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    I need the Wonkatania (the boat) to recreate my favorite scene from the film! 'There's no earthly way of knowing Which direction we are going There's no knowing where we're rowing Or which way the river's flowing Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-blowing? Not a speck of light is showing So the danger must be growing Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? Yes, the danger must be growing For the rowers keep on rowing And they're certainly not showing Any signs that they are slowing!'
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    Thank you @Selander!
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    Thank you @Feuer Zug. And yes, over 270 hinges for the main sections together, with the leftovers being used for the smaller section later. The shed portions were first constructed almost a decade ago, and my dad basically refused any advice on skylights / smoke vents from anyone at that time... he's really stubborn like that. But yes, I totally agree with you on the matter! Thanks @JopieK!
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    This fictional train station was originally inspired by Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and this MOC on Rebrickable. (although me and my dad's is slightly smaller in depth, is done differently and has a second floor). This station was created to go with my dad's two massive 48x48 passenger canopies, and I designed the first floor for him along with some of the roof, while he designed everything else. Showing how LOOONG this station is! (It's really not long enough, actually - the Santa Fe Super Chief sticks out the other end by a whole two cars + engines!) The street-facing side of Union Station. The station is modular building compatible. There are three lines of train tracks inside this shed. After I took these photos on Sept 13th, he modified the model so the canopy tops can come off to get at the insides. My dad has built two of these 3-track long train shed canopy models, with the inside of both shown here. The completed canopy is 7 tracks long when all placed together and 3 tracks wide. Inside view of the upper floor with roof removed. (there are no interior details for any of the building yet) Inside the lower level. This lattice work has been removed since these pics were taken in mid-September. UPDATE 10/6/25: Whole post revised with the second floor and station canopy segments added in, along with next text and all-new photos. Thoughts?
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    I was concerned there for a minute that @Kalahari134 was blowing up / destroying Lego models when I wrote that original comment, but your explanation makes much more sense! (In my defense, I hadn't had caffeine yet at the point in the morning!)
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    ...what?
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    - School (school's don't sell well, judging from the last city one) - Train station (not getting into this one. Also, the Bricklink one doesn't count!) - Hospital (not able to be done well enough to satisfy everyone without missing something considered important... unless it's four XL baseplates big or something!) - Construction site (people will be upset they can't complete the building. Also, the Bricklink one doesn't count for this either.) - Taxidermist (self-explanatory) - Gun shop (also self-explanatory) - Liquor store (need I say it a third time?)
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    I would be willing to bet all the people who've been blacklisted from LEGO.com and probably gonna be banned from Bricklink too in a few months once the change is complete.
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    @warrenzevon12 Well, most bricks are made from ABS plastic, which is made from crude oil (through this is slowly changing) and that is expensive. Also, you are paying for the high production standards: LEGO is made to very high tolerances, and the molds to make them cost high amount. As an a side, 1.6k parts for 1000 dollars is 16 cents per part on average, which is not too high off the fan benchmark for good set value at 10 cents per piece. Sure, the model in question has a crap ton of parts costing a large amount of money - but that's why I stick to smaller, less detailed MOCs. A 1000 dollar MOC is great and all, but why not going with several smaller, more reasonably-priced ones instead? Side note: Be glad you're not into brass HO scale models* - one unpainted locomotive engine can run several thousands of dollars... so be glad your hobby is rather cheap in comparison! *I know some people who looked into getting these... not cheap!
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    Nobody knows anything yet. Too early for any leaks for Lego exclusives.
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    Now THERE'S an idea I can get behind!
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    A little less than a month or so ago, my brother designed me a 6-track long functional (I.E. weight bearing) single-track train bridge. This model was designed and built by him in less than a day after I expressed a need for another small-size bridge. I then added railings and recreated it digitally just in case I had any issues with it or wanted to modify it. This MOC is designed to be slung between two tables, and worked beautifully as a single track bridge. More recently, I decided to add a second track and as such two more sets of latitudinal supports were placed underneath to make it even stronger now that the load it has to carry has doubled. The longitudinal supports were also lengthened to support the larger bridge deck and the second track. This thing is built using many layers of overlapping plates and bricks and it is STRONG. Underneath, where all the structure's strength is. The bridge on my layout. It is SOLID, with only slight bending at the extreme ends due to the construction method used. Thanks again to my brother for designing such a beautiful bridge! Thoughts?
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    I would love a repeat of the Futuron or Unitron monorails for the 21st century. If that doesn't happen some retro sci-fi (Atomic or Jet powered lunar trains, perhaps?) would also work.
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    These look VERY nice @Darkkostas25! However, there are four engines in the general overview, but only three individual engines spotlighted. This begs the question: what happened to the fourth engine?
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    Thanks @Shiva! Thanks @Darkkostas25. Most of the time, I like my passengers trains to match up with the locomotive pulling the cars. Thank you, and sorry @idlemarvel but none of my steamers are motorized. in fact, none of my trains are motorized out of the box. Only two diesels have the ability to swap bogies to become 9v-powered. (I own not much 9v track and zero motors myself )
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    Fifteen years ago, I bought instructions for @SavaTheAggie's '2-8-0 Consolidation' six-wide steam locomotive. I never really used them beyond learning techniques for useful building steam engines that could actually take curves - unlike my own late 2009 4-4-0 MOC that worked well only on straight track! You can see Sava's original 2-8-0 model here (in red / yellow with oil tender) at his new online home for his awesome instructions at Brick Train Depot. This older model got an additional axle on the new front bogie, making it a 4-8-0. The loco features a non-Sava tender, pistons, and cab. The only things that survived from Sava's instructions are some portions of the boiler. As for the coaches, they are inspired by 24-year old set 10015 (passenger wagon) from the 'My Own Train' series. I made a baggage car and three passenger cars for this train using as many new parts as possible - except for the doors, as I had no good alternatives for that part. The front of the steam engine, which was a 2-8-0 until a few weeks ago. The rear of the loco. Inside the cab. The baggage car which is half my own design and half inspired by 2001 set 10015. Two of the three mostly-identical coaches. The third coach carries the red marker lights for the rear of the train. Thoughts?
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    My thoughts exactly!
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    With the rumored WV train, 2026 police train, Spiderman subway car, Arctic train, and the passenger station, plus the downtown streetcar from a few years back, we train fans are eating good in the mid-2020's! (Please tell me I didn't just jinx that...)
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    I'm wishing and hoping for the 'Spirit of Adventure' zeppelin to be the Pixar set. It would only be the second rigid airship we've gotten, and the first in 26 years! (The other being Adventurers set 5956 - Expedition Balloon)
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    Nice work on this MOD @Dav1d!
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    Another new train windscreen alert! This time it's in black in set 76786 (Morticia's Cottage), from the Wednesday theme, as seen on Brickset. This is the first time since 1994 it's been available in black, and back then the glass wasn't removable.
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    I don't usually buy sets anymore, I mostly just make MOC's. The closest I get to buying these days is when I see a new set and I reverse engineer it from pictures... I did this most recently when the haunted mansion CREATOR set leaked and I made it into a modular a full two months before it was released.
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    Also, as it's a creator set, most conversation about the set itself should technically go in the Creator 2025 thread. That's where I would put it, at least.
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    They stopped having to cut new molds like that when they switched from PC for transparent parts to MABS. They still do cut new molds like the old days sometimes, but it's rarer than it used to be.
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