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  1. Murdoch17
    Great, now I KNOW what will be stuck in my head for the next few months. Oh well, at least it's a better tune than the song it's based on!
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    Road plates haven't been made in six years, and the molds have since been retired, as is the rule for molds not used for five years... so, they aren't coming back. Baseplates in general seem to be declining in use as well, but will probably be used as long as modular buildings are being made. I mean, 8x16 baseplates haven't been made for thirteen years, 16x32's have only been in 13 sets total since 2020, and 48x48's seem to be color locked in light bluish gray at this point. The only baseplate semi-thriving seems to be 32x32, which is probably being propped up by BDP and Modulars. (for those who care, It's all-time high water mark was ten sets in 2022, most of which was BDP invitational sets.) Like 'em or hate 'em, the raised road bases are sticking around. I also wonder this!
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    same here.
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    Agreed!
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    I can live with that option as you have stated it @Jim although I would personally prefer option 1, although I didn't vote that way for reasons of trying to be more open minded and flexible. Thus I have voted for Option 2 because I've realized it is more structured than the other two (especially option 4!) but more freeing for some people than Option 1. What I was afraid of in the other thread was the chaos of everything being allowed everywhere... I couldn't continue to use the site if that happened. Just talking about that is driving my OCD, Autism, and other issues crazy. (I like order and reason, which 4 does not seem to be logical and could the tagging of MOCs could easily be misused or disregarded)
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    @Cheeseyfeet and Oreo @JopieK @LL1982 @PossumPatrol @SD100 @EWay @Shiva I wasn't satisfied with the original loco for this train (seen above), so I replaced it with a smaller one. (seen below) You can still find the original loco in the first post's spoiler tag. The rest of the first post is totally restructured with new pictures, so please check it out!
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    I would be willing to bet somebody either: Option 1 (AKA 'Mistaken Identity'): Person A thought that other brand's copy of the MOC was Lego, and thus wrongly thought it was an official LEGO set. Option 2 (AKA 'Source Confusion'): Person A was wishing it was the next modular, which Person B picked up on and thought Person A was a leaker, therefore publishing the "leaked" info as a "fact". Option 3 (AKA 'Ego Trip'): Person A purposefully wants to delude and confuse people, and so published this MOC as a leaked set just to grain (temporary) cred for their ego / and or reasons unknown. Option 4 (AKA 'Fake Out') LEGO leaked the fake set model on purpose to find the holes in the system and plug them, and somebody (or multiple people) fell for it and have likely lost their job. Remember, LEGO has a job just for plugging set leaks, and this could be them tying to be proactive about it, rather than reactive. In any case, this 'set' is too close to the MOC to be real, and we NEVER get D2C, LEGO exclusive sets leaked this badly six months before release... It's just unheard of in this modern day and age.
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    Thanks @Darkkostas25!
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    Thanks again @Darkkostas25! There are a few more to come in this style of building!
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    Thanks @Darkkostas25!
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    Thanks @Darkkostas25! The color actually is regular Lego green, but my phone hates taking proper pictures of green things, so it comes out funky.
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    KAAAAAHN!!! No, seriously, we need him in a set ASAP. We can totally skip over the first film with V'yger and go straight into the two best films... then hopefully we skip the 'whales IN SPACE!' one and move right onto "What does God need with a spaceship?!?" and the planet named after Sean Connery.
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    Thanks @Feuer Zug, and it's all good - no need to apologize!
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    Thanks @Daiman! I currently have a point-to-point train layout with this station, my factory, a shed and tunnel, but it's very condensed because most of the available table space is being used for sorting my parts collection. It's just a little bigger than a 6x4 foot table right now.
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    Thanks for the info @Plumber! Thank you @Shiva!
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    Thank you for your kind words @PossumPatrol! As for you suggestion: I would think the potential for the cars to flex or even pull apart at the seam is why such a idea isn't a thing in LEGO. Also, I would then need double the amount of boxes, which are becoming scarce as it is. To get the ones I've got, I basically have been asking all my family if / when they go to the doctor to ask if they have any printer paper boxes for me to use. (Right now I've overextended myself, and am needing at least two boxes I don't have...)
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    Thanks @Daiman for the comliment! I've got a bit of backlog I'm working through... I had new windows put in my condo a few weeks back with everything misplaced and in disarray for several days beforehand. My photo area was only recently rebuilt, so everything is being photographed from that time frame now. Granted, that backlog keeps growing as more things get built. (For example: I STILL need to photograph that Adventurers ship and the seaplane that goes with it from a month ago, and then there's the two different London busses! Oh, and Flying Scotsman is coming soon, along with Blue Peter close behind...)
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    This British Railways class 37 diesel locomotive LEGO model has been heavily modified by me from a file by LazarusBricks that I bought off Bricklink back in 2013. I recently rediscovered it and added opening doors, blue paintjob, yellow ends, an new roof, and a sliding center-wheel bogie design derived from an Sava Railways design, among other things. The engine's number is D6757, which is based on a real world operational loco still used in service to this day (albeit under a different number), some 66 years after being built! Although, I don't know if this specific blue livery was ever worn by D6757, but as a lot of it's classmates did wear it for a time, I decided it was probably good enough to use on my MOC. The other end of the loco. I wasn't sure where the tail lights were, and looking at pictures didn't really make it any clearer as to what lights were for what on the real locomotives. I hope somebody with experience seeing these locos in the real world can help me understand what needs to change on my MOC. (Please and thanks in advance!) The cab doors at both ends open and you can place a figure at the controls. Thoughts?
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    Hulk hands? I can imagine it now @Shiva: "Gordon SMASH!"
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    Maybe someday @LL1982, but I make no promises. Thanks for stopping by!
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    Thanks @LL1982! You are correct about the pistons being stock LEGO parts. The only thing custom 3rd party on this MOC is the small wheels used on the lead bogie - those are Big Ben Bricks XS wheels in black. As for the boiler, I believe it is correct in size. It's supposed to be about Gordon the 4-6-2's boiler's diameter and shape (to a point!) but a bit bigger than James the 2-6-0's boiler. (I just used the stock boiler from the Hogwarts Express set for James - I didn't even have to change the colors! )
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    There is already a thread going for this, right below this one on the forum list.
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    @MrExParrot, I was hoping to stay away from that Shrek CMF... but you may have forced me to buy that fig!
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    The recent Vintage steam Train would like a word with you about passenger trains, and twenty-three year old sets 4511 / 10157 / 10158 would also like to speak to you.
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    Here are the only pictures known (courtesy of Brickset), just in case anybody hasn't seen it yet:
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