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ArneNielsen

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  1. It also depends on what the big piece is. Very few complained about the big sloping panels with brick-pattern on the old Ninja-castles https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30156px1&idColor=10#T=C&C=10 And even fewer complained about the curved panels with brick-print from the early HP sets. https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=30562px1&idColor=9#T=C&C=9 I used these HP-panels, not because I wanted to find something to use them for, but because they fit perfectly with the MOC post-Roman Alp-watchtower I was building: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=611692 I even incorporated DUPLO bricks and Belville baseplate: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=67190 On the other hand, I have a lot of this piece: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?P=42604px2&idColor=1#T=C&C=1 I thought it could be used as some sort of a between-buildings covered walking bridge, but I couldn't get it to work, as it just looked silly. So my conclusion: it actually depends on the big piece itself. Some are useful, others not so much.
  2. Very nice - and I really like that small couch at the front for the male partners to sit down at while the females are trying out 100 dresses!!!
  3. A warm welcome from Copenhagen! What kind of LEGO sets did you have back there before you fell into the darkness?
  4. Awesome - I especially like your use of Erlang bricks to create the wonderful floor pattern in the aisle!
  5. Oh - I am not sure if I think thats a good or a bad thing...
  6. I liked most of the Pharaohs Quest sets, but I must admit, that I never bought 7326 Rise of the Sphinx. Compared to 5978 Spinx Secret Surprise, to me 7326 just looked ridiculous - even without 13 years of new bricks, the old set is in my view still so much better than the new set.
  7. Maybe - but the minidolls still had Elves and DC Super Heroes subseries. And those were indeed based on conflict
  8. Depends on whether you count the Haunted House as a modular - to me that is just as good as PR.
  9. Yeah - but that Coast Guard ship is from Sweden, not Denmark. You would probably not want USA and Canada mixed up...
  10. Actually, looking at the box art, it almost looks the other way around: that Vito is chasing Duke...!
  11. I will get the 4+ sets for one simple reason: no stickers, only printed bricks (love the diamond tile).
  12. Totally agree, she is so much better in Wave 1 - here she looks outright ridiculous!
  13. Post Offices are almost gone - here in Denmark there are hardly any left. E-post has taken over. My local Post Office was demolished yesterday...
  14. Try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_doll Thomas Dam made woodcutting dolls at the same time Kirk Christiansen made wooden toys, and both inventors shifted to plastic in the 50ties or 60ties. So the history of the two Danish toys are very similar, until the Dam family sold the rights to the Gjøl Troll.
  15. This just shows, why it is so difficult to make LEGO sets for the WHOLE world - as there are no tractor races in a country like Denmark, its mostly an USA thing (but we have championships in ploughing!). As a matter of fact, farms and farming are VERY different around the world, and indeed farming is a very broad term. Pigfarms are different from diary farms, that are different to corn-farms, that are different to chicken farms, that are different to wheat farms, that are... Modern farming has a high degree of specialisization; the kind of farm I grew up on in the 60ties with both cows, pigs, hens, barley, turnips, hay - that kind of farm hardly exists anymore.
  16. Unfortunately, these buildings are not in Copenhagen, but 300 kilometers away in Billund - and Billund is a small village, and dont really have a skyline... But inspired by LEGO, there is a new building in Copenhagen: BLOX (where Danish Architecture Society resides): https://www.blox.dk/om-blox/hvad-er-blox/
  17. OK, I will admit to this: I have all the World City sets, like I have all the Jack Stone city sets. And there IS some World City sets that I really like: 10027 Train Engine Shed - because it was unique and awesome (even if you really needed two to make it long enough for most train engines) 7032 Undercover Van - because it was almost pure Men In Black! 7047 Coast Watch HQ - because it was something else (and I have this odd love and obsession about baseplates!) But then again, I am not much of a MOC'er, so I dont mind the big bricks. And by the way: I like the 4+ sets in generel, as there are NEVER stickers in those, only printed bricks.
  18. And you are writing this on a place called EURObricks... Unfortunately, here in Denmark the discounts on HS is far from the ones @Hoth Rebel experiences in the Netherlands; best discount is 30% on the High School, and thats from a web-seller specialising in discounts. But I agree, that the box-art is NOT a selling point!
  19. I agree with others - it was a great game, thanks for taking the time Itaria! I personally voted for Series 5. Series 6 is great, but there are too many figs that dont really interest me (alien, robotta, skater girl, pink astronaut), whereas there is only one fig in Series 5 that leaves me cold (snowboarder). I especially like the graduate, the vet, and the mobster.
  20. So basically all minifigs could be criminals - no wonder there have to be so many police stations! Unfortunately, there are no courtrooms and no jails, so the criminals get caught and put in police station detentions, but they are never sentenced and jailed... There is a judge of course, but where do he hold court?
  21. Plus in order to have a stripy prisoner shirt, you have to 1) have been imprisoned 2) escaped from prison, not released. So where are all the first-time offenders, all the smart criminals who dont get caught, and all the released prisoners who return to their criminal trade?
  22. And using only basic bricks - nice work! And nice house you live in, by the way
  23. I have a well played set 375 Yellow Castle, and a likewise well played 677 Knights Prosession, both from 1978. The knights from the castle has stickers, the knights from the procession are printed. The Castle knight stickers are still holding on, but they are very worn on the edges, and simply dont look good anymore, whereas the procession knights printing are still as sharp as they were 41 years ago. So yes, I am one of those who really hate stickers, and really love printed bricks!
  24. No - the available items for Denmark at Shop-at-Home dont include retail exclusives - so these are basically impossible to get here
  25. I was at once thinking The Silver Shroud from Fallout 4 when I saw this minifig - just lacking the silver tommy gun.
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