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Um... can't beleive no-one's suggested this in the last couple of days given the Fabuland-fest that's been going on ... What about a Fabuland-based contest ? Some people don't have Fabuland parts or figs, but these people could build in a Fabuland style and I would happily provide a couple of figs to the top 3 designs to populate thier buildings/vehicles with. Winners could then re-photograph thier MOCs with the figs when thier prizes arrive? Come on... you know you want to!

Oops . Must be the wine. Shame to spoil the fun though - and the credit for being a child genius

This week I got Police Station 7744 and Indy race to the treasure(?? too lazy to look up proper name and number) set in a sale at Myer.

Wow - that's pretty good from an 8-10 yo. I recently saw some kids' Lego mocs from that age group and was... umm... disappointed (hope they never read this!). I then thought "maybe I have high expectations of an 8 yo?". You were obviously gifted anyway. I'm pretty sure I was making standard houses and vehicle designs at that age but experimenting with colours and landscaping in my town. Nothing like your creations. Well done

SirNadroj - I love it . It may be that I've had a glass of red, but please, take your pick of one or two of my fabuland maxifigs and I'll post it to you (qualifier: I'm not so inebriated to let you have the fox in hat though ). I am not joking. If you've forgotten, here's the link to the post with my Fabuland maxifigs photo. I really, really like your creation. Especially the buffet & hutch/china cabinet inside. Neato. PM me with your details if you want to take me up on this. Ditto to all previous congrats.

Hmmm. Interesting - my BrickLink guy sorts some of his stuff like this. I think for MOC'ing I would be too undisciplined with keeping it neatly stacked like that. Once I broke a stack to get to a colour for example, I probably wouldn't put it back together again. Having said that I've no better system worked out either. I always sort by colour, and sometimes I also sort on plates vs bricks vs "special" parts. My interpretation changes day to day so my Lego sort is always only ever a "rough" guide.

Man... everyehere I go you two are at it X-O . These posts are better Lego humour than any picture might be :-D ! Still stalking... Rebecca (aka Honey-Bunny)

Hi! I haven't read the whole 18 pages on this topic so may be repeating some stuff :-$ . I agree with the bank idea *y* . I'd also like to see: 1) a school with child (timmy-size) figs 2) bus & bus station 3) taxi 4) hairdresser (with scissor accessories for the staff and a classic red and white barber's pole) 5) chemist/pharmacy/drugstore 6) fancy restaurant 7) clothing boutique 8) office building 9) nursing home/retirement townhouses wiht elderly minifigs (gery hair and wrinkled faces and nanna dresses! Walking frames, wheelchairs - oh the possibilities!) 10) a toy shop (else those Lego people would be total hypocrites!) That's my top 10 - for today anyway. :-D If TLC never make them then I'll continue to MOC them because they're just essentials in a town. That's not going to make me upset by any means :-P Rebecca

...but before you consider forgiving me I will add to the tease by casually letting you know that I have 3 MISB Nesquick bunnies still in thier bags (noticed your sigfig!). X-D

WTF X-O ? Was there a word you meant to leave out of that sentence or are these establishments something I'm missing out on?? :-D I think we'll soon find out if we push the limits some more :-P . But really, I'm guessing the idea is to keep it at that subtle inuendo level so the forums don't get trashy and scare off all the ladies :-) . Will someone with God status step in and confirm? I reckon they've got lots of places to tuck those $100 bills into too! Agreed, all agreed! ...except for the song quote bit. Only a EuroBrick nerd would quote something like that! :-P :-D Rebecca

Hi SirNadroj! :-) ...um, I just looked up the value of these and they're not worth enough to bother selling (with the exception of the Fox w\ hat - but then I kinda like him). The Fox's name is Freddy BTW - and I will refer to him as such from henceforth! Anyone would think he was a commodity or something :-| ;-)! But really, my son is enjoying them a lot right now so I think I'll leave them with him for while longer. *sweet* I'd have to sort through the other 130kg of Lego from that bulk lot to itemise the walls and roof pieces. I actually like the roof pieces to integrate into my system-scale town anyway. Vintage basic sets are :-X to me ;-) - I have a few already and can't MOC anything interesting with them! Sorry! :-) ...and so all in all, a total tease. Forgive me? :'-) :-$

Yes - they might be hard to get :-( . They only came in that one set. Only 16 on bricklink and a bit pricey (someone's got 8 of them for $15ea). Maybe I'll make up my own out of coloured plate pieces or something. Bastard! ;-) Nice to know it wasn't a MISB 6990 that you dropped $1K on though. Good haul *y* . Rebecca

Hi SirNadroj. A bunch of Fabuland turned up in a recent bulk lot purchase at my place. A white goat - but no grey. There's quite a few figures: ...and some vehicles: I was impressed with this lot. I have a close-to-2yo who likes my system scale Lego but the minifigs are choking hazards. Fabuland is great because he can't pull the figs apart - same with the motorbikes. He has an obsession with those. I'm sure there were more - figures and certainly red and yellow bikes. They're probably chucked under the couch or out in the backyard somewhere by now :-$ . There were also Fabuland building elements in the bulk lot too. Roofing sections and doors etc. ...so what trains do you have? Vintage town sets? Not sure I would part with these Fabuland pieces just yet though - my son is currently enjoying them :-) . Rebecca

Not today, but yesterday (and it wasn't a buy - it was a gift *wub* ) I got 6552 Rocky River Retreat in the mail. I didn't already own this set so it was a good build. I never knew there was a hidden room behind the rocks beside the cabin, and it's my first set with a fishing rod! Now I just need to get my hands on a bunch more river baseplates so I can integrate it into my town... Rebecca

Ha! For an alternative to the the banana and a different kind of flow problem, maybe you could use one of these? Whilst he may have a flow problem, he appears to have very good control - there's no run between those letters. Quite an acheivement. *y* Rebecca

...well, I hope you do try it at home! They don't call it "Lego Shop@SomePlaceOtherThanHome" do they? Or is that some other site I haven't discovered yet?? X-D I suspect there's a courier with an unhealthy Lego fascination in the ACT (unhealthy only because it's to my detriment!) >:-( . I did get them at the cheaper price - hence rather than going "ooh, aah - a $100 saving", I just bought heaps more!!! :-D I suppose - I might still get to do 3 floors if my Paradisa swap falls through. It's not a confirmed deal yet. I still haven't started the GG build. I've had a cold :-X and would love to share - though the Internet's not the most conducive means to do that. :-P I will post a pic when I'm done (one day in 2012). Rebecca

Hi maiq the liar! I got them by going to the S@H site, clicking here, clicking there, and voila! A TNT courier turned up with them a couple of weeks later :-D . Helps to have some money too. As for the job thing - it's not all it's cracked up to be. Yes, you get money. But then you have less time to play with your Lego (I haven't opened ANY of those boxes in the pics yet!). Speaking of TNT - have any other Aussie EB'ers had problems with them? They've done some wierd stuff with about 3 of my S@H deliveries in the past - including losing some |-/ ! 3 of the GG's in the pic have now gone to the other person I was purchasing on behalf of (my local BrickLink guy) and I'm considering swapping one of my other 3 GG's for some HTF Paradisa sets with a bloke in Tasmania (not Sinner). That will leave me with 2 GG's and a full day of constructive bliss X-D . Rebecca

The weekend before last I went halves with landlubber in 130kgs :-D of mixed Lego and we're still finding it's hidden gems. 6599 is certainly one of them - though I haven't found the elusive white shark yet (but I had one prior to this haul anyways). Aside from that, there's a bit of everything in this lot. Space, Ice Planet, Town, Train, 1950's mint samsonite sets, pirates, harry potter, fabuland, the list goes on. Some boxes, lots of instructions. Rebecca

Agreed *y* . I already have this Paradisa Playground set with a mother & pram: ...but there's no baby in the pram :-( . I have a Duplo baby minimaxi-fig that looks like this: Interestingly, it's legs straddle only one Duplo stud and not two like the adult Duplo figs (which BTW have quite a few elderly amongst them). The same concept might be used for a City scale minifig baby (1w x 2h)? Aside from the baby idea, I'd like to see more bored shop assistants and the like (and I am being genuine). There's far too many emergency services/construction themed minifigs. As for accessories - how about an opened umbrella for the rainy days? Rebecca

...and now you're not such a lonely dot in the pacific X-D

Mmm. Yep - I think that may be possible. I'll have to wait until the Duplo fan goes to bed before I can make a start tonight. In the meantime, here's the boxed haul... Rebecca

What the hell is "Graperry" flavour? It'd be cool if you could actually build with them - though I suppose they've got flat bottoms. Kids all over Ohio would be slightly confused when told "Billy - don't play with your food!" (and not just because most kids aren't actually named Billy). I've never seen these in Aus BTW. I would unfortunately and rather embarrassingly buy them if they were sold here :-$ . Rebecca

I have 6 GG's in my lounge room right now :-P (3 were ordered on behalf of others, the other 3 are mine - all mine!). I don't know how I will manage to spend quality time with all of them X-D . I probably should have got the town plan too. Next time. Rebecca

Nice layout SpartanML! Funny how our Lego towns are all very well-serviced by Fire, Police etc and with a large contstruction industry ;-) . Very hard to pad the towns out with more civilian sets/mocs when they're not proportionately produced by Lego :-| . I like the way you've expanded the Fire dept. Nice job. I also like the way you've done the table with an access hole in the centre. I had a big u-shape against the wall but your idea gives more access and potential for twice the reachable depth. I particularly like the style of your red and white RES-Q building (with the red arches over the upstairs windows). This is a great idea for a city shopfront that could be repeated en masse using different colours etc but more or less the same set of basic parts for a "main street" look & feel. Good job! BTW - did you make the tables to fit the baseplate layout or the other way around? Rebecca

...well, given the lack of dexterity in minifig fingers (or lack of fingers!), large keys could indeed be an advantage ;-) ! Well done.