iamFLIP

That looks amazing. Great job!

Yes, it is huge and very sturdy. It helps if you can built it on one table and have all the sorted parts on another table. It actually took me about a week to build it, however, only spending a few hours of the day because it is hard on the eyes to keep looking at the laptop screen to follow the downloaded instruction. I had a great time though.

Yes, I am considering that piece as an alternate. Anyway, I sent you a private message yesterday regarding an arch piece.

I can't make myself buy the radar dish off BL right now. It is just too expensive. For the sellers that has more than 10 of it, they probably used the same Lego customer service, and now it is out-of-stock. Anyway, I already finished bulding my UCS MF and using a 10x10 dish from 7748 tank droid as a replacement (for now). That's what I am afraid of, that it is discontinued already. Crossing fingers here hoping to get a chance to get it at a decent price.

I just talked to Lego customer service and I was told the same thing - that the radar dish is out of stock. Anybody has an extra you'd like to sell/trade, please let me know. Thanks.

I just recently started getting into Lego trains: 4558 Metroliner 10020 Santa Fe Super Chief 10022 Santa Fe Cars - Set II 10025 Santa Fe Cars - Set I 10194 Emerald Night 7939 Cargo Train (2x) 3677 Red Cargo Train (2x) 4841 Hogwarts Express 7597 Western Train Chase

My son, who loves everything about Thomas & Friends, just adore your MOC. Thanks for making his day great.

Great job! My son love it so much that he asked me to 'try' make one for his Duplo Thomas trains. ;-)

Just bought the new Frigate during my lunch break

Looks great!

Looking forward of seeing pictures of a brick-built version of the 8-wide Fire truck.

Yeah, I'd seen those speakers on another MOC before. If it is yours, I wanna thank you for it. When I was putting it together, I thought it look good next to the big screen TV. Anyway, I got those transparent tiles from the Fallingwater set.

First of all, thank you all for all your suggestions, remarks, comments, and criticisms. I really appreciate you all spending some time checking out my MOC and posting messages... makes me wanna start my next MOC right away. ;-) I am glad to know that a lot of you love the handcuffs! I was grinning the whole time when I was working on that bed -- I made sure I have something to latch on that so I came up with that headboard. I also had an idea to include a sports car, but then I would have needed to make a garage and get rid of the play room. I guess the bachelor can just park it outside. It's been done before but with different pieces. I'd built a lot of the Star Wars sets before actually getting and building GE which is my first modular set. I also have the Green Grocer and Fire Bridage but those are still in sealed boxes and currently trying to complete the parts for the Cafe Corner. For inspirations, I look at alot of MOCs out there and imagine how I can make something with different pieces that is available for me. Like the running machine/treadmill, someone made a MOC with different pieces just a few weeks ago. Yes, the hardest part is trying to come up with furnitures and appliances for the limited interior space. On the exterior, this pad is almost as big as the mall next door, this could have been an apartment or a duplex. But the interior is as small as a house. I could have renamed it as "Bachelor's Mansion" but stick with the original one. I know. ;-) But is there a mirror piece out there? I was actually surprised on how that (entertainment system) turned out. I was planning to create a home theater room (with recliner chairs and pocorn machine) but didn't have any space after I decide to make the playroom. For the exterior, after seeing alot of MOCs with tons of details out there, I decided to make it simple to be a bit different. And for the interiors, I probably will not consider my MOC complete if the interior is not done at all. I spent countless hours trying to fit the furnitures/appliances different ways and switching the rooms in different floors to come up with a good layout.

This is my second attempt to make a Cafe Corner modular building style and also my second MOC. I only got interested in Lego just half a year or so ago when I was researching toys for my 2 year old son (he is now playing with his Duplo deluxe train set and some Duplo Thomas & Friends sets) . I never had or played any Lego when I was growing up, however, i'd seen other kids with it and always fascinated on what you can build with these bricks. Fast forward 30 years or so, I saw the Green Grocer at the Lego store and fell in love with it! This MOC took me couple months at least in coming up with the idea, designing it, and waiting for orders from S@H and Bricklink stores to come in. And with family, full-time job, side jobs, house chores, and playtime with my son, I can only spend short time with this project a day. So, finally, I can consider it done! Criticisms/suggestions/remarks are all welcome and appreciated. More pictures are available in my flickr account: My first MOC: