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Looks good, I like how the pumps are diagonal to the store itself. Nice looking 7-wide cars also.

Absolutely wonderful. Great design, the use of the turquoise parts on the roof is quite unique, great everything. I like the brickwork design on the lower walls and chimney, and the cage is a cool touch.

Looks neat, I like the hammers. Good bit of detail for such a small MOC.

Agreed, I like having a bit of variety in my (Quite small) armies...

Nice, the chapel looks very good. Might be nice to have a bit of snow on the roof still though.

Bricks were bricks, tiles and plates were both thins, and for a while I was naming parts by measurements other than studs (mainly mm), but I decided stud count was easier because my estimating skills are not particularly great in "real" units (Though I do naturally seem to estimate sizes by my own unit, which doesn't seem to correspond to any regular units used...) Any part that fits into the general category of greebles/detail bits was termed something along the lines of "thingy" or "doohickey" or similar words. I only rarely used any of these terms though, because I rarely talk to people in real life about LEGO, and just use mental images for identification. Still, I've adapted my own vocabulary to the terms used in the fan community, so communication is a bit easier.

Cool MOC. Good details in general. You've captured the room quite well I think.

Great design and details. I like the light over the door, might have to remember that for future reference. The inside looks wonderful, though I do have to wonder, what kinda jeweler sells tridents and such? As some have suggested, a dark green roof might look nice also.

Very nice, kinda cute looking (For a dragon at least). I need one of these...

Kinda interesting. They really need to get artificial gravity going when they do this stuff though (They can do this in the outer parts for short periods by rotating the station), it would make it much easier. I don't know this either. I was thinking it might have been increased pressure or oxygen content, but if I remember correctly the pressure is the same as at sea level, and oxygen content is the same as on Earth to prevent fires from small sparks like what happened in the Apollo program. Then I was thinking it might be radiation exposure altering the chemistry of the plastic to make it more flammable, but a few google searches didn't show up anything (Though I doubt there are many studies on this yet...)

Can't have too many basic bricks, lots of slopes (Especially if you want rocky stuff), plates, tiles, and generally a lot of bleys/greys and probably browns. 1x1 round plates are also used a lot as stones and such, especially on the walls of buildings (like in this), so if you plan on using that technique, get a lot. SNOT parts are also helpful for angling parts. And (at least if you plan on making anything really big) a large bank account.

Nice, I like the tree. Kinda creepy how everyone except the guy pointing the gun and the guy about to get shot is smiling. A very dark MOC. Not to be rude, but: Just saying...

Great ships. Not really sure about the one on the far right though, the wings/nacelles look a bit odd to me. Are these all original designs?

Great microship 'Siercon and Coral'. Lots of nice techniques used in this, such as the chains for rigging, and the minifig hands used to hold the side ropes in place. Great shaping all over.

Nice. I like the legs over the windows, adds a good bit of detail. Cool street design also, do those stay in very well?

Looks interesting. I like the design of Han's gun.

Very nice, reminds me of an idea I had a few weeks ago (Remote controlled, floating LEGO ships that would fire cannons at each other for battle games). Not really sure what to do about your battery box problem, though the rechargeable one would be easier to fit in. If you made a custom hull you could make it wider, put in an extra motor to control each side independently, then just put the battery box and IR receiver in between, but as you said, it might be harder to do.

Thanks, very interesting. I like reading these sorts of things, though it's kinda sad hearing about what could have been if not for the constant changes to fit price points...

No I haven't. With most sets, they get taken apart and sorted back into my drawers and boxes fairly quickly, and the same is true of most minifigs (Except rare ones, like my Blacktron II and Classic Space figs, and ones that are special for other reasons, like my sigfig). I have bought individual parts for minifigs online for use in my own MOCs, but I never bother unless I'm already ordering other parts on Bricklink.

They probably couldn't do it for various reasons. Metal is more expensive than plastic, and more difficult to mould (Which they would need special machines for that cost a lot of money as well). They would probably lack clutch power because they can't bend as easily as plastic parts. Also there might be a safety concern, the metal parts might be easier for kids to hurt themselves with. Also I doubt they would be very popular, at least I know I don't like the idea of mixing plastic and metal parts.

Just noticed it a few minutes ago, looks very nice. Good skin for Architecture Month.

Saw this a while back, would be nice for making LEGO parts, once they improve some more and get cheaper. I haven't seen the results of this particular machine, but from other ones I've seen the shaping isn't quite as good as molded parts, and the ABS always looked a bit off to me.

Could you post a link to the one you found? Don't think I've seen it. Also I think Brickjournal has had a few interviews with set designers, and a few others with people at other positions in LEGO.

A tad tall, but still great. I like the use of the cheese slopes on the front to replicate that curved color change.

Personally I think the chrome parts are good in MOCs (but only in small amounts). They look nice, and add realistic details to MOCs based on actual source material. Unfortunately the chrome parts cost a lot for TLG to make so they aren't in many sets and not many part types, and custom-made chrome parts are often even more expensive. Also, the chrome does tend to chip away kinda easily (Related question: what color are chrome parts underneath? I have some but I don't want to remove it since I don't have many). I would like to see more chrome parts from TLG, but only if they could do it in a way that doesn't mean reducing other parts from the set (maybe a pack of just chrome parts? It would probably be rather expensive, but kinda cool...) and also reduce the chipping.