tsi

very cool! I would like so see your project on LEGO Ideas

Wonderful building! I like the whole atmosphere of the building and especially the design of the ground floor.

the tile part is compatible, I used it several times for the sidewalk in this modular MOC:

Hi, those ones? Greetings ThomaS OK: shop

Hi everybody, thanks for all the new kind comments you posted since my last login! It's a huge motivation for me for the next model! ... some words to to the old windows I used in my modular: I think most of the younger LEGO fans haven't seen them before. In the 70ies there were some nice parts which could be combined with these windows. A glass in the size 1x5x6, a red awning, a brown windowsill, shutters and another special windowsill with wall panel. It is possible to switch the windowsill and the awning from the front and even from the backside, the shutters are still usable. It is possible to rotate the glass 360°. The stickers for the awnings are from the Homemaker Set 230. The problem was that I needed 15 of these rare old frames wihout broken clips, and even 15 glasses in good shiny quality. The last requirement was nearly impossible for me to fulfill. I had to polish old scratchy glasses with the acryl polish you see on the pic. After this handling they looked nearly like new! The windowsill with wall panel you can only see with eagle eye: I used the panel to create a commode: Thanks again & so long ... ThomaS

hi, I received some questions which I would try to response here: The building is on the ground floor smaller than on the 1st and 2nd floor. This was often done in reality in old buildings in Europe because the price of land was so high. By Using this architecture trick, you were able to build larger houses on small grounds. You can see here a real house using this technic. The birdcage it this item. The bench seat is this item The modular has of course steps between the floors, as you can see here. I did not use the 1x2 technic bricks for modular connection, because I only find them practical in theory: all my modulars are in line on a shelf. If they were connected with pins, it would be nearly impossible to move one single modular without touching them all. Thanks ThomaS

Thanks @all for the compliments! It´s a great pleasure and honor for me to read your comments! Roger noticed the original LEGO chrome parts inside the house and a few other special and seldom things: It was especially not easy to find 15(!) of the old brown windows including glasses in good condition. I had to restore the old glasses with ACRYL-polish. Hopefully you can see the effect My personal most loved detail is the roof deck with crow and awning Thanks again for watching and commenting! ThomaS

Hi, I would like to share my 1st Modular-MOC: The old pharmacy. It`s build with a wide range of parts of the last 50years. One of the oldest is the bush in the front, the newest one is the clear pin holder for the crow on the balustrade. The building has full interior. For the windows I focussed on the old 5x6 windows from the 70ies. The used stickers are replics of original LEGO-stickers (e.g. from set 232), only the two "Apotheke"-bricks are graved ones. You´ll find more pics with details and the complete interior of the building in my picture-folder. Thanks for watching! ThomaS

Interesting! There is a locomotive, called Novelty.

Hi, in 2006 there was already a winter train ... Greetings ThomaS

I would like to see a chimney sweeper!

Hi, It's a special 50 years anniversary minifigure of the danish toy shop "BR". This one was found in a German branch of "BR" by a member of the "1000Steine Community". See the Discussion link. Greetings tsi

Hi GRogall, you should mention the potential source of your post. (www.1000steine.de, I'm not allowed to post Links: www.1000steine.de / 1000steine / forum2 / forum_entry.php?id=241374) Greetings ThomaS / tsi

Maybe because of the pics of the upcoming sets of R2D2 and the monster house ;-) ? Greetings ThomaS

Hallo Lorentzen, thanks for your document, it was fun to read & a very good job! What do you think about publishing in brickjournal/hispabrick? In addition of your infos, I would like to see the original retail prices of the sets. In my opinion, the bricklink prices dont't have too much in common with real streat prices. Bricklink set-prices mostly are prices like "for this price I'm willing to sell off the set from my collection, because I everytime can buy an other much cheaper copy". On E*ay (at least here in Germany) much more sets are sold for a fractional amount of the high bricklink prices you mentioned. Compared to E*ay, bricklink is only a small special market for complete sets. My 2Cents ThomaS