bitbamboo

I'd rather the Hot-dot "hat" to the Beast one...It's just a mask! Cup & Ms Pots are in a trolley in th emiddle of the image, difficult to spot

Hi I am startng to think differently itno this. Instead of a single set being turned into a modular I see several smaller ones having their own "life" with the kids and later being mixed into a modular Let's say you start with 4103 beach House because of the shade of non-striking yellow (Cool Yellow? seriously?) and the 31036 Toy & Grocery Shop. I think that they have enough tan and white frames for all the modular windows and doors but maybe it is short of slopes for a propoer roof, or you need more plates so you can choose te next set The question should be, on average, how much of each do we need? 20-30 windows? , 10 plates? The "Modular standard" do have more rules than the technic pin position and walkway width but we have not paid attention to that yet. I suggest to digg into the official modulars to extract some rules allowing for better "adding" of smaller sets

Hi I hope this thread sticks because I have been looking for "Modular alternatives" (let's say budget modulars) here and there and I have not found a single place with all the links My contributions: Here user Mugen shares a few alternative builds to modulars http://www.brickshel...ery.cgi?m=Mugen There is a nice alternative to the Bike Shop & Cafe 31026 into a "half-modular" by alanboard just using a single set. His creation convinced me to buy the Bike shop http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=101106 http://community.bri...op-cafe/?page=3 From The Simpsons house this set can be done as well, just using the set http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=115564 In my opinion, we need around 1100 pieces to make a half modular and 2200 for a 32x32 one so single sets can have a hard time to be modularised. Frankly speaking, it is challenging to get a cheaper modular than an Official Modular. Pet Shop provides 2 half modular at 75 € each and it is hard to find a set with 1100 pieces for that. The goal would be to get a modular combining several smaller sets I see potential in the shape and colors of Arendelle Castle 41068, but at 477 pieces is way short (and have a terrible ppp of 13 c€). As Tan (Brick Yelllow) is one of the mail colors and the color is quite frequent, it might be combined with other sets.