am for sustainable long term thinking societies and corporations. I am against environmental radicalism. I am against the skewed messages they propagandize. Lego should not cut ties to anyone. Nor should they ever end their fictional Octan company. Octan is going green too. It sends out the right message for anyone who cares enough. Sorry for the soap box. Maybe.
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    This MOC captures my idea of a real Lego police station. I love modern modulars too, even if they do contrast greatly with the existing style. Transparent staircase. That is one well funded police district hahaha.
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    ^ This right here. I own a Lego city full of homeless people where about 2% of the population actually have homes. Truly they are the elite of the elites. They might as well release a under the highway or bridge set complete with makeshift shanties, flaming barrels, cots and mattresses. Shopping carts.Tents. Unrelated note, Is there any chance a regular (primary or secondary) school might be possible for a modular? Is there multistory city schools that could fit the architectural profile?
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    The angles! THE ANGLES! The detail! The piece count! GAAAAH! I'm gonna go lie down somewhere.
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    Flawless modular! Amazing how much you can fit in in such a small space.
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    Wow. I didn't even realize that even after Iron Moose brought it up that they were forward swept in the actual build. I think share Rufus's preference as well, my SSS is keeping the incorrect facing slopes. That's what Lego is all about right? Also switched all those trans-red cones out for metallic silver ones.
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    That Octan pilot yes. I am already scrounging around BL and Ebay for all these torsos. Octan armor over business suit? Perfect for my corporate "Ultra Agents" usage. Those tailfin stickers baffled me when I finally noticed they weren't mirrored. Just sat there utterly completely perplexed. In disbelief. Like I had a erroneous sticker print. I do not understand that decision not to make them mirrored... Those stickers have to be the biggest complaint for a piece that should have been printed to begin with.
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    Are there any reviews out there for the icebreaker? I know you're out there. You can come out now. I think all of the Arctic line is out at my local Lego store here in Atlanta minus the icebreaker. I pout.
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    Lots of talk about how a post office is no longer relevant. So does that make me really old to say I still use the post office occasionally? I may not use the library anymore but I think they are still widely utilized today and both would be great modulars as they tend to represent older traditional styles of architecture to fit in with the current line. A pharmacy is also a wonderful idea. So many great ideas for future modulars on this board. I wonder how many of them will see fruition over time. I'll be worried once I start seeing remakes of the same type of structure.
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