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  1. Hippocampe
    But this time it should be a corner building
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    Last year, the first leaked picture was seen on October 29… I guess we have another 3 weeks to wait !
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    Not necessarily : I made an elevator for a MOC appartment building (not yet completed !): my elevator shaft looks like a chimney with a door on every floor (4) and is fixed, a little bit like like the Lighthouse. Each appartment floor tough is removable. The removable floors are kinda U-shaped and the fixed elevator shaft is in the middle ou that U-shape.
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    My city is in dire need for an appartment building since I often buy some minifigs in surplus of those included with the Modulars. I think it would be nice to have wraparound balconies (if it is indeed a corner building) on the second and third floor, in wrought iron like the ones we can see in New Orleans. Or some colourful tiled buildings with small balconies like the houses of the Ribeira quarter in Porto. I would be quite surprised if the next Modular was an all appartment building: I think a hardware store, a pharmacy or a convenience store could take place on the first floor; it could have a separate entrance for the floors above just like the hotel in Cafe Corner, or a small lateral business on the first floor like the laundry in the Brick Bank. What do you think ?
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    I totally agree with you: while several post offices have a classic exterior design and represent an important amenity in any city, the playability aspect and interior decor ? Shelves, counter, boxes, letters…about the same as a library (although I love them in real life !) A hospital with all the medical instruments, a cafeteria, a pharmacy, an ER and OR and ICU, rooms, offices…so much to build and so many possible stories ! What about a school ? A gymnasium, a school class, a chem lab, a library, a small store to buy school supplies, a concierge office, a principal office, a geography class with globes and maps all over the walls… Or a media center with a television set on the lower floor - the cameras, rooms for make up and suites for the stars, news bulletin desk , a newspaper in another floor with all the presses, desks for journalists and on the top floor: a radio station… I’m dreaming !
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    Why not ? In real life, a city is often made of buildings of different eras: some hyper modern city skyscrapers, some Victorian mansions, some very old gothic churches, many not too specific, even some eyesores 😆 ! The different timelines are what make a city rich in history and dynamic. Sometimes it is voluntary to renew an area because it’s not adapted to the needs of the next generation, sometimes it’s because of a natural disaster (flooding, hurricane, fire, etc). The challenge is to try to better incorporate those different features (styles, heights, colors,etc). So let’s use our imagination !
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    So (crickets sounds), anything new under the sun ? Fall is coming soon and not even a little tiny hint of a theme, a color scheme, a piece count for our so awaited Modular ? Meanwhile, I’m happy to have receive today The old train engine shed; I love its color and design and it will be a wonderful inclusion in my City. It will become the departure point of my future purchase of City tramway, next year (no more budget for this year !)
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    Ooooh Big week for early reveals ! Yesterday were the 2024 Modular early pics, and today: my second best collection : CMF Serie , the 25 th of the name ! Not the largest selection for me to buy, but 2 definite yes : the goat herder and the dog groomer with that elegant Afghan Hound to enlarge my dog collection. A maybe for the lady with the kettlebell who will fit perfectly in the gym (upstairs of the Downtown Diner), a maybe/maybe not for the dark detective, who can work in Detective Office. unfortunately, the last time I bought CMF was earlier this year with some minifigs from Serie 24, when we still had the chance to feel the bags. Don’t even know if the Toys’r’us nearby keeps them anymore, when I read about the free for all with open/destroyed boxes… I guess I’ll have to buy them from EBay or else… too bad
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    Or better: a media center - tabloid office with presses, television set and radio station !
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    😂
  11. Hippocampe
    How about « The Glass Curators » ?
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    And still, a post box near the bench … we can already speculate on the next modular - which should be a corner one - the much coveted Post Office ! But let’s enjoy this one for December 1st !?
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    Overall, it seems like a yes for me: I like the roof line, reminds me somehow of the PR. The pillars, the portal and the stairs in front of the entrance share many resemblances with TH. I will place them on the same street, but not side to side. For the color scheme, I will give the benefit of the doubt - I disliked the ones on JC, but when I saw the official reveal with more contrasts than on the initial pictures, it grew a little on me (not my favorite though). I thought it would be taller: the details of the model mentionned the office of the curator on the third floor … an inside mezzanine perhaps ? On the outside, it looks like the FB: a tall 2 stories building instead of a 3 stories construction.
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    How about the little hat people wear with their national costume in Bolivia - that would be so cool !
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    Now that the theme is known, what I’m eager to see are the dimensions and the color scheme; first: will it be very tall or very large ? In older cities, the tallest building is often a church or the town hall; then I assume that it shouldn’t be taller than TH. For the number of pieces, it has to be on two plates. With AS, the mini buildings with their different shapes and colors made the whole block appear not too massive. Also, the fountain in the middle made a recess on the building (flower and photo studio behind it), so the façade of the whole ensemble wasn’t all gathered near the main sidewalk, it made the area more open. second: will it be monochromatic or will the aisles be of a different color ? If it’s too much of a same hue, it will dwarf all the buildings around it. The shape of the whole thing will also play a major role of the curb appeal it will produce. I guess I will have some major city rearrangements to do next January, but hey, it’s Lego ! So everything is easy and possible !
  16. Hippocampe
    Since it will be a natural history museum, a little touch of earth green (too rarely used) for accents with gray for the stoneworks and brown for wood would go with the concept
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    Maybe there won’t have the new mould that you are searching for, but you surely will find some old molds 😆in that museum !
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    Too bad for my hospital; I guess I’ll have to wait until the next anniversary set; I hope it will be of a classical architecture style
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    go to bricksfanatics.com 10255 Assembly Square references 10 years of modulars - an excellent article that was published on 17/10/2016 all the design styles, the techniques used, the colors that have been chosen in earlier modulars are described in this new anniversary environment
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    Assembly square is also an interesting choice for someone entering the world of Modulars since it includes Easter eggs details of all the sets that came before. I wonder if they will do the same concept for the future 20th anniversary Modular, not too far away in the future.
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    What a nice idea ! I’ll vote for that motion 🇨🇦
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    A few years ago - I can’t remember which modular it was - the reveal was made, either from a leak or the official thing, well before Thanksgiving. It was a picture from the set or at least the theme was known. I should search from previous posts. i just found it: with DD, the images were shown (maybe not officially) on November 18. I can’t go back further, I was a newbie on this forum then ☺️
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    I agree with you: a traditional costume that is integrated in the history of a country shouldn’t be perceived as offensive. Au contraire, it should be seen as an interest in other cultures. When I travel, I don’t want to eat like I do at home, I want to see differences in living the day-to-day life. The same for how people dress differently. If done respectfully, it shouldn’t be seen as caricatural. I find it very sad when we want to erase the past because the values we have nowadays differ or are in confrontation with what was done centuries ago. We must learn from the past, reflect on the context why it was done that way and keep searching to improve ourselves from it. Anyway, I collect the CMF that have some kind of a national costume and I begin to have a happy bunch of them, always happy to make that group bigger and more diversified !
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    I was rather taken by surprise when I read the last rumour - which is now considered to be the real thing - that the next modular would contain over 4000 pieces, for no particular reason (no anniversary to commemorate, etc); then I thought of all the sets that I’ve built in the past, for example the GE. I love shopping in real life and I would have been pleased at the time if the store had been at least twice that size. Many people have bought two sets to make a bigger one with success but you know, having one big ensemble with all the new exclusive colors and all the bells and whistles of new pieces and new construction techniques in a single box is more appealing to me, since I don’t consider myself to be a great designer to modify and adapt many sets together. Maybe at that time in 2010, the rise in price would have been too steep for a « all-included-double-set » for many since the collection was still new. For Star Wars collection for example, fans are already addicted from the movies, so enlarged Millenium Falcons one after another is no big deal, they will sell ! Same the with the Ninjago theme: how gigantic is that City Market ! But back in 2010, the Modulars had yet to achieve their recognition. So now that we’re all hooked 😆it would be no surprise to me from now on that Modulars will slightly enlarge, even with non-anniversary sets. Then I hope that from time to time, TLG will dare again to do some buildings with only one function (hospital, school, multimedia center, bus/train station, etc).
  25. Hippocampe
    You’re not the only one ! It seems to me that it is too close with elements we’ve already had in the past : flower shop, yellow awnings; why not go with a big building with city services: school, hospital, etc Any city needs those elements that are overdue for too long
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