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Bringing you some holiday beer.......I mean cheer! Here is my entry into this years expand the winter village contest. This little shop is where the villagers find the rum for their eggnog, irish cream for hot chocolate, and champagne for new years! This set includes the shop keep, delivery driver with truck, some patrons, and a mounted police officer to keep everyone responsible. I only have a couple pics to start as I will need to re take them and edit, but here is a teaser for now ;) winter village front by Soundwave_sw, on Flickr winter village 2014 005 by Soundwave_sw, on Flickr winter village 2014 012 by Soundwave_sw, on Flickr

well done everyone! 9 Oscar Meier Wiener -Wachutu Chief - 1 point 10 Monster Truck - Yaktuu 1 point 31 Camper Coloniser - Bricksy - 2 points 56 TMNT party Wagon - Midi - 1 point 83 Jabba the Van - Brick Laboratory 1 point 102 Judith and Ray - viracocha 2 points 105 Mystery Machine - Sparkart 1 point

I am going to make a suggestion for the judges to consider. First I'll qualify this by stating that I only entered one entry so the following will not apply to me. I suggest that one of the prizes/awards go to the builder with the most total combined votes. not to be confused with the most popular single entry. Some builders have been busy building multiple entries. Although one of these builders' entries may win or place as a finalist, it is possible that one of these builders may garner more total votes for all their entries combined vs the winning entry. Hopefully this makes sense.

Wonderful contest with awesome entries so far. Forced me to add an extra layer for my entry. Here is my entry................Ironhide! built in G1 color scheme and same size as camper van. oh but wait. .................No he didn't......................Oh yes I did (add transforming sound effects here) he's a little surely and has the T-rex short arm thing going on but He is fully transformable without needing to disassemble any parts. I have also built a Ratchet version and will post pics to my flickr. I did build extended arms that can be tucked in underneath. I will also post some pics to get some feedback. Thanks for looking! Roll out

Hi all, Here is a layout I did recently. The front section was custom built for this event. It was inspired and supposed to loosely resemble Neuhoff in Denmark. I used over 40 different colors and fun trying to make as many different styles. It was a great exercise in using many of my random windows, doors, and roof slopes, and rare colors that I have acquired over the years but didn't have enough to do anything large scale with. Most of the boats were also recently made and came out well for what I was aiming for. The back section has some of my larger town buildings some of which are somewhat new. Total layout is about 8x8 feet. Enjoy! More pics on my Flickr stream

Fantastic build!

looks nice. I really like the olive green roof as well.

Glad you asked. My city was put to the test last fall during a colabertive exhibition. Due to an alien invasion all possible assistance was required to combat the threat. In the below scenes, you can see the following: Navy, Marines, Army, Special forces, United Nations, Ambulance, Firetrucks & Firehall, Police Station, Squad cars/bikes, S.W.A.T. team, paddy wagon, Hazmat team, Optimus Prime, Ironman, Batman, Spiderman and thats just on my section. more heros and responders on the other sections. (my city section first 3:18 of clip) you tube clip: or check out this flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43769067@N08/sets/72157631987774204/with/8177873979/ The whole ordeal was documented by the local news reporter and the tow trucks were kept busy clearing the carnage. The A-team was there too but they tend to create as much trouble as they fix.

Yeah even I might not keep the building for my own Winter Village as it doesnt really fit. But the Helicopter and skidoo turned out better than i hoped and I will definately keep them intact. The tail is made up of this piece http://www.bricklink.com/catalogItem.asp?P=75c15 in yellow which comes in various lengths. Minifigs hands can be squeezed in thier for a snug fit.

nice retrofit kyphur. The wheel choice for for semi trucks also bugs me in city sets. I would like to see more dual wheels as you have nicely illustrated.

What a great job this year. It was very hard to narrow it down. My votes are for: 15. legolegolegolego -1pt some very neat building designs and very festive. 18. Priovit70 1pt very artistic entry. love the ATV 21. Kristel 1pt this entry would most seamlessly fit in with the other WV sets. 22 Sonicstarlight 1pt. nice finish. good attention to detail without too much clutter. 39 Cara 1pt. Best train station of the contest this year. honorable mentions for non conventionable entries that are both well done - dr.spock & oo7

due to the high cost of fuel, the budget was blown with too many helicopter trips. hopefully they can install a wall to divide the room with the next fiscal budget Thanks! at least you didnt say ...megablocks Having many incidents take place in the vicinity greatly improves the response time average Thanks everyone for the comments

Very well done. I also like the use of the large white arches. good luck in the contese! Play Well

Great job! It is so detailed. I love what you did with the well. The interior is also well done. Good luck! Play Well

The shop looks good. I like the Piano. good luck. Play Well

Fantastic all around job on this. It fits in very well with the WV sets. Play Well

Great job on the Cabin. Thanks to you the value of that rug probably just went up on Bricklink good luck in the contest! Play Well

Fantastic job for a first Moc! It has a really nice feel and the photography is well done. Good luck in the contest! Play Well

Nice creation. I like the truck and the clear iceicles on the roof. Using 2 spears for the sled also gives a tie in to "Brick Arms" Play Well

good job on the overall shape. If only there were a way to smooth out the front and still get that shape. You could probably put the figs in without their legs to make it look like they fit more naturally. play well

Thanks Gryphon Ink. The vehicle designs were intentionally designed to be era vague. Thanks Priovit. Both were challanging builds. I was able to get the treads on the Skidoo to be functional. Thanks snaillad. The tail was deffinatley the make or break for the model. Although it didnt turn out as clean as i planned, the technique is actually quite strong. I should have taken more pics of the helicopter. Thanks everyone else for the comments.

Very nice build. I also appreciate the clean sharp photos. It brings the color out. Nice mod to the fire truck. good luck!

Nice Entry. I like the car and the overall feel for the build. Good luck!

Absolutley stunning! The elevator mechanism looks quite ingenious. Does it work smoothly?

It took a while but I'm excited to share my entry for the expand the Winter Village contest! The story: A couple years ago this quiet mountain community became popular as word of mouth began to spread about this charming village. First came the log cabins, ski chalets, candy stores, and coffee shops. Last year my Winter Sports Store opened up. This resulted in many citizens and tourists getting lost, stranded, and injured as they went skiiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, hiking, skating, ice fishing sledding, etc. Thus the need for a first aid station and search & rescue headquarters for the village. So an abandoned army radar station was put to good use and a refurbished MASH helicopter was donated to assist with transporting the injured and stranded back to safety. ^^entry overview with Helicopter, crashed skiier, snowboarder kids, injured guy on crutches, snowmobile, ice fisherman ^ interior view. consisting of emergency clinic, weather/dispatch station, and workshop ^ As with the other WV sets, this one also has a light brick used in a unique way ^ Time to tune up the Skidoo! ^ rough day on the slopes! More pictures are here : http://www.flickr.co...s/43769067@N08/ Builder notes: - I intentionally left out some Christmas decorations as it felt wrong to add them in late January. - Thanks to the CMF boxer's, I now have mittens in 2 colors for my kids to keep their hands warm! -The Helicopter is modelled after a BELL 47 aka H-13 Sioux made famous in the old TV show MASH -All decals are from older Lego sets Thanks for looking!